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  • KirwanK Offline
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    I had to delete that Crucial. Brutal!

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    Social media full of:

    Kangaroos would kill them, they couldn't keep up
    ABs would totally dominate

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    @taniwharugby said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    Social media full of:

    Kangaroos would kill them, they couldn't keep up
    ABs would totally dominate

    And in every case you can be rest assured they're thinking the hybrid game is closer to their version.

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    This thread reminds me of this average team Fox put together.

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    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

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    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

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    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

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    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

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    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

    I think even I would find it rather tedious watching the ball kicked off to the 5 meter marker and then a maul to other end of park, rinse and repeat for 40 mins.

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    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

    I think even I would find it rather tedious watching the ball kicked off to the 5 meter marker and then a maul to other end of park, rinse and repeat for 40 mins.

    No doubt, hardly likely to happen though is it?

    Then again, people watch hit up, hit up, hit up, hit up, hit up, kick for 80mins, so you may be right.

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    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

    I think even I would find it rather tedious watching the ball kicked off to the 5 meter marker and then a maul to other end of park, rinse and repeat for 40 mins.

    No doubt, hardly likely to happen though is it?

    Then again, people watch hit up, hit up, hit up, hit up, hit up, kick for 80mins, so you may be right.

    This is fun 🙂

    I think if League went first and say, hypothetically, put 40 points on AB's then we would see the maul to try to kick off to maul to try until score parity was reached.

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    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

    Agreed. If you change the rules to suit RL then this becomes a big waste of time. It would be like saying no kicking on the last tackle for the RL half.

    No one has mentioned that the article is saying this game would be 14-a-side. I'm not sure which position would be removed. No.8?

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    @Bovidae said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

    Agreed. If you change the rules to suit RL then this becomes a big waste of time. It would be like saying no kicking on the last tackle for the RL half.

    No one has mentioned that the article is saying this game would be 14-a-side. I'm not sure which position would be removed. No.8?

    Prop if there aren't scrums. And I'd play another flanker as the other prop too.

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    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

    I think even I would find it rather tedious watching the ball kicked off to the 5 meter marker and then a maul to other end of park, rinse and repeat for 40 mins.

    No doubt, hardly likely to happen though is it?

    Then again, people watch hit up, hit up, hit up, hit up, hit up, kick for 80mins, so you may be right.

    This is fun 🙂

    I think if League went first and say, hypothetically, put 40 points on AB's then we would see the maul to try to kick off to maul to try until score parity was reached.

    If Rugby was played first there'd be about three rucks until the league players learnt to get off the tackled player quicker. Then it would turn into a farce as they refused to contest anything.

    At least you could fulfil Eddie's wet dream of playing no props and replacing them with flankers.

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  • voodooV Offline
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    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Bovidae said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @antipodean said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Hooroo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    I would watch that in a heartbeat. I think the Rugby guys would towelled at League and vice versa. I think you would have to only allow Rolling mauls for 1 or two metres though as the league guys would be stuffed. You could prolly maul it from your own deadball line

    Fuck 'em. They crap on about how fit you have to be to jog backwards a little.

    Agreed. If you change the rules to suit RL then this becomes a big waste of time. It would be like saying no kicking on the last tackle for the RL half.

    No one has mentioned that the article is saying this game would be 14-a-side. I'm not sure which position would be removed. No.8?

    Prop if there aren't scrums. And I'd play another flanker as the other prop too.

    Surely you have no props and no hooker? Even the locks you'd ditch given no line outs.

    So now you have a pack of 7 or 8 blokes, all of pretty much the same height and weight. Starting to sound a lot like league...

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    @Kirwan said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @booboo said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    The problem as I see it is that the hybridised rules would have to be so dramatic that any advantage rugby would have playing rugby would be non existent.

    There would be no powered scrums, and probably no lineout.

    It would be a penalty fest at the breakdown as the leaguies just wouldn't know how to approach it.

    Any hybridisation just renders the whole thing meaningless. A bit like the Gaelic-Australian Borefest.

    40mins each half with each other's rules, and no pushing in the scrums. Then the rugby team has the ruck and lineout advantages at least.

    So all of a sudden you're not playing rugby and you run extra flankers at prop.

    Not for me.

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  • NepiaN Online
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    They may as well just play league if they go with these hybrid laws. It's close enough to league and as far away from actual rugby as you can get.

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    @Nepia itd be the safer option than getting leagues to scrum/maul/lift in line outs.

    Which then makes it a bit of a waste of time as the kangaroos should dominate

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    @taniwharugby said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    @Nepia itd be the safer option than getting leagues to scrum/maul/lift in line outs.

    Which then makes it a bit of a waste of time as the kangaroos should dominate

    In an alternate universe, the ABs should hire Craig Bellamy for one training a week from now until the match is played and have a proper tilt at the Kangaroos.

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    @Dice said in ABs vs Kangaroos?:

    This thread reminds me of this average team Fox put together.

    Haaaa it's like they were trying to name the shittest league team they could think of.

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