European Club Rugby
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@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
They're nuts!
Sin-Bin 'Power Play' proposed by RFU along with other huge reforms to the domestic game | Rugbydump
The Rugby Football Union has set out its plans for a brand new Premiership and Championship cup competition which will include a raft of new rules.
One of the key individuals behind the plans is RFU director of performance, Conor O’Shea, who also outlined changes to the game which will be trailaed during the competion. It is unclear how the majority of these adaptions will be achived pratically, but O’Shea noted the following reforms:
- Incentivising tries scored from outside the opposition’s 22
- Reducing the amount of kick-tennis”
- Reducing the time wasted by reset scrums
- A sin-bin ‘Power Play’
The last point is of particular note – once a game the opposing team captain will be able to chose a player to spend 10 minutes in the sin bin. The captain can choose when to use this but will have the power to reduce their opponents to 14 men, without them being sent off by the ref. Quite the radical proposal!
There's also an article in the Telegraph about this, but it's pay-walled, so I don't know whether there's more info.
Oh just fuck off
There’s a dozen things they can do to improve the game before even proposing this asshattery
If it was used as intended, it would most likely lead to more injuries and fouls.
If they're smart, they'll just only use if the other team do, and at the same time.
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@Daffy-Jaffy that flag seems to be giving something away...
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@Daffy-Jaffy that makes sense, totally.
I mean, what a great idea, get the best player from the opposition sent off, that'll please the punters to see even less of the star players.
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Daffy-Jaffy that makes sense, totally.
I mean, what a great idea, get the best player from the opposition sent off, that'll please the punters to see even less of the star players.
It’s like an episode of W1A
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@Machpants so clearly WR enjoys all these cards and 15 v 14/13/12 or whatever eventuates they will give teams the opton to send someone off.
fluffybunnies
I assume incentivising tries from outside the 22 will be like a 50/22 in that if you launch and attack from your 22 and score through phases without a knock on or ball going out or winning a penalty or what ever, your try will be 6 points, or the conversion 3, or both?
Fix rucks and mauls, reduce resets then see how much better the game is with those before you fuck our game up more.
fluffybunnies
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the game is boring because people can't score. Cards normally equal scoring, so win?
Fix the fucking offside line and incentivise defending teams to commit numbers to the ruck and watch the game open up.
And fix the fucking stoppages (easier said than done)
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South Africa rugby player Nkosi reported as missing by club
The member of the 2019 World Cup winning squad has been 'absent without leave for three weeks' from Blue Bulls.
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@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
More problems up in the Valleys
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sports/other/welsh-rugby-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-threat-of-player-exodus/ar-AA14UU41?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d24e0ef6bd5f4f91a3e679429422d801Hopefully the first thing Garland will do is revoke Garland’s Law
Our best players became that way by playing outside of Wales
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@MiketheSnow Things have moved on a bit, just have to wait and see what the outcome is.
Statement from the Boards of Scarlets, Cardiff Rugby, Dragons RFC and Ospreys
The four professional regional clubs fully endorse and sympathise with the concern expressed in the statement released by the Welsh Rugby Players Association over the weekend. We recognize the stress…
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@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
More problems up in the Valleys
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sports/other/welsh-rugby-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-threat-of-player-exodus/ar-AA14UU41?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d24e0ef6bd5f4f91a3e679429422d801Don't clubs have wealthy benefactors like the Irish do?
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
More problems up in the Valleys
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sports/other/welsh-rugby-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-threat-of-player-exodus/ar-AA14UU41?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d24e0ef6bd5f4f91a3e679429422d801Don't clubs have wealthy benefactors like the Irish do?
They have some but not enough
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@OomPB How are the Cheetahs in the European Challenge Cup given they do not appear to be competing in the United Rugby Championship? Having said that I see they are away to Pau in the first round.
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the red card in teh Sharks game set my new benchmark for "softest i have ever seen"
not that any rugby player would ever do it, but the tackled player made a meal of it, and whined to the ref.
