Players don't roll around feigning injury and the physios treat them on the pitch while play continues.What I love over football is this
1). Only the captains go to the ref to get any instructions/info
2). NEVER do the players swear or argue with the ref at any time even if you can see they clearly disagree with the decision.
3). The clock is stopped when subs are made, there’s an injury or when they’re looking at the TMO ( VAR).
4). They rarely if ever cheat. Eg. Argentina would never cheat in rugby whereas it’s part of their footballers DNA sadly.
5). A yellow card means 10 mins in the sin bin penalising the affected team in that game, whereas in football you only get penalised for a yellow when/if they add up many games later.
6). When sorting out a TMO the ref talks to the TMO team and the whole stadium can hear the discussion.
7). There are no histrionics from the players. In fact the complete opposite.
8). The coaches aren’t on the touchline and certainly not the pitch like Arteta
9). World Rugby isn’t the corrupt governing body that FIFA is.
There is quite a lot about modern football which I despise especially at the higher levels. That’s why I’m enjoying the Championship until we get back to the so called promised land
Brutal, played at 100 mph with 100% commitment. Absolutely breathtaking.Cracking game France v S Africa.
The winner will pulverise England in the Semi Final.
Different level
I agree with all of this but I can’t get into the sport. I’ve tried. Their supporters aren’t my kind of people. The atmosphere in club rugby is garbage. Most of them play in football grounds that are half full at best.What I love over football is this
1). Only the captains go to the ref to get any instructions/info
2). NEVER do the players swear or argue with the ref at any time even if you can see they clearly disagree with the decision.
3). The clock is stopped when subs are made, there’s an injury or when they’re looking at the TMO ( VAR).
4). They rarely if ever cheat. Eg. Argentina would never cheat in rugby whereas it’s part of their footballers DNA sadly.
5). A yellow card means 10 mins in the sin bin penalising the affected team in that game, whereas in football you only get penalised for a yellow when/if they add up many games later.
6). When sorting out a TMO the ref talks to the TMO team and the whole stadium can hear the discussion.
7). There are no histrionics from the players. In fact the complete opposite.
8). The coaches aren’t on the touchline and certainly not the pitch like Arteta
9). World Rugby isn’t the corrupt governing body that FIFA is.
There is quite a lot about modern football which I despise especially at the higher levels. That’s why I’m enjoying the Championship until we get back to the so called promised land
They’ve done that for years Soho.On the rules - for the short time I was forced to play rugby at my school - I was always told if you had a scrum you had to throw the ball into the scrum right down the middle.
But today the person with the ball was allowed to chuck the ball in towards his own team's feet.
I am mystified.
It's a good point and I don't understand why they allow this now. There's no chance of winning a scrum "against the head" when they do this so they might as well abandon scrums, which have become messy and time consuming.On the rules - for the short time I was forced to play rugby at my school - I was always told if you had a scrum you had to throw the ball into the scrum right down the middle.
But today the person with the ball was allowed to chuck the ball in towards his own team's feet.
I am mystified.
It's a good point and I don't understand why they allow this now. There's no chance of winning a scrum "against the head" when they do this so they might as well abandon scrums, which have become messy and time consuming.
I played rugby at school to Soho. Russell Osman was in our team and went on to play for England Schoolboys before making a decent career playing football.On the rules - for the short time I was forced to play rugby at my school - I was always told if you had a scrum you had to throw the ball into the scrum right down the middle.
But today the person with the ball was allowed to chuck the ball in towards his own team's feet.
I am mystified.
I cannot recall ever seeing that beforeThe South African lad who “charged down” the France penalty kick. You don’t see that very often!
Just fake blood and a bit of eye gougingWhat I love over football is this
1). Only the captains go to the ref to get any instructions/info
2). NEVER do the players swear or argue with the ref at any time even if you can see they clearly disagree with the decision.
3). The clock is stopped when subs are made, there’s an injury or when they’re looking at the TMO ( VAR).
4). They rarely if ever cheat. Eg. Argentina would never cheat in rugby whereas it’s part of their footballers DNA sadly.
5). A yellow card means 10 mins in the sin bin penalising the affected team in that game, whereas in football you only get penalised for a yellow when/if they add up many games later.
6). When sorting out a TMO the ref talks to the TMO team and the whole stadium can hear the discussion.
7). There are no histrionics from the players. In fact the complete opposite.
8). The coaches aren’t on the touchline and certainly not the pitch like Arteta
9). World Rugby isn’t the corrupt governing body that FIFA is.
There is quite a lot about modern football which I despise especially at the higher levels. That’s why I’m enjoying the Championship until we get back to the so called promised land