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Quite near the bottom of this page:
https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb ... y+Warnings
the UK government has objected to 2 companies applying for the .rugby name and suggested it should go to the International Rugby Board as they are the only ones with a legitimate use of the word rugby...
OK, in fairness the RFL didn't apply for it, but still a little annoying that they just ignore Rugby League entirely and state, and I quote:
"One of the applicants is the International Rugby Board (IRB) which is the sole world governing body for the sport of rugby"
The problem is, if the IRB are awarded it they could, in theory, refuse to allow and RFL team to register a name. |
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Quite near the bottom of this page:
https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb ... y+Warnings
the UK government has objected to 2 companies applying for the .rugby name and suggested it should go to the International Rugby Board as they are the only ones with a legitimate use of the word rugby...
OK, in fairness the RFL didn't apply for it, but still a little annoying that they just ignore Rugby League entirely and state, and I quote:
"One of the applicants is the International Rugby Board (IRB) which is the sole world governing body for the sport of rugby"
The problem is, if the IRB are awarded it they could, in theory, refuse to allow and RFL team to register a name. | |
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| Quote: knockersbumpMKII "In the strictest sense, no not really, 'handling' a 'ball' was actually as common if not more popular than kicking it way back when.
In villages across the land(England) many games are still played today where an object is carried, thrown etc to take the object from the centre of the village to one place or another. kicking or footing the ball was allowed in the melee but generally the 'ball' was carried.
Of course a football association came along with some rules but I'm more than happy that handling the ball came first ![]()
Have a look at the 'Haxey Hood' game on the tube which is played every January on the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire.
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: Code13 "Indeed, the rollocks of Webb Ellis displaying "a fine disregard for the rules" is made up tosh in all possible ways'"
Of course it is......it was created specifically to promote "a history" other than the real one......ie, payments under the table, ruling class sport, life bans etc....which wouldn't have been a good way to sell RWC number one.
Quote: Code13 "Other than that Gutterfax makes some good comments'"
aw..shucks.  |
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Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
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| It's ' Rugby ' Jim , but not as we know it 
Maybe ' rugby ' should go back to the original rules , no ' Trys ' , no kicks , be plenty of nil/nil draws that way  |
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Re HIM's post. I disagree that we broke away from Rugby Football. We broke away from Rugby Union Football. They distinctly called themselves that to differentiate them from Association Football. That's why we incorporated the word Union into our original name for our sport as we were initially playing Rugby Union without being under the control of the RFU.
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| Quote: The Clan "Did we split away or did the game of 'Rugby' split in two, there's a subtle yet important difference.'"
I though it was a "breakaway", which makes me wonder if we should approach McVities for sponsorship |
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