Quote: ChrisGS "Perspectives are an interesting thing. From reading English forums you would think Fiji were grubs who played dirty without reason. But look down under and most rugby league fans felt that Ireland were getting away with a lot of off ball. '"
Well, you would have never thought, Australian RL fans mainly going for the team with Australian based players in and British fans going for the side with mainly British based players, whatever next!
Quote: ChrisGS "
Watching the game myself I'm not sure what people are against? I understand that taken collectively you might say Fiji went over the top, but the fact of the matter is that if you take their bruising tackles individually there was nothing wrong with 99% of them.
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you seemed to be watching a different game to me as i wouldn't have that % so high and that was the problem really
Quote: ChrisGS "
clotheslines, late hits, etc)'"
pretty sure i saw a few of those from the fijians too
Quote: ChrisGS "
From where I'm sat Fiji are catching all the flak because they physically dominated the opposition to a ridiculous extent. Nothing to do with being noticeably more dirty, everything to do with being bigger, faster, stronger and more explosive than their opponents. '"
If they were all those things in such greater quantities they wouldn't have needed to get into all that.
You failed to notice that when they did lose their head, they actually let Ireland into the game and they scored. After half time Fiji cooled off and outplayed Ireland while still dominating them in the middle
We all watch/play the game because we love the physical aspect, It was great to see the physicality on display but the point is to win RL matches at the highest level you need more than brute force.
