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| There was one point in the game where England were on Italys line and had about six attackers against three Italian defenders and still couldn't score. 
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Basically, this weekend is a last hurrah for Welsh rugby before it slides down the waste disposal chute and into the bin.
The regions are haemorraging cash at a level that simply isn't sustainable. Their survival will be at the expense of their best players moving into England or France and them ceasing to be competitive at Heineken Cup or Pro12 level.
Only the national team provides them with a glimmer of hope at the moment. A loss to England, particularly if it happens to be a poor performance, will drive another nail into the coffin of Wales as a rugby power.
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www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... f-comments
[iNow, rugby is not to everybody's taste. It's dull, plodding and the laws are unfathomable, say the cynics, who contrast it unfavourably with the flowing, relatively straightforward game of football. And in some ways those critics are right. But they are missing the point that rugby is sport at its purest because, in reality, all sport is boring. It's a tribal rite, not an aesthetic exercise, and no sport does tribalism better than rugby.[/i
[iif you treat it purely as an aesthetic form, rugby is unwatchable. The ball disappears under a heap of bodies for long periods; the scrums are endlessly set and reset as referees struggle to impose discipline; and no one really understands the rules, which makes the giving of penalties a lottery. A game lasts 80 minutes, and if 5% of that is made up of running rugby you're doing well. The rest will be scrums, mauls, punch-ups and a small man squatting over the ball for minutes on end as he lines up a kick at goal which has resulted from some alleged offence no one can understand in the first place.[/i
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[iNow, rugby is not to everybody's taste. It's dull, plodding and the laws are unfathomable, say the cynics, who contrast it unfavourably with the flowing, relatively straightforward game of football. And in some ways those critics are right. But they are missing the point that rugby is sport at its purest because, in reality, all sport is boring. It's a tribal rite, not an aesthetic exercise, and no sport does tribalism better than rugby.[/i
[iif you treat it purely as an aesthetic form, rugby is unwatchable. The ball disappears under a heap of bodies for long periods; the scrums are endlessly set and reset as referees struggle to impose discipline; and no one really understands the rules, which makes the giving of penalties a lottery. A game lasts 80 minutes, and if 5% of that is made up of running rugby you're doing well. The rest will be scrums, mauls, punch-ups and a small man squatting over the ball for minutes on end as he lines up a kick at goal which has resulted from some alleged offence no one can understand in the first place.[/i
Still far too complimentary in my view.
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The funniest thing is, the author writes for Wisden.
So he's used to sitting in a stadium for five consecutive days watching a game that still might not have a positive result to it.
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| Quote JonB95="JonB95"New 6 Nations record today - most penalty goals in one game (12).
And I stand by what I said the other week - Scotland are the most technically inept rugby team I've seen.'"
Scrap that - this 2013 Ireland team are even WORSE. Italy have not exactly progressed since last year, so today's result speaks volumes. |
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| Quote JonB95="JonB95"Scrap that - this 2013 Ireland team are even WORSE. Italy have not exactly progressed since last year, so today's result speaks volumes.'"
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England collapse under pressure yet again.....and no tries scored...For 2 games on the bounce and 3 out of 5 games.
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1 try for England in the last 4 games... on that basis alone Wales deserved it. So much for the new coaching team bringing positive rugby.
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| They've got a ru phone in on 5live now and one of the 1st callers is a knob who said the reason for Englands defeat is league players going to ru and not tackling properly   the fact that there was only Ashton in the team who started in rl makes the statement laughable. |
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England are dire in attack.
With such as Ashton, the Young brothers and a host of fatties that can't scrum they will win nothing.
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| Quote DAR130="DAR130"They've got a ru phone in on 5live now and one of the 1st callers is a knob who said the reason for Englands defeat is league players going to ru and not tackling properly
the fact that there was only Ashton in the team who started in rl makes the statement laughable.'"
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