Wales v All Blacks

El_indian · 07-11-2009, 09:33 AM

Anyone gonna watch the game? or anyone even into Rugby?

I'm hoping the 'Aura-less' (see what I did there) All Blacks will smash the Welsh; they seem to be talking a pretty big game for tonight.

And here's hoping Wilkinson scores a few droppy's tonight

AnfieldG8 · 07-11-2009, 10:30 AM

Australia v England will be far more entertaining

El_indian · 07-11-2009, 10:35 AM

I think you're 2 blog entries will be far more entertaining than both games

forestfcfan · 07-11-2009, 10:52 AM

Rugby

Lloydboiere · 07-11-2009, 11:42 AM

I love Rugby

Wales all the way

Luxz0rz · 07-11-2009, 11:55 AM

Aren't New Zealand meant to be fielding a weakened side for this game?

Ryan Giggs · 07-11-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Luxz0rz

Aren't New Zealand meant to be fielding a weakened side for this game?

Carter, Muliaina, Smith, Nonu, Hore, Tialata, Richie McCaw, to name a few

Rest of team and Bench don't look too dangerous though, we shall see.

Wales play like they can and they could sneak a win

Come on Wales!

Hermes23 · 08-11-2009, 12:17 AM

I heard A-W Jones almost scores after a 70 metres run

LOCK POWAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Recludere · 08-11-2009, 12:37 AM

I love rugby... League. I kinda half follow Union international games, but meh, it's not rugby! Put a League player in a Union team and you have an instant star, even when they're nearing retirement. Put a peak Union player in a League team and you can laugh heartily as they're quickly recognised as the worst player on the field.

Wales versus All Blacks...

... it doesn't even need a punchline.

Strange Pirate · 08-11-2009, 12:38 AM

Boring game.

WaR_GreyBusH · 08-11-2009, 01:05 AM

i thought this was a Racist thread. haha i dont know anything about rugby.

MaschPotato · 08-11-2009, 01:33 AM

How racist is that

WaR_GreyBusH · 08-11-2009, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MaschPotato

How racist is that

do you mean

How is that racist??

MaschPotato · 08-11-2009, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by WaR_GreyBusH

do you mean

How is that racist??

No...no i dont

WaR_GreyBusH · 08-11-2009, 01:51 AM

o ??? well i am not a racist. but if you read......... Wales vs Jews wouldnt you be a little shocked??

MaschPotato · 08-11-2009, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by WaR_GreyBusH

o ??? well i am not a racist. but if you read......... Wales vs Jews wouldnt you be a little shocked??

Seriously i said it sounded racist too, why are you freaking out

But that would never happen cos Yossi Benayoun plays football, not rugby.

Recludere · 08-11-2009, 01:53 AM

All Blacks: Click Me

WaR_GreyBusH · 08-11-2009, 01:54 AM

i am not freaking out. i was just confused on your wording!

King-Osgood-1690 · 08-11-2009, 02:16 AM

A great day for English rugby, a victory against the Kiwi's in the league and a Welsh loss against them in Union

leosmithx3 · 08-11-2009, 02:18 AM

watched this, not the best performance in all honesty

Hermes23 · 08-11-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Recludere

I love rugby... League. I kinda half follow Union international games, but meh, it's not rugby! Put a League player in a Union team and you have an instant star, even when they're nearing retirement. Put a peak Union player in a League team and you can laugh heartily as they're quickly recognised as the worst player on the field.

Just because League players are fast doesn't mean they're good, you could put Usain Bolt to play Union, but that doesn't make him a real rugbier. The same happens with League players, just good runners but no tacklers

Recludere · 08-11-2009, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hermes23

Just because League players are fast doesn't mean they're good, you could put Usain Bolt to play Union, but that doesn't make him a real rugbier. The same happens with League players, just good runners but no tacklers

lol... League players are used to being constantly on the move, for both halves, full forty minutes each way. Good runners but no tacklers? They're good runners and tacklers, and they shift the ball faster than union players. All pile on's and the throws just slow everything down, and a Union player on the wing will run until his legs burn but will rarely throw the ball back inside and get it down the other side of the field to force the opposition to slide their defence. S'weak, dude. Weak.

Watching Union I can't count the times I've heard Jonathan Davies say... "He should have passed it inside! He had a man there the whole time." No Union team shifts the ball like the top League teams. Be they English, Aussie, or Kiwis.

yarnbury11 · 09-11-2009, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Hermes23

Just because League players are fast doesn't mean they're good, you could put Usain Bolt to play Union, but that doesn't make him a real rugbier. The same happens with League players, just good runners but no tacklers

Yeah we all saw Dwain Chambers at Castleford

I play Union myself, it involves more tactics and thinking, I wouldn't be good at League at all cause I'm not big enough.

Strange Pirate · 09-11-2009, 12:59 AM

League is just brutal. Those guys seriously batter each other.

Recludere · 09-11-2009, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by yarnbury11

I play Union myself, it involves more tactics and thinking, I wouldn't be good at League at all cause I'm not big enough.

Too small? Rob Burrow is one of the best players in Super League and he's 5 FT 5.

It doesn't involve more tactics, it involves more rules. Rules that at a stretch, an official could porbably list... maybe, half of them. The thing about Union for me is most of the points come from penalties! Most of my time spent watching it yields an experience of seeing players standing around for minutes on end looking confused and bewildered while the officials work out which rule was broken at which point.

A tackle count after a League game probably kicks the bejesus out of a tackle count from a Union game, as would probably the broken tackle stats for a League game. So I'm not sure where you get bad or no tackling from.

League is faster, more entertaining, more team oriented as the ball is all over the pitch moving quickly and pulling everyone in... and it doesn't get held up at any point except if there's an injury or penalty kick spanning all of a minute going on.

.. Union has the backing of wealthy old toffs who used to play and are now CEO's at the Beeb. If League got even half of the coverage and press as Union, Union would choke and die out. Its club sides don't pull massive crowds week in week out, and the international crowds are drawn from the ranks of the vaguely interested, like me.

Any Union player I've spoken to whose played both, but tried League after Union... has stuck with League. League pros only go Union's way when they're nearing the end of their careers, and when they do they get England caps. lol

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El_indian Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Zealand Age: 19 Posts: 639	I think you're 2 blog entries will be far more entertaining than both games

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