OK folks, the chance for a good old fashioned rant - what needs to change
1) Opera Singers
They always used to say that the Arms park was the biggest male voice choir in the World, a national anthem should be inspiring to teams and fans and should be sung lusturously by the crowd, rather than screeched by some random woman who sounds like she's having a seizure. This is a rugby match, it is not an audition for the Magic Flute
2) Advertising on shirts
Blasphemy! England are not owned by O2, nor Scotland by Famous Grouse - a whisky for jumped up meths drinkers, Wales might have better one in Brains but a national or club jersey is sacred and shouldn't be for sale
3) Advertising on the pitch
The advertising hordings are there for a reason, there is no need for stupid pitch paint that never drys and makes the player look like they are auditioning for extras roles in Braveheart
4) Shirt Colours
Australia are yellow,England are white, France are light blue, Ireland are medium green, New Zealand are black, Scotland are dark blue, South Africa are dark green, Wales are red - no change strips, no stupid stripes, just the plain colour and the emblem - thats it
5) Shirt design
A shirt should have a collar, buttons and should be made of heavy cotton, players should not look like they are wearing the cover of a table tennis bat shrink wrapped on to them. A shirt is meant to get 10lbs heavier when it rains
6) Isotonic drinks and warm ups
Should be replaced by pints of ale / lager / Guinness - France are excepted and can have wine
What's wrong with rugby these days?
posted on 5/4/12
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posted on 5/4/12
Blood Subs???
Good rant
posted on 5/4/12
Instead of yellow cards players should have to drink 6 pints before they can return to the pitch!
posted on 6/4/12
"Instead of yellow cards players should have to drink 6 pints before they can return to the pitch!"
YES!
posted on 6/4/12
I just wish the BBC would stop with the scrum clock nonsense...scrums take as long as they need to take! If you dont like them go watch League...or Netball!
Ohh and bring back rucking, imagine watching Cipriani, Care or Henson being given the good news on the deck...arent those sights we'd all like to see?
posted on 6/4/12
Get rid of:
Crouch... Touch... Pause... ... ... ... make a cup of tea... ... Engage
posted on 7/4/12
Brilliant AD
I also like the idea you could benefit from sinking them in quick succesion!
MD - Now thats an idea, get the scrum half in teh base of it with a teasmade, whoever, can most quickly get a cup of Darjeeling to the ref wins the scrum - beat uncontested scrums - Wasps you have been warned!
posted on 8/4/12
All that is wrong with rugby today is summed up in two words: The hit.
Set the scrum, front rows engage, take the strain, half back puts the ball in (straight) and then the pushing starts.
Problems solved.
posted on 11/4/12
When it cant be decided which team collapsed the scrum, rock paper scissors to see who wins.