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Why not just make the goalposts narrower? I'd much rather see teams kick to touch 40m out then have a fun high pressure lineout and a few offensive phases than penalty kicks over and over again.
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Optical,
Those rules were trialed in the ARC this year (Australia's new domestic competition) and will be used in Super 14 next year. Smiley, If teams know that making a penalty is more difficult, the defending team will infringe more than they do now. |
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If teams know that making a penalty is more difficult, the defending team will infringe more than they do now. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, IMO the big problem right now is you have offenses which really aren't making much progress, but can still draw a penalty because there's such a fine line between legal rucking and penalties. Anyway, I linked rugbydump before - http://www.rugbydump.blogspot.com/ they've got the Arg-SA highlights now; that first try by Habana is such an amazing piece of individual skill. Very uncharacteristic game for Argentina. |
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I am not sure how successful these rules will be but you never know it might eliminate a bit of the grey area's of the game.
I just can't wait till the box destroy the English again |
#205
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Bump for final, bookies hilariously have the spread as SA -8, less than the France -9 line in the semi, value. Third place playoff was surprisingly entertaining
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Sixfour,
It's ridiculous. England was a 17.5 point underdog in the previous match against the Bokke and lost by 36, getting completely dominated in almost every facet of the game. Have they really improved by 9 points since then? I sure as hell don't think so. |
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Well, no, the line does seem off. I think we have around a 25% chance of winning this thing, but even Betfair has a best price of +275 for an outright win.
Probably need to start thinking about getting beered up for it soon |
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Probably need to start thinking about getting beered up for it soon [/ QUOTE ] I'm disappointed by your lack of commitment. I've been beering up for this one for 4 hours now. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] |
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Come on!
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how can anyone like this sport, jesus.
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