*** Official 2007 Rugby World Cup - Page 21

SmileyEH · #**201** 10-17-2007, 10:59 AM

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.

hedgie43 · #**202** 10-17-2007, 08:07 PM

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.

cbloom · #**203** 10-17-2007, 09:04 PM

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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.

the_optical · #**204** 10-17-2007, 10:13 PM

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

sixfour · #**205** 10-20-2007, 12:29 PM

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

hedgie43 · #**206** 10-20-2007, 12:41 PM

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.

sixfour · #**207** 10-20-2007, 12:53 PM

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

ZeTurd · #**208** 10-20-2007, 02:42 PM

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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]

PartyGirlUK · #**209** 10-20-2007, 03:36 PM

Come on!

Yeti · #**210** 10-20-2007, 03:51 PM

how can anyone like this sport, jesus.