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Aside from the running into kick chaser's path, this is what NZ sides are doing. Pretending to be committed on runners without ball, thus stopping support. Cynical stuff.

Blatant blocking of the Lions tackler putting pressure on kicker.

Do you wankers ever stop complaining?

Kid A wrote:Blatant blocking of the Lions tackler putting pressure on kicker.

That's a disgusting high tackle by Murray off the ball.

Toro wrote:

Kid A wrote:Blatant blocking of the Lions tackler putting pressure on kicker.

That's a disgusting high tackle by Murray off the ball.

What's Black 13 doing running in front of his player with the ball?
Is it a special move?

Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

There would be a penalty every minute.

To start with. Then people would adjust and stop deliberately breaking the laws.

Flametop wrote:

Toro wrote:

Kid A wrote:Blatant blocking of the Lions tackler putting pressure on kicker.

That's a disgusting high tackle by Murray off the ball.

What's Black 13 doing running in front of his player with the ball?
Is it a special move?

15, he's running sideways as he can't advance. Murray tackles him.

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

Dumbledore wrote:

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

Would start with the kick-off with players being in front. Would not get any better.

Dumbledore wrote:

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

What's the point in having these laws then?

And what is the point in coaches spending hours trying to instill discipline into their players, if the game is just officiated at random?

Kid A wrote:

Dumbledore wrote:

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

What's the point in having these laws then?

And what is the point in coaches spending hours trying to instill discipline into their players, if the game is just officiated at random?

Well, it depends on who is the better team.

Thomas wrote:I'm just going to leave this here:
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Yup that's not good!

Kid A wrote:

Dumbledore wrote:

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

What's the point in having these laws then?

And what is the point in coaches spending hours trying to instill discipline into their players, if the game is just officiated at random?

At random? It's called materiality. They don't always get it right but the sport would be unwatchable if they stopped to look at everything. And...the team that plays rugby the best would still win.

Dumbledore wrote:

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

I used the word "deliberate" deliberately. There doesn't have to be a deliberate offence every 15 seconds. I don't think there's any intrinsic reason why an AI shouldn't be able to pick up on the anomalies in behaviour that indicate malice aforethought.

More problematic is adjudging materiality in non-deliberate offences. I think technology could reduce these considerably - by drawing the tackle area circle, the gate, the offside line etc. on the pitch so the player knows where exactly the AI considers them to be, and can know also when the AI considers we've moved from one phase of play to another.

It'd be awesome, trust me.

Denirostaxidriver wrote:

Dumbledore wrote:

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

Would start with the kick-off with players being in front. Would not get any better.

You think that if it was guaranteed that players in front at the kick-off would get called, players would continue to risk being in front at the kick-off?

They wouldn't. They'd adjust their behaviour to make damn sure they didn't go in front.

Mahoney wrote:

Denirostaxidriver wrote:

Dumbledore wrote:

Mahoney wrote:Leaving accusations about which side does it more / more effectively, it's just not possible for human beings to pick up on all this crap in real time. I'm more and more convinced that rugby desperately needs AI. I'd quite like to see what rugby looks like in a world where deliberate law breaking is always seen and treated appropriately.

Would be a penalty every 15 seconds. There's at least one infringement every single phase. Could pretty much give away a couple of penalties each way at any given ruck.

Would start with the kick-off with players being in front. Would not get any better.

You think that if it was guaranteed that players in front at the kick-off would get called, players would continue to risk being in front at the kick-off?

They wouldn't. They'd adjust their behaviour to make damn sure they didn't go in front.

Indeed. Pretty soon people would be passing the ball backwards too.

I find the Lions tactic of screaming like banshees at every defensive lineout offensive, morally reprehensible, and against the spirit of the game.

How do I tell my children that the "crazy men" are shrieking because they are attempting to deliberately obstruct their opponents from playing the game? That we have to accept it because even though it's obnoxious gamesmanship that forces me to ride the volume control (kept high on game day so we can all enjoy Robbie Williams and the Black Eyed Peas during yet another Lions "injury break") it's all just "part of the game"?

Hopefully Hansen addresses it at the next press conference

naki wrote:I find the Lions tactic of screaming like banshees at every defensive lineout offensive, morally reprehensible, and against the spirit of the game.

How do I tell my children that the "crazy men" are shrieking because they are attempting to deliberately obstruct their opponents from playing the game? That we have to accept it because even though it's obnoxious gamesmanship that forces me to ride the volume control (kept high on game day so we can all enjoy Robbie Williams and the Black Eyed Peas during yet another Lions "injury break") it's all just "part of the game"?

Hopefully Hansen addresses it at the next press conference

I'm now picturing Hansen trying to give a press conference while Itoje and co start screaming every time he tries to say something

JM2K6 wrote:

naki wrote:I find the Lions tactic of screaming like banshees at every defensive lineout offensive, morally reprehensible, and against the spirit of the game.

How do I tell my children that the "crazy men" are shrieking because they are attempting to deliberately obstruct their opponents from playing the game? That we have to accept it because even though it's obnoxious gamesmanship that forces me to ride the volume control (kept high on game day so we can all enjoy Robbie Williams and the Black Eyed Peas during yet another Lions "injury break") it's all just "part of the game"?

Hopefully Hansen addresses it at the next press conference

I'm now picturing Hansen trying to give a press conference while Itoje and co start screaming every time he tries to say something

Yes the constant appealing to the ref is very european like. Very soccer like. As a moral guardian it disgusts me.

Indeed, how long before one of these Lions players lays a hand on the ref like the Eurotrash soccer players?

grubberkick wrote:Watching the games I have noticed Lions players following up on kicks ahead being blocked by kiwis seeming to deliberately run into their path. This was obvious a few times in the Maori game. I now read that Gatland has been bringing this up with refs. Is it a deliberate tactic or is Gatland getting in first? Sure to be a hot topic for refs in the tests.

Not sure if that question is serious or not? Any team that doesn't partake in some sort of deliberate blocking are stupid. 100% of blocking will never be picked up by the ref and probably a good portion of what the ref notices will be judged as being not worth penalising.

So teams are coached to do just enough to put players off yet not cross the line into penalty and as some of the clips show here, it is remarkably effective.

Toro wrote:

Flametop wrote:

Toro wrote:

Kid A wrote:Blatant blocking of the Lions tackler putting pressure on kicker.

That's a disgusting high tackle by Murray off the ball.

What's Black 13 doing running in front of his player with the ball?
Is it a special move?

15, he's running sideways as he can't advance. Murray tackles him.

why is he running sideways?

could it be that he's looking to impede Murray?

part of the problem with posters like Toro, is that he cannot bring himself to admit Lowe was blatantly cheating. And there are numerous similar examples during the Maori, Highlanders and Crusaders games.

all the Lions fans would fully accept that AWJ should have been pinged for Warburtons try ...... so the kiwis constantly bringing it up as a defence of their own cynical blocking tactics is just fecking sad really.....

Plus Lions fans all remember the targeted blocking of Lewis Moody on restarts back in 2005. It was a blatant tactic. Up there with dodgy Aussie scrummaging, Kiwi taking people out beyond the ruck, and English, um, I'll think of something and edit this post

rfurlong wrote:

Toro wrote:

Flametop wrote:

Toro wrote:

Kid A wrote:Blatant blocking of the Lions tackler putting pressure on kicker.

That's a disgusting high tackle by Murray off the ball.

What's Black 13 doing running in front of his player with the ball?
Is it a special move?

15, he's running sideways as he can't advance. Murray tackles him.

why is he running sideways?

could it be that he's looking to impede Murray?

part of the problem with posters like Toro, is that he cannot bring himself to admit Lowe was blatantly cheating. And there are numerous similar examples during the Maori, Highlanders and Crusaders games.

all the Lions fans would fully accept that AWJ should have been pinged for Warburtons try ...... so the kiwis constantly bringing it up as a defence of their own cynical blocking tactics is just fecking sad really.....

Ol' flappy flappersome

Only useful thing Lowe did all night.

Sandstorm wrote:Only useful thing Lowe did all night.

Haha pretty much.

Nothing in that.

Running back into position. What the heck was he doing in the lineout?

Now the neck roll is another matter...

Santa wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:

Toro wrote:Every team does it, we just don't bother to disguise it, like most things every other team endeavours to do. This annoys you, we get it.

Fixed.

So you're it's fine as long as we disguise it better?

Where have I said it wasn't fine? I said I don't blame the players doing it and that officials should be the ones to decide the appropriate action.

Kid A wrote:Blatant blocking of the Lions tackler putting pressure on kicker.

That's the one. That's incredible.

Kid A wrote:Aside from the running into kick chaser's path, this is what NZ sides are doing. Pretending to be committed on runners without ball, thus stopping support. Cynical stuff.

Did 7 have a pen award against him or a YC? Any input from the TMO regarding the infringement or do they mainly concentrate on helping the ref to get the precise location of any decisions that he has made for kicks at goal?
Even changed his line to take the Lion out.

Hawk97 wrote:

Santa wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:

Toro wrote:Every team does it, we just don't bother to disguise it, like most things every other team endeavours to do. This annoys you, we get it.

Fixed.

So you're it's fine as long as we disguise it better?

Where have I said it wasn't fine? I said I don't blame the players doing it and that officials should be the ones to decide the appropriate action.

They did decide the appropriate action.

Santa wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:

Santa wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:

Toro wrote:Every team does it, we just don't bother to disguise it, like most things every other team endeavours to do. This annoys you, we get it.

Fixed.

So you're it's fine as long as we disguise it better?

Where have I said it wasn't fine? I said I don't blame the players doing it and that officials should be the ones to decide the appropriate action.

They did decide the appropriate action.

On what occasion?

guy smiley wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:

Toro wrote:Every team does it, we just don't bother to disguise it, like most things every other team endeavours to do. This annoys you, we get it.

Fixed.

If you took off your eye patch you'd see your own team doing it.

But....

Did you not see the bit where I left in "every team does it". Lahoo-saherr!

Hawk97 wrote:
On what occasion?

On each occasion they they did something. Or didn't do anything.

Santa wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:
On what occasion?

On each occasion they they did something. Or didn't do anything.

Disagree about "appropriate" though. The Naholo try should have been brought back. Any sane rugby fan knows this, but I wasn't complaining as we thoroughly deserved to get beaten. That was a block though, and fair play to him for getting away with it.

Hawk97 wrote:

Santa wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:
On what occasion?

On each occasion they they did something. Or didn't do anything.

Disagree about "appropriate" though. The Naholo try should have been brought back. Any sane rugby fan knows this, but I wasn't complaining as we thoroughly deserved to get beaten. That was a block though, and fair play to him for getting away with it.

So can we agree that it works and influences results and is worth persevering with despite the additional coaching workload? Wonder which coach deals with it, attacking defence?

grubberkick wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:

Santa wrote:

Hawk97 wrote:
On what occasion?

On each occasion they they did something. Or didn't do anything.

Disagree about "appropriate" though. The Naholo try should have been brought back. Any sane rugby fan knows this, but I wasn't complaining as we thoroughly deserved to get beaten. That was a block though, and fair play to him for getting away with it.

So can we agree that it works and influences results and is worth persevering with despite the additional coaching workload? Wonder which coach deals with it, attacking defence?

I'd say it's more player instinct. With experience, you learn how to block, slow ball down, obstruct mildly etc. Again, fair fucks to them.