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by goeagles
Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Kicking- why?
Replies: 11
Views: 755

Re: Kicking- why?

In the NFL, for example, only 36% of yards in the 2022-23 season came from rushing (carries without any proceeding Why do only metres before a pass count as running metres? Why not after a pass? Rushing yards are yards gained by running the ball with no forward pass. When there is a completed forwa...
by goeagles
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: MLR in trouble for the 2024 season? Things getting worse.
Replies: 40
Views: 9285

Re: MLR in trouble for the 2024 season? Things getting worse.

Disappointing to see but not all that surprising. People come in with delusions of grandeur that they will crack the biggest markets. After all, you only need a tiny percentage of people to show up to make it work. But in big cities it's hard to find a venue, it's hard to get local press and there a...
by goeagles
Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Terrible videos of kids being pulled out of rubble and all sorts of other grim visuals online. Hamas caused all this but Israel isn’t endearing themselves to neutrals like me. It seems for every one Israeli killed, fifty Palestinians are killed in reprisal and it’s been going on like this for decad...
by goeagles
Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

True Blue wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:04 am
Derwyn wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:23 pm Image
fudge me, imagine being that stupid. Would be like jews for the SS.
Such a thing basically existed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associati ... ional_Jews
by goeagles
Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Terrible videos of kids being pulled out of rubble and all sorts of other grim visuals online. Hamas caused all this but Israel isn’t endearing themselves to neutrals like me. It seems for every one Israeli killed, fifty Palestinians are killed in reprisal and it’s been going on like this for decad...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Is this the end of Rugby?
Replies: 415
Views: 12672

Re: Is this the end of Rugby?

It's become apparent that the rules and officiating have taken the game down the slippery slope of being damn near unwatchable. Surely this spells the end of the greatness of this game. Whereas you can have a team that plays only one back reserve winning a RWC final, because officiating can reduce ...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Good step. Him and his ilk are complete scum. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/extremist-settler-activist-put-into-administrative-detention/ Prominent settlement activist Ariel Danino is put into administrative detention for four months after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant approved the or...
by goeagles
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

I see the anti-semites are out in force in that London again today? Bla bla bla... You don't like the Israeli governments attitude toward Palestine?. 'YOU'RE AN ANTI-SEMITE'.... Thankfully nobody is buying that sack of old shite anymore. It was more the chants of Jihad, interfarda, and the dead Bab...
by goeagles
Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

https://twitter.com/HusseinAboubak/status/1675143678665302016 Most of the national elites who established the dysfunctional and failed post-colonial Third World states from which came waves of refugees and desperate immigrants to France were themselves educated in French universities by French intel...
by goeagles
Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/opinion/israel-hamas-strategy-bennett.html A Plan to Defeat Hamas and Avoid a Bloodbath By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist, reporting from Israel At least twice this week, columns of Israeli armored vehicles made brief forays into northern Gaza — a probable prelud...
by goeagles
Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

So current qualifications pathways (+2027 potential changes) Europe 2 (+2) Georgia Portugal (+Spain if they don’t stuff up their paperwork) (+Romania/Netherlands) Americas 2 (+1) Uruguay Chile (+ USA) Oceania 1.5 (unlikely to change but an argument for another full place) Samoa Asia-Pacific 0.5 (un...
by goeagles
Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Attn: Dozy
Replies: 6
Views: 373

Re: Attn: Dozy

Jeff the Bear wrote: Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:42 am That may just be the longest post this bored has ever seen!
I ran into a character limit copy and pasting the article and had to take out some of the picture captions. :lol:
by goeagles
Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

.. so poo A would have 1, 12, 13 and 24 (or SA, Japan, Portugal and HK). Harsh, but - ultimately - fair . I don’t think Hong Kong will ever make a World Cup. They usually get beaten in the regional / global repechage tournaments don’t they? The only way they'd get there would be if WR mistakenly de...
by goeagles
Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Attn: Dozy
Replies: 6
Views: 373

Attn: Dozy

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/chinas-age-of-malaise Twenty-five years ago, China’s writer of the moment was a man named Wang Xiaobo. Wang had endured the Cultural Revolution, but unlike most of his peers, who turned the experience into earnest tales of trauma, he was an ironist, in t...
by goeagles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

An initial positive impact would be that the civilian death toll would likely drop to single figures each day. Such impressive depth of thinking. Almost impressive as the current plan of continuously killing each other and then pointing the finger at each other and saying 'they made me do it'....I'...
by goeagles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Okay, look, I think I see where we're both at... I think killing Israeli civilians and Palestinian civilians is horrific and never justified... You obviously feel differently.. personally I find that stand point revolting but I'm not going to try and convince you otherwise. Again, appreciate you an...
by goeagles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

happytramp wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:57 pm An initial positive impact would be that the civilian death toll would likely drop to single figures each day.
Such impressive depth of thinking.
by goeagles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Cheers. I appreciate that.. Is there a number of dead civilians that would be unacceptable to you? Or is the number of dead irrelevant? Anything past 4.923 million would probably be excessive tbf Okay, look, I think I see where we're both at... I think killing Israeli civilians and Palestinian civi...
by goeagles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Further to the constructive discussion that occurred here a couple of days ago, and which was subsequently lost in the barrage of repetitive whaterboutery, misrepresentations about the Geneva convention (a treaty of which Hamas is not a member, nor, to my knowledge, is Gaza), incorrect statements a...
by goeagles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Is specifically targeting a civilian population through your actions not at least up for consideration of one? Yes, they have zero obligation under international law, but that is not what I'm talking about and you know that. Missing context... Oh, there’s no obligation in international law to provi...
by goeagles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

puku wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:53 pm
bimboman wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:57 am

There’s no war crimes being committed.
Is specifically targeting a civilian population through your actions not at least up for consideration of one?

puku wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:03 pm Yes, they have zero obligation under international law, but that is not what I'm talking about and you know that.
by goeagles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

Did anyone ready today's article in the NY times about the evidence in the hospital blast?... I don't have a subscription but the snippet I read seems to imply the the evidence the IDF and US intelligence used was wrong and that the projectile they said caused the blast actually came from Israel.. ...
by goeagles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

Rugby administrators should stop copying football and assuming that what FIFA is doing will translate over Rugby doesn't have the same universal appeal or global reach as football, nor the potential for shock results. Even Saudi Arabia managed to beat Argentina in a one-off game in football. Every ...
by goeagles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

Portugal would have been in teams 21-24 this time had Spain not fielded an ineligible player. How many Portuguese casuals were hooked on the sport as a result? I know it's not the only barometer, but the Rugby Portugal Twitter account has less than 10k followers. Their Instagram has 88k followers.
by goeagles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

One thing many people don't realize about a 24 team RWC is it is really going to drive up the level of the teams outside the top 24 currently. I've already heard of a union ranked well outside the top 30 who is now targeting a RWC in 2031. Whether or not that is realistic for them doesn't really mat...
by goeagles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

mdaclarke wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:49 pm Does anyone think that promotion or relegation will happen?
They're probably hoping Fiji aren't as good by then. I don't think WR has any problem with a rotating spot for the 12th team. I'd imagine they hope they can keep Japan as that's a potentially huge market.
by goeagles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

Why not have another competition in between. Throw in another two or three while we're at it. I hope his competition fails miserably. I think the 24 team world cup is good. Beatings aside, it will help grow the game. Portugal only got into this world cup because Spain had an ineligible player. No, ...
by goeagles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams
Replies: 165
Views: 4857

Re: New competition starting in 2026 and next Rugby world cup to have 24 teams

Rugby administrators should stop copying football and assuming that what FIFA is doing will translate over Rugby doesn't have the same universal appeal or global reach as football, nor the potential for shock results. Even Saudi Arabia managed to beat Argentina in a one-off game in football. Every ...
by goeagles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums
Replies: 82
Views: 1997

Re: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums

Why not a free kick only? It’ll still be a game for all sizes. Yep. You have a better scrum and you still get the ball back every time or provide an outstanding platform to attack, just like if you have a much better lineout than the opposition. It just tilts the balance away from playing for penal...
by goeagles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums
Replies: 82
Views: 1997

Re: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums

https://twitter.com/Nigelrefowens/status/1716553371241308551 The scrum has always & should be an integral part of the game. If you want to lose a huge amount of players who are playing because it’s the scrum that allows them to be a part of it. Then De-power it & lose them. Rugby Union is a game fo...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

This kind of talk is grounded in paranoia, not reality. https://twitter.com/Liv_Boeree/status/1715813973939908827 You should understand this is a tiny minority of people in a country of 68 million. It seems some British Jews have been spooked or duped into thinking that everyone supports Hamas, or ...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

It feels like the 1930s in the West right now. President of a Detroit synagogue, a 40 year old woman, stabbed to death. A Jewish business targeted and vandalized to a cheering crowd in Barcelona. Swastikas painted on Jewish homes in Germany. People chanting Gas the Jews in Sydney. If I lived in Eur...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
Replies: 265
Views: 6878

Re: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.

I actually don't think scrum offences should be penalties. There's way too much incentive for teams to scrum for penalties and if a team has a shit scrum there's no way to actually avoid scrums. Earning a turnover or free kick is a pretty good reward too. And of course having a solid platform to at...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
Replies: 265
Views: 6878

Re: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.

Scrum infringements should be free kicks. Add marks from anywhere on the pitch and drop to 13 or 14 players on the pitch while you're at it.
by goeagles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

It feels like the 1930s in the West right now. President of a Detroit synagogue, a 40 year old woman, stabbed to death. A Jewish business targeted and vandalized to a cheering crowd in Barcelona. Swastikas painted on Jewish homes in Germany. People chanting Gas the Jews in Sydney. If I lived in Eur...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

It feels like the 1930s in the West right now. President of a Detroit synagogue, a 40 year old woman, stabbed to death. A Jewish business targeted and vandalized to a cheering crowd in Barcelona. Swastikas painted on Jewish homes in Germany. People chanting Gas the Jews in Sydney . If I lived in Eu...
by goeagles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

It feels like the 1930s in the West right now. President of a Detroit synagogue, a 40 year old woman, stabbed to death. A Jewish business targeted and vandalized to a cheering crowd in Barcelona. Swastikas painted on Jewish homes in Germany. People chanting Gas the Jews in Sydney. If I lived in Eur...
by goeagles
Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

It feels like the 1930s in the West right now. President of a Detroit synagogue, a 40 year old woman, stabbed to death. A Jewish business targeted and vandalized to a cheering crowd in Barcelona. Swastikas painted on Jewish homes in Germany. People chanting Gas the Jews in Sydney. If I lived in Euro...
by goeagles
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC 2035
Replies: 64
Views: 3324

Re: RWC 2035

Zakar wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:54 pm Who gets the guaranteed host slot if there are three hosts?
2026 FIFA WC has 3 hosts and all qualify automatically. Given the field will almost certainly expand to 24 by then, it would be reasonable to have all 3 qualify in rugby too.
by goeagles
Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 8583
Views: 269860

Re: Israel declares state of war

How are “Jews” an ethnic group though? The lines are massively blurred there. Quite a lot of them are second generation European. That hostage who Hamas released footage of; her parents are French. Netanyahu, apparently, is Slavic. So both examples of Caucasian, and indeed there are millions like t...