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If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:38 am
by Mog The Almighty
1) All cotton jerseys with collars (e.g. old school, or like Scotland's recent collared jerseys). Collars because it's a tradition and sign of a gentleman's game. Cotton to give players something to grip in scrums in mauls, rucks, etc.

2) Old school rucking is back in the game.

3) Sponsorship on all jerseys limited to a certain size, certain quantity and not center-front or center-back of the shirt.

4) Zero-tolerance crack-down to feeding scrums straight. Just like with line-outs.

5) You are only eligible to play for any International side if you are both a) a passport-holding citizen of that country and (not or) b) have been at some point in your life a resident of that country for a time of five years or more (so no getting passports on your great grandmother's side for a country you've never stepped foot in just to get a cap).

6) "Marto" never commentates another Australian game. He belongs in the stands with a scarf and a beer, not the commentary box.

7) All international games must be available on free-to-air TV in the country they are played-in, or the game is moved to a country to will comply.

8 ) No on-field sponsorship (i.e. no huge f'n signs in the grass) and definitely not those new ones that are being added with special effects. They look horrible. The field is starting to look like a motor-sport jacket. There's barely any green left. It's a disgrace.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:44 am
by BBB
I'd bleed World Rugby of all its cash and siphon the money into Swiss bank accounts under the names of all my family members and close friends.

For a start.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:05 am
by Jim Lahey
Take away on field TMO replays on the big screen. The crowd booing is influencing too many referrals that amount to nothing and slow the game down.

Allow fair contests for the ball in the air. That penalty against Kerevi on Falou was a joke.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:08 am
by Floppykid
From your list, number 5 would be my number 1. Though I'd also ammend it to include players who havery parents from a different country and choose to represent said country.

Number 7 would be my number 2.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:08 am
by Laurent
Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:09 am
by Floppykid
Reduce the 6 Nations to 5 teams.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:29 am
by Mr. Very Popular
Only proper people who have played the game are allowed go to games.

No 'razzmatazz' before or during the game.

All good play will be applauded by all supporters

On the beer with opposition team and supporters must be participated in.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:32 am
by waguser
Laurent wrote:Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.
That's actually a fun one

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:56 am
by Uthikoloshe
I'd get South Africa banned again for racial quotas.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 11:39 am
by Stjudes
Laurent wrote:Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.
:lol: who was it again who asked that many moons ago?

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 11:44 am
by The Native
Mine would be only captains can speak to the referee and excessive appealing or remonstrating for a penalty will result in a penalty against for that very reason.
guy smiley wrote:
Stjudes wrote:
Laurent wrote:Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.
:lol: who was it again who asked that many moons ago?

A man named Ikaponthus.
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Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 11:50 am
by The Native
guy smiley wrote:
The Native wrote:Mine would be only captains can speak to the referee and excessive appealing or remonstrating for a penalty will result in a penalty against for that very reason.
guy smiley wrote:
Stjudes wrote:
Laurent wrote:Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.
:lol: who was it again who asked that many moons ago?

A man named Ikaponthus.
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Some say he had the arms of a hippopotamus and a waddle to match.
Though legend has it, his calves were the diameter of Staedtler HB.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 11:53 am
by Hong Kong
2) like your knowledge of TH/LH

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:06 pm
by danny_fitz
Stadium announcers to be forced to fight to the death as half time entertainment.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:09 pm
by Gwenno
Mr. Very Popular wrote:Only proper people who have played the game are allowed go to games.

No 'razzmatazz' before or during the game.

All good play will be applauded by all supporters

On the beer with opposition team and supporters must be participated in.
Getting up for a piss any time during play to be punished by buying a pint for all those inconvenienced by it.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:14 pm
by Gwenno
What about ALL jumping for the ball, lifting in the line out to continue as legal but NO sanction for any sort of contact in the air? You can do it, but at your own risk, like tightrope walking.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:03 pm
by Mog The Almighty
Gwenno wrote:What about ALL jumping for the ball, lifting in the line out to continue as legal but NO sanction for any sort of contact in the air? You can do it, but at your own risk, like tightrope walking.
That's never going to fly. And I wouldn't want to see it either.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:05 pm
by Dork Lard
Ooh, well there are many.

- The Uber-ref: he's a ref for the ref. He runs around the ref who runs around the players and assesses his decisions. The Uber-ref receives information from a team and is not allowed to verbally communicate with anyone on the field. He just takes decisions. His requirements are he needs to wear an overall and look like Rowan Atkinson. If the ref makes a horrible decision, he blows his whistle and hands him a penalty. If the ref really fks up or commits too many penalties or makes too many fancy jokes/is too cute, the uber-ref will send him to the sin-bin and he won't be allowed dessert for a week.

- Death penalty for faking a play: the simulations or exaggerations to get yellows or red are to be dealt with the death penalty. However, the player is to be executed 7 years from the incident, but randomly without notice on a remote date, and gets to choose the animal he is to be reincarnated into.

- Annual Anal Beads: whenever a club president or federation masterlord (the new official name given to fed directors) fails at mounting a successful team with his recruiting/assembling of coaching staff etc.., at the end of the year he gets the annual anal beads treatment. Rough rectal action, however in the relative privacy and silence of any public library of his choice. A system is established, looking at the capital/results ratio of the organization.

- Small Size Syndrome: again through a fair assessment system, when a headcoach (and staff) underperforms in relation to the talent at his disposal, he gets "sick with SSS". Small Size Syndrome. He's forced to wear Small size clothes, shoes, Small size everything... every day in public during the off-season. The phrase "hah, you look small today !" commonly used against them - to which a person is obligated to reply with "thank you Sir" while making eye contact - repeated throughout the day as a terribly condescending mocking gesture.

- Donkey x 3: donkey times three is the due punishment for stagnant players. Whenever potential is discerned but the individual's ability looks stale and lacks the necessary improvement after a season, he's given this award. The award takes place at the local Pizza Hut at 6am sharp, with everyone involved contractually obligated to order a stuffed-crust deep pan pizza. The winner of the award must travel publicly on the three donkeys (supplied by the fed) during the off-season on his way anywhere, or pay a fine of one window or door (irreplaceable under contract) from his residence; which are then generously offered to charity to ppl with drug addictions.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:11 pm
by Mog The Almighty
Stjudes wrote:
Laurent wrote:Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.
:lol: who was it again who asked that many moons ago?
Christ it's getting worse! :blush:

Nobody ever said that. It's like Chinese whispers, but I guess after seven-odd years you'd expect that much. What I asked was if the TH and LH ever swap sides for tactical reasons. And even that was a silly question, which was embarrassing. But at the stage of my rugby playing career, the front row were just three fat arses in my face. However, since which I've actually been trained at loosehead and played front at a fairly decent level, which I suspect is a damn sight more knowledge than 95% of posters on this forum r.e. the front row. So you can all just stfu now thank you very much.

Speaking of which, and being dictator of rugby, it would be an interesting experiment to ban the second rowers binding under the props' legs, and ban the flankers from binding to the props with their "free" hand. The purpose being to force the front-row to support 100% of their own weight pre-engage, instead of having their feet way back and the second rowers/flankers holding them by pulling them back. This would result, I suspect, in scrums being packed higher and less collapsing. It would be worth a shot anyway. And I think it's exactly why there's not really many scrums collapsing at lower levels - because at lower levels, the props usually are just big fat guys from the pub who are supporting their own weight the whole time and never getting so low as a result.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:14 pm
by danthefan
Floppykid wrote:From your list, number 5 would be my number 1. Though I'd also ammend it to include players who havery parents from a different country and choose to represent said country.

Number 7 would be my number 2.
TV money is king, would cripple the international game.


As for the first point, you have to make provisions for guys like Marmion or Touhy, Irish parents and I guess considered himself Irish. Obviously have no issue with Marmion playing for us even though he's English. The grandparent thing should just be struck off immediately.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:16 pm
by Mog The Almighty
danthefan wrote:
Floppykid wrote:From your list, number 5 would be my number 1. Though I'd also ammend it to include players who havery parents from a different country and choose to represent said country.

Number 7 would be my number 2.
TV money is king, would cripple the international game.
No it wouldn't. The International game was just fine even before the advent of professionalism. Before everything with packaged and sold.

It might mean there is slightly less money in the game, but the fatcats aren't doing anything too impressive with the money they have now, so fudge it.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:17 pm
by Diego
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Stjudes wrote:
Laurent wrote:Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.
:lol: who was it again who asked that many moons ago?
Christ it's getting worse! :blush:

Nobody ever said that. It's like Chinese whispers, but I guess after seven-odd years you'd expect that much. What I asked was if the TH and LH ever swap sides for tactical reasons. And even that was a silly question, which was embarrassing. But at the stage of my rugby playing career, the front row were just three fat arses in my face. However, since which I've actually been trained at loosehead and played front at a fairly decent level, which I suspect is a damn sight more knowledge than 95% of posters on this forum r.e. the front row. So you can all just stfu now thank you very much.

Speaking of which, and being dictator of rugby, it would be an interesting experiment to ban the second rowers binding under the props' legs, and ban the flankers from binding to the props with their "free" hand. The purpose being to force the front-row to support 100% of their own weight pre-engage, instead of having their feet way back and the second rowers/flankers holding them by pulling them back. This would result, I suspect, in scrums being packed higher and less collapsing. It would be worth a shot anyway. And I think it's exactly why there's not really many scrums collapsing at lower levels - because at lower levels, the props usually are just big fat guys from the pub who are supporting their own weight the whole time and never getting so low as a result.
:lol:

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:18 pm
by Mog The Almighty
:x

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:22 pm
by jolindien
BBB wrote:I'd bleed World Rugby of all its cash and siphon the money into Swiss bank accounts under the names of all my family members and close friends.

For a start.
and someone made a mod of you... how clever.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:33 pm
by Mog The Almighty
guy smiley wrote:
Diego wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
Stjudes wrote:
Laurent wrote:Have loose head and tight head prop swap at every scrum.
:lol: who was it again who asked that many moons ago?
Christ it's getting worse! :blush:

Nobody ever said that. It's like Chinese whispers, but I guess after seven-odd years you'd expect that much. What I asked was if the TH and LH ever swap sides for tactical reasons. And even that was a silly question, which was embarrassing. But at the stage of my rugby playing career, the front row were just three fat arses in my face. However, since which I've actually been trained at loosehead and played front at a fairly decent level, which I suspect is a damn sight more knowledge than 95% of posters on this forum r.e. the front row. So you can all just stfu now thank you very much.

Speaking of which, and being dictator of rugby, it would be an interesting experiment to ban the second rowers binding under the props' legs, and ban the flankers from binding to the props with their "free" hand. The purpose being to force the front-row to support 100% of their own weight pre-engage, instead of having their feet way back and the second rowers/flankers holding them by pulling them back. This would result, I suspect, in scrums being packed higher and less collapsing. It would be worth a shot anyway. And I think it's exactly why there's not really many scrums collapsing at lower levels - because at lower levels, the props usually are just big fat guys from the pub who are supporting their own weight the whole time and never getting so low as a result.
:lol:
Imagine all of those posters who had no idea that Mog is the poster known as Ikaponthus?

Legend has it that his feet make a clippity clop noise when he sneaks into the house late at night.
I'm pretty sure everyone knows that. It has never been a secret. Same goes for my old username, everyone knows that too.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:34 pm
by BBB
jolindien wrote:
BBB wrote:I'd bleed World Rugby of all its cash and siphon the money into Swiss bank accounts under the names of all my family members and close friends.

For a start.
and someone made a mod of you... how clever.
The word "dictator" is in the thread title.
Also,I'm not a mod.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:58 pm
by Insane_Homer
tackle below the armpits.

attacking chaser cannot jump for a kick, only the defender.

catching a kick with your foot in touch means you took into touch.

starting 15 players to play all of the match, bench only for injury replacements.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:12 pm
by Jim Lahey
Insane_Homer wrote:tackle below the armpits.

attacking chaser cannot jump for a kick, only the defender.

catching a kick with your foot in touch means you took into touch.

starting 15 players to play all of the match, bench only for injury replacements
.
Agree 100%.
No overweight 'impact' forwards who are just wrecking balls.
Although I'd imagine there would be too many bloodgate scenarios.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:30 pm
by Demilich
Embezzle all the money. Use some for pay-offs to consolidate my position and keep the plebs in line. Spend the rest of my time throwing sexy parties.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:40 pm
by Anonymous 1
Mog The Almighty wrote:If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?.
Ban the Burka for safety reasons

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:53 pm
by Gwenno
Insane_Homer wrote:tackle below the armpits.

attacking chaser cannot jump for a kick, only the defender.

catching a kick with your foot in touch means you took into touch.

starting 15 players to play all of the match, bench only for injury replacements.
What about both feet?

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:01 pm
by Brumby_in_Vic
catching a kick with your foot in touch means you took into touch.
That changed in Super Rugby this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYbs7fCBD2w

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:05 pm
by The Man Without Fear
1). Any try which is followed by a blast of music over the PA results in immediate disallowal and a penalty in front of the posts for the opposition.

2). A try means a try at goal once more.

3). Compulsory shelf strengthening for all.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:05 pm
by Clive Simms
Each side is allowed a power play of three extra players on the pitch for 10 minutes

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:13 pm
by SamShark
1) No residency qualification at all unless the person moved to the country before the age of 18
2) 5 year residency for grandparent qualification, unless you moved before 18
3) TMO's only for serious foul play and the act of scoring
4) No Stuart Barnes

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:29 pm
by Smee
Insane_Homer wrote: starting 15 players to play all of the match, bench only for injury replacements.
:thumbup: Yup. I don't like the advent of the impact player. Rugby should be oriented around 80 minute players.

4 subs allowed per game might address that. The fewer subs allowed the less likely they are to be planned or for tactical reasons.

8 players on the bench, only 4 can play.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:45 pm
by Gwenno
Streakers are DNA tested or tortured to reveal nationality penalty try against their team. If supports neither team immediate ejection from the ground unless female under 40

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 4:01 pm
by Mog The Almighty
Insane_Homer wrote: starting 15 players to play all of the match, bench only for injury replacements.
I'm not a big fan of this law at all. It would be very difficult for grass-roots rugby. It may also encourage feigning injuries.

I do like the idea though. Players are getting ridiculously huge in the modern game. It's got to the stage where a back under 100kg is almost unusual. That used to be a biggish forward (or a huge forward if you go back far enough! - the heaviest player in the first All Black squad to tour England was 94kg).

I'm not suggesting rugby players should be small, but the laws should encourage a game, "for all body shapes", as used to be the brag. Not just 110kg roid heads.

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 4:04 pm
by Mog The Almighty
The Man Without Fear wrote: 2). A try means a try at goal once more.
So 0 points for a try?

Re: If you were dictator of global rugby, what would you do?

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:05 pm
by Enzedder
starting 15 players to play all of the match, bench only for injury replacements.
You mean like we used to before the Saffers started cheating so openly that they had to change the laws?