About time we had a rugby World Cup thread?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: About time we had a rugby World Cup thread?

You should know by now that Sludge is a self appointed expert on every topic under the sun.

Well it's not difficult to put you in your box

[William Treseder]

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Well it's not difficult to put you in your box

I just can’t be bothered getting into a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

[lardy]

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The professionals at the top of the game are the reason why
so many players are developing dementia from all these power hits

The only professionals of any note in this are the medical experts who are pressing for the game to be radically changed

I hope you are bright enough to realise that

The professionals wrote this about dementia. When you get to the bit with tackles at the waist, give me a nudge.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/17/head-collisions-may-not-be-sole-cause-dementia-world-rugby-tells-players

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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That was an excellent performance by England with a man down

The bitter jealousy by the taffies is all over
social media today and its laughable

England are boring , Argentina were rubbish etc etc

😂

If a Wales team with 14 men had controlled a game and seen it through like that they would have been calling for a national day of celebration for our brave boys

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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The professionals wrote this about dementia. When you get to the bit with tackles at the waist, give me a nudge.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...-tells-players

Please don't insult the deteriorating health of the large number of ex professionals with a diagnosis of dementia by suggesting a few too many beers has caused brain function decline rather than traumatic collision

Boxing , Rugby , American football etc

This isn't a dictat by the BMA , it's a couple of doctors and of course it's been picked up by Bill Beaumont and others who clearly have a vested interest in all this

If you seem convinced these players are blaming their dementia on collisions instead of the real causes .....6 pints in the clubhouse .....then I think you should write to their lawyers , pronto

[Tuerto]

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Please don't insult the deteriorating health of the large number of ex professionals with a diagnosis of dementia by suggesting a few too many beers has caused brain function decline rather than traumatic collision

Boxing , Rugby , American football etc

This isn't a dictat by the BMA , it's a couple of doctors and of course it's been picked up by Bill Beaumont and others who clearly have a vested interest in all this

If you seem convinced these players are blaming their dementia on collisions instead of the real causes .....6 pints in the clubhouse .....then I think you should write to their lawyers , pronto

Lardy isn't insulting anyone, neither are the Doctors-consultants quoted in the Article. They're just saying that it there may well be other factors that can contribute towards the health of the brain deteriorating. They're not saying that their opinion is final, they're saying that it could be a bit more complex than people think.

[the other bob wilson]

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My concern is based on the view that as players get bigger, it follows that collisions potentially get more dangerous, so the risk of brain damage gets greater. People talk about “punch drunk” boxers and I’d say it’s generally accepted that the repeated blows to the head a boxer who fights over a long career takes can lead to problems in later life, but I wonder if any research has been done into what the breakdown by weight is of fighters with brain damage? If I’m right about rugby injuries, you’d think heavyweight boxers would be the ones most affected - if they’re not, then I could be wrong about rugby head injuries.

[Maurice Swan]

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Why arn't teams playing in their traditional colours......when there is no clash.
eg France v NZ
South Africa v Scotland

..even really England v Argentina

...will Wales play in red this evening?

[The Bloop]

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Why arn't teams playing in their traditional colours......when there is no clash.
eg France v NZ
South Africa v Scotland

..even really England v Argentina

...will Wales play in red this evening?

Partly to help those with colour blindness I think, so they try to have 1 team in a light coloured kit and 1 in a dark kit. In a year or 2 Wales v Ireland won't be red v green anymore.

[Maurice Swan]

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Partly to help those with colour blindness I think, so they try to have 1 team in a light coloured kit and 1 in a dark kit. In a year or 2 Wales v Ireland won't be red v green anymore.

Not sure about that as the shorts would be different...The SA colours are horrible and don't SEEM like SA..>!

[llan bluebird]

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Watched the first game, Englands and the jocks, and its a bit of a kick-and-chase fest.

I have grown up with rugby but if you are trying to sell the game to a wider public it is boring, stop, stop and a few more of a stop game with so many rules you need to be a local government officer or a solicitor to enjoy the pedantry of the rule book

If its your game you love it, but its a niche minority sport with enough old-school tie products to ensure it's kept in the publics mind.

Football starts next week, wonder how viewing figure will fair then?

[Gofer Blue]

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Watched the first game, Englands and the jocks, and its a bit of a kick-and-chase fest.

I have grown up with rugby but if you are trying to sell the game to a wider public it is boring, stop, stop and a few more of a stop game with so many rules you need to be a local government officer or a solicitor to enjoy the pedantry of the rule book

If its your game you love it, but its a niche minority sport with enough old-school tie products to ensure it's kept in the publics mind.

Football starts next week, wonder how viewing figure will fair then?

100% agree. Gave up watching rugby union a few years back for the reasons you gave. I did watch some of the rugby league world cup games and found it much more enjoyable.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Lardy isn't insulting anyone, neither are the Doctors-consultants quoted in the Article. They're just saying that it there may well be other factors that can contribute towards the health of the brain deteriorating. They're not saying that their opinion is final, they're saying that it could be a bit more complex than people think.

Rubbish

I could fill a reply with hundreds of articles including many by highly qualified doctors that argue there is definitive link between the brutal side of rugby and the increasing diagnosis of early onset dementia

I can't be arsed

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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100% agree. Gave up watching rugby union a few years back for the reasons you gave. I did watch some of the rugby league world cup games and found it much more enjoyable.

I quite enjoy union but league I find so boring until there is an overlap and a scoring chance appears

The six tackle is so monotonous in my view

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Watched the first game, Englands and the jocks, and its a bit of a kick-and-chase fest.

I have grown up with rugby but if you are trying to sell the game to a wider public it is boring

If rugby has become a game of kicking the ball as high and as far away as aimlessly as possible, Sludge will be glued to it!