Booney wrote:Jim05 wrote:Booney wrote:Rugby "The game played in heaven".
It’s a great game
For insomniacs.
It's still one of the few 'mans' sports still around. I don't think there are any more technical or strategical sports getting around. The passion of the players during national anthems is next level.
Had to laugh after watching Argentina vs France first half which was just a battle of warriors to then flick on the AFL and within 10 seconds see a GWS player diving from a flick to the neck holding his head and receiving a free kick, haven't seen that bad in the EPL this season.
Until you understand the athletism and technique required by these beasts of human beings it hard to appreciate. These blokes are 6ft plus over 120kg and can get their head to toes hit the deck and back up to the next contest in seconds for another big hit. Even getting your head low (roughly around knee height) to make tackles is pure craziness when you have a 120kg bloke running at you and tackles a huge mental shift from playing aussie rules and the much easier technique of upright tackling.