Which team has a worse reputation?

EdgarAllenPoo

I know that all the teams in the tri nations are among the best in the world but you always hear and read about people complaining about them. That could just be begrudgery.

I've read and heard it said that South Africa are rough to the point of persistent foul play (their match against England at Twickenham in the autumn of 2002 being a prime example), Australia are one of the most arrogant teams in world rugby and New Zealand are masters of doing simple little things which border on foul play and often go undetected by refs but are sometimes quite evident on TV.

Mind you I'm sure people can come up with a reason why any other team has a worse rep than any of these and if so feel free to share why you think that.

damnyanks

Whats Irelands reputation ?

So

Oz - Arrogant
NZ - Do the small things to cheat
SA - Thuggery
Eng - Muppets
France - Arrogant to the point where they dont turn up in cases
Arg - Are left in the wilderness for 5 years rucking with bears
Pacific Islands - Big is beautiful
Japan - Oz / NZ players who enjoy sushi
Italy - Mama Mia where is my pasta
Wales - Singing 9 to 5 ?
Scotland - About to disappear
USA - Ex-American football guys
Ireland - Moaners?

thebaz

damnyanks wrote:

Whats Irelands reputation ?

Ireland - Moaners?

i'd disagree , yes we moan , but so does everone else ... and our moans are legitimate

Pinetree Boy

We all have the teams we love to hate. In NZ:

England- arrogant and boring poms
Wales- always have had a rep as head kickers- goes back to the 70's
French- filthy- watch the family jewels and the eyes
Australia- just too bloody clever
South Africa- in the history of this rivalry just too much to mention-cheating refs, dodgy food and worst fans etc etc
Ireland- actually well liked-
Scotland- not on the radar

damnyanks

thebaz wrote:

i'd disagree , yes we moan , but so does everone else ... and our moans are legitimate

Was trying to be objective

Sangre

Pinetree Boy wrote:

We all have the teams we love to hate. In NZ:

England- arrogant and boring poms

NZ calling another team arrogant? lol. While the 2003 WC team were quite dull overall, they were quite interesting in a tactical sense.

dunno if anyone else has said it but welcome to the forums pinetree, nice to see a level headed outsider view!

Actually with SA and Steyns (?) I can see them turning to his drop kicks like England turned to Wilko. Could get infuritating.

Worrytahs

damnyanks wrote:

Oz - Arrogant

:rolleyes:

Pinetree Boy

When its your own team you call it confidence

NotWormBoy

And when you've kicked the bejaysus out of pretty much all comers for the past while... you win the right to be a wee bit cocky.

zAbbo

NotWormBoy wrote:

And when you've kicked the bejaysus out of pretty much all comers for the past while... you win the right to be a wee bit cocky.

Except when it matters