General Rugby Discussion II

Lost Ormond · 08-06-2021 3:22pm

Refs for summer tours, Lions all confirmed now
all 3 test refs will be involved in each test as an AR as well
1st test Nic Berry (RA)

2nd test Ben O'Keeffe (NZR)

3rd test Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

Wayne Barnes, Jaco Payper reffing the warm up games

https://www.world.rugby/the-game/high-performance/officiating/642035

Karl Dickson refs our game v Japan and Mathieu Raynal is in charge of US game

Yeah_Right · 08-06-2021 5:27pm

Lost Ormond wrote: »

Refs for summer tours, Lions all confirmed now
all 3 test refs will be involved in each test as an AR as well
1st test Nic Berry (RA)

2nd test Ben O'Keeffe (NZR)

3rd test Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

Wayne Barnes, Jaco Payper reffing the warm up games

https://www.world.rugby/the-game/high-performance/officiating/642035

Karl Dickson refs our game v Japan and Mathieu Raynal is in charge of US game

Only one French ref!! Lucky buggers.

MaybeMaybe · 08-06-2021 7:51pm

Burkie1203 wrote: »

I reckon all IRFU contracts now strictly prohibited water slides

And zorbing

pickarooney · 09-06-2021 12:18pm

hahashake wrote: »

Wasn't specifically interested in the firepit example, just curious about injuries for pro athletes outside of their job as a whole. It seems to be pretty rare but I would be surprised if a highly paid athlete in a less physical sport would be allowed to ski black diamond runs for example.

Robbie Keane getting injured picking up the remote control springs to mind

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/ten-bizarre-football-injuries-6356843.html

Captain_Crash · 09-06-2021 12:28pm

pickarooney wrote: »

Robbie Keane getting injured picking up the remote control springs to mind

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/ten-bizarre-football-injuries-6356843.html

And didn’t Santi Canazares miss the 2002 World Cup for Spain because he dropped a bottle of aftershave on his foot! In stepped Iker Casillas and poor aul Santi never got a look in again!

sprucemoose · 09-06-2021 2:49pm

watching the state of origin earlier, cant understand why people are calling for the report system from the NRL to be brought over to union. cam munster kicks a player in the stomach while hes getting up - no card or penalty given, buts its fine because its put 'on report', despite being a blatant offence. What good is it to the team offended against if the offender gets a ban afterwards but can play the rest of the game. i'm not a fan of the red card replacement trial in the rainbow cup but even that seems like a better idea

Lost Ormond · 09-06-2021 5:42pm

IRFU have confirmed that Chris Busby is joining its high performance referee panel ahead of next season.

Busby joins Andrew Brace, Frank Murphy, and Joy Neville on the panel.

Good to see a non Munster MAR ref at the top level.

icdg · 09-06-2021 9:21pm

Report on Daily Telegraph website (behind paywall) that England v US and Canada games to be shown by Channel 4, the first England games outside the Six Nations and World Cup to be shown on terrestrial TV in quite a while.

Eod100 · 09-06-2021 10:01pm

icdg wrote: »

Report on Daily Telegraph website (behind paywall) that England v US and Canada games to be shown by Channel 4, the first England games outside the Six Nations and World Cup to be shown on terrestrial TV in quite a while.

There's an irony in that article being behind a paywall! Good to see

Lost Ormond · 10-06-2021 6:45pm

USA formally accepted as a bid candidate to host Rugby World Cup 2027, 2029 and/or 2031.

Would be great to see mens tournament in the Americas. 2027 would be ideal as would be after france and considering world rugbys conservatism could then see return to a "traditional" country in 2031

swiwi_ · 10-06-2021 7:14pm

Lost Ormond wrote: »

USA formally accepted as a bid candidate to host Rugby World Cup 2027, 2029 and/or 2031.

Would be great to see mens tournament in the Americas. 2027 would be ideal as would be after france and considering world rugbys conservatism could then see return to a "traditional" country in 2031

I think the USA would suck tbh. Massive country with minimal interest in rugby. Atmosphere would be zero. I’d rather Argentina.

Lost Ormond · 10-06-2021 7:20pm

swiwi_ wrote: »

I think the USA would suck tbh. Massive country with minimal interest in rugby. Atmosphere would be zero. I’d rather Argentina.

There is huge potential for growth of rugby in US.
Argentina for a world cup would be great but madness to not look at US. You could focus tournament on north east of country or somewhere else. you dont need to play games across entire country

Shaka Hislop · 10-06-2021 8:23pm

Dan Kelly has confirmed it & decided to pursue a career in the English setup, best of luck to the lad

Richie_Rich89 · 10-06-2021 8:56pm

Shaka Hislop wrote: »

Dan Kelly has confirmed it & decided to pursue a career in the English setup, best of luck to the lad

He could have chosen Ireland, but instead he has chosen the route to success and the Red Rose of England. Can you blame the guy? 13 Grand Slams compared to 3, and 4 World Cup Finals including one win compared to never having got past the quarters.

Teferi · 10-06-2021 9:10pm

Englishman chooses to pursue English caps. Best of luck to him.

Sangre · 10-06-2021 9:26pm

Eddie Jones loves bringing in dual-qualified players into squads but never actually capping them.

Lost Ormond · 15-06-2021 3:29pm

Adam McBurney who is joining Edinburgh from Ulster has been added to the Scottish squad for their games against Georgia and Romania next month

AbusesToilets · 16-06-2021 12:10am

swiwi_ wrote: »

I think the USA would suck tbh. Massive country with minimal interest in rugby. Atmosphere would be zero. I’d rather Argentina.

Have to disagree there. 7s tournaments have been consistently popular, and the US is one of the most sports enthusiastic countries around.

Losty Dublin · 16-06-2021 4:38pm

It's weird to see a Wales match on RTÉ and not having Conor O'Shea or Bernard Jackman giving out yards about the lazy forwards :pac:

Squidgy Black · 17-06-2021 12:32pm

Seen a piece in the Guardian, Quins are using 'smart' gumshields in training to identify collisions and their impacts and as a result giving players bibs to identify those that might be susceptible to injuries/concussion etc, and they've seen a massive drop in the number of injuries this season.

Seems like a no-brainer for teams to roll out.

icdg · 17-06-2021 4:50pm

Wales v Canada to air on BBC Wales, while their two games v Argentina will be on S4C.

hahashake · 17-06-2021 5:14pm

https://twitter.com/fab_rugby/status/1405172051401490433

Somehow seems wrong.

Squidgy Black · 17-06-2021 5:22pm

hahashake wrote: »

https://twitter.com/fab_rugby/status/1405172051401490433

Somehow seems wrong.

If Sale lose there's only one explanation. Samson lost his power.

OldRio · 19-06-2021 8:08am

This is rather interesting. 6 nations type of competition for South America.

https://twitter.com/AmericasOval/status/1405853122895953926?s=20

Podge_irl · 19-06-2021 4:36pm

Sounds like a massive waste of time for Argentina. I guess it will be an A team.

Lost Ormond · 19-06-2021 4:40pm

Podge_irl wrote: »

Sounds like a massive waste of time for Argentina. I guess it will be an A team.

It is their A team. The Pumas still in the Rugby Championship

Lost Ormond · 19-06-2021 6:36pm

OldRio wrote: »

This is rather interesting. 6 nations type of competition for South America.

https://twitter.com/AmericasOval/status/1405853122895953926?s=20

Its replacing the Americas Rugby championship so Colombia and Paraguay are replacing USA and Canada.

OldRio · 19-06-2021 7:30pm

That leaves USA and Canada out on a limb. Reading some of the comments it seems there has been a bit of a fall out.

bilston · 20-06-2021 5:30pm

I'd like a future by 2030 where the WC is eventually expanded to 24 teams. 2027 might be too soon, but hopefully by 2031.

South Africa and Georgia join an expanded 8 Nations championship.

Fiji and Japan join NZ, Australia and Argentina in the Rugby Championship.

USA, Canada, Uruguay, Tonga and Samoa have their own tournament.

European Nations with maybe Namibia replacing Georgia, plus Russia, Romania, Spain Portugal etc (although travel costs would be difficult for Namibia).

More time zone orientated competition rather than Hemisphere orientated would make more financial sense IMO.

Lost Ormond · 20-06-2021 5:43pm

bilston wrote: »

I'd like a future by 2030 where the WC is eventually expanded to 24 teams. 2027 might be too soon, but hopefully by 2031.

South Africa and Georgia join an expanded 8 Nations championship.

Fiji and Japan join NZ, Australia and Argentina in the Rugby Championship.

USA, Canada, Uruguay, Tonga and Samoa have their own tournament.

European Nations with maybe Namibia replacing Georgia, plus Russia, Romania, Spain Portugal etc (although travel costs would be difficult for Namibia).

More time zone orientated competition rather than Hemisphere orientated would make more financial sense IMO.

Namibia would never be able afford that. Time zone might make more financial sense but would cause issues with competitiveness outside of the South African/Europe group over time as all the major tv earners would be in one group

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