*** The Official Rugby World Cup 2015 Thread ***

This is mildly terrifying at the moment, Samoa have realised how to play rugby and why did they pick the final game when they can't possibly go through...

I'm just hoping the pattern from the first two games repeats and that Scotland manage to start attacking and scoring tries again.
 
I've finally cracked, it's been building a while now, I am totally hacked off with the modern ruck and tackle.

The standard is now for for the tackler not to release and rolling away seems to be coming quite arbitrary in its application. Everyione attempting to compete for the ball reaches beyond the ball seals off with their hands on the ground and then jackal back onto the ball and win a penalty for holding on. I appreciate organised teams can support thier runners well enough to clear out but it is still irritating me.

Please watch the language. Thank you.

The scrum has become an absolute farce and the referees are absolutely to blame having not applied the laws for nearly a decade. The lineout is only a contest these days when the hooker forgets to throw it in straight but 1 metre toward his own team.

I love rugby having played 25+ seasons in the lst 32 years but I'm beginning to find the international game difficult to watch and very annoying.
 
PlacidCasual said:
I've finally cracked, it's been building a while now, I am totally hacked off with the modern ruck and tackle.

The standard is now for for the tackler not to release and rolling away seems to be coming quite arbitrary in its application. Everyione attempting to compete for the ball reaches beyond the ball seals off with their hands on the ground and then jackal back onto the ball and win a penalty for holding on. I appreciate organised teams can support thier runners well enough to clear out but it is still irritating me.

The scrum has become an absolute farce and the referees are absolutely to blame having not applied the laws for nearly a decade. The lineout is only a contest these days when the hooker forgets to throw it in straight but 1 metre toward his own team.

I love rugby having played 25+ seasons in the lst 32 years but I'm beginning to find the international game difficult to watch and very annoying.
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Why are you finding International rugby difficult to watch over club rugby? I ask as the things you have pointed out all happen in club rugby as well. I haven't played rugby for about 10 years, but go to watch Bedford regularly and see exactly the same things going on.
 
Well that was tense. I'm surprised by quite how many penalties the Samoans were allowed without anyone getting yellow cards. They played well though and were unlucky not to get the win. For a while I thought it might be another glorious failure for Scotland but Greig Laidlaw kept things moving and stole a good try at the end.
 
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