The Rugby Thread

[Big Boy]

Yes, you can have too much of a good thing

[pharvey]

Sorry...... had to be done

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[Big Boy]

OK, a couple more:

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[redzonerocker]

No excuses, just not good enough, end of story!

Fair play to the Aussies, they had a gameplan, stuck with it and reaped the rewards.
For most of the game we were kind of hoping for something to happen, they made it happen.

Where to go from here??

[PeteC]

Unbelievable NRL Grand Final. Cowboys 17 Broncos 16. 16 to 12 since well before end of first half, and Cowboys score a try at minute 80, but miss the extra point. A few minutes later in injury time they kicked the winning point. This was the way a grand final should be! Big storm here and TV off at minute 78 so I missed the try that tied it 16-16.

That's it for the NRL this season. See you in the autumn......early March. Pete

EDIT: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-04/l ... ys/6826550

[Terry]

......Now there's a turn up for the books!!!! .........

Simply because you can still stand with one foot in England and one in that other place.........

[Big Boy]

This one made me chuckle:

England have secured their position for the next round

[pharvey]

^ Have to say, that one is superb..!

......Now there's a turn up for the books!!!! .........

Simply because you can still stand with one foot in England and one in that other place.........

Now, now, what are you trying to say....?

[Big Boy]

And another:

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[pharvey]

^ Fair play BB, fair play!!

The thing that p!$$es me off though is the - "Sack the coach", "Sack the captain" BS straight after the game..... A few poor decisions from both and some team players not playing to their best - but seriously, you're into ending people's careers over this (and I guess the Welsh) result. It's pathetic. Hate to say it, but England have had some bl**dy good results over the past few years under the same management and captaincy - why change now? Yes, maybe you need to look in a slightly different direction, but does it need wholesale changes?

[PeteC]

I've seen some interviews with Australian league players, and surprisingly it seems most of them have careers other than Rugby because frankly most/many don't get paid enough to hold them over the 5-6 month off season.

That makes me ask do we have any million dollar per season Rugby Union players? What is an average yearly contract valued at? Pete

[PeteC]

^ Now having some time after the morning rush, I found the below. Link shows there is 1 over a million pounds (soon), Dan Carter at 1.4. Others in the half million range. That leads me to think the non-famous but experienced are 100-200, and those who were talking about ''other jobs" in Australia would be less than 100 for a season IMO. Pete

http://www.cityam.com/224772/rugby-worl ... balls-best

EDIT: Here's the NRL's top paid people. Not bad.

http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/nrls-top- ... layers/10/

[pharvey]

Well, if you look a little earlier in the thread..... http://huahinforum.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... &start=600

But what annoys me, is the low IQ Muppetts who will out earn the rugby guys' annual salary within a month or two.

[PeteC]

^...and my thread and your reply. Bloody memory is going....going.....gone!

[JimmyGreaves]

France will destroy us if we play like that but hopefully we wont.

So we have at least have another couple of games to play