World Series

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

That's it - it flows and creeps along the pitch with some occassional runouts. With the continuous play, I don't think the hitting is as free and impactful.

American football starts new every play - the stop changes allos for different plays and you get more crunching collisions on kick-offs, pass coverage over the middle and bruising blocks from fullbacks opening holes for just as big but faster running backs.

clearly you have never seen rugby league, the scrumming you talk of is in the 15 man game.
in league a player is tackled, stands and plays the ball through his legs and play continues. the game you talk of is played by gynaeocologists and lawyers from public schools. most union players that convert to league find that they have to lose a bit of weight and improve their fitness, my example being "inga the winger", record breaking all black winger who signed for wigan and was promptly told to lose 3 st. and get fit, he played for n.z. against aus about a week before.
there is a reason that purps was fascinated by league players.

have a look at this....
1 of the greatest exponents of the code
mal meninga...... Saint, Raider and a Bundaberg boy.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djL-DpiNNaE[/media]

 

[Bundy]

I prefer to call that game, "Woolrugby".

Oi, you be careful there.

 

[Bundy]

have a look at this....
1 of the greatest exponents of the code
mal meninga...... Saint, Raider and a Bundaberg boy.
YouTube - Big Mal Meninga

Go Big Mal, my dad went to school with him. I met Antonio Kafusi in the gym the other week, big lad, was on the rowing machine the front was lifting up cause he was rowing so hard.

There is a lot more cardio involved in League than Union. Those Union boys are pretty plump really.

 

[Bundy]

This is interesting: Comparison of American football and rugby league - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Go Big Mal, my dad went to school with him. I met Antonio Kafusi in the gym the other week, big lad, was on the rowing machine the front was lifting up cause he was rowing so hard.

There is a lot more cardio involved in League than Union. Those Union boys are pretty plump really.

like i say Va'aiga Tuigamala had to lose a tonne of weight when he switched codes, and he was considered to be in his prime at the time in union.

i never realised that big mal was a 'norman' though
Mal Meninga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[ChicagoToffee]

Completely ignorant of the difference between the two styles of rugby.

Interesting post there, Bundy - thanks.

I guess I'd say that the stop/reset in American football makes for more collisions because only that at the start of each play, there are 11 presumably healthy players starting from a set position rather than the ebb/flow of the pace of a game without interruptions.

Not saying rugby players are weak or inferior - just a different style of play (obviously).

When I see a rugby test match between two national sides (like Ingerland and the All Blacks) - is that league or union?

 

[McBain]

Australian rules football is closer to American football than rugby with its long plays and runs. Not as much scrumming type contact but more open field clotheslines tackles and aerial knocks.

Thats CRAZIE talk.

I need to inject some sense into this thread.

Baseball : World series? No rest of the world = Not a World Series. So much drugs in this 'sport' its unbelievable. Blight on the soprting scene. You need drugs to hit a ball? Drugs to throw one? Definitely need some drugs to sit there and watch it for 8 hours.

Game rating: BORING AS BATSHIT

American Football: WWE on a plastic pitch with HELMETS!!! Helmets! Why are there so many Refs? Why are there 100 players on each team? Why does one guy get paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to run on, kick a ball, and run off and chill out for the rest of the game? Why do they stop so much? Cant they run for 45 minutes? Why are they so unfit/fat?

Game Rating: BORING AS BATSHIT

Basketball : The game for tall people

Game Rating : Great when you had your Barkleys, your Jordans, your Hardaways and your David Robinsons. Now, just an over gangstered overpaid egotistical shell of its former self.

Best thing to come out of Nth America: Ice Hockey.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

just wondering bundy, did your 'arl fella mention anything about the showers?

 

[NickD]

Thought this thread was suppose to be about the world series!!!



Game 4 tonight

Yankees winning 2-1 (best of seven)


Yanks should win tonight

 

[TX Bill]

Phillies might have to bring Cliff Lee back on short rest if they want to get back into this thing.

Hamels really didn't fool any of the Yankees hitters last night.

 

[NickD]

Looks like there going with Joe Blanton instead of Cliff Lee, like you said they may need Lee especially with CC Sabathia going for the yanks

Should be good either way

 

[McBain]

Can MLB players legally use performance enhancers?

 

[Bundy]

just wondering bundy, did your 'arl fella mention anything about the showers?

eh? No... Do you have a thing for big Mal?

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

eh? No... Do you have a thing for big Mal?

i reckon big mal would look like he'd taken a baseball bat in there.

 

[Bundy]

Can MLB players legally use performance enhancers?

Just think of it as cricket for Grocks. It's not that bad. I played softball for a season I was pretty good too.