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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 14:08:38 GMT -5
So, I get A LOT of rugby with this DirecTV soccer package. I don't really understand how it works, but man alive do these boys love to roughhouse.
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Post by Crimebuster on Sept 3, 2014 21:30:33 GMT -5
My wife bought me a Hartford Whalers jersey for Christmas a couple of years ago. It's one of their earlier NHL versions, as it still has Pucky the Whale on the shoulders. That came a couple years after she flirted with the idea of getting me a Colorado Rockies NHL jersey, but she had such a hard time finding one that she just gave up on it. I love the old NHL, back when offense ruled and guys didn't have to wear helmets. I'm currently putting together sets of the 1979-1980 and 1980-1981 O-Pee-Chee hockey card sets, and when I'm done with that, I think I am going to try to put together team collections for all of the teams that aren't in existence any more, like the Rockies, Whalers, Scouts, Seals/Golden Seals, and Barons. I have an Atlanta Flames jersey. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 21:43:00 GMT -5
I assume those who fondly remember the old WHA are aware of this book. It's not quite up there with Terry Pluto's ABA book, & a few teams are barely even mentioned, but even so it's well worth tracking down. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 21:43:11 GMT -5
Double post. Weird.
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Post by berkley on Sept 3, 2014 21:49:15 GMT -5
So, I get A LOT of rugby with this DirecTV soccer package. I don't really understand how it works, but man alive do these boys love to roughhouse. It's a great sport, and has been probably my favourite to watch the last several years, but I think you've touched on the main thing that hinders it from being more accessible to the casual fan: the rules aren't all that clear sometimes. I think people used to watching American gridiron style football especially have a hard time getting a grasp on when the players are allowed to go for the ball and when they're not, for example, so it all seems a bit chaotic and arbitrary at times. It'll come eventually, if you keep watching and pay attention to the commentary, but it might take a little longer than it would for someone watching, say hockey, for the first time. Dan, I'd like to have a look at that WHA book you mentioned but your link seems to take me right back to this thread when I click it. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 22:01:42 GMT -5
I've realized that either Australian rules football is something else or there are VERY different rules for different leagues. Sometimes I watch and the field looks to be round, and sometimes there are four poles at each end (middle section is six points, outer two are one). They also put some string of numbers up like 15/7/10, of which I think two may be the number of each type of scoring (six point goals vs one point goals) but I have no idea what the third number is. Also, I see percentages that are all over 100% mentioned a lot.
And yeah, the scrums or whatever make no sense. Sometimes those fellas are down there for a good while really mixing it up and then the next scrum the ref is blowing his whistle and then some guy gets a kick.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 22:15:34 GMT -5
Dan, I'd like to have a look at that WHA book you mentioned but your link seems to take me right back to this thread when I click it. Yeah -- caught that. It's fixed now. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 22:16:45 GMT -5
Was that double post there originally? I didn't notice it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 22:41:22 GMT -5
Must've been, though obviously I didn't notice it, either.
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Post by Jasoomian on Sept 4, 2014 12:14:12 GMT -5
I used to occasionally catch a few minutes of the baffling Australian Rules Football on MHz network, but I think they've forsaken the sport for even more European detective shows.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 12:34:45 GMT -5
I'm really growing to enjoy the sport. For such a chaotic, violent sport it's oddly soothing. They seem to have a lot of five or so minute breaks to show what looks to be a highlight reel set to house music, which I don't enjoy but can't ignore.
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Post by berkley on Sept 4, 2014 20:55:18 GMT -5
I've realized that either Australian rules football is something else or there are VERY different rules for different leagues. Sometimes I watch and the field looks to be round, and sometimes there are four poles at each end (middle section is six points, outer two are one). They also put some string of numbers up like 15/7/10, of which I think two may be the number of each type of scoring (six point goals vs one point goals) but I have no idea what the third number is. Also, I see percentages that are all over 100% mentioned a lot. And yeah, the scrums or whatever make no sense. Sometimes those fellas are down there for a good while really mixing it up and then the next scrum the ref is blowing his whistle and then some guy gets a kick. Yeah, Aussie Rules is a totally different game from rugby. There are two forms of rugby itself, Union and League, which differ from one another sgnificantly but nowhere near as much as Aussie Rules differs from both. "Scrum" in rugby refers to one of the set-pieces they use to re-start play. It's the one where the eight forwards pack down and face each other over the ball, which is then rolled in between them by the scrum-half of one of the teams. There are a couple ideas that might help follow situations like you're talking about, which I think sounds like not the scrum, but the loose play when players from both teams are struggling for the ball. Maybe the biggest is that you're not supposed to play the ball while you're on the ground - you have to get to your feet first. ANoher is that you're supposed to come in from behind the mass of players from your own side of the game line, not go around the side - unless the ball is "out", i.e. out of that mass of players. Often the ref will call out "Ball's out!" or something to let the players know it's OK to go for it. |
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Post by berkley on Sept 4, 2014 20:56:26 GMT -5
I assume those who fondly remember the old WHA are aware of this book. It's not quite up there with Terry Pluto's ABA book, & a few teams are barely even mentioned, but even so it's well worth tracking down. Thanks, first I ever heard of it and it definitely looks like something I'll want to read. |
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 4, 2014 21:07:40 GMT -5
I loved watching Aussie Rules Football back in the day on ESPN.
Being a Cubs fan, I naturally rooted for the Sydney Swans. Unlike the Cubs, they won a title after a brief 72 year drought.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 21:18:54 GMT -5
That does help, berk. Thanks.
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