The Miscellaneous Sports Thread

[Gups]

Women's rugby is a great sport to watch but is unfortunately not very competitive at an international level with only four countries - England, NZ, France and Canada - at the top table. And England are currently totally dominant due to being the only fully professional team. I think they have won something like 30 games in a row

I watched the NZ and England games that Canada played. It was fun, but I'm a little iffy on the rules and strategy. My (American) football brain kept openly questioning why they did plays the way they did . I think I'll keep watching.

The rules are pretty difficult and constantly changing. The main ones are that you can only throw backwards and kick forwards. If you kick all your players have to be behind the kicker.

[crazy canuck]

Women's rugby is a great sport to watch but is unfortunately not very competitive at an international level with only four countries - England, NZ, France and Canada - at the top table. And England are currently totally dominant due to being the only fully professional team. I think they have won something like 30 games in a row

I watched the NZ and England games that Canada played. It was fun, but I'm a little iffy on the rules and strategy. My (American) football brain kept openly questioning why they did plays the way they did . I think I'll keep watching.

My conclusion after watching this WC and a couple of youtube video explaining the sport. Rugby Union is poorly broadcasted. It's a zoom out sport and we keep zooming in.

I watched the TSN broadcast of the games, I thought the commentators for the games did a great job explaining the rules, assuming viewers who were new to the sport.  I know the rules a bit - my youngest son played rugby in highschool - and I found the explanations very helpful.

As for the game itself, that is what dominance looks like. The English side were so much better at every phase of the game.  I was also impressed with the grit of the Canadian side.   

[Josquius]

League is better.

[HVC]

League is better.

I dont know the difference, but I'm gonna go on faith that you're wrong

And thanks Gups. I've got some stuff, but mainly it's understanding why they do what when, the strategy of it all. but that comes with exposure.

[Sophie Scholl]

Riders win the Grey Cup after the Alouttes fumble in the 4th on the Rider goal line. Wild conclusion to a great game!

[crazy canuck]

Yeah, I am glad someone stepped into BB's shoes to remind us again that Grey Cups are often more fun to watch than Super Bowl games.  But you should have posted in the CFL thread

[Sophie Scholl]

I forgot there was one!   

[HVC]

Looks like Jake Paul lost his latest fight. Guess the diving cheque bounced this time

[Syt]

Knocked out and broke his jaw I saw in a headline? Too bad, so sad.

[HVC]

Knocked out and broke his jaw I saw in a headline? Too bad, so sad.

Saw some clips. Don't think anyone has ever thought of desperately grabbing onto your opponents legs as a valid defensive technique. Jake's nothing if not innovative.

[DGuller]

I saw this fight yesterday on someone's phone in my poker game.  It looked like he shouldn't have been even let onto the ring in the first place, he seemed unable to stay on his feet.  Isn't the ref supposed to call the fight immediately if the boxer can't even maintain steadiness while stepping back?

[Josquius]

I heard the ring was a fair bit bigger than usual so he just spent several rounds running away?
Why did they do a bigger ring?