tugglesf78 wrote:
I’ve always enjoyed your posting Cruncher and sadly I am in total agreement.
Games been going to the dogs for about 10 years.
The constant removal of aggression has reached a state whereby it’s now farcical.
We used to pride ourselves on the game being gladiatorial and the ‘toughest sport on two legs’
It’s not that anymore and so many entertainment factors beyond tries being scored have been removed from the sport. It’s become really, really boring at times sadly.
The behaviour of players to simulate and feign injury is a hard watch for me. It’s simply not how men should behave.
The big worry I have it what that means at international level (should we actually be allowed by the NRL to play any proper games going forward). There is no doubt the game in this country is being changed in a big way but that isn't the case in the NRL. In my lifetime watching GB/England verses the Aussies and Kiwis, you've been able to say those sides are more skilful than us but you'd never say they're tougher than us and that we couldn't cope with them in an aggressive contest but when we're playing to such different rules, were they have State of Origin and high end league fixtures being played with far more leeway and their players are conditioned to that, we could get absolutely blown away in every facet of the game.
You look at this game on Saturday and more leeway will be given on the contact heights. There will be zero adjustment needed for Penrith but our lads will now be playing under different rules. You could say it's happy days as our lads can now go higher but presumably they've been working on their techniques to avoid that for months on end now and it's as easy as just switching it on and off. As a country we're putting ourselves at a big disadvantage in these type of contests.
Statistics: Posted by NickyKiss — Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:53 pm — Replies 13 — Views 1668
