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Tri Nations: Springboks - All Blacks @ Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (20-8-2011, 15:05)
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<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 435741" data-attributes="member: 43400"><p>I get that you believe that more tries will increase the entertainment aspect of Rugby Union and allow it to compete better with rugby league, and that it should make the game more appealing to the masses globally, but, if the emphasis is already on scoring tries in NZ (and not taking penalties) then it doesn't matter if the value of a penalty is anyway ... as JW has implied, if you score 5 tries to 1, and you win by only 5 points, the winning team either has a discipline problem, or has a goal kicking problem, or both, and these are aspects that should be resolved by coaches and players, not by rule changes</p><p></p><p>... I could be wrong (I often am, so sorry if I am), but I think Steve-O's comment was responding to your global comment, and his initial NFL comment was to illustrate that a game can attract a large global following, despite it being stop-start ... I know that you are saying that the fans watch the game for the touch downs, but, at the end of the day, they aren't going to turn their back on their team if it wins by field goals as a result of penalty offenses, they just want to see their team win</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 435741, member: 43400"] I get that you believe that more tries will increase the entertainment aspect of Rugby Union and allow it to compete better with rugby league, and that it should make the game more appealing to the masses globally, but, if the emphasis is already on scoring tries in NZ (and not taking penalties) then it doesn't matter if the value of a penalty is anyway ... as JW has implied, if you score 5 tries to 1, and you win by only 5 points, the winning team either has a discipline problem, or has a goal kicking problem, or both, and these are aspects that should be resolved by coaches and players, not by rule changes ... I could be wrong (I often am, so sorry if I am), but I think Steve-O's comment was responding to your global comment, and his initial NFL comment was to illustrate that a game can attract a large global following, despite it being stop-start ... I know that you are saying that the fans watch the game for the touch downs, but, at the end of the day, they aren't going to turn their back on their team if it wins by field goals as a result of penalty offenses, they just want to see their team win [/QUOTE]
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