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<blockquote data-quote="saddened" data-source="post: 1155797" data-attributes="member: 87728"><p>Where do you start.</p><p>-The ball may be in play just as long or longer than previous eras but for most of that time it's up in the air from box kicks or it's being hit up into the line for little or no gain over and over waiting for penalties or scrums which lead to penalties. </p><p>-The sport imo went the power/set play route to allow the northern hemisphere teams to compete and it lost what made it special to watch. </p><p>-For a sport which now prides itself on protecting its players , it sure likes repeatedly putting them in harm's way by repeated scrum resets and fostering a culture of scrum penalty as a points strategy which youngsters then learn from .Scrums are still the most dangerous thing on any football field, particularly for novices. How a clip across the chops is deemed a yellow card but pile driving 8 blokes weight into one blokes neck gets the 8 blokes a penalty doesn't make sense to me or a parent of the kid with the neck.</p><p>As an Aussie who used to play and watch rugby , it's safe to say the sport is dying here. Rugby Australia can blame everyone it wants but it sold its provincial game rights to pay tv a generation ago.....kids stopped watching, they've reaped what they've sown.</p><p>You could go on and on about why it isn't the sport it was </p><p>-too many penalties, </p><p>-too many types of penalties, </p><p>-penalties from Scrums </p><p>-long stoppages </p><p>- refs behaving like school principals</p><p>- backs who hardly ever touch the ball</p><p>- box kicking over and over again</p><p>- the lack of space between the attacking and defensive line needed addressing to better suit the modern athlete.</p><p>- too many subs</p><p></p><p></p><p>In the end , all of it would be forgiveable if the ball got run more, a lot more, but it's so rare now that any backline play is automatic highlight reel stuff. </p><p></p><p>My generation still watch because they remember what it used to be and have a glimmer of hope they'll see something special- the next generation won't be so kind</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saddened, post: 1155797, member: 87728"] Where do you start. -The ball may be in play just as long or longer than previous eras but for most of that time it's up in the air from box kicks or it's being hit up into the line for little or no gain over and over waiting for penalties or scrums which lead to penalties. -The sport imo went the power/set play route to allow the northern hemisphere teams to compete and it lost what made it special to watch. -For a sport which now prides itself on protecting its players , it sure likes repeatedly putting them in harm's way by repeated scrum resets and fostering a culture of scrum penalty as a points strategy which youngsters then learn from .Scrums are still the most dangerous thing on any football field, particularly for novices. How a clip across the chops is deemed a yellow card but pile driving 8 blokes weight into one blokes neck gets the 8 blokes a penalty doesn't make sense to me or a parent of the kid with the neck. As an Aussie who used to play and watch rugby , it's safe to say the sport is dying here. Rugby Australia can blame everyone it wants but it sold its provincial game rights to pay tv a generation ago.....kids stopped watching, they've reaped what they've sown. You could go on and on about why it isn't the sport it was -too many penalties, -too many types of penalties, -penalties from Scrums -long stoppages - refs behaving like school principals - backs who hardly ever touch the ball - box kicking over and over again - the lack of space between the attacking and defensive line needed addressing to better suit the modern athlete. - too many subs In the end , all of it would be forgiveable if the ball got run more, a lot more, but it's so rare now that any backline play is automatic highlight reel stuff. My generation still watch because they remember what it used to be and have a glimmer of hope they'll see something special- the next generation won't be so kind [/QUOTE]
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