"Jungle ball" "Calypso footy" etc etc

[Penrose Warrior]

We have two new ones from the Titans vs Warriors on Saturday night:

"Reggae Footy"

and

"Rainbow Ball"

I forget who said them.

Ben Ikin is a moron. What is Rainbow ball? And Reggae ball seems to me to be a way of getting around saying Jungle Ball.

 

[Danish]

I think Ikin actually stated something like "I don't think you can call it reggae ball when Maloney threw the last pass", then declared it rainbow ball didn't he?

 

[hitman82]

I think Ikin actually stated something like "I don't think you can call it reggae ball when Maloney threw the last pass", then declared it rainbow ball didn't he?

:lol: so he's saying Maloney's a homo, not a black merkin?

 

[Scorpio30]

Rainbow ball = Big loopy pass

 

[Mr Saab]

Harbour bridge pass terminology > Rainbow

 

[Penrose Warrior]

I think Ikin actually stated something like "I don't think you can call it reggae ball when Maloney threw the last pass", then declared it rainbow ball didn't he?

Haha wow...so basically how it's playing out in Ikin's head is the following:

"It's not Jungle Ball (shit I better say Reggae Ball, or I'll get in trouble) because a good honest white boy threw it, not one of those typical Warriors jungle dwellers."

 

[Brutus]

Tommy Arbour ball

 

[Ron's_Mate]

I believe there was a few armchair commentators referring to the Tigers last play option as "spastic merkin ball"

:lol: I can confirm that I was one of them.

 

[Izz]

Haha wow...so basically how it's playing out in Ikin's head is the following:

"It's not Jungle Ball (shit I better say Reggae Ball, or I'll get in trouble) because a good honest white boy threw it, not one of those typical Warriors jungle dwellers."

:lol: Twas actually the lead commentator (i forget his name) who said that he didn't think you could call what Maloney did Reggae Ball after Ikin used the term, and then called it Rainbow Ball. Had to rewind a couple times to listen to the passage again.

tbh, i think commentator meant that it was a good long pass, but not especially off the cuff or anything. Who knows what Ikin meant, though.

 

[hitman82]

So Maloney can't play reggae ball because he's white. This is reverse racism in the extreme.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I think he meant it should be called rainbow ball because he thinks Maloney is queer. Ikin would know, given that his brother is a horses hoof.

 

[Karl]

I haven't read every post in this thread, so I apologise if this has been stated, but in the 5 pages or so I did read it wasn't.

The Jungle Ball reference might have come from the USA street basketball games, but ultimately it starts with a very old saying about "The Law of the Jungle", which is completly race neutral and has been used to describe every environment in the modern world that is tough and reliant on strength or wits to survive - even Wall Street and thats full of pin-striped white boys. The Law of the Jungle is why its Jungle Ball - it refers to a lack of organisation or structure, toughness and more elemental tactics - kill or be killed etc. Its more about Animals, not Humans..

So originally, race neutral and not even human based, but it does seem to have been hijacked in Rugby League commentary and the previous post (by Bunniesman I think)about how Jungle = monkeys and Apes = black people in some views is just an unfortunate interference by modern society and the way racism has developed by certain bigoted and small minded redneck fools.

Whether the original term was intended to be racist is not even the point anymore. When that other, offensive interpretation is so open, it needs to be avoided as a term used to describe a style of football.

I would have thought Calypso Ball was a compliment if it refers to flambouyant and exciting style of rugby assiciated with a cultural sterotype, but maybe any generalisation or comparison that has such an association to race or culture is too risky these days.

 

[IanG]

Manu = David Warner of Rugby League

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Manu = David Warner of Rugby League

Not that he was actually playing on saturday or anything.

 

[DeeJ]

Manu = David Warner of Rugby League

Don't you mean the Chris Gayle of Rugby League?

 

[jonno_knights]

Rainbow ball = Big loopy pass

Maybe, as Rainbow is a Basketball term use to describe a shot with an extremely high trajectory.

 

[The Engineers Room]

I think people get a little precious about this term. To me it means that they play without structure and on instinct at the expense of worrying about ball control.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Perhaps Ikin is inferring the Warriors are making a significant political statement with their football style. Believing they are showing their displeasure at the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior by French Intelligence. They can now be dubbed the 'Rainbow' Warriors.

A deep thinker is Ikin.

 

[Izz]

Perhaps Ikin is inferring the Warriors are making a significant political statement with their football style. Believing they are showing their displeasure at the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior by French Intelligence. They can now be dubbed the 'Rainbow' Warriors.

A deep thinker is Ikin.

:lol:

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Why can't Maloney play reggae ball? He has as much right as the next bloke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtILxBszyf8