Bad rugby league decisions

[El Diablo]

Hiring an AFL f**kwit as CEO of an NRL club

read his sig http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/billy-the-kid.120038/

 

[SBD82]

Ben Creagh shaping up to QLD then running away with his tail between his legs.

Jesus I bet Creagh wishes he had an opportunity to change that decision. Getting punched in the mouth or ktfo is way better than the years of humiliation.

 

[hineyrulz]

Hiring Michal Hagan to replace Brian Smith, not one that doing it being the season had even started.

And pretty much every other decision from then on until Sharp and his cronies were axed last season.

 

[horrie hastings]

Terry Lamb kicking a field goal against Newcastle in 1992 with the dogs trailing 10-12.

 

[adamkungl]

John Grant
Todd Greenberg

 

[moffla]

Brian Waldron.

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Rupert Murdoch

 

[El Diablo]

Greg Smith

edit: just for IBM he is not related to that f**ker you've never heard of although you would have never heard of this f**ker either

 

[Knightmare]

Now that Tooheys have (thankfully) signed a new sponsorship deal with the NSW Blues, can we ad this one to the list:

Whoever it was at the NSWRL that signed off on f**king VB becoming the major sponsor of the NSW Origin team back in 2011....

Seriously...

3 things about this deal that sucked from the get-go:

1) VB is shit.
2) Nobody in the positions of power considered the paradox of a beer from another state sponsoring the NSW Origin team
3) No attempt made whatsoever to integrate VB's branding into the NSW jersey. It might have been ok if they'd made the text Navy Blue or the entire logo a sky blue/ white/ navy combo. But nope- that'd be too logical...Let's just plaster a great big red/ green/ white/ gold logo onto a jersey which features NONE of those colours otherwise!

One day when the grandkids ask you why NSW won so few series during this period, just show them a picture of Mitchell Pearce making that spaz face he does with the VB Blues jersey on and they won't need any further explanation!

Now I can rest easy knowing I'll never again have to see those ads praising "Hard work" while featuring legendary workhorses like Aaron Woods and James f**king Tamou in them.

If ever there was a time I felt like a Tooheys or two, it's right about now...

 

[carcharias]

Has Dank been mentioned?

 

[King hit]

Terry Lamb kicking a field goal against Newcastle in 1992 with the dogs trailing 10-12.

His excuse was he didn't see Newcastle kick the goal to put them ahead and thought the score was level.

 

[POPEYE]

Has Dank been mentioned?

Yes, along with Waldron . . . both need a spot on every page

 

[Lambretta]

For me the stupidest thing about Rugby League are the constant rule changes designed to resolve issues without ever thinking of the consequences

Change: Banning the shoulder charge - Designed to prevent people being hurt
There were already rules in place to stop people getting hurt - but lets bring in another and then get all confused over what a shoulder charge is.
Outcome: Someone runs into someone standing still - that's a shoulder charge by the person standing still. People banned for trying to prevent themselves being hurt. The game dissolves into a farce

Banning punching - designed to reduce the entertainment factor of Rugby League and stop Paul Gallen having a second career after losing every Origin series
Outcome - players spend 90% of their time goading opposition players into throwing a punch which no one ever throws. Players grab jerseys and say "oh yeah, come on then" a lot. The game dissolves into a farce

Two referees - Designed to try and get every single decision right every single time to placate managers and media people from screaming "the refs are f**king stupid"
Outcome: Two referees = two different interpretations of the rules - one keeps 8 yards then other 12. One hates hands on the ball, the other has a hard on for forward passes. Everything is measured differently during the same game causing immense confusion. No one is placated, things get worse and the managers and media people are screaming "the refs are f**king stupid" louder than ever.

0 tackle sets - designed to try and stop a player who no longer plays from kicking a ball dead too often
Outcome: Attacking kicks go the way of the dodo as every time you try and attack with a kick, the opposition gets an advantage which means they'll be in your red zone in 30 seconds time

Seriously - the next time the media starts screaming about an issue and how it needs changing - tell them all to f**k off. The only rule changes which require fixing are the ones they've already f**ked around with to the point they've destroyed the fabric of the game

Bring back the contest in Rugby League

 

[King hit]

Well said Lambretta but I'm actually a fan of the 0 tackle set rule if you kick the ball dead.

 

[T-Boon]

For me the stupidest thing about Rugby League are the constant rule changes designed to resolve issues without ever thinking of the consequences

I am the opposite. The fear of making difficult but none-the-less necessary changes is the stupidest thing.

Eg: get rid of the scrum, go back to 5m.

 

[THE CHAMP]

This shits me no end! And we wonder why RL is perminantly in Unions shadow...



Its great having that instant recognition, but the problem comes when people are too sure that they know what the game is (thinking you are talking about Union)...

What is needed is a bit of doubt to go along with that recognision, "hmm, i know Rugby, but ive never heard of GRUNT Rugby before". The problem with calling the game Rugby and riding Unions coattails is that we will always be limited to Unions scraps. I like to think RL is good enough to stand on its own as a genuinely great game, not just a shitty knock-off of Union trying to trick people into buy tickets to the wrong games.

Ive lived in China for a year and Europe for a few now and the best way ive found to explain the game is saying that its a mix of Rugby and American Football (which is a pretty perfect description).

Id love for the RLIF to call the game Gridiron Rugby, at least in the emerging areas, just to avoid that constant "oh year, ive heard of Rugby League. Go the All Black!!!". Kills me every time....

Pro Rugby would have been my choice

 

[El Diablo]

Topball

 

[Front-Rower]

0 tackle sets - designed to try and stop a player who no longer plays from kicking a ball dead too often
Outcome: Attacking kicks go the way of the dodo as every time you try and attack with a kick, the opposition gets an advantage which means they'll be in your red zone in 30 seconds time

The rule was made wrong way around in my opinion. If you forced a drop out you should get the 7 tackle set.

 

[dogz08]

foxsports not letting vonny show us the goods...

 

[horrie hastings]

Golden Point.
It has lead to some of the most woeful, pathetic and unrealistic field goal attempts ever seen and also refs seem to throw the rule book out the window in golden point.
I still believe it should be 1 point each if scores are level after 80mins of a premiership round game.