thehogs Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I know there are some rugby followers and indeed players on here so here is a reminder that the Six Nations starts this weekend I'm not sure if ESPN has it but there is a BBC Cable channel, "BBC America" that will be showing some (not all) of the games for State-side fans: BBC America Link as ever, keep an eye on the usual suspects for game feeds: Myp2p ATDHE This week: Saturday: Ireland - Italy, Dublin KO 9.30 am (ET) England - Wales, London KO 12.00 Noon (ET) Sunday Scotland - France, Edinburgh KO 10 am (ET) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I will see the All Blacks play in person before I die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINatic 13 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 very cool, thanks for the reminder. Something to keep an eye out for during the snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'Em84 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 There's gotta be more of us watching this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehogs Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 we just lost in the last minute of the game! france - ireland next in about an hours time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanos Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 In the US its shown live if you have Sentanta Sports on Directtv. If not ABC will air it next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 The USA leg of the Sevens also starts today in Las Vegas. Prolly not on tv, but they have shown some of it on Versus in the past and I think it's on ESPN360 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Setanta is exiting the US market in March. Fox Soccer Channel is picking up a number of their contracts including rugby content. It would be nice to be able to watch international rugby here without Setanta. I played for Cork Constitution in my youth and used to go to Landsowne Road to watch what was then the Five Nations. I was also fortunate to be in Thomond Park, Limerick when Munster beat the touring All Blacks in 1978. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehogs Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Ireland well and truelly stomped today in Paris I'm afraid. Right now it looks like Fance for the Slam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Ireland well and truelly stomped today in Paris I'm afraid. Right now it looks like Fance for the Slam. First prize always was Ireland winning it. Second prize was anyone but England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desioreo87 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 My dad is from new zealand. He lives and dies for rugby. Before satellite television he had to make due with american football, which he does like a lot now. BUT as soon as he was able to get setanta sports the exponential decline in his football watching is astounding. Also, The Haka is the greatest pre game warm up ever. I know if i was a player it would get me so amped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Also, The Haka is the greatest pre game warm up ever. I know if i was a player it would get me so amped. And if I was a player on the other side, I would simply leave. (And find some dry shorts.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 And if I was a player on the other side, I would simply leave. There was always debate on the right response. Ignoring might be considered disrespect in what is after all just a game. I always favored meeting the challenge by walking towards it making eye contact until your nose was half an inch from your opponent. EDIT: we liked to refer to it as "your pre-game cabaret show" to wind up any Kiwis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 There was always debate on the right response. Ignoring might be considered disrespect in what is after all just a game. I always favored meeting the challenge by walking towards it making eye contact until your nose was half an inch from your opponent. EDIT: we liked to refer to it as "your pre-game cabaret show" to wind up any Kiwis. Nice. I fully admit that I don't have the physical (or mental) toughness for that sport. And I have a ridiculous amount of respect for those that do. (Even you.) But yeah, if you were playing them, the silent stare would probably be the best option. Psyche job right back at 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desioreo87 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 There was always debate on the right response. Ignoring might be considered disrespect in what is after all just a game. I always favored meeting the challenge by walking towards it making eye contact until your nose was half an inch from your opponent. EDIT: we liked to refer to it as "your pre-game cabaret show" to wind up any Kiwis. lol, thats funny. I actually saw the aussies do just that at the last tri-nations i think. The kiwis were doing the haka and then the camera panned out and the aussies had walked right up into their faces. It was ****ing awesome. Rugby is a great sport but it took me awhile to understand or see any strategy in it. Im too trained to see formations and stuff, i couldn't find the strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 lol, thats funny. I actually saw the aussies do just that at the last tri-nations i think. The kiwis were doing the haka and then the camera panned out and the aussies had walked right up into their faces. It was ****ing awesome. This one is from the Rugby League. It's interesting to see the Kiwis doing a more individual improvised version rather than the choreographed style of the rugby union team. Rugby is a great sport but it took me awhile to understand or see any strategy in it. Im too trained to see formations and stuff, i couldn't find the strategy. Arguably, rugby is highly tactical. You have to probe for weaknesses in the opponent's approach and exploit it 'on the fly' without any coaches calling individual plays, timeouts etc. That's why the greatest part of rugby is the flowing, improvised movements where you continually push and press the defenses looking for weakness and when you find it, or they over commit in one place, you have to have the vision and ability to exploit it. Something like . Simply ****ing brilliant EDIT: here's a with better quality and more footage from the game, and probably the worst attempt at the haka I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehogs Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Something like Simply ****ing brilliant I can remember watching that on my TV as it happened! awesome try. Even the commetary by the Welshman Cliff Morgan seems to have been scripted perfectly for it. J J Williams is hit twice with blatant head high tackles during the move and the ref just waves play on! LOL! Ah! the good old days! interesting that you use the word 'choreographed' regarding the haka. I get bored with it these days, especially when I realised that it is indeed VERY choreographed with a lot of the 'scary' moves invented. No wonder opposing teams face it down these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehogs Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Corcaigh - just seen that extra clip of the Haka! ROFL!! says it all really. Really intimidating huh?! talk about dad-dancing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'Em84 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Supposedly, in the years before I played, someone on my former team tried to get the team to do the haka before a game. He was the only one that did it. He looked like an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 There's a Haka clip I saw on youtube once where the All Blacks come up to the line and whoever they were playing only sent one guy up (I have no idea why?). So here's the All Blacks doing the Haka and this one dude from the other side standing there all lonely and awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desioreo87 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I think if you have watched the All Blacks play for more than 5 years that the Haka could get old. Its being going on for so long that maybe they should save it for the biggest of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I think if you have watched the All Blacks play for more than 5 years that the Haka could get old. Its being going on for so long that maybe they should save it for the biggest of games. It's one thing if it's being performed by someone with strong Maori heritage who looks like a warrior. But when it's done by a skinny blonde haired dude who looks like an accounting clerk it doesn't have the same impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 ugh totally forgot about the 6 nations tourney.. As for the All-Blacks, and the Haka..walking away..BIG mistake. That just pisses them off. Also, I had a Kiwi on my rugby team, and i do believe each New Zealand club has their own. Its a tribal thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'Em84 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 ugh totally forgot about the 6 nations tourney..As for the All-Blacks, and the Haka..walking away..BIG mistake. That just pisses them off. Also, I had a Kiwi on my rugby team, and i do believe each New Zealand club has their own. Its a tribal thing. Has their own Kiwi or Haka? :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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