I didn't say it wasn't "proper tough", and no doubt there is skill involved. I implied it was played by proper lunatics, and belting another guy with a stick, however entertaining, does not necessarily constitute a sport.
How hard is the Tri-Nations?
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I didn't say it wasn't "proper tough", and no doubt there is skill involved. I implied it was played by proper lunatics, and belting another guy with a stick, however entertaining, does not necessarily constitute a sport.
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Bob Davidson (42)
Should "hardest" be defined as difficulty to win a game - the top teams in the EPL go into every game with knowledge that they are more than likely going to win. Just have to turn up. In the AFL there is a huge difference between the top and bottom teams, same with NRL. In the Tri-Nations however, it's the best of the best vs the best of the best, away from home up some mountain or in some sheep paddock, country on the line. There is only a small margin between the teams.
And for the guy who said the Tour de France is the hardest - well, not if you are on performance enhancing drugs, which 90% of them are on.
And for the guy who said the Tour de France is the hardest - well, not if you are on performance enhancing drugs, which 90% of them are on.
Surely you'd have to see cyclopath if that's the case.
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Colin Windon (37)
For Cyclo, that's not a state of mind, it's a job description...
For general sporting impossibility, stick in winning an Olympic singlehanded gold medal. Four years non-stop training (unless you're Ben Bloody Ainslie), doing non-stop maths in your head both on compass numbers and fleet numbers, predicting the wind two legs ahead, having to have awareness of everything going on within a half-mile radius all the time, with the tactics, while your legs explode, over ten eight hour days, all to get into the final medal race - and then Ben Bloody Ainslie crushes you like a bug. Again.
For general sporting impossibility, stick in winning an Olympic singlehanded gold medal. Four years non-stop training (unless you're Ben Bloody Ainslie), doing non-stop maths in your head both on compass numbers and fleet numbers, predicting the wind two legs ahead, having to have awareness of everything going on within a half-mile radius all the time, with the tactics, while your legs explode, over ten eight hour days, all to get into the final medal race - and then Ben Bloody Ainslie crushes you like a bug. Again.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Name a harder competition mentally than the Tour de France? You'd be contemplating pulling out every second you're out there. Not to mention the physical pain too.
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Bill Watson (15)
I know this wouldn't be as hard as a marathon or the TDF, but i think it would be fairly tough...
http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Video/Red-Bull-XRow--Event-Clip-021242887782550
http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Video/Red-Bull-XRow--Event-Clip-021242887782550
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Bob Loudon (25)
Totally agree. 8+ hours of absolute pain and torture and that's for the top place getters. 12+ hours for the also rans. In the 30 year history of the Ironman World Championship: Oz 4 x gold v NZ zip, and rightly so.
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Mark Ella (57)
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Making it the top echelon in what you assert is the toughest event in the World is lacking? The last time round he didn't give up even after the damage he did in his fall.
Make up your mind.
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Vay Wilson (31)
Well apparently Alberto Contador has just been done for steroids, so maybe the TDF isnt as hard, if everyone is on the juice...
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/alberto-contador-tests-p ositive-to-steroid-20100930-15y37.html?from=smh_sb
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/alberto-contador-tests-p ositive-to-steroid-20100930-15y37.html?from=smh_sb
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David Codey (61)
Speaking of the Tour, anyone see Contador has been nailed with steroids in a sample?
Reddy!
Bob Davidson (42)
I dunno, I've done a bit of cycling myself and it's pretty bloody easy. All you have to do is wiggle your legs a bit and half of it is down hill. Definitely not life or death stuff unlike rugby. And did I mention they are all drug cheats? Yeh I did! keke
And cycling, marathon etc is a selfish sport. Rugby, AFL is a team sport where you are bashing yourself up for your team mates, your club/country. The only difference between rugby and war is that there is no guns. There is alot more emotion involved than plonking your bum on a seat while you take in the French country side.
And cycling, marathon etc is a selfish sport. Rugby, AFL is a team sport where you are bashing yourself up for your team mates, your club/country. The only difference between rugby and war is that there is no guns. There is alot more emotion involved than plonking your bum on a seat while you take in the French country side.
Typical Cyclo/Gagger conspiracy. Another thread ends up being about bloody cycling...
Eh? I just bagged the Irish, and this is the thanks I get!!
But now you mention it, cyclists are all hard as coffin nails. Or is that bare-knuckle boxers?
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Mark Ella (57)
You forgot to mention that they all shave their legs. No tough guy could shave their legs so the toughness of the sport has to be questioned just on that.
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Peter Sullivan (51)
Do we have to dig up the thread discussing how common it is for footy players to shave their legs from a few weeks ago?
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