Dominant and aggressive is fine. But if it means breaking the laws of the game all it leads to is more stoppages; which I think we all can agree is negative rugby.
Dont agree with you. You cant say breaking the law, the rucks is grey like hell with all the laws these days. Should be easier if they allow proper rucks liike in the old days. We knew if we lie on the wrong side we are going to get stamp on and we never had this shite we have these days. Rucks was never an issue like today. To many laws these days, thats the exact problem.
Use to put the detailed s15 stats but its a bloody disgrace to see the stop start stop start nature of the modern game.
Here is the latest from round 14:
Stoppages per Match
Blues vs Crusaders: 61
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 71
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 75
Lions vs Bulls: 64
Rebels vs Waratahs: 91
Reds vs Force: 70
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 76
Highlanders vs Chiefs: 56
Rebels vs Brumbies: 61
Waratahs vs Reds: 77
Bulls vs Cheetahs: 53
Stormers vs Lions: 76
Sharks vs Blues: 71
Bulls vs Highlanders: 65
Chiefs vs Rebels: 82
Crusaders vs Waratahs: 70
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 73
Lions vs Blues: 56
Force vs Sharks: 73
Brumbies' vs Reds: 68
Crusaders vs Brumbies: 72
Rebels vs Sharks: 76
Stormers vs Highlanders: 73
Hurricanes vs Chiefs: 47
Force vs Blues: 65
Cheetahs vs Lions: 63
Chiefs vs Sharks, 72
Reds vs Rebels, 81
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 67
Blues vs Hurricanes, 58
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 72
Lions vs Force, 71
Bulls vs Stormers, 71
Stormers vs Force, 72
Rebels vs Hurricanes, 65
Brumbies vs Waratahs, 50
Reds vs Cheetahs, 73
Crusaders vs Sharks, 47
Chiefs + Blues, 77
Bulls vs Lions, 69
Highlanders vs Brumbies, 70
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 66
Blues vs Cheetahs, 69
Hurricanes vs Bulls, 66
Force vs Rebels, 55
Lions vs Reds, 68
Sharks vs Stormers, 57
Highlanders vs Cheetahs, 89
Crusaders vs Bulls, 71
Brumbies vs Hurricanes, 65
Force vs Waratahs, 65
Stormers vs Reds, 82
Sharks vs Lions, 72
Chiefs vs Crusaders, 60
Rebels vs Highlanders, 73
Blues vs Waratahs, 54
Reds vs Bulls, 56
Lions vs Stormers, 57
Cheetahs vs Hurricanes, 56
Brumbies vs Force, 70
Blues vs Rebels, 57
Crusaders vs Highlanders, 65
Reds vs Waratahs, 69
Force vs Bulls, 62
Sharks vs Hurricanes, 59
Lions vs Chiefs, 62
Highlanders vs Blues, 71
Cheetahs vs Brumbies, 62
Hurricanes vs Reds, 69
Waratahs vs Rebels, 70
Force vs Crusaders, 50
Bulls vs Chiefs, 56
Stormers vs Sharks, 72
Hurricanes vs Blues, 65
Rebels vs Reds, 72
Lions vs Cheetahs, 60
Chiefs vs Highlanders, 70
Waratahs vs Force, 64
Stormers vs Crusaders, 71
Sharks vs Brumbies, 54
Highlanders vs Hurricanes, 78
Reds vs Blues, 58
Chiefs vs Stormers, 66
Brumbies vs Lions, 56
Bulls vs Rebels, 80
Cheetahs vs Crusaders, 59
Blues vs Stormers, 58
Crusaders vs Chiefs, 67
Waratahs vs Lions, 68
Force vs Brumbies, 77
Cheetahs vs Rebels, 64
Sharks vs Bulls, 79
Ball in Play Time
Jan Taljaard has again provided these meticulous statistics.
The average playing time for such matches is just over 33 minutes. The Sharks-Bulls match, which had 30 penalties, is well below average.
Blues v Stormers (Brown):
14 minutes 54 seconds + 16 minutes 51 seconds = 31 minutes 45 seconds
Crusaders v Chiefs (Dickinson):
19 minutes 12 seconds + 12 minutes 54 seconds = 32 minutes 06 seconds
Waratahs v Lions (Jonker):
16 minutes 26 seconds + 20 minutes 25 seconds = 36 minutes 51 seconds
Western Force v Brumbies (Smith):
15 minutes 49 seconds + 18 minutes 58 seconds = 34 minutes 47 seconds
Cheetahs v Rebels (Legoete):
17 minutes 24 seconds + 14 minutes 50 seconds = 32 minutes 14 seconds
Sharks v Bulls (Bryce Lawrence):
15 minutes 19 seconds + 15 minutes 45 seconds = 31 minutes 4 seconds
Sanctionary Cards per team
Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C, Y
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y, Y, Y, R, C
Chiefs: Y, Y, Y, Y
Crusaders: Y, Y, Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, C, Y, Y, Y, C
Lions: Y, C, Y, Y, Y
Rebels: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Sharks: Y, C
Stormers: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Waratahs: Y, Y
Y = yellow card; R = red card; C = cited and suspended.
33 minutes 80 minutes these days. The amount of laws screwed the game up. Rugby winning cycle is suppose to start at the fatty department. The way they chop and change the rules these days look like changing it. Most Aussie posters up here forgot to watch actually rugby, they watch the ref to look for mistakes. Thats the problem with the modern game.
