Rugby Quotes of the Week

[Hugh Jarse]

M. Poite: "You must push straight".

Edit: Transcript is something like this
M. Poite: “Three times, you were definitely not straight”
P. Marler: “Was he straight?”
M. Poite: “Yes, he is. Now, you have to be very disciplined and get a straight angle, alright?”
M. Poite: Indicating penalty “Number 1; not straight”

 

[HJ Nelson]

M. Poite: "You must push straight".

He should be penalized every scrum just for that haircut

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Post game interview time with Gits after the Soap Dodgers were relegated to minnow status at RWC15

Rod Kafer: "Fantastic ball from your old mate Adam Ashley Cooper. He's always passing to you isn't he?"

Matt Gitteau: "He doesn't normally pass though, Swoop. So ... ... ... He's ... ... ah ... ... ... He's been known to tuck and turn there, so I'm just pleased he passed the ball".

 

[Groucho]

A good one from Paul Hayward of the Torygraph:

"Sport with this cargo of tension is borderline unwatchable."

So true. I was squirming with tension the whole game. That's why it's better watching the game with friends in a pub, rather than at home. It's substantially more relaxed.

 

[qwerty51]

No one's picked this one up yet?

Hogg took a dive during SA vs Scot

Nigel to Hogg: "Come back in 2 weeks and you can do that here".

 

[Marcelo]

This man deserves the jackpot

 

[Sully]

This man deserves the jackpot

I'm pretty certain he's been completely misquoted.

 

[Sully]

The from the UK telegraph

Nowhere was the gulf between the two sides more glaring than at the breakdown. The Wallabies had picked two of the best open-sides in the world, David Pocock and Michael Hooper. They did exactly what most expected: stole English ball, slowed up the rest until England were running through quicksand.
The accepted portmanteau of the two men is Pooper, which is entirely appropriate for the effect they had on England's party.

 

[qwerty51]

I'm pretty certain he's been completely misquoted.

Sort of, not misquoted but I can understand why he said it. He wasn't asked to name a combined team but was asked which players would lose their spots to Aussies in the England side. He's not going to dog his teammates like that.

 

[GTPIH]

Irish back Johnny Sexton in The Irish Times on how Michael Cheika was able to turn around the fortunes of his Irish club Leinster, and then the Waratahs and Wallabies: "Because everyone's probably scared shitless of him, if I was being honest. He knows his rugby as well, he's a very clever guy, but he does have that presence where he's a pretty scary guy when you get on the wrong side of him."

 

[Seymour Butz]

This man deserves the jackpot

So good. Words can't express the irony.

 

[Dewald Nel]

Tony Johnson (referring to Heyneke Meyer):-

"One day he's going to pop"

I'm pretty sure he has high blood pressure by now. The man is passionate as fuck.

 

[Dewald Nel]

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[mxyzptlk]

Irish back Johnny Sexton in The Irish Times on how Michael Cheika was able to turn around the fortunes of his Irish club Leinster, and then the Waratahs and Wallabies: "Because everyone's probably scared shitless of him, if I was being honest. He knows his rugby as well, he's a very clever guy, but he does have that presence where he's a pretty scary guy when you get on the wrong side of him."

 

[Dewald Nel]

Haha! Imagine him and Nick Mallett or John Mitchell in the same coaching team.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Those pics are gold. I have to confess that I've always been a fan of Cheik and his borderline madness/genius. Loved him a player with Randwick, total mad dog. He's no different as a coach I reckon. He is, ironically, a very good people person from what I understand. A high EQ by all accounts.

 

[mxyzptlk]

Those pics are gold. I have to confess that I've always been a fan of Cheik and his borderline madness/genius. Loved him a player with Randwick, total mad dog. He's no different as a coach I reckon. He is, ironically, a very good people person from what I understand. A high EQ by all accounts.

He made a fortune in the fashion industry. If he's going from that world to this world, and can be successful in both, he's got something going on in that shaved dome.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Nick Stiles, after Brisbane City secured the [NRC] minor premiership and the Horan-Little Shield

“When supporters watch the games, it is easy to look at guys like Karmichael Hunt and Samu Kerevi, but it’s actually been the work of guys like Henry Taefu, Junior Laloifi, Ben Hyne, Waita Setu, Luke Beauchamp and those guys from club Rugby who have really stood up and played exceptionally this year."

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Scotty Stevenson in the NZ Herald on line: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scotty-stevenson/news/article.cfm?a_id=815&objectid=11532289

"... ... ... for the third consecutive World Cup, a referee has been subjected to the worst kind of abuse while the panel that makes those selections panders to the abusers."

 

[Hugh Jarse]

#ScrumStraightJoe Pythagorus Marler features again after being admonished for a late tackle.

"You've got to understand my frustration levels. You didn't get knocked out of a World Cup. I did."

Sir: "I didn't get picked"