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Offline Highlander

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Re: Six Nations
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2017, 22:10:14 PM »
Another fantastic 80+minutes of skill and sheer brutal endeavour.

The prima donas of the Premier League and any other football leagues across the world would do well to watch it, if only for the acceptance of the referee's decisions.

Wonderful stuff.


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Re: Six Nations
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2017, 10:05:31 AM »
I got up feeling bruised and battered this morning just from watching it. I don't think I've seen such an intense, non-stop test match before. How it ended up 22-9 I don't know: it certainly seemed more finger-nail bitingly close than that to me.

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Re: Six Nations
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2017, 08:09:08 AM »
Calcutta Cup,What a contest,great advert for Rugby,although I am new convert to the game this must qualify for the 3 F award!
 Fast,Furious,Fair.Neither team stopped competing right till the end.

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Re: Six Nations
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2017, 09:48:55 AM »
Very impressive performance by England. Must be the best they have played this season. Both this and the game in Rome were too one-sided to be exciting for the neutral observer. One non-rugby thing I found pointed up again in the coverage - how much better the BBC performance is. When someone is throwing in at an important line-out the ITV live editor is likely to be showing a flashback to the try ten minutes ago; a line break is missed because we are watching a replacement (finisher!) warming up; when there is a rolling maul halted 15 metres from the line no-one thinks to pan back so we can see the unmarked players shouting for the ball on the opposite wing where the ball should be going. Amateurish.

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Re: Six Nations
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Re: Six Nations
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2017, 11:05:02 AM »
Easy, I watched how the BBC do it.

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Re: Six Nations
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2017, 18:59:14 PM »
Agreed, Colwyn.

However, Sky (to which I do not currently subscribe) would have had cameras everywhere (in the ball and the referee's pocket if possible) would have everything covered.

Not sure about commentators but camerqa coverage would have been immense.

I fear that I may have to part with some pennies to get Sky for this and other major sports (cricket particularly) in the future.

Rugby's fast becoming a 23 a side game.




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