There are few of the supposed problems with Rugby Union that couldn't be solved by instituting a rule that if a player is tackled with possession of the ball, possession turns over to the other team.
Hang on...that's how Aussie Rules started... MAG PS? Coat and all... Message: 4 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:27:33 +0100 (BST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LU] Rugger - comedy game! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected], Tim Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > rugby onion to do with penalties, rucks and mauls (I don't understand them > myself so I am not going to explain them), A ruck is a pile-up but where the ball has touched the ground. A maul is a pile-up where the ball hasn't (yet) touched the ground.. like what they do sometimes after a line-out where they all attempt to trundle forwards. I spose they could ban those kinds of mauls and therefore encourage the ball to be passed instead, not sure what they can do wrt rucks. The most obvious thing they will do is change a drop goal from being 3 points to 1 or 2. However I actually think that is a very difficult skill and should be worth 3 points. Maybe penalties should be reduced to 2 which might encourage teams to go for tries instead of taking every penalty kick within kicking distance. They could also go for uncontested scrums like in league which would also be one less mass pile-up every 3 mins at least. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist 6 in a bloody row!
