Author Topic: WooHoo NSW (Read 15966 times)

HellWest'nCrooked · « **on:** July 15, 2009, 10:12:46 PM »

Finally..at last.....NSW Wins a goddamn game.

Up the Blues

tellomon · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2009, 10:14:40 PM »

Snipe!

*CountessA* · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2009, 10:38:24 PM »

Congratulations - I don't know anything about it, Hell Westn Crooked, but I'm glad you're happy!

HellWest'nCrooked · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2009, 10:48:12 PM »

State of Origin Countessa (Dive Dark Horse)
Rugby League where QLD and NSW battle it out in best of 3 over a couple of months,
QLD won the series but we have saved face with one game won and we flogged them!!

WooHooooooo!

*CountessA* · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2009, 11:02:48 PM »

Pssst! Don't give away my alias! *grin*

Ah - rugby. *nod* Your team apparently had a well-deserved victory.

I'm not a rugby follower... but I believe it's exciting to watch. (So say rugby followers.) I do enjoy watching soccer, but don't particularly barrack for a team. I like watching guys bounce a ball on their head... *wicked grin*

*Yibida* · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2009, 11:05:48 PM »

There's only one footy.... Vic footy!...

*Yibida* · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2009, 11:39:17 PM »

Quote from: Yibida---<;)))< on July 15, 2009, 11:05:48 PM

There's only one footy.... Vic footy!...

*barny* · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2009, 10:52:26 AM »

What the hell is "footy"...

My 4 year old grandkidlet can say "football" at the proper places in a conversation.

Please peoples use grown up language..

**Irk vented, thanks**

*FluffyDuckee* · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2009, 11:04:56 AM »

Well I have a foolproof way of proving that AFL is better than rugby.

Just look at the players. AFL players are cute, graceful (can jump for balls like ballet dancers - macho ones), have long lean muscles, toned bodies.

Rugby players. Well they just don't look the same do they? Muscle distibution is ... different. Need I say more?

*Yibida* · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2009, 04:14:40 PM »

Quote from: Yibida---<;)))< on July 15, 2009, 11:05:48 PM

There's only one footy.... Vic footy!...

HellWest'nCrooked · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2009, 06:21:52 PM »

OK OK I will admit that AFL (footy

)
is very easy to watch.....those guys are so fit.
But.. you know..I went to school in rugby territory AND I don't like losing the State of
Origin to QLD..( other than that I love QLD)

Yibs if I could do pictures I would try and give you a rung for your money ! lol
But would never pull on Tello, that would be like starting WW111 .

tellomon · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2009, 07:21:34 PM »

But would never pull on Tello, that would be like starting WW111 .

I was....I mean I WAS so bloody Wambly Bambly set up to declare this place a "Yuppie Zone" of "Ill-Golf repute...that I now regret that I shouldda called this thread a "Sports-Schmucks' Paradise" early on in this posting process..........

.....until the Regulars started in with their shpiel....Now I'm hesitant, & for good reason!

(Lord have Mercy! Or, an extra overcoat....)

No One should be made to endure this level of...............

intoxication!

Lucky me: I drink Creme Sodas......

*r3830* · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2009, 07:45:28 PM »

Interesting name... AFL..... can sort of work out the AF part.... doesn't the L stand for Limited?

*Brum6y* · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2009, 03:46:23 AM »

Soccer - the original game of footbal. Round ball. No hands (except for goal-keeper and throw-ins), lots of kicking. Very entertaining when skilled teams play.
Australian Football League (AFL) Aussie rules football. Oval ball. Lots of hands and lots of kicking. Originally from Victoria, now has interstate teams in the competition. I like it because it is moving all the time, is free-flowing and easy to follow.
National Rugby League (NRL) a variant of rugby. Oval ball. Lots of hands and very little kicking (but they still call it football). Native to NSW, but also incorporating interstate membership lately. Lots of stop-start, but there's usually something happening.
Australian Rugby Union (ARU) an original variant of rugby. Oval ball. Lots of hands and a fair bit of kicking (Believe an NRL follower once said there was too much kicking. Well, they do call it football, don't they?). More popular in other countries than rugby league.
Gaelic Football and International Rules football Don't know the full ins and outs, but is similar to Australian Rules. A round ball is used and a cross-bar between the goal posts defines a third scoring zone: "goals", "overs" and "behinds". Haven't seen many played, but it's enjoyable.
and then there's
American football: Grid Iron. Oval ball, throwing, running and a bit of kicking. Very orchestrated moves. Very stop start. Can have different teams for 'offensive' plays and 'defensive' plays - the change of possession being one of several reasons for play to stop and a conference to be had before the next play. A team gets 4 chances (downs) to advance a total of (at least) 10 yards. If they succeed, the counter resets and they can try to keep going. I won't offer any further comment as I'm sure an offended supporter would quite happily send a cruise missile my way if they could.

Anything else?

*CountessA* · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2009, 09:17:30 AM »

Australian Pebble Kicking (APK) a variant of golf, target practice and football. Lots of feet and lots of kicking. No bouncing the pebble on the head (except for the head of others). Using a stick to throw the pebble is considered valid, as is throwing either overhand or underhand. The game ends when the players become tired of it. Native to all states. Minimum age to play: 3.

*wicked grin*

*Brum6y* · « **Reply #15 on:** July 20, 2009, 01:02:04 PM »

I was once given this example of a comparison of footy between Sydney (NRL) and Melbourne (AFL)

Attendance comparison:

Melbourne (AFL)		Sydney (NRL)
Grounds Closed	=	Practice Session
Practice Session	=	Club Game
Club Game	=	Grand Final
Grand Final	=	Olympics

*FluffyDuckee* · « **Reply #16 on:** July 20, 2009, 01:56:57 PM »

Isn't there different types of Rugby?

What's the difference there?

*barny* · « **Reply #17 on:** July 20, 2009, 02:02:30 PM »

Hi Duckee,

There are two types of Rugby...

Rugby Union, the original game -- 13 per side (I think)

Rugby League, -- 15 per side (I think)

Union was originally an amateur game, and when it went "professional" the rules of the "union" required a new set up...

Now, of course they are both professional..

*Brum6y* · « **Reply #18 on:** July 21, 2009, 02:54:38 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy*Duckee on July 20, 2009, 01:56:57 PM

Isn't there different types of Rugby?

What's the difference there?

Rugby League is well known in NSW. Rugby Union is well known in the whole world.

Both games have similarities - passing the ball, tries, goals, field goals, scrums - but there are significant differences. In League, when a tackle is made, play stops and a 'play the ball' recommences play. In Union, play continues - sometimes it looks like an all-in brawl, but there are very clear rules on how that proceeds until the ball is cleared. Also, in Union, they have a 'throw-in' called a line-out where you see players lifted to grab the ball (lifting used to be illegal, but I think they just gave up trying to control it and just made it part of the game.)

In Union, there is a LOT more kicking than League.

International Rugby matches are usually Union - take the currect 'Tri-Nation' series under way at the moment: Australia (Wallabies), New Zealand (All-Blacks) and South Africa (Springboks).

NOTE: If you talk to a Kiwi about Rugby - they will only be thinking about Union, the All-Blacks and the Haka! .... and they are PASSIONATE about it!!

*Ubbie Max* · « **Reply #19 on:** July 21, 2009, 03:02:52 PM »

Rugby Union is a game for thugs played by gentlemen & Rugby League is a game for gentlemen played by thugs. I know as I played both at school & continued playing Rugby League until injuries caught up with me at age 30.
I preferred the thug variety.

*smee* · « **Reply #20 on:** July 21, 2009, 03:56:20 PM »

What is it about rugby league that makes everyone who comments on the game think they are living in the past ?????

The players dont have a clubhouse or change rooms they have so called "sheds"
they dont play the game on a field , ground or oval its called a "paddock"
they dont have a word for a set of 6 taclkes its simply called "a set of 6"...pathetic.... imagine an over in cricket being called a set of 6
according to most the Sydney Roosters dont exist and are still called Eastern suburbs ??????

Unless the so called experts on this game start living in current times and look to the future their game is going to slide ito oblivion !

Whoops too late

*Brum6y* · « **Reply #21 on:** July 21, 2009, 03:56:55 PM »

(I'll bet they objected to Ubbrd bringing his quiver - but dumped him altogether when the Barretts started turning up in scrums!)

cueperkins · « **Reply #22 on:** July 21, 2009, 03:59:32 PM »

(I'll bet they objected to Ubbrd bringing his quiver - but dumped him altogether when the Barretts started turning up in scrums!)

Full metal jacket Rugby?
Extreme Rugby?
Lock & Load League ? Ubb style

*Ubbie Max* · « **Reply #23 on:** July 21, 2009, 06:08:54 PM »

Yeah & they objected to me running onto the field with my knuckle dusters, I still can't work out why.

*smee* · « **Reply #24 on:** July 21, 2009, 06:18:34 PM »

Quote from: ubbrd on July 21, 2009, 06:08:54 PM

Yeah & they objected to me running onto the field with my knuckle dusters, I still can't work out why.

Thats seems a bit rough!!! They are obviously more lieniant in the AFL with how you can run onto the field
Only this week according to one local newspaper reporting on Dean Cox and his injury , The headline read
"Eagles to play with Cox out " ?????