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  • And that cheating and getting away with cheating during the course of the game is admired - see defensive “linespeed” (offside), basically every back row player at every breakdown, all front row scrummaging, “flat” passes, all scrum put-ins, all scrum halves, etc.

    Then there are the shoulder charges, high tackles, fights, gouging, spitting, calling the referee a fucking cheat, Dan Biggar’s constant moaning, huge Frenchmen elbowing people in the face, etc.

    Yes, definitely the steroids, ephedrine, testosterone, HGH, etc.

    But other than that, what have the Romans ever done for us?

  • My father used to say rugby was a sport played by thugs and watched by gentlemen and football played by gentlemen but watched by thugs.

    Possession is 9/10s of the (rugby) law!

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