Comments by "Andy Dee" (@AndyViant) on "OUCH! NFL Fan Reacts to National Rugby League - Biggest Hits" video.

  1. Technically we do still have the 40/20 rule which allows a fresh restart of 6 more downs. But yeah, this whole changing 90% of your team whenever a whistle blows seems ludicrous to us. You want linebreaks and excitement from scoring for fans to be interested, and having big guys able to target breaking the tackles of the little guys is a way to do that. The best little guys, like Andrew Johns or Alfie Langer never let their size stop them being at the absolute pinnacle of the sport.
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  2. Billy More and the Queenslander! call. The 1995 State of Origin Brawl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPk92CW8ZUg
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  3. We should explain to him the concept of "The Barassi Line".
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  4. Passing is only allowed backwards by hand. You can kick forward but must throw backwards. Or more technically, the initial movement of any throw must be backward, since when you're running at full pace and throw behind you the ball has your momentum to overcome too...
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  5. The local rugby you're talking about is pretty much guaranteed to be Rugby Union, which is a slightly different sport to Rugby League. Rugby League broke away from Rugby Union in 1895 in the UK and 1907 in Australia. Rugby Union, or simply Rugby, is the global sport, although it's really only played at the top level by about a dozen nations, with New Zealand clearly the top nation, and South Africa next best. Australia lags behind and then we have Argentina, which is probably slightly behind Australia but rapidly improving. Outside the former SANZAR nations, now that all broke up in a huff, you have the other Pacific nations. Japan is also a rapidly improving, and Fiji, Tonga and Samoa all love to carry former tribal disputes onto the field :) Great viewing. Then you have the European 6 nations where France, Italy, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are consistently good. Then Georgia and Romania also field pretty reasonable teams. Both Canada and the US regularly compete in the World Cup (and of course get slaughtered by the more serious nations). But hey, how do we go in baseball world series? Because of the different seasons Northern Hemisphere to Southern Hemisphere, and the big spatial gaps you tend to see 3 areas of Rugby Union and 3 different styles of play within the same rules (European, South African/Australian, and Oceania). You could almost separate the French style of play from the other European nations. Rugby League is much smaller, mainly Australia, one professional team in New Zealand, and Northern England with one Professional team in France. It's also played a lot in the Pacific region. It's very popular in Papua New Guinea too. The NRL should be looking to include teams from within this region, but the almighty tv sponsorship decides where sport is viable, sadly.
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  6. These guys are warriors.... Nah, that's the Roosters vs the Broncos. The warriors are in black :)
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  7. Here's a real big hit for ya. Paul Harragon vs Mark Caroll classic Biff n Hit - Newcastle vs Manly 1995 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-usYYQxUgE
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