All Blacks Are Violent

**Incongruous** · 10-03-2007, 11:59

Pfft, the All Blacks violent?
Ok Collins is a nutter and we all know that, but I have to say that England usually puts out the biggest group of thuggish brutes in the sport.
Something I'm rather proud of. Though apparently Sheridan is a really nice guy, I mean really.

**Banquo's Ghost** · 10-03-2007, 13:49

Originally Posted by Bopa the Magyar

Ok Collins is a nutter and we all know that, but I have to say that England usually puts out the biggest group of thuggish brutes in the sport.

Yeah? Say that to a Samoan's face.

**IrishArmenian** · 10-03-2007, 15:06

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

The proud descendants of the Lascaux cave people.

From the looks of it, they are the Lascaux cave people.
England's players look scary, but the All Blacks play with a visible ferocity that the English cannot match!

**naut** · 10-03-2007, 15:36

They play within the rules, so it's not that bad really.

**ShadesPanther** · 10-04-2007, 01:06

Originally Posted by Bopa the Magyar

Something I'm rather proud of. Though apparently Sheridan is a really nice guy, I mean really.

So he'd still be considered violent compared to the rest of the Home Nations?

They play within the rules, so it's not that bad really.

That's the thing with the Southern Hemisphere teams. They know where the "line" is and manage to stay directly ontop of it.

**Incongruous** · 10-04-2007, 08:58

Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost

Yeah? Say that to a Samoan's face.

Oh don't worry I have. They agree and then laugh when we talk about the Lions tour

The All Blacks do not play with more ferocity, I mean most teams impress kiwis with their tenacity and most of my mates here say that the Irish and the Pumas are the hardest fighters. It's simply that they, like other s-hem teams use a more modern approach to rugby. One of skill and speed. It's not about how heavy the foreward's are or how big the tight's are. It's about how well they can make space for the back line. Something which the English forewards and coaches seem to forget.

**Papewaio** · 10-05-2007, 07:18

Which is strange since that has been the way of the All Blacks since almost dot... one of the myths is that they are called the All Blacks because the poster that was supposed to say they play like they are All Backs was miss-spelled Blacks... a myth about the name origin not the style of play.

**Incongruous** · 10-05-2007, 08:26

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Which is strange since that has been the way of the All Blacks since almost dot... one of the myths is that they are called the All Blacks because the poster that was supposed to say they play like they are All Backs was miss-spelled Blacks... a myth about the name origin not the style of play.

Really I thought a lot of their play style, like the wandering wingers was a new form of play.

**Papewaio** · 10-05-2007, 09:47

By wandering what do you mean?

When I played at high school wings had several roles. Sometimes you just played on your wing (left/right) or you played on the wing closest to the pack and the flankers/wings interchanged on the run or you played deep and were a secondary wing... sometimes for an entire game or on the fly as required.