yipyee Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Futtocks said: Go for the one pointer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Warrior Dragon Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, creditwhereitsdews said: Field goal I agree with you. This is modern Australian usage, I think, and it does not take into account that there used to be field goals in our game, but they were different from drop goals. That said, on the whole, I am quite tolerant of commentators' turns of phrase, even if, over time, they become a bit predictable. The exception to that rule would be "It all depends on who wants this most" and variations thereon. This is just stupid and lazy. The idea that either team contesting, say, a grand final or cup final, would make the effort to get that far and then decide they weren't that bothered about winning is patently preposterous. My gripes would tend to be more about visual presentation and, in particular, a manic desire to show replays of comparatively trivial incidents, like a fumble leading to a knock-on, or, when a coach is referred to in commentary, the assumption that we must see him, as he watches the game intently, something which, for the moment, we are not able to do, though we would almost certainly like to! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said: No it's not. If you're winning 1-0 in football, you don't have a 2 goal lead, do you! You have a 1 goal lead as if the other team scores then you're no longer leading, you're drawing. If you're winning by 12 points in rugby league, it takes a minimum of two scores (via 2 converted tries) to take that lead away. You're wrong on this one. But 2 converted tries is 4 scores, 2x tries and 2x conversions. The conversion is a separate score to the try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 No one says champagne rugby league anymore since Steve and Eddie's retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, Damien said: I don't think it is incorrect, it is 2 scores to get even. But you still have 4 scores to make, 2x tries and 2x conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Worst one is 'In the washing machine' where has that even come from, spinning 360 is a penalty once your over the horizontal and summer rugby doesn't have too many wet and soapy nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Just now, metallithrax said: But you still have 4 scores to make, 2x tries and 2x conversions. You are the first person I have ever met to think of it that way. I think 2 scores is the perfectly normal way to describe it as you have to score twice. I have never heard anyone refer to a conversion as a score. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Futtocks said: One of Stevo's most often used phrases doesn't appear in either box..... "He put his body on the line" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, Damien said: You are the first person I have ever met to think of it that way. I think 2 scores is the perfectly normal way to describe it as you have to score twice. I have never heard anyone refer to a conversion as a score. I do understand why it is said like that, but in my eyes you still have to score the conversion which would make a converted try 2x scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 A diminutive halfback being called a little general. Aussie commentators pointing out player X is on dayboo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiner Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Minerals, stupid Wilkin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Frivolous appeal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Teams always "spoke about" something during the preceding week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, Damien said: You are the first person I have ever met to think of it that way. I think 2 scores is the perfectly normal way to describe it as you have to score twice. I have never heard anyone refer to a conversion as a score. Quite right, its 'adding the extras' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Gordon Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Richard de la Riviere said: “Fifth and last” should either be “fifth and penultimate” or “sixth and last” given there are six tackles in a set! More annoying still (to me) are comments about 5th tackle options when someone means 6th tackle options. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said: This is modern Australian usage, I think, and it does not take into account that there used to be field goals in our game, but they were different from drop goals. A little bit of an aside from the topic at hand, but.. The last time we discussed this on this board I spent ages pouring over old footage of Rugby League games to see if I could see a field goal, or speculator, being scored; a kick through the posts from the ground in open play without using the hands. It was abolished in 1950 but I couldn't find one from all the old footage available through the news archives (of course I didn't look at all the footage, but I looked at a lot). I don't know why, but I would like to see an example being scored even if it is only a couple of seconds of footage. 1 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 What did they say at halftime … Well the coach said stick to the gameplan …. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiner Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 33 minutes ago, yipyee said: Go for the one pointer When Stevo used to say he's getting a bit of a facial, brought back memories of that hampster channel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 hours ago, SJD said: "Play the balls", there's only one ball. I'm sure my English Master would know the proper grammar, but having said that he died about 40 years ago so I can't ask him. "Play-the-ball" is used as a compound noun in RL. So "Play-the-balls" is correct. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Richard de la Riviere said: “Fifth and last” should either be “fifth and penultimate” or “sixth and last” given there are six tackles in a set! Don`t forget "Fourth and antepenultimate". Care to buy a username? One careful and weary owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz39 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 48 minutes ago, yipyee said: No one says champagne rugby league anymore since Steve and Eddie's retired. Peobably cos there hasn't been any since!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz39 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 "Huddersfield offer nothing to the game, and they have no fans" "Wakefield survive relegation" "Get Bradford in Super League" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Talking of Stevo , did i dream it or did he use to call Thierry Alibert Uncle Albert ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJD Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, unapologetic pedant said: "Play-the-ball" is used as a compound noun in RL. So "Play-the-balls" is correct. I knew I should have paid more notice at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 43 minutes ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said: My gripes would tend to be more about visual presentation and, in particular, a manic desire to show replays of comparatively trivial incidents, like a fumble leading to a knock-on, Agree with most of what you`ve said, but not this. Possession is more important in RL than in any other code of football, with the possible exception of Gridiron. Hence, an incident that leads to a transfer of possession is never trivial. It should always be replayed. The fact that it currently sometimes won`t be is a sign that TV directors don`t understand the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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