Comments on: Slippery when wet: Why rugby should be a summer sport

By: Shaun Oakes

Shaun Oakes — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:36:28 +0000

@Name.Goes.Here - For rugby to rival the likes of football as a global game we need to sell it to the Americans. We will only be able to do that by upping the entertainment levels, which indirectly means doing away with wet weather conditions.

By the way, I’m not sure why you brought F1 into the equation - as everyone knows, this isn’really regarded as a sport. It’s more of a car procession?

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By: name.goes.here

name.goes.here — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:20:47 +0000

Call me traditionalist, old-fashioned, backwards even but I reckon I prefer playing/watching rugby in winter.

Yes, it can be boring but it’s up to the teams to bring the right strategy and tactics on the day.

You could argue that F1 would be better if it stuck to one location during the summer. That way we wouldn’t have to worry about ‘unrealistic’ results when half the field slips and slides their way out of the race, but it’s those very upsets in the sometimes monotonous races that make it interesting.

Apologies Mr Oakes, but we’re going to have to agree to disagree.

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By: Shaun Oakes

Shaun Oakes — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:31:22 +0000

@SheBee - Valid point, but some of us guys feel a little uncomfortable seing the likes of Victor Matfield running around in skimpy wet shorts.

@Mpho - I like your idea of playing in closed roof stadiums, in the long term I really see rugby going in that direction.

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By: Mpho

Mpho — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:23:01 +0000

The type of weather the all blacks are used to playing in,on home soil,could mean the next world cups,is almost guaranteed theirs.

I wonder if NZ has closed roof stadiums,otherwise the 2011 world cup,possibly played in miserable weather isnt going to be the best advert for the game, nor will the type of play; bad weather producing slowed down, kicking back and forth boring style rugby.Will be intersesting to see i suppose,which teams adapt to possible bad weather,or have their game completely sunk by it?

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By: SheBee

SheBee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:56:13 +0000

I personally feel that the boys running around in wet jerseys & tighty whiteys is highly appreciative…

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