Soccer, Sports and Politics - Part Deux

C'mon Cam

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I clearly don't know anything about rugby. If I've watched more than 20 minutes in my adult lifetime, that would be a generous estimate.

Here is Spiff Sedrick's try as time expires in the bronze medal game in Paris this past summer.

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Several questions.

Do announcers really call off yardage markers, like they do in football. "She's past the 50 yard line, the 40..."

She just barely crossed the line on her try. If she had stumbled and hit the deck before the line, but then slid across the line, would it still have counted.

And that conversion at the end. Is that normal? Is it a sevens thing or a women's thing? But pooching the ball standing 10 yards away, no one in front of you? Is it just me or is that the lamest conversion in any sport?

 

1) I pretty much only watch regular rugby where a full field run is borderline impossible. So there is almost neve4 an opportunity for them to do so.

2) yes, it still counts unless, for example, she loses control of the ball and her body pushes it over the line, then it’s a penalty called a knock on, resulting in a scrum controlled by the other team.

3) the location of the conversion is straight back on the field from where the ball was touched down for the try. So if you score right underneath the goal posts, you get an unmissable chip shot. If you score close the sideline, you have a much harder conversion. Though back in my day, I was pretty damn good at converting them from there, thanks to having played soccer

 

Here is an insane rugby kick, 70 plus yards, no tee. Blasted it through.

 

It’s been a long time since I can say I enjoyed or even paid attention to a USMNT January camp friendly, but that one was pretty fun, and not just because of the result. Looked like a hungry bunch of guys with a decent skill level, and their opponent actually took it moderately seriously.

I vaguely remember attempting to watch last year’s version and turning it off out of boredom or bleeding eyes.

 

In the longer clip he makes a divot with his heel and puts the ball in that.

 

You're right...I only caught the last 15 min and was impressed. I don't recall thinking that since '02.

 

I missed the USMNT game. Anybody have thoughts about Diego Luna or Emeka Eneli who came in?

 

No. But Jack McGlynns 1st goal was a cracker

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Not much I can add, which disappoints as a rugby guy. But you want to see a great full field try, search youtube for l'ssai de fin de monde aka the try from the end of the world

 

Luna looked a cut above most of them, and better than the guy he replaced (despite his solid goal). Can’t remember Eneli really, he’s one I wasn’t familiar with beforehand.

 

Found it, when they pan away you can see him kicking the turf with his heel. Maybe someone out sight put some sand down too?

 

I checked with my rugby guys. Thorburn made that with no sand. That's impressive.

 

He was a legend

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So many Clough stories