Psychotic Mongooses
29-10-2005, 16:58
Given the violence that marred the second test between Australia and Ireland in Melbourne last Friday, do you Aussies/Irish think it should be scrapped/put on hiatus again?
Some of the tackles by the Aussie players were atrocious! Especially the clothesline by Chris Johnson on Ireland's Phillip Jordan.
:mad: Nevermind the continuing off the ball fights. Both sides had parts in the trouble I'll agree
Now I'm all up for physicality in the game, but that level of aggressiveness might end up leading it to be thrown out again!!
Aussies in particular, what say you regards the series in general?
Keep it, or bin it?
http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/28/wbINTRULES_narrowweb__300x405.jpg
For those who are interested but don't know what i'm talking about:
International Rules football is a hybrid sport developed in the 1980s as a mixture of Australian rules football and Gaelic football. It was created in order to facilitate international matches between the representative teams of the Australian Football League and the Gaelic Athletic Association, which have been played annually since 1998 but date back in various forms to 1967. It is sometimes known as "Inter Rules" for short, it also used to be known as "Compromise rules."
The rules are designed to provide a compromise between those of the two codes, with the Irish being advantaged by the use of a round ball and a rectangular field (Australian rules uses an oval ball and field), while the Australians benefit from the opportunity to tackle between the shoulders and thighs, something banned in Gaelic football. The game uses two large posts and two small posts, as in Australian rules, and a goal net as in Gaelic football. Points are scored as follows:
in the goal net (a goal): 6 points,
over the goal net and between the two large posts (an over): 3 points,
between a large post and a small post (a behind):1 point.
Scores are written, as in Australian football, so as to clarify how many of each type of score were made as well as giving the total points score for each team ; for example, if a team scores one goal, four overs and 10 points, the score is written as 1-4-10 (28) - meaning one goal (six points) plus 4 overs (4 * 3 = 12 points) plus 10 points, for a total score of 28 points.
An International Rules match lasts for eighty minutes (divided into four quarters of twenty minutes each), the same duration as an Australian rules match but ten minutes longer than a Gaelic football one. Teams consist of fifteen players, just as in Gaelic football (eighteen are used in Australian rules).
Some of the tackles by the Aussie players were atrocious! Especially the clothesline by Chris Johnson on Ireland's Phillip Jordan.
:mad: Nevermind the continuing off the ball fights. Both sides had parts in the trouble I'll agree
Now I'm all up for physicality in the game, but that level of aggressiveness might end up leading it to be thrown out again!!
Aussies in particular, what say you regards the series in general?
Keep it, or bin it?
http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/28/wbINTRULES_narrowweb__300x405.jpg
For those who are interested but don't know what i'm talking about:
International Rules football is a hybrid sport developed in the 1980s as a mixture of Australian rules football and Gaelic football. It was created in order to facilitate international matches between the representative teams of the Australian Football League and the Gaelic Athletic Association, which have been played annually since 1998 but date back in various forms to 1967. It is sometimes known as "Inter Rules" for short, it also used to be known as "Compromise rules."
The rules are designed to provide a compromise between those of the two codes, with the Irish being advantaged by the use of a round ball and a rectangular field (Australian rules uses an oval ball and field), while the Australians benefit from the opportunity to tackle between the shoulders and thighs, something banned in Gaelic football. The game uses two large posts and two small posts, as in Australian rules, and a goal net as in Gaelic football. Points are scored as follows:
in the goal net (a goal): 6 points,
over the goal net and between the two large posts (an over): 3 points,
between a large post and a small post (a behind):1 point.
Scores are written, as in Australian football, so as to clarify how many of each type of score were made as well as giving the total points score for each team ; for example, if a team scores one goal, four overs and 10 points, the score is written as 1-4-10 (28) - meaning one goal (six points) plus 4 overs (4 * 3 = 12 points) plus 10 points, for a total score of 28 points.
An International Rules match lasts for eighty minutes (divided into four quarters of twenty minutes each), the same duration as an Australian rules match but ten minutes longer than a Gaelic football one. Teams consist of fifteen players, just as in Gaelic football (eighteen are used in Australian rules).