General Rugby Union Discussion

Discussion in 'Rugby Union Discussion' started by HeathDavisSpeed, Dec 2, 2011.

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  1. Howe JHF Howe

    Howe, Feb 28, 2015
    #961

  2. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

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    English league game? A beaut anyway, #6 and #3 showing up the backs
     
    Last edited: Mar 5, 2015
    Magrat Garlick, Mar 5, 2015
    #962

  3. Fiery GR Smith

    lol. That's awesome
     
    Fiery, Mar 5, 2015
    #963

  4. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    Yeah that's epic
     
    BoyBlunder, Mar 6, 2015
    #964

  5. Howe JHF Howe

    Yeah I think that's Rangi Chase playing for Salford. In League, #6 is a half back and #3 is a centre.
     
    Last edited: Mar 6, 2015
    Howe, Mar 6, 2015
    #965

  6. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

    That'd make sense. Not sure why I put it in union.

    One for the CS consensus that league > union then
     
    Magrat Garlick, Mar 6, 2015
    #966

  7. Fiery GR Smith

    6 is a stand-off actually. 7 is a halfback
     
    Fiery, Mar 6, 2015
    #967

  8. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    I dunno. Some of that defending is embarrassing...
     
    BoyBlunder, Mar 6, 2015
    #968

  9. Hurricane JD Hurricane

    The english have liberal use of the position half back so who knows Howe may be right in the confines of his own borders, just not down under.
     
    Hurricane, Mar 6, 2015
    #969

  10. Fiery GR Smith


    Hmm. Even allowing for the English and their weird ways I think that's pushing it. They call a 6 in league a five eighth or a pivot here. Never a halfback. A halfback is 7 in league in the UK, and they usually call them a scrum half. To me a halfback in either code is always the bloke who puts the ball into the scrum.
     
    Fiery, Mar 6, 2015
    #970

  11. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    Well for me in Union there is no halfback position. The halfbacks are the 9 and 10 - scrumhalf and flyhalf.

    No idea how it works in League
     
    BoyBlunder, Mar 7, 2015
    #971

  12. Fiery GR Smith

    You call a 10 a halfback? wtf?
     
    Fiery, Mar 7, 2015
    #972

  13. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    In the same way I call a prop a forward yeah.

    Forwards 1-8
    Halfbacks 9-10
    Backs/three quarters 11-15

    That's just how I was taught though
     
    BoyBlunder, Mar 7, 2015
    #973

  14. Fiery GR Smith

    Weirdo poms :p
     
    Fiery, Mar 7, 2015
    #974

  15. Howe JHF Howe

    In the UK the term 'half backs' refer to collectively the scrum half and fly half, but I was just wrong in this case as I was trying to communicate in antipodean. Thought Chase was a scrum half but it turns out he's playing stand off there.
     
    Howe, Mar 7, 2015
    #975

  16. The Boy Brumby ZJ Brumby

    #10 must be the market leader when it comes to different names:

    fly-half
    stand-off
    out-half
    outside half
    5/8(th)
    1st 5/8th
    1st five
    pivot
    first receiver
     
    The Boy Brumby, Mar 7, 2015
    #976

  17. Weeman27bob BE Force

    5/8th (and related) are definitely the ones that make the least sense in todays game as far as I'm concerned.

    I understand that there's etymological reasons for it, but it definitely doesn't make logical sense in today's game.
     
    Weeman27bob, Mar 7, 2015
    #977

  18. Hurricane JD Hurricane

    Haha
     
    Hurricane, Mar 7, 2015
    #978

  19. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

    How does that sort of thing happen? Just not enough contact so each place settles on their 'standard'?
     
    Magrat Garlick, Mar 7, 2015
    #979

  20. The Boy Brumby ZJ Brumby

    Yeah, I guess it's a factor.

    Union's mostly played by Anglophone countries and in the black and white days before yer interwebz it was a long way from Edinburgh to Dunedin. A lot of the names were country specific; 1st 5/8th is NZ, stand off Welsh and outhalf Irish.

    Union used to be numbered from front to back (as league still is) before it was standardised in the late 50s/early 60s. Think it was a French wheeze to change originally.

    Typically yer Poms were one of the last holdouts and, famously, Leicester (& Bristol I think) used letters rather than numbers until quite recently. Certainly within my watching lifetime. Rowntree, Cockerill & Garforth were called the "ABC" club for this reason.

    Bath used to spurn a #13 too; outside centre was numbered 14 through to #16 at fullback.
     
    The Boy Brumby, Mar 7, 2015
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