BG> But not as good as the two cameras, and their slo-mo replays,
 BG> which clearly showed that Harragon placed the ball on the WRONG
 BG> side of the try line. No matter though, it made no difference
 BG> to the eventual outcome. ;-) 

  Oh! I missed that. I was just watching to see that he actually
grounded it - which he did.

  It annoys me that they all cheat; pretending that they had their
hand under the ball, and sliding it back across the line, or swearing
that they got it down when they didn't. I've never seen anyone write
about this bad-sportsmanship. They concentrate on biffo and stiff-arm
tackles, and no one says that cheating is virtually expected!

 PE> FWIW, I thought the standard of the game wasn't as good as it
 PE> used to be, although I appreciate the lack of foul play. 

 BG> Dunno, I thought it was much faster, with more ball-handling
 BG> under the new 10m rule (they were all totally fucked
 BG> physically, long before full time though). Anyway, I like to
 BG> see the odd punchup in a match like that (isn't that why most
 BG> people watch it anyway?).

  I agree. I thought the new 10m rule made a much better game of it,
and I didn't notice the lack of dirty play until it was over. Then I
was surprised that it had been such a good hard game without it.

 BG> Wally is a wanker, and always has been. ;-)

  Couldn't disagree with that, but he used to be great, too.

Regards,
Bob
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