It was forward by close to a metre and everyone pretty much stopped expecting a whistle but the ref called play on and they scored under the posts, which cost us the game. One of my team mates starting abusing the ref and got a yellow card and warned that he'd get a red card if he kept going. He couldn't help himself and just kept swearing and going off his tree so the ref sent him off and gave him a red card, which meant he couldn't take part in any other games for us that day.
Fuuuuck this type of bullshit. In pro Ultimate there's an "integrity rule" so even if the refs make the wrong call the player committing the foul can call a foul on himself or call himself out or whatever and that ends up happening quite a lot with some teams. But at college/club level games are usually self-officiated and lots of players make salty calls cause they got beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X--wEzxR3w
Rugby seems like you need to be really all-around tough and really athletic to play. Is it like football without pads? How do people manage that level of physicality???
Yeah it was a bad call but I was more disappointed with my team mate because he should've just controlled his mouth and anger. The ref was never going to change the decision so there was no point in arguing and abusing him. If we were playing at a professional level we could've questioned it and they would be able to do a '3rd umpire' decision and watch replays and angles on the big screen, but this is just amateur level rugby.
Rugby it's a difficult sport you definitely need to be athletic if you're a back and be very durable. For me I love running with the ball and playing offense. Defense I try and hit hard make the tackles, but it's not something I really enjoy doing. I just love playing attack, but half the time you're soo tired from playing defense that when you do get the ball you're already fairly tired so it's hard coming up with the endurance especially at 7s level. In games it's a bit better because often there's more stop and start especially when you're on the wing.
There's another 7s comp in Adelaide coming up soon and an ex-Fijian sprinter is playing in it.
http://fijivillage.com/sport/Tabakaucoro-turns-down-Rugby-League-offers-k2rs95/"Pacific sprint king and new rugby convert Banuve Tabakaucoro has turned down a few offers from some Rugby League clubs in Australia to pursue his Rugby Sevens dream for Fiji.
Tabakaucoro’s new coach Solomoni Donu told Fijivillage this morning that his training has been going well.
The Silverwaters Barbarian Rugby Club 7s team is currently in camp in Nadroga where they are training at the Sand Dunes, Lawaqa Park and the FRU High Performance Training Center.
Donu says the Fiji Rugby Union is also looking forward to seeing Tabakaucoro do well on the rugby pitch.
The Silverwaters Barbarian Rugby Club will leave our shores next Wednesday where they will play in the Adelaide 7s next Saturday and Sunday.
Many local rugby pundits are looking forward to the progress of Tabakaucoro and what he will bring into Fiji rugby"
His 100m is 10.20 FAT. He obviously has the athleticism but whether he can handle the physicality is another question. Dwain Chambers converted to rugby league after his doping ban, but he couldn't handle the physicality and endurance aspect of the game.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/castleford/7385928.stm