Scotland not half bottling this 
We were so shite in the first half, eben the atmosphere from the Welsh was the worst Iāve ever experienced! Came to life after half time though and just only wished weād put that performance in from the whistle.
Rugby refereeing becoming as much of a joke as football.
TMOs constantly involving themselves in games and yet when South Africa score a try which is a clear knock-on, the useless cunts somehow canāt check that.
I havenāt seen what youāre referring to but generally speaking, i agree the quality of reffing is going downhill.
I in no way whatsoever attribute that to the retirement of Wayne Barnes.
Can see it in the video below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/anUGnvsXpjXqd9BD/?mibextid=D5vuiz
Random foray into the rugby thread but came across a Jonah Lomu video today. I remember him when I was a kid being a superstar in the rugby world and even had the Playstation game (think it was on Playstation).
Always enjoyed watching the random compilation video on YouTube but wondered todayā¦
What is his standing like in Rugby history? Is he one of the greatest players? I know he got ill quite young and it limited his ability but just curious was his reputation bigger than his actual ability or was the hype justified?
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He was such a unique player for his time. The average winger was probably 80-85kg and 5ft 10 tall. You know, smaller, fast guys basically.
Lomu was 6ft 5 and 120kg as well as being fast and athletic.
Essentially, he changed the game for his position and the style he played made him a major star in the game, and the first major rugby star globally.
He actually did have a relatively long All Blacks career, wingers donāt usually play for us past 27 anyway and thats how old he was when he last played
He is still looked at as one of the greats here in New Zealand although maybe not the actual greatest player. He definitely had a huge impact though.
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This is not a dig at the sport, but would it be fair to say heās the only global rugby star?
Iām a total outsider to the sport (not sure if that makes me better or worse placed to judge) and I canāt think of anyone like Lomu in that regard.
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For some reason I feel Habana is the closest but you might actually be right, even if it sounds a bit dismissive of rugby. Plenty of huge names but not sure they had the recognition and fame of Lomu.
Would be good to know how Wilkinson is judged abroad. Heās obviously by far and away our superstar, and first name in any rugby quiz question, but not sure if itās the same across the world.
Thing is with rugby there are a lot of players, but unless you watch or follow rugby you arenāt really going to know many of them. Recent or old and Lomu is/was the most household name I think a rugby player has ever been.
Iād say that is absolutely fair. I think being an outsider is probably the best place to judge from tbh. Rugby is a pretty small sport in the sense that only a few countries really care about it and half of them itās not even their biggest sport.
I mean even in New Zealand itās not actually the most popular sport in terms of player numbers. Despite what the rest of the world thinks about rugby here, itās not actually as big as is perceived.
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