Super 14 Rugby 2010

tac wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:By the way, why do you fellers call the fly-half a 5/8th? Always wondered that one...

I guess because he's somewhere between the 1/2 and the 3/4s . . . .

Mmm, yes, that would sort of make sense I guess. Though we tend to view both scrum-half and fly half as half-backs - but I can see the logic.

besides it sounds better than calling him a 9/16s . . .

Shoeshine wrote:

tac wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:By the way, why do you fellers call the fly-half a 5/8th? Always wondered that one...

I guess because he's somewhere between the 1/2 and the 3/4s . . . .

Mmm, yes, that would sort of make sense I guess. Though we tend to view both scrum-half and fly half as half-backs - but I can see the logic.

In NZ they sometimes differentiate between the 1st and 2nd 5/8s

Reds trounced the Crusaders Did they swab the billies afterwards ?

Shoeshine wrote:By the way, why do you fellers call the fly-half a 5/8th? Always wondered that one...

Halfway between a HALFback and a centreTHREEQUARTER

Big Dog wrote:Reds trounced the Crusaders Did they swab the billies afterwards ?

Their form was consistent with the previous week BD. One was a loss(when I backed them) and the other was a win (when I was out of town & didn't).

tac wrote:besides it sounds better than calling him a 9/16s . . .

Or a spanner.

Mick Sawyer wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:By the way, why do you fellers call the fly-half a 5/8th? Always wondered that one...

Halfway between a HALFback and a centreTHREEQUARTER

Hmm. Thing is, we regard the stand off as a half-back - hence why it puzzled me.

Well, that's a bit stand-offish.

Hmm. Thing is, we regard the stand off as a half-back - hence why it puzzled me.

yep, the glorious diveristy of the game. As someone else noted, the K1s view both the 10 & 12 as standing on the same latitude(first five-eighth/second five-eighth), just south of the halfback.

Brumbies get away with a fairly lucky win. Not a bad game given that it was a penalty-kick-a-thon. George Smith scores and Interecpt try with minute to go to open up a 7 point lead, then the Stormers score a try at the death but miss the conversion. Sucked in Jaapies!

Of course, the lack of bonus points will kill the Brumbies season stone dead.

Brumbies win again, over the Lions. A cold, wet night at Canberra stadium, the Lions were insipid and basically a rabble. The Brumbies not even close to their 'stellar' label they'd been given before the season began.

At least the Force won't lose this weekend...

Judging from the swearing from the louge the ref was awful.

He was frustrated by one of the worst displays of scrummaging at Super Rugby level from the Lions. Wouldn't have helped.