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Originally posted by Donut:
We've obviously got you worried genieboy. I'm gussing that you've realised that the Wallabies can't cut the mustard and you've joined the ABE brigade!
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Join the ABE brigade? [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] I've always been a member of the ABE brigade! [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img]
To be fair, England have had a major effect on the world of rugby this year - in addition to winning Down Under for the first time ever, they've also created new jargon in the rugby vernacular! [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] In case you haven't heard these yet (our press does such a poor job of communicating things to you guys
) here are some:
doing an England - general term for team tactic of slowing the ball down at the breakdown (legally and illegally)
doing it Dayglo style - making a calculated decision to not release the tackled player so that he can't release the ball quickly
doing a Backy - sneakily putting your hand on the ball in the ruck to stop it coming out quickly
the Luger edge - the art of playing 16-man rugby
And the fifth:
doing an Ali - good old fashioned rucking to free up the ball at the breakdown
Here's how you would use them in a sentence:
"...as Roff burst into the clear, he was ankle tapped in a desperate tackle and the cover arrived, the tacklers tried to
wrap him up Dayglo-style but the support arrived, in the form of Vickerman and Waugh, and
did an Ali at the back of the ruck, shredding the hands of anyone trying to
do a Backy and opening up the back of the ruck quick-smart for Gregan to arrive and fire the ball out to his backs, thus launching another sweeping Australian backline move, with Rogers slicing through and putting Wendell away, through the brittle England defence, despite the advantage of
the Luger edge ".
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