I agree with what you say. All I am saying is that if you make the whole back line smaller, then it's a bad thing. There's a reason why Japan will never be a rugby super power. I will take a team of 15 Jean de Villiers' anyday above a team of 15 Pat Lambie's even though I am a Pat Lambie fan. There is a place for smaller more agile players, but on average it shouldn't be your whole team.
My attitude isn't 100% the same as his. I agree there are some smaller players whose skill negates their size, and they should be given a chance, but when your whole back line is 10cm shorter and 20 kg's lighter than the opposing team, then I suspect you are in for a hiding on most cases. There's a reason why large guys excel at rugby and not at cross country running. It's a fine balance that needs to be maintained...
A whippet bring down a pitbull? Have you ever seen the two next to each other? The pitbull will run for kilometers with the whippet trying to "tackle" it. Its also why Brian Mitchell never fought Tyson. He would have died in the ring. Put 15 Pitbull and 15 Whippets in a 100m x 50m field. Assuming the Pitbulls don't fight each other. At the end of 80 minutes there won't be any walking Whippets left. In the context of rugby size does matter.
I am not 100% sure though when it comes to size. I would pick a bigger guy every time, all else equal. It's like having a 30kg pitbull vs. a 20 kg pitbull. On average the bigger dog will win.
Our coach must be shown the door... As a side note, I cringed at how white the team was. Normally players of colour are there not on merit, but yesterday there was at least two players of color that were wrongfully left out of the team...
My uncle was in the Rhodesian SAS and he told us that before a contact they would all smoke some weed. I can imagine it calms the nerves in a stressful situation like that...
My girl, Dakota also was, and still is into socks. Problem is that she started swallowing them whole, only to puke them out a day later. So, as you can imagine, now we need to hide all socks!
Some dogs love it. My girl loves playing with any kind of toy, whereas my boy isn't so much into toys, but he loves a good wrestle, or any type of rough fighting game...
My girl can keep herself busy like this for a long time...Must go back to her ancestral Bull-baiting heritage. She can hang off the ground for about 10 minutes before her jaws get tired...Not bad considering that she holds 40 kg's off the ground.
And the one guy that always dresses in the corner with his back to everyone. Contrast that to the Zulu guy, butt naked, standing in the middle of the change room with his on foot on the bench, while talking on the cell-phone! Once asked the Zulu dude if he steals petrol with that thing....he just glared at me...
