6 Responses to End Of Year Tours: Scotland – Big Tim Visser blow

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  Bullscot on 29 October 2013 at 11:00 pm

  Hope Tim gets over this ok sounds like a nasty injury, never nice to hear players getting bad knocks. This will be a blow to Edinburgh as well who seem to just be finding their way under Alan Solomons and he would have planned on Visser being there as part of the upward curve, such a potent try scorer.
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  Bullscot on 29 October 2013 at 11:00 pm

  Thanks for putting this one up GBS
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  Bullscot on 29 October 2013 at 11:02 pm

  Half time in the game between Tonga and Scotland – Tonga 4/20 Scotland in the World Cup – rugby league
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  Bullscot on 29 October 2013 at 11:06 pm

  This statistic highlights for me one of the big differences between union and league – “Tonga have committed 157 tackles inside that first 40 minutes, while Scotland made 136 in reply.” – league seems to be so much more about tackling, that’s a huge amount of tackles in one half alone, wonder what the total for the whole game will be.
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  Scrumdown on 30 October 2013 at 4:34 am

  @ Bullscot:
  A strange game indeed, where the ball is so protected in the tackle by the rules.

  The tackling player is not allowed to strip the ball during a tackle.

  I watched a LOT of the last Rugby League World Cup when I was in the UK for business that just happened to coincide with the SA EOYT.

  Ifound it strange to watch “giants” of the world of Rugby League like Papua New Guinea vying strongly for a semi final place.

  The stadia were for the most part empty with even the smaller venues not getting filled, and only really the games involving England, Aus and NZ attracting anything like Union size crowds.

  To say that League has a few challenges to overcome is something of an understatement, and unfortunately I think it’s loosing ground even in traditional strongholds like the North of England, and only really holding it’s position in Aus and places like PNG, where incidentally it is considered the “National Sport.”

  When I grew up in Coventry, if we were caught playing League by one of the Sports teachers it was a cause for 6 of the best with a cricket bat.
  A well looked upon sporting code in the Midlands in the 70’s it was not!

  However, their defensive coaches are HIGHLY sought after by Union sides that are serious about the issue. (Golden Lions, are you reading?????)
  Not
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  Bullscot on 30 October 2013 at 10:16 am

  5 @ Scrumdown:
  Good morning Scrumdown yeah its not a game I’ve followed much so am not too familiar with all the rules of the game, although it seems big in northern England. I can imagine you posh public school boys would have been discouraged from veering from Union to League
  By the way Tonga made a big comeback in that game scoring 4 tries before Scotland replied to make it a very tight game, BUT in the end Scotland pulled off the win. Tonga 24/26 Scotland was the final score. Not really familiar with the Rugby League scene up here but sounds like this was a big upset victory for Scotland so well done guys.
  Scotland coach Steve McCormack : “Many people didn’t give us a chance looking at that Tonga team, who showed glimpses, but we found a way to win. That is up there with the best Scotland have ever had. We earned everything we got. Tonga were brilliant for 30 minutes, but we found a way to win. In the last 10 we held firm. My heart was in my mouth and I was not sitting comfortably, but we found a way to win. I am very proud to be associated with that.”