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Neils

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Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:16:10 PM »
Bonkers and strangely addictive.  Just hope World Rugby don't think some of this is good for the main game.
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Re: Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2019, 08:21:06 PM »
Yeah, it's a bt weird! A bit like having a decaf coffee, hints at the real thing but not quite delivering. But then I'm not a fan of sevens either.

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Re: Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2019, 08:27:27 PM »
Good to see there is still room for the scrum though!

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Re: Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2019, 09:57:18 PM »
Big fan of the Tailenders podcast where they said that T20 cricket is enough to get some slight cricketing nourishment but doesn’t fully satisfy like test cricket does.

Rugby X seems to be the T20 of Rugby (as I’m sure it was designed to be), good entertainment but doesn’t fully hit the spot

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Re: Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2019, 08:56:09 AM »
I watched it and had virtually the same reaction as others. Doesn't do it for me.  To much dependent on errors and not enough on skill for me.  It seemed like a cheap version of Sevens but I prefer the real thing so I doubt if I shall watch it again.

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Re: Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2019, 09:03:57 AM »
Quite fun to watch. Odd shaped ball and the H posts are iconic, but one was missing, just looked like a game show to me.

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Re: Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2019, 10:25:18 AM »
It fell into the mistake of thinking that more tries = more entertainment, so adjusted itself to deliver more tries.

Not for me but then I doubt I am in the demographic they are targeting

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Re: Anyone watching RugbyX on ITV 4?
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2019, 10:56:35 AM »
Only watched it for about 10 mins and didn't find it very entertaining. Found Landscape Artist of the Year more exciting