The International Rugby Board have today confirmed the adoption of the above named new law, proposed over 12 months ago (indeed many thought this law was already active).
Law 238-C: Matches involving an England XV
1) Whereas in general matches are decided by number of points
scored,
England must not only score more points but also run in a superior
number of
tries to be awarded a victory.
2) Games in which England score more points than the opposition in
the
Southern Hemisphere shall be considered void. (This is a recent
amendment,
replacing the long-standing law that games won at Twickenham are void.
The
older version was found inadequate to the developing situation. This
law may
be subject to further revision at the end of November.)
3) Games in which England score more points than the opposition
with
Jonny Wilkinson on the pitch shall be considered void.
4) Games in which England score more points than the opposition
and in
which any England player, supporter or indeed national offend any
player,
supporter or national of the opposition or for that matter any other
country, by so much as a poorly timed sneeze, shall be considered void.
5) Games in which England score more points than the opposition
and the
opposition are at the beginning or end of their season shall be
considered
void.
6) Games in which England score more points than the opposition
and the
prevailing weather and conditions bear so much as the faintest
resemblance
to that in which most England players normally play shall be considered
void. Otherwise called the "Maori Rule".
7) Games in which England score more points than the opposition
and a
member of the opposition is sent off or sin-binned for foul play shall
be
considered void. To play against fewer than XV men is unsporting,
whatever
the reason. Should England have a member of their team sent off or
sin-binned, refer to clause 4 above.
8) In games in which England score more points than the
opposition, but
in which the opposition score last, the opposition are deemed to have
finished the game the stronger and are therefore deemed the winners.
Otherwise known as the "Wellington Rule" (see also "Moral victory".)
9) If England selects Martin Johnson in their side, they will be
deemed
to have brought the game into disrepute through violent conduct. The
opposition will be awarded the match and Johnson will be banned for six
weeks.
10) If any England player, official or supporter ever suggests
that, in
a game that they 'won', England was the better side and deserved to
win, the
game shall be considered void.
11) Similarly, if any England player, official or supporter ever
suggests that England might win their pool in any Rugby World Cup, they
will
be accused of insufferable arrogance, bringing the game into disrepute
and
England will be thrown out of the aforementioned tournament forthwith.
12) Games that England lose shall be considered tests, whatever the
nature of the game, opposition or composition of the England XV, and
shall
count in the test statistics of played/won/lost. In the (unlikely)
event of
England winning a game it shall be considered at best a friendly "A"
international and counted as such.
Laws 238C :1 to 238C: 10 inclusive have no relevance in
the
event of England scoring less points than the
opposition,
nor
should they be applied in any way to the circumstances
or
behaviour of the opposition
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Brilliant Mat, absolutely Brilliant!
Its interesting that now Wilkinson has become a drop goal master, South Africa and Australia want the value of drop goals and penalties devalued, despite the fact South Africa won the cup on the back of Joel Stranky's boot! Regardless of tomorrows result, the Southern Hemisphere press will still slag us off! Ive never really followed club Rugby, but im looking forward to the final just as much as I do the football world cup! Would be quite fitting to win the cup in the home of Australian rugby, just as they did at Twickers in '91! Good luck boys! 😵
Originally posted by tomferg1i know this guy. he goes to my school. HEY TOM!!!!!
new zealand got snapped by australia, hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Australia isn't the favourite, but it has just started rainging like heck down at Oz. I wonder if they'll put it off...not wishing, but maybe, cause if it's this bad in Brisbane, it must be bleh in Sydney.
Originally posted by 442Oh please! Who said anything like that?
Its interesting that now Wilkinson has become a drop goal master, South Africa and Australia want the value of drop goals and penalties devalued, despite the fact South Africa won the cup on the back of Joel Stranky's boot!
I have no problems with drop goals, I just like to see nice open, flowing games with lots of tries....
But this is the world cup, you have to win games, not score tries.
Sheez, pretty tense stuff. Not bad rugga for the neutral supporter.
My heart was tipping Oz to take it, I wanted the cup to at least stay south of the equator.
Damn close though, in the end a (strangely) out of form Wilkinson won it - yet again.
Maybe this world cup heralds a change in world rugby with the northern hemisphere sides really coming into their own now with the belief that they can beat the southern hemisphere sides.
Originally posted by skeeteractually-it was a really close game-there was, after all, only 3 points in it, and in the first half, although australia didn't have the ball that much, they crossed the gain line a heck of a lot more than england. and if the auzzie no. 12 hadn't missed those kicks in the first half?...
..and Australia got done by England - again HaHa ha ha ha ha ha ha
Gregan will be deported - again and Flash eddie will be 'retired' Hopefully he will learn to waltz his own Matilda HaHaHaHaHa 😏
Originally posted by geniusI dont think Aus looked like scoring a try on a single occasion.
actually-it was a really close game-there was, after all, only 3 points in it, and in the first half, although australia didn't have the ball that much, they crossed the gain line a heck of a lot more than england. and if the auzzie no. 12 hadn't missed those kicks in the first half?...
Watson IMO was crap as usual. He really has done a poor job of refereeing the last 2 world cups.
Either way congrats England ! Means Aus only has 2 WC's.
whoot
Originally posted by pcaspianbut it also means we scots'll not hear the end of it for the next 37 years. (the football was only just beginning to get better...🙁)
I dont think Aus looked like scoring a try on a single occasion.
Watson IMO was crap as usual. He really has done a poor job of refereeing the last 2 world cups.
Either way congrats England ! Means Aus only has 2 WC's.
whoot
After all the baiting and gamesmanship, all this rubbish about England cant score tries, funny that Australia tried playing us at our own game. Majorly tense stuff, secong half was very hard to enjoy. You could just tell Watson was gagging to give the Aussies the desisions, we made too many mistakes and made it easy for him, but at the end of the day.........Grand slam 6 nation winners, beat all three southern hemisphere sides in one year, regarded as worlds best side and most important of all England are WORLD CHAMPIONS end off! 😵😀😵😀😵🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Originally posted by CrowleyYou are a very poor loser Crowley, especially as your own world cup win came off the back of Stranky's kicking, so your attitude towards England and Wilkinson is very hypicritical! We sucked it to em in their own back yard, major paytback! 😵
Oh please! Who said anything like that?
I have no problems with drop goals, I just like to see nice open, flowing games with lots of tries....
But this is the world cup, you have to win games, not score tries.
Originally posted by 442I said there's nothing wrong with winning games on the back of drop goals. After all, when two good defensive teams play each other, it's usually the difference between winning and losing.
You are a very poor loser Crowley, especially as your own world cup win came off the back of Stranky's kicking, so your attitude towards England and Wilkinson is very hypicritical! We sucked it to em in their own back yard, major paytback! 😵
In future, read the post, before quoting it.
And learn to spell; http://dictionary.reference.com/ - it's free, use it.
EDIT: Yes, I'm a bad loser - nothing wrong with that - just try not to be too bitter, that's the trick.
And I'll say it again: "A good loser is a born loser".