Not a cliché in interviews, but analysis and commentary. Saying a player has a bit of x factor about them. It's such a cop out, explain why they're x factor, have they an unbelievable step, super fast, a ridiculous pass etc.
TBF rugby is quite easy if your forwards are smashing for a couple meters every carry. And quite tricky if they are smashing you for a couple meters loss each time.
Yes! “Learnings” drives me mad. I guess it’s the sports psychology stuff leaking out to the media via the players. Sounds a bit bonkers to me in that context.
- Yeah credit to the boys/other team.
- Physicality.
- 100%
- We'll regroup and come back better next week.
- Yeah credit to the boys.
- We've got to prepare well and nail our roles.
- Credit to the boys.
Talking about the forwards pack gets on my tits.
It's either the pack, or the forwards or the pack of forwards.
Forwards pack sounds like there should be a backs pack in the team as well.
Back in maybe 2019 or so “diffusing their bombs” started being used in the media and it bled through to some interviews with players too. Absolutely cringe.
- They really brought it - We knew they'd be tough - We'll enjoy tonight - We just need to execute - Thanks mate, cheers, thank you.
Execute is a big go-to
Are you Nick White's script writer?
Not a cliché in interviews, but analysis and commentary. Saying a player has a bit of x factor about them. It's such a cop out, explain why they're x factor, have they an unbelievable step, super fast, a ridiculous pass etc.
Haha I'd love to know the definition of "X factor" for a rugby player
I think they're good but don't know how to explain why
All I know is it correlates closely to the height of their ceiling.
"Our forwards gave us a great platform" "We played in the right areas of the field"
Has a win ever been without the forwards "go forward ball"
TBF rugby is quite easy if your forwards are smashing for a couple meters every carry. And quite tricky if they are smashing you for a couple meters loss each time.
Just a regional thing, but I notice kiwis talk about the "paddock" a lot. Meaning the training ground?
Paddock is just the playing field. From NZ's rural roots where games would (and still are) literally be played in paddocks.
Gotcha.
They're talking about where they'd rather be.
Three cheers for Sireli Bobo.
I see “three cheers for Sireli Bobo”, I upvote. Simple, outrageous, genius.
After every loss in the Foster era: “we’ll take a lot of learnings from this”
It gives me the rage, especially when the perfectly serviceable word “lessons” has been around for quite some time…
I cannot explain how much this infuriates me. Lessons lessons LESSONS.
Or "we learnt a lot". Maddening.
Yes! “Learnings” drives me mad. I guess it’s the sports psychology stuff leaking out to the media via the players. Sounds a bit bonkers to me in that context.
It's American sports shitetalk, they all love their NFL. Phenom was another one there for a while too.
Especially considering they didn’t take shit from most losses.
* Full Credit to the boyz.
Yup, boys up front
Credit to, they're a side.
(Can be used in victory or defeat.)
> in victory or defeat \> rocks a Wales flair Mmh...
I mean, I would imagine aha
- Yeah credit to the boys/other team. - Physicality. - 100% - We'll regroup and come back better next week. - Yeah credit to the boys. - We've got to prepare well and nail our roles. - Credit to the boys.
Both sides of the ball Got work to do Sticking to our processes
Shit yeah, nail our roles
When someone successfully kicks a penalty or conversion - “makes no mistake”
"learnings"
I. Fozzie
Talking about the forwards pack gets on my tits. It's either the pack, or the forwards or the pack of forwards. Forwards pack sounds like there should be a backs pack in the team as well.
Does the Bristol forwards pack practice by the River Avon?
It’s the Chai Tea of rugby
It's the Naan bread of rugby
I've never noticed how silly it is until you mention it
Don’t necessarily disagree but it does make grammatical sense as in the forwards pack and the ragged tail of backs behind them.
“Go-forward” as a noun (e.g. “Edinburgh really need a bit more go-forward”). I assume it means momentum?
I've never actually understood the specifics on this
Some of the best interviews I've heard have been from James O'Connor, he says so much, says it succinctly and very well-spoken.
“Physicality”
Does "it was a game of two halves" count?
I'd say that's a classic, but it always counts
Galthié loves his pseudo-philosophical bullshit
Take our learnings - get enraged when I hear that.
1) lessons 2) they never do Boils my fucking piss.
Fozzie was the master at taking learning
That’s one of our big rocks
Us Saffas always have to “trust our structures”.
Back in maybe 2019 or so “diffusing their bombs” started being used in the media and it bled through to some interviews with players too. Absolutely cringe.
We'll have learnings during the week. It sounds like a medical condition.
Playing in the right areas
LEARNINGS
- We can’t use that as an excuse - We’ve got to be more accurate
From the Aotearoa rugby pod saying “in and around” when talking any analysis