I cant think of any configuration of the bloodbin rule in Rugby League where a team would benifit from a player being sent to the blood bin.

It would either cost you an interchange or it just wouldnt be needed because of unlimited interchange.

Clearly this balanced piece of investigative journalism explained that the need in RL to act as such is now defunct as we introduced 12 subs, rather than just digging up some no-mark for a paid quote to fleetingly attract the attention of a knuckle dragging readership away from pages of tits?

its also very rare we would sub a kicker at anypoint in the game unless they where injured, which would be the only real reason that a trick like this would be used.

I object!! If I wanted to read a newspaper I would buy one, if I want to read a rag I'll buy one. You presume I am male looking at t!ts, a lesbian looking at t!ts and a knuckle dragger - nope I just like a light read on a Sunday morning.

Agreed I cannot see the benefit of anyone in league using a capsule. I read it as a "but they do it as well" quote to try and deflect from the shame of union.

This thread needs less talk of the blood bin and more pictures of these t*ts!

Sorry, didn't mean to suggest you fit that description. I'll read similar papers at times for similar reasons, although I don't consider them worth spending money on.

My point was more about papers like the NOTW, etc don't really do stories like this any justice. They take a snappy angle and produce their line in an easily digestable line. Relatively harmless in most cases, but enough to convince many of their target readership that their line is the gospel. If you come across an story in a paper of this type on an issue that you actually know something about, chances are you can spot with ease the flaws in what they say, or at least other ways of looking at it.

in Barry Mcdermott's book he says that at half time in a GB game they cut his ear with a razor in the hope it'd bleed in the second half, and he'd get blood binned, but it didn't work

You poms would look to try and do something so completely and utterly stupid wouldnt you.

Will a video do?

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVk587cYSgI&feature=channel_pageThe biggest t*t of them all at a pool party[/url

That bloke looks a bit of alright actually.

I'd turn for him.

Not currently but in Super League I recall when it first came in there was an issue that a player would get a geniune cut and even though it would take maybe a minute to patch up he could sit in the "blood bin" for as long as he wanted - thus an extra interchange if that was a prop.

So it was a rule initially open to abuse but they soon closed that kind of loophole up by instead counting it as one of your interchanges - so now its a nuisance more than an advantage. That rule was changes quite a few years ago.

Adrian Hadley played in the final dregs of the winter era - did we even have a blood bin then? We only had two subs anyway - did we have an interchange system then?

Well yeah the bloodbin rule is not THAT old is it.


I think over here we fixed the problems with the blood bin before they even were a problem. You tend to find if the NRL has a problem with a new rule fans, the media, coaches and players will pick it apart publically so the NRL fixes problems before they actually happen in real life.


I cant remember problems actually hapopening in the game over here with the blood bin. I tend to think if someone is d*cking around with the blood bin rule they are forgetting about, you know, playing football!

Exactly. What the feck has this got to do with rugby league?
All smacks of 'well they do it too, Sir!'. Pathetic.

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You'll get free chocolate too.

Agree with that entirely. That was my thought when reading the post about Barrie Mac. Barrie Mac should have been obsessed with smashing his opposition prop into the ground in defence and using him as a doormat in attack. How the hell can he do that when he's fannying around trying to get himself bloodbinned? Pathetic coaching from whoever was in charge.

Look its the same thing when we hear the old "We're gonna fight them" call from the GB side.


Yeah great, while you are working yourself up looking to have a fight, how about using some of that energy to, ya know, tackle!




I just have zero faith in the people who run the english game.

I'ts all down to experience GLF.

Despite the bravado, English players dont have the same background of fighting, molesting or sh-itting in hotel corridors that NRL players do. Until they do we will never be able to compete

Well, you might see that as being the case, but non of that has anything to do with playing dreadfull Rugby League.


And, if you wanna go down that direction, lets not start on the behavior that's accepted in SL. I mean, when ever an NRL player is standing trial for a serious offense, he is always comfortable in the knowledge that a SL club will stand beside him.

Thats because we're trying to learn from the best and who better than an Aussie RL player to learn inappropriate behaviour from.

smoke screens again

has this matter been discussed yet?

I know we used it in the Amateur game (Siddal) a few times when the blood-bin rule came in. Wouldn't have thought it was widespread though.

Could be wrong.

If it has been used in the past (I hope not), then I would imagine that it stopped once the blood bins started to count in the 12 allowed substitutions.

there were roumours it was widespread down under which is why the bloodbin rule was changed and now counts as a substitute. There would be no point doing it in rl as it wouln't benefit you.

You usually do

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