Showing posts with label Fair Play. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fair Play. Show all posts

Disciplinary matters and professionalism

  • Why was rugby once called a game for ruffians played by gentlemen?
  • Where are the gentlemen now?
  • Which problem takes australian players (Matt Rogers, Matt Henjak...) to so often have disciplinary issues?
  • Is this common to any rugby country in the world?
  • Does the behaviour changes when the game is played by amateur players?
  • Are we heading towards a NBA-like behaviour pattern?
  • Is the ARU right asking the Force not to use Henjak?What could be done in order to prevent these issues?
  • Is this a secondary effect of professionalisation?

(you can have a look to the rugbycan blog to see a rather large list of rugby ruffians)