Study Reveals All Rugby Determined By Gaffs

An interesting article this morning in the Journal of Sporting Studies has revealed that the outcome of all rugby matches is determined by officiating gaffs and has nothing to do with the proficiency of players on the field. 

"Essentially, players are wasting their time in the gym and subjecting themselves to unnecessary risk of injury by chasing the ball." Said Jaque Bran, lead analyst at the institute for sporting analysis, "Gavin Henson worked this out almost a decade ago, so either he's a genius or the rest are quite thick."

A rival study published by The Royal Foundation For Futile Enterprises has suggested that far from being gaffs the outcomes are explanable by the lack of any actual rules. "Rugby is made up by officials as they go along," explained Professor Leon Astbury, "players and fans all claim to have memorised a mythical tome, but in fact only one copy of the so-called laws exists , under lock and key at IRB headquarters in Dublin.".
Photocopied pages of the book leaked by a janitor have revealed that it is largely full of hand transcribes recipes for apple crumble, the study claims. 

"The game was invented on the spur of the moment by a frustrated gangly kid, and that rich tradition of innovation lives on."

quality - could have fell for it if it wasnt for the mentiosn of Henso nand Genius i nthe same sentence.

nonsense. I remember a game decided by food poisoning; not a refereeing gaffe

There are a lot of referee blunders but I dont find genuine mistakes as annoying as the incredible variations of intrepretation amongst different refs. The difference between Chris Pollack's intrepretations of the breakdown and Craig Joubert's on the recent Lions tour were just bizarre.

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*gaffes

Cyril wrote:*gaffes

Spot the double entendre Cyril.

GloriousEmpire wrote:

Cyril wrote:*gaffes

Spot the double entendre Cyril.

I thought you knew French?

What possible influence could a referees house have on a rugby match?