The IRISH RUGBY thread

[bennydorano]

Wibble??

[muppet]

Hartley sleeps far more than he plays rugby matches. He eat his breakfast for more minutes than he plays rugby and when he is suspended breakfast wins even more.

He is paid to play rugby.

He has to sleep and he has to eat. Being suspended for over a year, however, is a choice.

He is a thug. But the numbers have to be consistent.

Numbers are consistent and don't lie. It is their interpretation that is the problem.

Lies, damn lies and statistics and all that.

It was a shite analogy, quit digging.

Minutes are compared to minutes. Throw insults all you like, but until you offer something remotely intelligent, my shite analogy beats your rant.

[AZOffaly]

Muppet, you are raving I'm afraid. You can't count minutes on the pitch, and then count total minutes in a given period of time as suspended.

To compare like with like, count the minutes on the pitch he played, versus the minutes on the pitch he COULD have played  if he wasn't suspended.

Alternatively count the total number of days he has been eligible since he became a pro, and compare that with the total number of days he's been suspended.

Your comparison makes no sense.

[muppet]

Muppet, you are raving I'm afraid. You can't count minutes on the pitch, and then count total minutes in a given period of time as suspended.

To compare like with like, count the minutes on the pitch he played, versus the minutes on the pitch he COULD have played  if he wasn't suspended.

Alternatively count the total number of days he has been eligible since he became a pro, and compare that with the total number of days he's been suspended.

Your comparison makes no sense.

I just threw out a random stat.

Feel free to do the same.

Harley has been suspended for roughly 100 minutes for every minute he has played. It might be meaningless, but it is a fact.

[AZOffaly]

You threw it out as a hyperbolic statement, saying that basically Hartley has been suspended for more time than he's played. But you are using to different measures of time. The suspended time you used calendar days/hours, while his playing time you measured only actual match 80 minutes.

As the lads said, a 1 week suspension (24*7*60) = 10080 minutes. That would mean by your measure a player suspended for a week has 'been suspended for more time than they played' unless their career was longer than 126 games.

[seafoid]

He can't be suspended for more than he would have played if he had not been suspended.
One of his team mates will not play 100 times more minutes than Hartley. This is where Muppet's logic collapses.
It doesn't even have to go to the TMO.

[muppet]

You threw it out as a hyperbolic statement, saying that basically Hartley has been suspended for more time than he's played. But you are using to different measures of time. The suspended time you used calendar days/hours, while his playing time you measured only actual match 80 minutes.

As the lads said, a 1 week suspension (24*7*60) = 10080 minutes. That would mean by your measure a player suspended for a week has 'been suspended for more time than they played' unless their career was longer than 126 games.

Exactly, that is a fact.

It may be meaningless, but that is the maths of it.

[AZOffaly]

Ooooookay

[manfromdelmonte]

How much money are Ulster wasting on some of those South Africans?
You'd be better off losing with Irish players

[trileacman]

Muppet was in foundation maths I'd say.

[seafoid]

Muppet was in foundation maths I'd say.

I hope he's not doing the calculations to get the spaceship to Mars

[Franko]

You threw it out as a hyperbolic statement, saying that basically Hartley has been suspended for more time than he's played. But you are using to different measures of time. The suspended time you used calendar days/hours, while his playing time you measured only actual match 80 minutes.

As the lads said, a 1 week suspension (24*7*60) = 10080 minutes. That would mean by your measure a player suspended for a week has 'been suspended for more time than they played' unless their career was longer than 126 games.

Exactly, that is a fact.

It may be meaningless, but that is the maths of it.

There are almost always 15 players on a rugby team.  There are almost always two teams.  Players generally have two legs.

15*2*2 = 60.

Therefore, at the beginning of play, there are more players' legs on a rugby pitch than on a tennis court.

This fact even holds true for doubles.

Maths.  Great stuff.

[muppet]

You threw it out as a hyperbolic statement, saying that basically Hartley has been suspended for more time than he's played. But you are using to different measures of time. The suspended time you used calendar days/hours, while his playing time you measured only actual match 80 minutes.

As the lads said, a 1 week suspension (24*7*60) = 10080 minutes. That would mean by your measure a player suspended for a week has 'been suspended for more time than they played' unless their career was longer than 126 games.

Exactly, that is a fact.

It may be meaningless, but that is the maths of it.

There are almost always 15 players on a rugby team.  There are almost always two teams.  Players generally have two legs.

15*2*2 = 60.

Therefore, at the beginning of play, there are more players' legs on a rugby pitch than on a tennis court.

This fact even holds true for doubles.

Maths.  Great stuff.

Good man, I don't see the connection between tennis and rugby, but knock yourself out.

[Dinny Breen]

[Franko]

You threw it out as a hyperbolic statement, saying that basically Hartley has been suspended for more time than he's played. But you are using to different measures of time. The suspended time you used calendar days/hours, while his playing time you measured only actual match 80 minutes.

As the lads said, a 1 week suspension (24*7*60) = 10080 minutes. That would mean by your measure a player suspended for a week has 'been suspended for more time than they played' unless their career was longer than 126 games.

Exactly, that is a fact.

It may be meaningless, but that is the maths of it.

There are almost always 15 players on a rugby team.  There are almost always two teams.  Players generally have two legs.

15*2*2 = 60.

Therefore, at the beginning of play, there are more players' legs on a rugby pitch than on a tennis court.

This fact even holds true for doubles.

Maths.  Great stuff.

Good man, I don't see the connection between tennis and rugby, but knock yourself out.

See bold.