Better Rugby Rules

 The combination of Carter, Nonu and Smith is becoming formidable. I like it.

Andy Ellis is not there yet, and I guess the selectors know this so I guess that’s why he is getting more game time. I kinda like Jimmy Cowan in the wet, he’s a rough diamond, and I would give him more game time.

Sitiveni Sivivatu’s was replaced in the second half with good reason, Sitiveni is up one day down the next. I guess cold weather is a bit too much for his type of game.

Big Bad Brad was my star forward. League players take a good look at Brad and see if you can cut it in international rugby forward play before your consider the switch.

Sean Fitzpatrick said here..”Even Sione Lauaki did well when he came on and I thought he added a new dimension.”… Sean sounded surprised, and so was I. Yes he did add more than usual. But not consistent enough for me, I still prefer Mose Tuiali’i from the Crusaders.

New rules or old rules, I think the conditions would not have help either case. The short lineout rules didn’t matter, so dump that ELV. No mauls to speak of (and that was in a wet game) as they have been removed from the game with the new pulling down the maul ELV. The rest of the Tri Nations the maul count will be lucking to get beyond the number of fingers on your hand. That’s not good, mauls have their place in rugby union. I bet you will also see few downunder jurnos making comments on it as well.

Well done ABs, no McCaw and still a win !

 Source: Young ABs face inquisition Springbok-style– Duncan Johnstone

From top left to bottom right

1) Wulf: O so start, must impress to keep wearing black, ELVs require a kicking back three, so can he ?

2) Thomson: Little game time yet, but solid Super 14, so I hope he shines.

3) Ellis: Should call Chris Laidlaw and get the ‘how to’ manual on how to pass ! Must improve in this critical role.

4) Boric: Needs more game time and he may get it, I like what I have seen so far.

5) Nonu: Three tests, three excellent performances, whats he doing in this group then?

6) Donald: Needs game time, which will be hard while Carter is around.

7) Lauaki: Send him home, he is a failed experiment, too fat, slow and rugby dumb.

8) Kaino: Fail here against the Boks, and he will be gone, needs to Zinny up and muscle in!

I see that Conrad Smith is not in this list, and nor should he, Conrad is a class player in my view. Kahui had the rub of the green in his game (vs England) and had it easy, Conrad had to make his own luck.

 Wait and see…

The above represents England defensive pattern. Swiss cheese has less holes.

The game was more about England on the plane tomorrow and off to a sunny beach at Brighton. With the England team going backwards, two players that stood out were the Full back and No 8. England will be a different team in November.

I didn’t think much of the game, sure we won, and it was visual pleasing, but they are not the Boks or Wallabies. Role on Tri Nations.

I would like to re affirm what I said after the first English test. Nothing in the second test has changed my mind, yet the cheer-leading journos would say differently.

Why is Mose Tuiali’i not in the team over Sione Laukai ? Sione has not impressed in the black jersey ever, so whats he doing there. My bias opinion is that Henry can pick brawn over brian’s, and this is an example of it. Mose is brawn and brian’s.

Andy Ellis has not stepped up to international rugby yet, too slow, too many steps before parsing. Wheepu, if he behaves, would have been a better pick.

The last time a Kiwi held the RWC trophy high !

Source: The return of rotation – Wynne Gray

Coach Graham Henry defended his policy of replacing players after such a decisive 37-20 victory in Auckland, as an investment for the start of the lengthy Tri-Nations tournament in a tick over a fortnight.

My Comments: A better investment would be more time building combinations in your best side, not your weakest.

Player combinations take many games to build, especially to handle pressure, just like in RWC finals. For example Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu have played two test matches together, and done well. Yet Conrad has been dropped from the squad for Richard Kahui, amazingly Conrad is not even on the bench.

Henry cant help himself, this is what happens when you don’t change your coach, he says he will change for better, but in the end he cant. It would be better to play 4 to 6 games with the best combination possible. There are 15 test matches this year for the ABs, I am sure bloody young players can be done latter after the best AB team is ‘well done’ (steak cooking analogy).

Sure there are no tours to blood young players, but you can use the bench after the game is near won to try out others.

 Rotation before the best team is well groomed is a mistake. AGAIN !

UPDATE1:

Source: ‘No rotating for Wallabies’ – Deans

Coach Robbie Deans has ruled out a rotation policy for the Wallabies despite the risk of player burn-out from a gruelling 15-Test schedule this year.

And despite concerns about the physical and mental toll on players following the Super 14 competition, Deans had no set plans to rest players.

“There will not be rotation as such,” Deans told AAP.

“There will be catering to our needs because we are not going to be looking ahead and putting less emphasis on what is immediately in front of us.

“We want to thrive in every instance.”

“Experience is valuable”

“I am not concerned about what has been, I am more concerned about what is coming.”

My Comments: O boy doesn’t this sound right, see what I mean about old dog same trick (Henry), Robbie Deans hasn’t won all those titles sitting on his arrrrse ! Then again is Deans doing the same thing as Henry but using smarter media spin, hmmm !

UPDATE2:

Source: Wrong time to split Smith and Nonu – Hart

But with the opening Tri-Nations test against South Africa looming (on July 5), Hart said he would not have split the Ma’a Nonu-Smith combination in midfield which was growing well.

” I would have given them as much football together as I could.

“They (the All Blacks coaching team) have obviously settled on them, they have done well, both have developed very well, I would have kept them together.

“I don’t see why we would play Richard Kahui when we are just trying to get a combination (going) and Conrad Smith is playing so well – I think there are some issues of rotation and some issues of their still trying to find who the best player is (for that position).”

My Comments:  I am not a huge fan of John ‘Been to RWC Twice for nothing’ Hart, but he has got this right ! Mid field is a vital combination, Deans knows this, and I bet he has this a possible attack point come Tri Nations. Remember Ma’a can’t kick, and can get communications a little confused. The two test matches played by Conrad and Ma’a have not been a great challenge to their mid field defensive skills, this exactly why they should have more time together. Or may maybe Henry will learn this when Mortlock sprints between Conrad and Ma’s and scores a match winning try!

UPDATE3:

Source:  Scene set for night full of fireworks – John Drake

Conrad Smith has revelled in consistent play with the Hurricanes and All Blacks. He is a heady player who complements those around him rather than dominating. Ma’a Nonu and the wings may miss his presence in Christchurch tomorrow night. Kahui has been on the selectors’ radar for some time and but for injuries would probably have been used earlier. I hope he is not another “project” like Isaia Toeava – thrown in the deep end without enough game time at the level below tests.

 Henry and Co will say they have little chance under the current structure to give the Kahuis of this world an opportunity other than in test matches. What a pity the New Zealand A and Juniors formats have been discarded as those are the places to blood up-and-comers and fringe players, not tests. The other alternative is to shuffle players between the All Blacks and the Maori team. I see Deans is doing something similar with Australia A and is resisting anything to do with rotation.

My Comments: Henry knows this, yet chose to ignore this advice. Once again you cant teach an old dog new tricks. Dam fool !

       Ma’a Nonu on the right.

Ma’a has impressed twice, keep this up and Luke McAlister will go down as a very average All Black compared to Ma’a. You see, no one remembers those that dont play internationals. Players must choose between money now or lifetime reputation and money for ever. I refer you to Jona Lomu, do you think he would be a big as he is with out playing international rugby?

Source: Fitzy urges picking overseas players

The New Zealand Rugby Union should consider picking overseas-based players for the All Blacks, former captain Sean Fitzpatrick says.

“In the end …. selecting our overseas players is inevitable,” Fitzpatrick told the Herald on Sunday newspaper.

MY COMMENTS: THEN NZRU IS DOOMED.

“We have to start selecting from the overseas players’ base, simply because there are now so many of them and because we have to take care that we don’t spiral into a culture of loss.”

MY COMMENTS: NO WE DONT, FITZY MUST BE GOING INTO THE AGENT BUSINESS.

Flyhalf Daniel Carter and captain Richie McCaw have re-signed with the NZRU until the 2011 World Cup but have sabbatical clauses in their contracts.

Carter is expected to take up a six-month contract with a French club at the end of the grand slam tour later this year.

“I was never a fan of opening up the doors before but I think the sabbatical given to Dan Carter and Richie McCaw could open up a can of worms,” Fitzpatrick said.

MY COMMENTS: THIS IS TRUE.

“Allowing those doors to open will also safeguard New Zealand player stocks better than sabbaticals.”

Fitzpatrick, however, said the NZRU should abandon their domestic-only policy and consider the multitude of players plying their trade in Europe and Japan.

The All Blacks, who beat England 37-20 at Eden Park on Saturday, have had 11 players either leave New Zealand for overseas clubs or retire since the World Cup last year.

The 92-Test hooker said his biggest concern was diluting the player pool in New Zealand and lowering the standards in the Super 14 and domestic provincial competition.

“It isn’t as if our franchise or provincial rugby would suffer a great deal more than it is already,” the 45-year-old added.

MY COMMENTS: WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING, THE FRENCH/ENGLISH/IRISH CLUBS COULD TAKE ANOTHER 30 PLAYERS, THIS WOULD LOWER THERE PRICE, BUT STILL MORE PLAYERS OVERSEAS.

“The standard has already dropped and we are now risking such a lack of depth in the All Blacks that we risk losing.

“And I think that is the last thing the game needs in New Zealand and globally.”

MY COMMENTS: FOR NZRU IT SHOULD BE NZ FIRST, GLOBAL TENTH!!

MY COMMENTS: I hope this guy doesn’t end up on the NZRU board, if this is the standard of ‘thinking’ in ex players. Maybe Fitzy should have done some more time at school. He should have a look a Argentina (rugby) or Brazil (soccer). Some journo probably got a few beers into him to get this type of smarts, who knows, sure its an opinion, but lets hope that all it is.

UDPATE1:

Source: Fitzy’s just the man to lead rugby union– Chriss Rattue

Fitzpatrick’s insistence that never-ending All Black selection changes must end and that it is wrong to ignore overseas stars is a godsend. He was even forced to state the obvious, that great test sides are formed around established combinations which foster an honest belief and knowledge in each player’s game.

My Comments:I agree with the player combination theory, that is true, but the selection overseas players is doomed to fail. Why, look at NZ Rugby League and Soccer and see there troubles getting players released from the wealthy European clubs.  You may argue that the IRB can pass a law to allow the players to be available, yeah right,  that would work, once again review Rugby League execution of this policy. Fitzy knows about teams and playing the game, politics and money, please stand aside mate !

          Laukai left, Tuiali’i right.

 Lessons, the Bad.

• 1) Why is Mose Tuiali’i not in the team over Sione Laukai ? Sione has not impressed in the black jersy ever, so whats he doing there. My bias opinion is that Henry can pick brawn over brian’s, and this is an example of it. Mose is brawn and brian’s.
• 2) Andy Ellis has not stepped up to international rugby yet, too slow, too many steps before parsing. Wheepu, if he behaves, would have been a better pick. Jimmy Cowan was not up to it either.
• 3) English forward drive, both in body position and two man drive was very effective, AB’s need to do better here.
• 4) Keven Mealamu, two bad lineouts, a tight head lost. Needs to do better or go.
• 5) The ABs ‘B” team was shocking, if this was a close game we would have been toast.

 Lessons, the Good.

• 1) Ma’a Nonu and Conrad Smith are coming up trumps, looking good for the future. Ma’a can pass and not loose possession when tackled, keep it up. Conrad is just magic !
• 2) Dan Carter, excellent ! A french girl should acquire his DNA for the French rugby by having his child. Don’t laugh, I bet it’s on the drawing board!
• 3) Jerome Kaino did better, watching him closely.

The Game:  England stood up for 15 minutes. That’s it !  Then the black wave took over. The Ref was not good, and this game was old rules.

The new ELVs will shake English rugby style big time. England need more players like Topsy Ojo and David Strettle for ELV rugby. Pace, pace and more pace.

Hey Charlie Hodgson, you must learn to tackle polynesians. Take a month off and play rugby in South Auckland, best place to improve your tackling skills.

Source: Andrew taunts Kiwis about World Cup ‘obsession’ – Rob Andrew

“There is an obsession with the World Cup and we are now in the country that has the biggest obsession of all,” he said.

“Why haven’t they won the title since 1987? Because they’re too obsessed.

It takes an unusually bold variety of Englishman to stroll into All Black country, where the red rose army have achieved the grand total of two test victories in the 45 years since they first paid a visit, and tell his hosts where they are going wrong on the World Cup front.

       Smith – try 1 coming ..

      Carter – try 2 coming .. ( and Value up more $$$).

The game was not for back play, so that’s why the above two players were outstanding.

Well done ABs. But I will mention Andy Ellis was too slow in getting the ball cleared, I think he is a better dry player. Jerome Kaino for a number eight in the wet and up against big Irish forwards was not imposing enough. Richie McGaw needs more support.

Brian O’Driscoll was toast, and easily so. Conrad Smith has the goods for the ABs Center job for many years to come.

New rules or old rules, doesnt matter when the Ref is not so good.

UPDATE1:

Source: New Zealand men in Black have talent on tap – David Kirk

The All Blacks’ front row was just about 100 per cent new, yet the forwards, including two other inexperienced Test players, Brad Thorn and Jerome Kaino, dominated a powerful Irish scrum, line-out and the confrontation at the tackle. The All Blacks have also rebuilt their backline and on yesterday’s performance they have got most of it right. Andrew Ellis was tough and intelligent. He will need to lose the habit of running a few paces before passing and his kicking game will have to develop, but his ability to clear the ball, use his loose forwards and make tackles was first class. Ma’a Nonu was perfect at inside centre for the conditions while Conrad Smith and Anthony Tuitavake made almost error-free transitions to the big time.

• – Player Power/Agents: 1
• – NZRU: 0

CARTER: Good luck Dan ! Internationals (most likely at the RWC 2011) and $$$$ not a bad deal for the next 4 years. Well done.

NZRU: Your one negotiating strength  (international selection) can now be down graded from stone to straw. Agents will huff and puff it down from now on, idiots.

The result should have been, stay or go for 4 years, that’s it. If he had gone his status would not reach the lofty heights of All Black great, sure he would be rich. Now he has a chance for both.

The next Lomu, Brook, Patrick, Kirwan, Jones can and will expect the same treatment. This new trend is here to stay.

Mr Tew and the board just hasn’t got large enough nuts to make the big calls. The jury is still out on Mr Tew, and this happened on his watch, so its not looking good.

UPDATE1:

Source: NZ public ‘out of love with All Blacks’ – British press

Meanwhile, the London Independent‘s rugby writer says the biggest issue New Zealand will face is the fallout from the decision to grant Daniel Carter the chance to play in Europe while still being eligible for the All Blacks.

‘By allowing (Carter) to stay on contract and remain a test candidate…the union has finally accepted that northern money calls the tune in modern-day rugby.

“Every employment lawyer from Whangarei to Invercargill is alert to the Carter affair, secure in the expectation that other celebrated All Blacks of the day will demand a piece of the same action.

“Heaven knows, the English do not have everything right. But in pure rugby terms, the red rose is enjoying a vastly better time of it than the silver fern,” he said.

 My Comments: The above is true.

“New Zealand rugby is at a crossroads,” wrote Alistair Eykyn of the BBC.

“The credibility of their national game is at stake. Defeat to England at Eden Park on Saturday night and the All Blacks may well consider themselves at crisis point,” he said.

My Comments: Piss Off !

Source: Carter’s deal a special case, says happy Henry– Duncan Johnstone

But the coach clearly doesn’t want to see a rash of players heading away on short-term deals and says measures need to be put in place to control that. [ME: ha ha ha, too late now !]

“I think you need to qualify (for a sabbatical). I think there needs to be some criteria … maybe a number of test matches, longevity in the All Blacks, that sort of thing,” said Henry.

What does Henry care about the long term effect of this deal, his only concern is winning back his reputation at the next world cup, after that, thats for the next poor bloke ! 

The lack of big nuts by Mr Tew and the NZRU will see in future years the top 5+ players off overseas in the immediate years after the world cup. Dan will be eligible for the All Blacks selection when he comes back, but will not be required to play in the preceding super 14 like his other team mates. Sure he could loose his position, but special deals like this is leaving the door wide open for hungry agents to work harder for more lucrative commissions. Damn NZRU fools ! This is why they couldn’t run a real business. I am sure the current local sponsors (Murdoch) are just rapt, (not) !

I guess sabbaticals will happen, but if the player does not return and play in the Super 14, how can match ups be viewed. Then the selectors personal bias allows an overseas player to walk into the All Blacks, where as currently a one on one contest allows the not in favor player to better the in favor player, and get selected based on true performance.

 All this fuss over Nick Evans, who cares, they guy doesnt know how to pass, its all me me with him ! Far to much media hype has gone to this guys head, hell let go now !

 Other posts on the subject: Dan Carter rule, very naughty!

UPDATE1:

Source: Carter Clause sure to irritate – Wynne Gray

Where there is money, more money, different rewards and criteria, there will be some resentment. The NZRU have done well if they have been able to stitch together some deal but no matter the wording of the press release, when Carter’s sabbatical is ratified, it means they have agreed to pick All Blacks from offshore.

How many other All Blacks would like a similar break and following Carter’s exemption, will feel they deserve the same treatment?

My Comments: Confirmation, thanks Wynne!

       Adam Thomson

Source: Henry sends rejection message – Steve Deane

Masoe seemed to be the unluckiest discard, with Hansen saying the versatile flanker had been a casualty of the new experimental laws, which required a different type of player.

That could see a high value being placed on mobile loose forwards with lineout ability, which might explain the recent interest in the athletic, 1.98m Thomson, whom Henry said “wouldn’t have even been mentioned” if the squad had been picked before the Super 14.

MY COMMENTS: Doesn’t Adam Thomson look very much like an AFL player, fast, good balls skills, excellent in broken play, maybe not so great in the mud and tight forward play, but who cares, when is that ever going to happen in ELV rugby!  If the All Black selectors have already recognised that ‘all shapes and sizes’ has been redefined as the game is for ‘fast mobile tall’ players, I can see props getting thinner and taller. Maybe one day they wont need to push (ha) ! More evidence that traditional rugby union structure has been reduced within the game. (see Foundation posts for more).

              Naughty Boy (Dominion Post/NZRU)!

Source: Rule on Carter Needs Backing – Dominion Post

Extract

If the “Daniel Carter Option” that allows the great five-eighth to go to France for six months, earn $1.4 million and then return to play for the All Blacks in June 2009 isn’t a done deal, it should be.

The rule that a player (or a coach, for that matter) has to be involved in the Super 14 tournament is sound, as far as it goes.

But in exceptional cases, where a once-in-a-lifetime player is concerned and a special deal can be arranged, then the rule should be adjusted.

The point about Daniel Carter is that he is not leaving New Zealand rugby for a number of years. It’s a matter of months, only. 

Are you freaking kidding me !

• i) He has done nothing that confirms GREAT, he’s no C Meads or M Jones.
• ii) He has potential, that’s all, but if he does not play internationals he will never get the ‘great’ tag, and that should be up to him, why let him hedge his bets, let him choose the money or forever lasting ‘All Black Great’.
• iii) Once in a life player!  Very early to say that he is nothing more than a solid international player. I think Mr Jonny Wilkinson still holds the ‘world best’ title and if Mr Dan Carter wants to contest this crown let him compete for it the same way any other player does.

Having special rules for your kids means you create envy and animosity. Rugby players are only a decade out from the school play ground, why do you think it will be any different? It’s the same when a wrong goes unpunished, if you remove the deterrent then why would any one follow the rule!

The writer of this article must have one unruly house hold, dam fool ! This goes for the NZRU, if this is so !

More on this post HERE

Source: Where to next ? – Jim Kayes

Extracts..

For a long time one solution had seemed simple.

Create a longer Super competition with the Air New Zealand Cup played at the same time as a feeder competition, leaving plenty of time afterwards for test matches and a decent break over summer.

There you go – problem solved.

It could be argued that South Africa should be excluded from a revamped Super competition. Games in South Africa don’t suit New Zealand and Australian television audiences and the travel for teams is arduous.

The South African sides have largely failed on the field, with the Bulls’ win last year their first title, while the poor crowds they attract in New Zealand suggests Kiwis are not enthralled by the style of rugby they play.

But South Africa is a massive rugby nation and helps deliver a credible product to the broadcaster. It would not be cast aside lightly.

That said, the Tri-Nations is a tired product, with the third round added in 2006 failing to excite punters.

It should be scrapped, or radically trimmed so that tours with midweek games can be re-introduced – a concept that for now collides headfirst with a full calendar.

Ideally an international Super Six or Eight could be played two years after each World Cup with the longer tours held during the “off” years.

It might be back to the future but it’s what people want.

Club rugby can be played while the Super competition is on and flow into the domestic competition, just as the Super tournament will lead into the tests.

Read this with Wynne Gray’s Super Rugby idea HERE

I wonder if the NZRU reads this stuff?

The RWC is rugby Olympics.

(Note: It was the NZRU that wanted the RWC, so bite your tongue, before you scream.)

In most Olympic sports, there are the lull years immediate after the games. An athlete can not be primed to 110% all the time.

If a player does remove themselves from the local NZ competition it is conceivable that some other young bright thing will step up, or maybe the player sees that the grass is so green on the other side they will never return. Those are the risks.

But I must make it clear, the NZRU should NEVER allow an overseas player to be selected for international duties. To do so would remove the union final and only bargaining chip. Players must play for super rugby prior to the international season to be available for international duties. To do so would be a transfer of power from union to player. Not Jona, Dan, Fitz or any player group is greater than the game, not ever !

A player that has international achievements will always trump those that have only national achievements, for all time!

Good luck to you Dan Carter, see post here.

Didn’t Leon MacDonald look good after his return from Japan, and another Troy Flavell well not so much !

Also it should work both ways, hey Jonny Wilkinson do you need a sabbatical down under?

It also should be noted that the richest New Zealand rugby player (a couple of years ago now) had played ZERO internationals. I understand the son of the great AllBlack Fergie McCormick was earning $1 mil a year in Japan. But who cares, his name is, dunno, there you see no international kudos! (But he did do well, well done.)

UPDATE1: Chris Rattue: Sweetheart deals will rip All Blacks apart 

On the individual deal for Dan Carter.

Extracts..

..”What the NZRU is saying is that Carter has an automatic ride into the test side without the same examination that will be applied to every other player.

What is so mind boggling is that any Carter deal would open the escape hatch for the very players the NZRU are trying to keep. Richie McCaw would be a sitter for a dispensation, as should Ali Williams and a few others.

If all the best players are on special deals overseas, what is the point of the rule in the first place?

The ground will also be ripe for resentment and rebellion among those who are denied the favoured status on the whim of men such as Tew and Graham Henry, whose competence to judge these matters must be in severe doubt anyway, given their rotten performance in running the World Cup campaign last year”… 

..”The moment this code of unity is broken is the moment that players abandon the last vestiges of common good that are vital for the test match battle and instead rediscover their instincts of self-interest.”..

..”Now, with the crumbling ruins piling up around it, the NZRU is preparing to tear away the remaining bonds which can still make the All Blacks great. They are separating players into categories, creating division that is likely to rip them apart.”…

“…The game is over. Rather than heralding the great new dawn, sneaky Carter-type deals signal the beginning of the end.”..

WARNING: New Zealand will be the Brazil (in soccer) of world rugby.

I never agreed to allow Dan Carter to have automatic selection into international duties, he is not that good and I would not care if he was. I did say if a player wished to bugger off for a break, and come back and try his luck (by playing super rugby, and take a pay cut) for the All Blacks then that’s fine.

The article above implies that the BROADCASTER CEO and SPONSOR CEO are talking to the NZRU CEO, saying that Dan Carter is worth more to the game in hard cash than the game its self . NO, NO, no player is bigger than the game. DUDE its not golf, tennis or motor racing its a team sport. I refer you back to the Robbie Deans advert ‘A great team will always beat a great player!’. Money is rulling the game.

If what Chris Rattue is saying is true, then CEO Steve Tew (and the board) is a ‘blood idiot’ and he (they) should drink and drive to confirm it. Or resign as his many years in the NZRU have been correlated with some of the most stupid rugby administrator decisions of all time. See this post.

 Thanks to:  Chris ‘Patton‘ Rattue .

 UDPATE2: Peter Bills : Top Springboks must choose between country and fortune

Extract..

…”The suddenly emboldened union has told its most prized men if they want to represent their country they must be prepared to forego a financial bonanza overseas.”…

…”But the union is playing hard to get. As an insider said: “We know that every single agent in South Africa is watching the outcome of this case like a hawk. Our fear is that if we agree to make up the rest of the money involved, the agents will advise their players to sign for a top club in France or England and then wait for us to buy them back when they want to play for the Springboks. We would be mad to agree to that. We just can’t afford it.”…

Good on ya SARFU, wish NZRU had them selves the same hairy clankers ! 

Have you started a blog yet, to vent your spleen, while your game is getting flushed down the outside dunny. Rise up, protest, sing out loud, do something!