Quick Look: Rugby 15

I just watched the USA team play in WR Sevens World Series the other weekend. We didn't seem to be as bad as Danny or the game made it out to be. Also Danny + any Duder makes for a great quick look.

Not sure if I'll ever be ready for a FIFA QL with Dan

Danny, why do you hate the MLS :(

"Huh, that'd be a lot easier to figure out if it said 12 instead of 68."

"I know––subtraction's so difficult."

I lost it.

Sadly Rugby would never take off in the US as there's very few stoppages.

Primarily European sports game Quick Looks are the best Quick Looks.

Pretty sure "Try" used to be a term in NFL-ball, right?

It looks like they forgot to give the players running physics. They turn on a dime with no sense of momentum.

@splodge: Fuckin' A. In BOD we trust

Nice primer on the origins of organized football and rugby on the BBC History podcast with football historian Richard Sanders: http://www.historyextra.com/podcast/victorians/tudor-portraits-and-victorian-footballers Interview with Sanders starts at around 26.20.

So... Why does the other version of Rugby stop less?

@earlcdwards: Exactly haha

@animasta: I was wondering this too. I love the MLS. Lower level play, sure. But so much more fair than any of the Euro leagues.

Trucks in the UK are called Lorries, but Hugh Laurie in the US is called House????

see, the most important thing for me is that I dont have to wake up at friggin 4:30 to watch some of the games

jeff seemed to get why rugby can be good, the game however, seems like hot gabrage

wow dan at the end.

DANNY HAS THE FUCKING PATIENCE OF AN IRISH SAINT.

ALSO, DID JEFF CALL OUT THE IRA INSTEAD OF SIX NATIONS?

That ending, Dan!!!!

So in theory Danny still doesn't work for giantbomb, right?

Lou Rugby - distant cousin of Big Jeffrey.

That last try attempt was hype as fuck.

Balls of Steel or not! :) Nice commentary Danny!

Because it's about on the level of the top flight in Scotland. And trust me when I say that Scottish league football is dreadful (in an endearing way. I enjoy it but it's not "good").

No, on paper.

@krevee: Sevens is not "real" rugby. Some countries are much better at one than the other.

I'm really looking forward to the day Dan decides to finally visit Europe. He should definitely record every minute of it and his reactions to everything.

Lou Rugby, meet Fame Douglas.

Rugby seems totally alright.

@straightgrizzly said:

I was sort of wondering what the hell Sinn Fein had to do with rugby.

I actually like that Lou name/logo.

Loup in French = Wolf.

@ratamero:

Shows how much I know about rugby. One of my roommates in college played for a while, but I never learned much.

I'm certain Jeff heard the term "Sinn Fein" on a House Of Pain song. Or Patriot Games.

@krevee said:

A good parallel is Sprint Football to College Football. Princeton (and a number of other small colleges) happens to great at the former, but no way could they even compare to an SEC CFB team.

Jeff asking Danny about Sinn Féin, oh man.

RIP Giant Bomb Sports Team.

Danny talking about Europeans learning differences in societies was great. Go @dannyodwyer!

This was way funnier than it had any right to be!

A "Soggy Biscuit" mini-game would be ideal for Kinect integration.

Also - looking forward to Scotland's probable wooden spoon decider with Italy tomorrow. Yay Scotland!... wooo... :(

@ratamero: He'd be the American Karl Pilkington!

Before even clicking play on this quick look I knew Danny O'Dwyer would be sitting in on this. Thanks Danny for explaining what the fuck is going on for us Americans!

Gameplay begins at 18:40. So it's definitely a GB Sports Team production.

@grondoth: Ospreys are Seahawks (And they are side setup by Neath RFC and Swansea RFC from Wales to play in the pro 12)

@forkboy: I see where you're coming from. Relatively speaking, MLS is rubbish compared to the Premiership or BBVA. But if you find yourself amenable to the low-level play, there's a lot to love in the MLS. Kaka is coming this year! Can't wait to watch him play. All I'm saying is, if you're already in the USA, don't write off the MLS right away. And Danny's in the Bay Area, he could go watch Wondo play! At the end of the day, football is football, and I love it all.

@benmo316: Was it rugby sevens?

As a European man, I have to say Dan's taste in sports disgusts me. You hear me Dan?! You are disgusting!!1! (still kinda love you though...)

@dan_citi: Yes, it’s the official term for the Extra Point in the rules.

The term just shifted in rugby.

Because in rugby and football a touchdown/try or run-in as it was called then in rugby, didn’t give you any points but the chance to try to kick for goal.

If the kick was sucessful it was converted to a goal, hence the term conversion for the points after the try in Rugby.

Soon enough they began to give points for the try been awarded, so the term shifted to the act of grounding the ball.

Can you bowl a strike?

God bless Dan for picking the USA team!

Looking forward to this game!

@yesiamaduck: I remember playing it as a kid. That and the World Cup 95 game. I had fun with them but I'm not sure if they were actually good. It always seemed to be easier to find open space than in actual top level rugby games.

That ending was great