I assumed they had moved away from the breath rule to a simple timer. No?
Kabaddi World Cup
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Yeah, 30 sec timer. Some competitions need the raider to still keep the breath for the entire raid though. Not sure what's being followed in the WC, been travelling so I've missed the entire thing so far.
So true
Really? Its ignorant beyond belief. So much so that no one even bothered correcting him.
It is a timer, which IMO makes it mich easier to monitor and understand.
In all honesty Kabbadi is probably the worst thing in the history of sport.
It's pretty normal on the Caf to take the piss out of sports that are basically not Football or any other sport popular in Europe. Mostly done in good fun.
True, I'm only pulling your chain @Varun mate.
Iran lost to Poland yesterday. Didn't watch the match and don't know if Iran rested key players as they are already through but them losing has left the top 2 ranking open in group B(maybe they lost purposely to have possibility of avoiding India in semis 
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Thailand and Japan play almost a 'knockout' tonight but Thailand are in stronger position. If Japan win but by less than 7 points, both Japan and Thailand will end up on 16 points and Thailand has considerably better score difference which is used to resolve ties. If Thailand win they will end up on 20 points, tied with Iran and again have a better score difference so they will top group. Funnily, Iran had thrashed Thailand 64-23 in group game, yet Thailand have a better score difference.
So,
A) Thailand win: Group B 1st: Thailand, 2nd Iran
B) Japan win but by less than 7 points: Group B 1st: Iran, 2nd Thailand
C) Japan win by more than 7 points: Group B 1st: Iran, 2nd Japan
Scenario A is preferable for India as India are finishing 2nd in group A. Better to have Iran and S.Korea battle it out in semis than having to beat both, successively, to win world cup. Thailand won't be pushovers though but definitely preferred than playing Iran in semis.
Group B has been more close. Kenya and Poland played well too. I had watched Iran-Kenya and was impressed with Kenya.
Edit: Thailand vs Japan is tomorrow night. Tonight is thai massage.
).Thailand and Japan play almost a 'knockout' tonight but Thailand are in stronger position. If Japan win but by less than 7 points, both Japan and Thailand will end up on 16 points and Thailand has considerably better score difference which is used to resolve ties. If Thailand win they will end up on 20 points, tied with Iran and again have a better score difference so they will top group. Funnily, Iran had thrashed Thailand 64-23 in group game, yet Thailand have a better score difference.
So,
A) Thailand win: Group B 1st: Thailand, 2nd Iran
B) Japan win but by less than 7 points: Group B 1st: Iran, 2nd Thailand
C) Japan win by more than 7 points: Group B 1st: Iran, 2nd Japan
Scenario A is preferable for India as India are finishing 2nd in group A. Better to have Iran and S.Korea battle it out in semis than having to beat both, successively, to win world cup. Thailand won't be pushovers though but definitely preferred than playing Iran in semis.
Group B has been more close. Kenya and Poland played well too. I had watched Iran-Kenya and was impressed with Kenya.
Edit: Thailand vs Japan is tomorrow night. Tonight is thai massage.
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Hurling > Kabaddi
Did some reading on the US team.
http://www.bcsfootball.org/olympics...team-hopes-make-impact-2016-kabaddi-world-cup
To be honest until this thread I did not even know the US had a national team in Kabaddi. Though the tryouts seem to have been quite difficult
http://www.bcsfootball.org/olympics...team-hopes-make-impact-2016-kabaddi-world-cup
To be honest until this thread I did not even know the US had a national team in Kabaddi. Though the tryouts seem to have been quite difficult
I wasn't pulling the piss at all ,James. I was deadly serious, as I always am. @Randall Flagg was serious too btw.
Mentioning those two words in the same breath or sentance should be classified as a mortal sin. If I was a mod I'd be telling you to pack your bags and get the fck off the Redcafe forum FOR GOOD. I'd delete this thread too.
Oh dear..just had a look at hurling on wikipedia. Why do the Irish take regular sports and make a shite version of it? Little wonder no one plays any of these games outside of Ireland.
Also India destroyed England to reach the semis. It must be refreshing for the English to be shite at a sport they didn't invent.
Also India destroyed England to reach the semis. It must be refreshing for the English to be shite at a sport they didn't invent.
Hurling is over 2000 years old according to Wikipedia, what sport did they take to make it?
Fair enough.
As I pointed out, making the US National team simply required receiving a text asking if you wanted to go to India, so difficult to take the US participation seriously, I think some guys just wanted a free trip to India.
You're talking out of your hole there I'm afraid.
Answer JustAFan too... since you Kabaddi holding hands lovers seem to know it all.
2000 years? Give over, barbarians chucking shit at each other doesn't make a sport.
Who plays gaelic football and hurling then?
Hurling and Gaelic football is played in the four corners of the globe well except in your neck of the woods, ye'r more into watch lads holding hands trying to catch another lad jumping around the place like a chimpanzie with mustard on his hole. When that's over then ye sit back and watch some Bolly wood shite.
Who's your favourite Kabaddi person (I nearly said player there lol) anyways?
Great game going on between Thailand and Japan, as expected. 17 all at HT.
I had missed Kenya in qualifying scenario. If Japan win by 8-33 point margin, Kenya will go through! For Japan to go through, they need to win by margin of 34 points or more, which is not going to happen now.
Four corners of the world?! Pissed up Irishmen on gap years don't count. Have you lot figured out how to make movies yet? Or do you rely on the English for that as well?
Don't have a favourite player - only got into this great game recently
Who are the favourites and who are the top dogs in this sport?
Such a poor game
Is there any thread on the Caf in which the Irish people don't manage to look like absolute gobshites? I mean it's uncanny how they manage to do it in every thread.
Sums up this thread.
Heh
I think you should be brave and make a thread about it
Edit: just notice thread is already in the general...wooops
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They think they're the shit but honestly no one gives a flying feck about 200 people on an island. Half of them are on this forum crapping threads, a quarter of them went and formed their own country up north. And the rest are playing Gaelic football in the four corners of the globe (Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Belfast).
yup. its annoying to have to walk 200-250 miles on an average to even find a television so that we can watch football.
Is this that weird cult Madonna was involved with a few years ago?
Let's pretend you're right. Which sports did hurling and football steal from and make shitter?
Around the world, Gaelic Games are mainly played by ex-pats and people of Irish decent, granted. But there are high schools in the US and England who now have GAA teams and training.
I see sports like Kabaddi all the time though. I'm a primary school teacher and you see children make up all kinds of shite in the playground. I'm fairly sure one if them invented Kabaddi once. But they got bored of it and went back to hopscotch after a few days.
Looks like shite versions of hockey, rugby and football to me.
Primary school participation is an excellent indicator of a successful sport - kids play sports that are fun. Who plays Gaelic football for fun? I'm guessing it's only the mugs who weren't any good at real football.
Kerby > tiggy-it.
Gaelic Football and Hurling are by far, I mean by a country mile, the most popular sports in both Primary and Secondary school in Ireland.
I think anyone that has watched Hurling and Hockey more than once would disagree with you on that one. A shite version of Hockey is absolutely ridiculous. I'm obviously biased, but i was in Croke Park for the All-Ireland Hurling final a month ago. In my opinion, there is no greater spectacle on skill, intensity and passion anywhere in the world. I understand that people who don't understand the game won't see that. And that's fine. But as a big fan of Rugby and Soccer, neither sports come close. Top it off by realising that these lads are amateurs. So that dismisses your "who plays it for fun argument". Everyone that play the games, started off playing them for fun. No prospect of doing it for a living.
Rugby is a phenomenally intense game. Football and Hurling aren't far behind. But both shit all over Rugby on a skill level.
We all love Soccer. But we've all been nored to tears watching matches. You'll rarely be bored watching a GAA match.
Anyway, each to their own. But dismissing Gaelic Games as shit versions of Hockey, Rugby and Soccer just shows you haven't really watched the games and don't understand them. And that's fine. I don't get Kabaddi.
It's cribby, not kerby, you cnuts.
From the outside, it does look like a bit like hockey except you can pick up the ball and run - but you're right, I have no clue about hurling, so I took the lead from your Irish compatriots and shared an opinion about it anyway. I don't think anyone's being entirely serious here.