Re: Catalan Game Potentially Off : Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:55 pm
I wonder if actually the real reason people like brawls is because the intensity of the game inevitably increases afterwards.After two front rowers have had a big head to head, next hit up you know the one who has the ball is going to seek out his opposite number and run it in harder than he has done all game. The fans will get into the game too. You never get a game where the teams just go through the motions after there has been a brawl. Scoreboard doesn't matter.
The WW3 game is legendary for the fisticuffs, but also because of the intensity of the game. Same with the Bradford game in 2000.