Adding, what the NRL is eliminating here, is pretty much same thing that the NHL did and why Scott Stevens highlight reels are now a thing of the past.

The head-hunting shoulder charge has been illegal in rugby UNION (the worldwide 15-man code) for pretty much ever, but has been permitted (until now) in rugby LEAGUE (the far lesser known version of the game mostly played in Australia, England, New Zealand and bits of France). Further reading, see: Sonny Bill Williams.

Don is mostly an idiot, but Don is also undeniably awesome.

Yeah, it looks like a rugby play.

Not so strange when you consider the NHL expansion franchise the planned for Honolulu was going to be called the Tora Tora Toras. Sad. They would've had kickass uniforms, too.

C'mon guys, it's a tragedy. He's got a grieving family overseas.

+1

I like Wilbon, but must admit, he does come out of this narrative looking, hsall we say, more than slightly dick-ish.

Just passed the 10th anniversary of idiot Bok fan Pieter Van Zyl taking down Irish ref Dave McHugh in the 2002 Springbok vs. All Blacks test match. McHugh got a separated shoulder. The drunk fatso became something of a national hero. He got his nose bloodied by Richie McCaw, Greatest Rugby Player of All Time, and the…

I always thought Taylor Swift was a gorgeous lookin' young lady, and now you've shown me the above pic, please tell me that's a drag-queen impersonator. Please.

That looks like a totally hand-made sign.

Telekinetic mind control by Piri Weepu. He then made the stadium lights go out in the middle of Saturday's test match. True story.

"He's a deeply human character, and he's surrounded by other flawed individuals, each with their own needs."

D'Souza's film is poorly researched, and - a bigger crime - boring.

It's a lousy impersonation.

Stunning time-lapse? Cliche tilt-shift photography, which everybody and his dog is shooting these days, at double-speed, and mostly B-O-R-I-N-G.