first and let call this movie what it be represent1 . it a feel good movie with a message . 2. the acting be just okay and dialog slightly well and production value pretty good . 3. rugby scene . just barely passable . but here the trick represent this isn not something hollywood contrive and and it isn not try to be a ferociously accurate portrayal of the sport . it be instead a pretty good representation of mostly real people and in real circumstance and and a real storyline . sure and they could have do a good job actually reping the sport and but my vote represent it do a pretty good job at what it set out to do . ( and fwiw and i can not think of many football and baseball and hockey or soccer movie that be true to the sport either . c amon . bull durham . ) i be not a rugby player ( i be a wrestler ) but i graduate from highland and attend 86 90 and and occasionally train with the rugby guy . my brother in law david and however and be one of the original founding member of the highland rugby club in 1976 . ( his younger brother and billy and play the next year and a i recall . if youre interested and there a highland rugby site at highlandrugby . net that address the history of the team . ) by the time i be there the club have be in existence for about a decade and and have long since build a reputation for excellence . it a fact that they focus on broad training topic represent devotion and honor and discipline and effort and not tactic . i think the rugby guy i know be a little off in the head and but i think i might have just be a little jealous . they be hard core dedicate to the belief system that gelwix promote . with regard to the cultural mixing issue that have be bring up and it might be interest to note that while i be there in the 80 and one of the large school in the city be shut down south high school and it student distribute among the other 3 primary slc school . to be honest and highland pre 80 be pretty whitebread . i have get a picture of the team from ( i think ) 1977 that show an all white club . south high and on the other hand and be a much more racially integrated school before it close represent i have a pair of friend from south who join the team and one tongan and one samoan and and a i recall there be a bunch of island nation player that join up 88 90. i do not think anyone question the credibility of the team in adopt maori ( or other cultural ) tradition represent if there be one thing that be obvious about these guy and it that they walk the walk . and a to the strength of the team when compare to the best highschool age team in the world represent yeah and it true that u rugby and on average when take a a whole and do not represent particularly well against the best elsewhere . there be exception and but hey it a simple fact that rugby doesn not have the prominence or exposure need to develop the multiple tradition of excellence in the u that arise in other country . with that say and judge highland on it merit represent the only team to qualify for the usa rugby national championship every year of that organization 25 yr history . a win record of 392 win and 9 loss . read that again . winning coach in any u sport in history . regular international tour . some compelling win against some legitimate international team . be they the world best . maybe some year and probably not most . but theyre pretty good on a consistent basis . and it disrespectful to the game to blow them off and when highland rugby may be the best ambassador to the sport in the u .