first off just let me say that i live in south africa where rugby be our big sport by far and and our national side and the springbok and have win the rugby world cup twice and so it quite a big deal over here . i have play all my life and i be shock at the poor attention to detail in this movie . at first i think it have the potential to be a great movie consider the cast of neal mcdonough and nick ferris and gary cole and sean astin for goodness sake and but it turn out to be a mockery of the sport . they basically mash it together with your normal everyday american football movie . my first problem be that this movie supposedly capture the value of rugby and but the discipline or should i say the total lack thereof during the game be contradictory to this . in the final it look more like an nfl game with pen be tackle of the ball numerous time and in front of the referee . that would have immediately lead to a couple of red card and because foul play like that would never go unpunished in by a referee and of that i can assure you . you would also not be able to find a coach in world rugby who would have so little control over his team . any coach would take a dump on a player head if he intentionally stiff arm an oppose player or double team him like they do in the final . red card and certain suspension and full stop . secondly and it absurd that a coach would take a brand new player and who have play wing all of his life i gather and move him to hooker which be a highly specialized position and say that it for the good of the team . what . hooker be a highly specialized position in the front row where you have to be able to scrum extremely well and preferably be able to throw the ball in at line out time and which pen never do for some or other reason . by move a wing to hooker without any extensive long term training it would firstly lead to your team demise at scrum time and secondly the poor kid would probably break his neck . how be that good for the team i ask you . finally and the overall high emotional pitch of the movie be way too much and because even though rugby be a great sport and and it build great friendship and team spirit and it rarely get that out of hand and corny . i have see true life football drama with less emotion than this movie and it turn out great and but in this one sean ( pen ) act skill be dragged way too far and the movie attempt too force an emotional response out of the audience and which end up be boring and hard to watch at time . hollywood have make some great sport movie over the year and but next time they venture into a sport which have just recently pick up in the state and they should try and do their homework and maybe get some expert into the fray . do it right or dont do it at all .