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www posted:high possibility of Scotland, Wales and Ireland getting to the quarter-finals and England going out. Im okay with that. As an Englishman, this would be sad, but hilarious.
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Sep 27, 2015 16:44
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If we play like we did in the second half then we'll beat RSA and Samoa. If we play like the first half well loose by fifty points to both. Hope Russell isn't dead.
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Sep 27, 2015 16:44
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It looked completely innocuous, but they pretty much carried him off the pitch. Probably some connective or another.
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Sep 27, 2015 16:48
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Romania have interesting kits.
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Sep 27, 2015 16:49
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goatface posted:Romania have interesting kits. The home shirts looked like they all had cocks on the back.
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Sep 27, 2015 16:51
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Now that's loving rugby! edit: gently caress
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Sep 27, 2015 17:02
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Try of the tournament so far edit: never mind, juuuust in touch 
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Sep 27, 2015 17:03
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Zebo should have gone for that himself.... e: its good! 
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Sep 27, 2015 17:08
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That's the shtuff lads
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Sep 27, 2015 17:09
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www posted:high possibility of Scotland, Wales and Ireland getting to the quarter-finals and England going out. Im okay with that. QFT! It's good to have a dream.
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Sep 27, 2015 17:15
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Zebo reminds me of Jason Robinson, quality jinks and running skills.
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Sep 27, 2015 17:23
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tentish klown posted:Zebo reminds me of Jason Robinson, quality jinks and running skills. Have you seen the try against Wales, where he backheels the ball into his own hands, to avoid knocking it on? He's one of the most talented footballers in the home nations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=046s-F6OiFQ
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Sep 27, 2015 17:29
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Tyma posted:Have you seen the try against Wales, where he backheels the ball into his own hands, to avoid knocking it on? He's one of the most talented footballers in the home nations. gently caress that was back in 2013 
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Sep 27, 2015 17:32
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'Tis a pity that Zebo is such a sleazy man whore.
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Sep 27, 2015 17:35
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rejutka posted:'Tis a pity that Zebo is such a sleazy man whore. Yes, this is an unfortunate side-effect of being talented at rugby. It's called The Cooper Effect. I made a graph to help illustrate it. 
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Sep 27, 2015 17:54
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Whenever I want to feel inadequate I remember I went to school for a couple years with Rob Kearney. He was a shithead.
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Sep 27, 2015 17:59
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Aww, hit it with his hands and not his face.
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Sep 27, 2015 18:01
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They are throwing some shithouse passes. Should check some more of them for concussion
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Sep 27, 2015 18:07
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But you were right there ref gently caress's sake.
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Sep 27, 2015 18:08
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Get the gently caress out what the gently caress was that Edit 
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Sep 27, 2015 18:09
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I thought he was legal seeing it live.
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Sep 27, 2015 18:11
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Tommy Bowe's 30th international try. Good on him.
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Sep 27, 2015 18:14
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Jesus, that was a good try.
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Sep 27, 2015 18:17
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I had not realised that de Villiers was retiring. I suppose a broken jaw at his age will just keep him out for too long.
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Sep 28, 2015 00:13
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Rugby doesn't work as a game and is practically unrefereeable without resorting to NFL style video feedback and stoppages.
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Sep 28, 2015 00:30
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Rugby doesn't work as a game and is practically unrefereeable without resorting to NFL style video feedback and stoppages. Let's not get crazy here. If rugby starts using those kinds of things I am switching to watching only NRL.
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Sep 28, 2015 01:43
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Apollodorus posted:Let's not get crazy here. I'm not advocating that, it would bog the games down even further than they already are. It's just the only way you could properly referee a match given the complexity of the rules.
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Sep 28, 2015 02:00
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Rugby doesn't work as a game and is practically unrefereeable without resorting to NFL style video feedback and stoppages. There's really no noticeable difference in the outcome of decisions between the big international games, and the lovely Pro 12 games being played in-front of 300 people with no TMOs or video screens. I think the technology being there just makes people feel obliged to use it, and referees at the World Cup are trying really hard to prove they're doing everything by the book, so that they can impress the selection commitee who decide on referees for the knockout stages of the tournament. When there isn't a TMO on-hand for the game, the vast, vast majority of decisions in professional matches are proven to be correct when they're replayed on TV, and removing "TMO Time" from the game doesn't make the match noticeably quicker, because there are still a gently caress-ton of stoppages for scrums restarting, and people falling over with cramp during winter matches.
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Sep 28, 2015 02:16
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Apollodorus posted:Let's not get crazy here. Mate, the NRL are taking it to a whole new level. They're introducing, starting next season, a TMO bunker that will provide expert TMO services to all the games centrally.
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Sep 28, 2015 05:22
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Tyma posted:There's really no noticeable difference in the outcome of decisions between the big international games, and the lovely Pro 12 games being played in-front of 300 people with no TMOs or video screens. I think the technology being there just makes people feel obliged to use it, and referees at the World Cup are trying really hard to prove they're doing everything by the book, so that they can impress the selection commitee who decide on referees for the knockout stages of the tournament. At the same time, since around the 1995 RWC, there have also been referee gently caress-ups that could have dramatically altered the course of the tournament in the odd match*. It's not the TMO that's the issue, it's the implementation of said technology - i.e., it's the human part that's failing, not the TMO concept itself, and screaming about how it's "ruining games" and whatnot is basically throwing the baby out with the bathwater. * 1995 - Semifinal between South Africa and France, where the Moroccan-born French lock Abdelatif Benazzi scored what may have been a try, only to see it denied. It, at the very least, warranted a look by the TMO. 1999 - Quarter-final qualifier between France and Fiji, where Paddy O'Brien made a parade of errors that arguably cost Fiji the game and a spot in the play-offs. 2007 - The second half of that quarterfinal in Cardiff. 2011 - Heavier TMO involvement likely would quiet the criticisms of Craig Joubert's officiating in the final, although comparisons to Barnes' officiating in Cardiff 4 years prior is well overblown.
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Sep 28, 2015 05:50
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What was the match where Robshaw made a bad decision in regards to a penalty in the dying minutes?
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Sep 28, 2015 07:39
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Mister Chief posted:What was the match where Robshaw made a bad decision in regards to a penalty in the dying minutes? The last one, against Wales. England had a penalty close to touch with a couple of minutes left and could have tied at 28. Instead Robshaw went for a lineout and the rest is history.
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Sep 28, 2015 07:47
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Well I know that one. It was the last year or the year before.
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Sep 28, 2015 07:49
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Mister Chief posted:Well I know that one. It was the last year or the year before. The one that's being talked in the press about is the 2012 South Africa game. With two minutes left England kicked the penalty to go a point down, then hosed up the restart and plain lost. I do think the Wales game was different just because the penalty would have put them level, mind.
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Sep 28, 2015 08:59
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It was in 12 in two matches. First against Australia he went for the corner instead of tacking the points and was criticised for it. The next week against South Africa they were four points down in the 78th min and he went for the posts, they then messed up the restart and ran out of time to score again.
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Sep 28, 2015 09:05
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Gilchrist ruled out of the tournament with a groin injury. Guy is so unlucky, if he fell into a barrel of tits he'd come up sucking his thumb.
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Sep 28, 2015 10:11
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I don't have a problem with Robshaw going for the win. The lineout execution was terrible and we had no midfield throughout the game anyway
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Sep 28, 2015 10:39
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Has anyone taken on the daunting task of working out what/how many possibilities Wales have to qualify, and England have to get knocked out? There's so many damned variances of points earned in each game that I just can't be bothered, frankly.
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Wales beat Fiji Australia beat England This is the most likely scenario. This also puts me in the odd scenario of being a kiwi and wanting Australia to win
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