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If those things happen, no bonus points from <7 pt losses or 4 tries makes any difference? I presumed that's where things were going to get tricky. Glad to see it's simpler than originally thought.
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EL BROMANCE posted:If those things happen, no bonus points from <7 pt losses or 4 tries makes any difference? I presumed that's where things were going to get tricky. Glad to see it's simpler than originally thought. Yeah, if Wales beat Fiji and England lose to Australia, then because Wales beat England there's pretty much (definitely?) no way that England can go through.
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Assuming England Bonus point against Uruguay and Wales Beat Fiji with no bonus point then the possible outcomes are Australia beat Wales and England by over 7 pts Australia 17 pts Wales 13pts England 11 pts England Beat Australia and Australia beat Wales all by over 7 pts England 15 pts Australia 13 pts Wales 13 pts Both England and Wales beat Australia by over 7 pts Wales 17pts England 15pts Australia 9 pts If Wales beats Australia and Australia beats England Wales 17pts Australia 13pts England 11pts So I think the bonus points will only come into play if England Beat Australia, then Wales could squeak in with a Bonus point over Fiji or a loser bonus from Australia. I think? This could well all be wrong. Aramoro fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Sep 28, 2015 |
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Sep 28, 2015 11:28
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Unimpressed posted: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. Completely different sport, but they already do this in the NHL in the US/Canada. However, the big difference is that only very few situations are allowed to be reviewed by the TMO in hockey - they go with the on-ice calls most of the time.
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Growing up I watched a lot more baseball than I do now, and I could never understand why they didn't use video replay to, for instance, determine that the second baseman had in fact not come within a foot of tagging the runner out - because it was obvious when the TV network showed the replay that this was the case. I remember there was a lot of controversy in the 2004 ALCS when Alex Rodriguez (if you don't know who he is, think Quade Cooper x 1000) karate-chopped the arm of the pitcher attempting to tag him out, dislodging the ball and preventing the tag, and none of the umpires saw it - but they looked at the screen in the stadium showing the replay and called him out on interference. That was clearly the right decision to make, because A-Rod was cheating (in addition to using steroids of course), but it was definitely against the rules to use the replay footage in that manner. Same with soccer, but we already know that's a bullshit sport anyway.
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Sep 28, 2015 12:07
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Wales second best team in the world. Top 3 in Rugby rankings, top 10 in football. Nice. yeah yeah I know it's all bollocks
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Sep 28, 2015 12:39
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Aramoro posted:So I think the bonus points will only come into play if England Beat Australia, then Wales could squeak in with a Bonus point over Fiji or a loser bonus from Australia. I think? This could well all be wrong. Ace, thanks for that work. Operation: Ruin It For England is working beautifully so far.
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Sep 28, 2015 12:41
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Im pretty confident that England will get a result against Australia just to spoil things.
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Sep 28, 2015 14:00
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Don't write England off yet. Australia are even more fragile and have the capacity to play truly awful rugby if the mood takes them.
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Sep 28, 2015 14:02
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Mr Chips posted:Don't write England off yet. Australia are As an Australian, I fixed it for you.
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Sep 28, 2015 14:26
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Hook & Anscombe in for Williams and Amos. To be honest, if they can play with half the spirit they had against England, any 15 could beat Fiji. I wonder how far along recovery Anscombe is, though: I know he was only just not fit for the first cut, but I wonder if he's going to end up going straight home after becoming the next sacrifice.
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Sep 28, 2015 16:04
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How many of the first choice squad are at various stages of dead? 7?
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Sep 28, 2015 16:09
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I think so, yes. But the problems run a bit deeper Dead/nearly so: Scott Williams, Leigh Halfpenny, Rhys Webb, Jonathan Davies, Hallam Amos, Liam Williams (may heal), Cory Allen Other injured players who might have come into contention for selection: Eli Walker, Jack Dixon Also recently injured to various degrees: Samson Lee, Alun Wyn Jones, Paul James, Aaron Jarvis, Sam Warburton
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Sep 28, 2015 16:15
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http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_83687,00.html loving LOL. Blatantly booting a man in the skull gets you a yellow these days.
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"Who shall we send out for the interview? Let's send Mike" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSQEsVgnWE Edit: And England have called up 37 year old Nick Easter to replace Billy Vunipola. That should get the Australians scared 
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Sep 28, 2015 17:32
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stavros880 posted:"Who shall we send out for the interview? Let's send Mike" All those flavours to choose from and he went with salty.
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Sep 28, 2015 17:35
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Nandolo banned for one week. Misses Wales game.
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Sep 28, 2015 17:50
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Cheeky Nandolo.
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Sep 28, 2015 17:57
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EL BROMANCE posted:Cheeky Nandolo.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Cheeky Nandolo. Pre-match plans for Thursday confirmed! - The Daily Mash wrote a report on the match : quote:Rugby game proves sweeping national stereotypes
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DickEmery posted:Nandolo banned for one week. Kick a man in the head in a recklessly dangerous challenge - a warning Tip tackle - 1 week ban. World Rugby needs to either give a poo poo about player safety or stop pretending with these inconsistent bans.
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Sep 28, 2015 22:57
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Vaders Jester posted:Kick a man in the head in a recklessly dangerous challenge - a warning It wasn't even that much of a tip tackle http://gfycat.com/EarlyVelvetyBufeo Was a bit brutal though.
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DickEmery posted:It wasn't even that much of a tip tackle The citation says it wasn't a tip tackle, but did meet the grounds for a dangerous tackle. And watching it... yeah. That could have ended up horribly.
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Aye, it was certainly dangerous and reckless and probably warranted a ban but I don't know how Nadolo eats a ban for that tackle and Woods walks away with a warning for kicking a man in the head.
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Vaders Jester posted:Aye, it was certainly dangerous and reckless and probably warranted a ban but I don't know how Nadolo eats a ban for that tackle and Woods walks away with a warning for kicking a man in the head. The cynic in me says it's because one of them plays for a tier 1 team that's struggling to qualify in their own World Cup, and by golly gosh we can't make it any harder for them.
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Sep 29, 2015 00:08
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EL BROMANCE posted:The cynic in me says it's because one of them plays for a tier 1 team that's struggling to qualify in their own World Cup, and by golly gosh we can't make it any harder for them. e: I'm dumb, you just said that.
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EL BROMANCE posted:The cynic in me says it's because one of them plays for a tier 1 team that's struggling to qualify in their own World Cup, and by golly gosh we can't make it any harder for them. I think that realistically even Lancaster has to know this, it's just so obvious.
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Sep 29, 2015 00:28
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Does it still depend on statements to the panel from all parties?
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DickEmery posted:It wasn't even that much of a tip tackle I dunno what the actual citation/ruling was, but for mine it was cleaning out the ruck by grabbing a player around the neck. If only that was enforced consistently, Quade Cooper and Schalk Burger would be cooling their heels regularly.
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Mr Chips posted:I dunno what the actual citation/ruling was, but for mine it was cleaning out the ruck by grabbing a player around the neck. If only that was enforced consistently, Quade Cooper and Schalk Burger would be cooling their heels regularly. Ha ha, as if QC ever clears a ruck... He can't even make a normal tackle without going for the neck.
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#ScrumStraightJoe Shameless from the Aussies. Funny though.
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Anyone else watching the Tonga v Namibia game? Namibians giving it their all and being horribly stuffed by their inability to keep hold of the ball. Really going for it though.
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I am still in the office. Silly time to put a game on a Tuesday.
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Some amazing Tongan kicking
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Sep 29, 2015 18:12
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Blair Cowan is in for Gilchrist, giving Scotland another specialist 7 in case Hardie ever picks up another knock. It does leave only 3 out and out second row players but the Gray brothers are excellent and Strauss/Strokosch can probably fill in as "tall bloke that can jump".
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Saw the match babysitting. I enjoyed it, as did small children. I kept having to explain that that man is not fat, he is big and tall and muscular and fat and I ended up having to explain that, no, no white people team get to do a war dance but Ireland occasionally gets two anthems. Still was not as painful as that Tongan kicking, Jesus shitballs.
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rejutka posted:Saw the match babysitting. I enjoyed it, as did small children. I kept having to explain that that man is not fat, he is big and tall and muscular and fat and I ended up having to explain that, no, no white people team get to do a war dance but Ireland occasionally gets two anthems. NZ get a war dance and an anthem in two languages?
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Lacklustre Hero posted:NZ get a war dance and an anthem in two languages? That's different, since the anthem Is just the same thing twice but in different languages. Ireland gets TWO WHOLE SONGS (in Dublin)
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Lacklustre Hero posted:NZ get a war dance and an anthem in two languages? South Africa get an anthem in four!
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EL BROMANCE posted:Ace, thanks for that work. Operation: Ruin It For England is working beautifully so far. Can somebody change the thread title to: Rugby World Cup 2015: Operation Ruin it for England Also, good god the Welsh inside center looks like Chesty Bond and a granite cliff had a lovechild.
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