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Raffles posted:I hope we just cancel the World Cup at this point
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:00 |
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Australia changed their rules so they could pick Gitau. While Armitage and Abendanon sit in France watching the game with a nice glass of wine because the RFU are idiots. Makes you think
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:01 |
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Jonny looks loving gutted
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:01 |
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is prince harry ok? or does he just pop on a welsh jersey now?
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:02 |
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Tyma posted:Live odds for the 9 teams that still remain : Wales feel too long at 16s, Ireland too short at 7s and Australia at 7/2. But the general order still feels right
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:04 |
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George Ford Man of the Tournament
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:08 |
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Where's the Mike Brown interview that the world is clamouring for? :{
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:09 |
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Is there a firesale of tickets on Ebay.co.uk right now?
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:11 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:Australia changed their rules so they could pick Gitau. While Armitage and Abendanon sit in France watching the game with a nice glass of wine because the RFU are idiots. Makes you think Aaarghhhhh. I am rage.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:12 |
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What a great day. That's all really.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:14 |
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What a great game by the Wallabies, they finally look like they have a clue.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:16 |
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Wales feel too long at 16s, Ireland too short at 7s and Australia at 7/2. But the general order still feels right 16 is the number of players we have left. I just don't want Ireland to win it.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:17 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:Australia changed their rules so they could pick Gitau. While Armitage and Abendanon sit in France watching the game with a nice glass of wine because the RFU are idiots. Makes you think Lol nobody wanted Abendanon. Aussies were good today, England showed a number of flaws we already knew they had, so it goes
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:22 |
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DickEmery posted:16 is the number of players we have left. But why, we're sound
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:28 |
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DickEmery posted:16 is the number of players we have left. Ireland won't win it. We'll probably end up as runners up, face New Zealand in the quarters have a 6 point lead with a minute to go and blew it spectacularly like we did in 1991 against Australia
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:29 |
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Marler getting pulled up for his boring in at 49 minutes, subbed off at 51 minutes. Hmm.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:30 |
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As a welshman I would love Ireland to win this world cup. Wales are too broken to get to the SF. Ireland best frenemies ever.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:30 |
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WeAreTheRomans posted:But why, we're sound Your media makes the English papers look disinterested, the unabashed cuntery over dropping O'Driscoll for third third Lions test and having to put up with your shitehouse referees.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:39 |
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DickEmery posted:Your media makes the English papers look disinterested, the unabashed cuntery over dropping O'Driscoll for third third Lions test and having to put up with your shitehouse referees. But......they aren't England.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:40 |
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Unimpressed posted:What a great game by the Wallabies, they finally look like they have a clue. I dunno, they brought Phipps on.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:40 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:Australia changed their rules so they could pick Gitau. While Armitage and Abendanon sit in France watching the game with a nice glass of wine because the RFU are idiots. Makes you think I'm a casual fan that only watches RWC and the occasional test match so can you quickly explain this drama to me? I'm assuming it has something to do with country unions being mad that their players are playing in a different country and somehow making them ineligible to be selected for the international team?
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:42 |
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Xtanstic posted:I'm a casual fan that only watches RWC and the occasional test match so can you quickly explain this drama to me? I'm assuming it has something to do with country unions being mad that their players are playing in a different country and somehow making them ineligible to be selected for the international team? Australia didn't want all their top players moving to France for a few years before retirement so banned them from playing for Australia, world cup is on so someone said gently caress the rules bring back Gitau and here we are. No idea on the French side of things.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:47 |
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Exactly. England won't select players that don't play in England. Australia used not to, but bent the rules, England have two of the best players in the world playing in France but stuck to their rules.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:50 |
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Xtanstic posted:I'm a casual fan that only watches RWC and the occasional test match so can you quickly explain this drama to me? I'm assuming it has something to do with country unions being mad that their players are playing in a different country and somehow making them ineligible to be selected for the international team? Basically yes. England will only select players who play in the English league except in 'exceptional circumstances'. Australia used to have a similar policy, but they relaxed this so overseas players who had played sixty times before they left could come back for the world cup.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:54 |
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Woden posted:Australia didn't want all their top players moving to France for a few years before retirement so banned them from playing for Australia, world cup is on so someone said gently caress the rules bring back Gitau and here we are. No idea on the French side of things. It's more a case of "We don't want all our best players to be playing in France and England, but there's no way in hell we're going to be able to stop them doing exactly that immediately after the world cup, while we're wallowing in being basically bankrupt. Also, hey, that Giteau guy is doing pretty good... why don't we just change the rule a little early".
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:58 |
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DickEmery posted:Your media makes the English papers look disinterested, the unabashed cuntery over dropping O'Driscoll for third third Lions test and having to put up with your shitehouse referees. I mean, almost every one hates our national media as much as the English hate theirs - look at the comments of the (admittedly terrible) article you posted, they're all slating the knob who wrote it. pls no bully Ireland
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 22:59 |
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The wallabies look like they can win the World Cup at this point
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:02 |
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Scapegoat posted:I dunno, they brought Phipps on. Not even NZ have excellent depth at every position. At halfback for the ABs the gulf in quality between Smith and Perenara is pretty wide. I think Smith > Genia and Perenara > Phipps, but he's out 2nd halfback and it is what it is.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:09 |
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ColtMcAsskick posted:The wallabies look like they can win the World Cup at this point England is out of the World Cup at the knockout stage. This is automatically the most successful Australian Rugby World Cup ever.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:10 |
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Joe Launchbury was Man of the Match You would have thought that after scoring 2 tries, 3 conversions and 4 penalties, Foley would have got it, but nope.... stavros880 fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Oct 3, 2015 |
# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:19 |
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Lmao launchbury? No way that's ridiculous. I'm going to buy 2 copies of every newspaper tomorrow to bask in the bitterness and disappointment. It'll be great.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:30 |
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England; come in fourth and gently caress off back home?
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:32 |
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Lmao launchbury? No way that's ridiculous. I'm going to buy 2 copies of every newspaper tomorrow to bask in the bitterness and disappointment. It'll be great.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:32 |
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OMG.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:33 |
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That's an avatar right there
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:35 |
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A helpful media reaction roundup: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11523577quote:The English and Australian media, unsurprisingly, reacted at polar extremes to this morning's Rugby World Cup Pool of Death clash at Twickenham.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:45 |
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stavros880 posted:Joe Launchbury was Man of the Match Who the gently caress picks it? Prince loving Harry?
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:46 |
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It's amazing how everything went downhill so quickly for England. I remember remarking earlier this year that England were only going to win the World Cup if the forwards became good enough to beat anyone on their own; it's difficult to believe that those forwards are the same ones here. Of course some of them aren't; Atwood was out for some bizzare reason, but even then the decline of the pack has been terrible. The entire coaching staff is gone after this; they completely lost the plot in squad selection, team selection and tactics. Picking Burgess in the squad over Burrell, keeping Barritt in despite him being terribly limited, avoiding Slade, the list goes on. What I really can't fathom is picking Farrell and then trying to play an expansive running game; it was obvious looking at the first half that England were looking to bring in the backs whenever they could, but with Farrell in there wasn't anything beyond set line moves. Then to really drive things home Lancaster brings on Ford and shunts Farrell out to 12, the exact backlands that conceded 10 points in the final quarter of the Wales game. I could go on a longer rant, but there isn't much point. Robshaw is also probably out as captain, as it'll be difficult for anyone to take him seriously after this. Aside from Wood I can't think of anyone to replace him, and Wood will only work if someone else does his sums for him.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 23:53 |
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Plucky Brit posted:The entire coaching staff is gone after this; they completely lost the plot in squad selection, team selection and tactics. Picking Burgess in the squad over Burrell, keeping Barritt in despite him being terribly limited, avoiding Slade, the list goes on. This is what I don't understand. England have finally found a dangerous back three, but seem to insist on picking centres that refuse to (or simply can't) give them the ball.
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# ? Oct 4, 2015 00:04 |
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NZAmoeba posted:Is there a firesale of tickets on Ebay.co.uk right now? Rugby World Cup - England v Uruguay Tickets - Manchester Etihad Stadium | Category D Blocks £108.01 Classified Ad Collection only: Free
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