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The Rabbi T. White posted:Maybe the best idea is to make the club competitions worldwide? We've already got Japan and Singapore joining the super 15, why not some European teams? Stick to the same rules where only 2 imports are allowed so the player skills increase while not weakening the pool of players for international sides. Travel costs would be insane. Japan and Singapore are already going to be tough but South Africa wants out of SANZAR so it can get that sweet sweet Euro money.
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Vaders Jester posted:When was the last time NZ lost two on the trot? 2011, during the Tri Nations. 5-18 to the Boks in Port Elizabeth, then 20-25 to the Wallabies in Brisbane.
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Oct 19, 2015 05:29
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How the gently caress do you support a country that's not your own?!
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Mr Chips posted:I believe that Australia can still, if they put their minds to it, lose to Scotland. I hadn't accounted for the Joubert factor  Ewar Woowar posted:How the gently caress do you support a country that's not your own?! probably the same way people will support professional sports teams on other continents: they like the colour of the shirts
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Oct 19, 2015 06:59
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Ewar Woowar posted:How the gently caress do you support a country that's not your own?! I support Scotland because one of my best friends is from there?  I just want to see them do well and be rewarded for their efforts.Otherwise, it's the All Blacks because I live in New Zealand, and Japan because my mum's Japanese and I grew up there. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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Oct 19, 2015 07:22
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Ewar Woowar posted:How the gently caress do you support a country that's not your own?! I support Wallabies cause I live here, sometimes Argentina cause my family is from Chile and its right next door, and sometimes the Saffas cause I am in love with Bismarck Du Plessis
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TRISHY posted:I support Wallabies cause I live here, sometimes Argentina cause my family is from Chile and its right next door, and sometimes the Saffas cause I am in love with Bismarck Du Plessis Poor Jannie.
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Oct 19, 2015 08:17
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Ewar Woowar posted:How the gently caress do you support a country that's not your own?! my country is so poo poo I could probably play on the team after showing them how much I bench, without ever having touched a rugby ball
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Oct 19, 2015 08:45
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dex_sda posted:my country is so poo poo I could probably play on the team after showing them how much I bench, without ever having touched a rugby ball Congrats on your imminent international rugby career!
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Oct 19, 2015 08:49
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dex_sda posted:my country is so poo poo I could probably play on the team after showing them how much I bench, without ever having touched a rugby ball England?
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Oct 19, 2015 09:00
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Vagabundo posted:England? He could be the new Burgess, I saw he got carded in the first game of the season for Bath, wonder if he's going to go for a record.
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Oct 19, 2015 09:05
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Rugby is a great game because it's so complex and hard to tell what's going on that people who know gently caress all about the game can act like experts. Not aimed at anyone particular in this thread, just something I've noticed. Especially when I stand in front of That Guy in stadiums. This goes especially for journalists
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Oct 19, 2015 09:07
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Ewar Woowar posted:How the gently caress do you support a country that's not your own?! How does David Denton play for Scotland?
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Oct 19, 2015 09:09
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The only thing I have trouble with is understanding is when a turnover is valid or not. Probably because I can barely even see what's going on when it happens.
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Oct 19, 2015 09:14
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Tyma posted:How does David Denton play for Scotland? His mum's Scottish, isn't it? I was always pleased by the grandparent rule when growing up, as it meant I could play for any of the home nations (except Scotland, although I figured I could call on residency for that one if need be).
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Oct 19, 2015 09:44
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fallingdownjoe posted:His mum's Scottish, isn't it? It?
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Oct 19, 2015 09:45
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The point I didn't make is that you can support anyone, as long as you commit to it ^^;
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Oct 19, 2015 10:14
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The "it" being the reason he can play for Scotland. I am bad at grammar.
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Oct 19, 2015 10:15
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Tyma posted:The point I didn't make is that you can support anyone, as long as you commit to it ^^; No, not for national teams you can't. You can't support the All Blacks 'because they're good' - they're a national side. You support the country you're from, and you're allowed to have secondary allegiances if you have familial connections to those other countries. But there's no way in hell someone from the US is allowed to support the All Blacks. Otherwise you're allowed to 'prefer' teams but you can't support them. You *can* support the Crusaders 'because they're good'. It makes you a dick, but you can do it.
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Oct 19, 2015 10:22
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AtomD posted:The only thing I have trouble with is understanding is when a turnover is valid or not. Probably because I can barely even see what's going on when it happens. Scrums are pretty bad too for similar reasons.
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Oct 19, 2015 10:40
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tentish klown posted:No, not for national teams you can't. You can't support the All Blacks 'because they're good' - they're a national side. You support the country you're from, and you're allowed to have secondary allegiances if you have familial connections to those other countries. But there's no way in hell someone from the US is allowed to support the All Blacks. Otherwise you're allowed to 'prefer' teams but you can't support them. Is this for real? Because you are more than welcome to support another side or multiple sides for whatever reason. Heck support the All Blacks if you like them - it is a bit cliche to choose the number 1 ranked team in a given sport but you are allowed to.
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Oct 19, 2015 10:47
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tentish klown posted:No, not for national teams you can't. You can't support the All Blacks 'because they're good' - they're a national side. You support the country you're from, and you're allowed to have secondary allegiances if you have familial connections to those other countries. But there's no way in hell someone from the US is allowed to support the All Blacks. Otherwise you're allowed to 'prefer' teams but you can't support them. What about if you wish to follow the Premier league but don't live in England, or the NBA or NFL but you don't live in the US? Can you choose a team to support, if so, how?, or must you simply follow the proceedings as a dispassionate observer?
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The Daily Telegraph are reporting that Joubert ran off the pitch at the end of the match, because a large section of English crowd started pelting him with plastic bottles?
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Oct 19, 2015 11:02
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Who's starting the campaign to rename the Six Nations the poo poo Nations? Somehow this weekend has made being back-to-back 6N winners something of a drag. Maybe the World Cup should be renamed to The Northern Hemisphere Benefit Tour.
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Oct 19, 2015 11:02
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Tyma posted:The Daily Telegraph are reporting that Joubert ran off the pitch at the end of the match, because a large section of English crowd started pelting him with plastic bottles? You can't throw a bottle mid pitch. He'd only be aware of that once he started to leave.
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Oct 19, 2015 11:07
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Im finding it amazing that the fact Scotland butchered a line out with 2 mins to go under their own posts is getting barely any discussion.
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Wandle Cax posted:What about if you wish to follow the Premier league but don't live in England, or the NBA or NFL but you don't live in the US? Can you choose a team to support, if so, how?, or must you simply follow the proceedings as a dispassionate observer? National teams. Not club teams. Pick whichever club you want to support - I'll judge you but I don't care that much if you support Man U, Barcelona, the Crusaders and Toulon. But when it comes to international competitions (and I mean where countries play each other, not things like the Champions League), no way. ElectroMagneticJosh posted:Is this for real? Because you are more than welcome to support another side or multiple sides for whatever reason. No, because they're the number 1 ranked *country*. They aren't a club. They represent New Zealand, so if you're not a Kiwi, get out.
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Ewar Woowar posted:How the gently caress do you support a country that's not your own?! If one's own country has an absolutely terrible national team, and one lacks the emotional fortitude to deal with it. In my case, my support depends on who's playing, according to a complex hierarchy: 1.  USA2. Whoever's playing against Canada 3. Italy 4. Whoever's playing against England (gently caress England) 5. Whoever's playing against New Zealand (if they play well it will be a good match) 6. Never Australia 7. Wales 8. Any team that's clearly the underdog Lucky for me, USA plays so few test matches per year, and they're difficult enough find on TV, that I only really have to deal with the pain of being a USA Rugby fan every four years. Apollodorus fucked around with this message at 11:30 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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Mister Chief posted:You can't throw a bottle mid pitch. He'd only be aware of that once he started to leave. Yeah, there's a video showing him racing off the pitch as soon as he blew the whistle, and I couldn't see anything being thrown at him at all. There was probably something thrown at him when he was going into the tunnel, but it didn't explain why he ran off like that.
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Apollodorus posted:If one's own country has an absolutely terrible national team, and one lacks the emotional fortitude to deal with it. As an Australian I must admit this is a really good checklist.
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Oct 19, 2015 11:32
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1: nz 2: whoever's playing aus 3: except SA... 4: the poor lovely teams that lose a lot so I can feel nice for a few seconds when they win
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Woden posted:As an Australian I must admit this is a really good checklist. As someone who grew up with Razzle Dazzle Rugby, I especially like the "never Australia" check.
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My country plays in division 1B. I would literally never get to see a team I have an emotional connection to if I didn't pick someone else. As a retarded bro way into comparing my pecs with other bros, my support is based on how swole the hottest player on the team is (no homo). This is obviously the best metric dex_sda fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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tentish klown posted:National teams. Not club teams. Pick whichever club you want to support - I'll judge you but I don't care that much if you support Man U, Barcelona, the Crusaders and Toulon. But when it comes to international competitions (and I mean where countries play each other, not things like the Champions League), no way. Look at this guy and how wrong he is. Support whoever you want for whatever reasons you want. If you are only supporting a team/country because they win all the time then I'd reckon you're a gloryhunter and might make fun of you but whatever, it's not up to me to decide.
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As an Englishman I theoretically support England, unless they've been particularly dickish recently or having them lose would be sufficiently hilarious. Then Scotland, because I am a masochist. Beyond that, I normally support the rugby. It makes the dire games even more dire to watch, but the ones where they do particularly pretty things (see ABs on Saturday, Fiji when they counterattack) or gritty things (A lot of the second tier teams this tournament, Japan obv, Namibia against the ABs) all the sweeter. I currently own two rugby shirts, Wales and South Africa. I don't think there was ever a reason beyond "ooh look, a rugby shirt at 50% off". gently caress all this nationalistic bollocks.
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goatface posted:gently caress all this nationalistic bollocks.
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goatface posted:gently caress all this nationalistic bollocks. That's kinda the point of national sports though?
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1. Ireland 2. Whoever's playing England 3. Never England
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