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slothrop posted:The Scotland - Japan game is going ahead, this is the one that has the most on the line. This game is just going to be decided Sunday morning if it's going ahead.
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Some of the stadiums have roofs. They can just play until they're torn off.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:47
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LimburgLimbo posted:They’re the wind of the gods bringing victory to Japan m8 I'm fully on board for a Scotland victory.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:50
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If Japan wins then we will have a Ireland-NZ cracker of a match and a repeat of 2015 Japan vs. South Africa, it's really the best you can ask for out of those two pools.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:54
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goatface posted:Some of the stadiums have roofs. They can just play until they're torn off. It would make the kicking game way more interesting.
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Oct 10, 2019 14:03
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BabyFur Denny posted:If Japan wins then we will have a Ireland-NZ cracker of a match and a repeat of 2015 Japan vs. South Africa, it's really the best you can ask for out of those two pools. If Japan beats both Ireland and South Africa and then loses in the Semis I think they would be the moral victors of the world cup.
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Oct 10, 2019 14:44
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I don't understand why they can't move the games to where they are playing Canada vs Namibia and Australia vs Georgia and play in front of an empty stadium.
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Oct 10, 2019 15:31
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 Come on Scotland!
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Oct 10, 2019 21:32
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slothrop posted:arent the two games that were cancelled essentially dead rubbers anyway? The Scotland - Japan game is going ahead, this is the one that has the most on the line. Technically no. For the Italy-NZ game, if Italy had a bonus point win (lol) and NZ didn't get a bonus point (also lol), then Italy would make the quarters at the cost of NZ. The winner of the England-France game would be first in their pool, but both teams have already qualified so who comes first and second isn't so important. That's just what was mathematically possible though, I don't think Italy would have had any real chance at beating the All Blacks. sleep with the vicious posted:I don't understand why they can't move the games to where they are playing Canada vs Namibia and Australia vs Georgia and play in front of an empty stadium. That game is in Shizuoka, which is between Tokyo and Toyota (where the NZ-Italy game was supposed to be) and right in the path of the typhoon. The only reason the Aus-Georgia game is going ahead is because it's today before the typhoon will hit. I agree though, surely they could have organised alternative venues for this kind of thing.
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quote:The decision to cancel matches has not been taken lightly and has been made in the best interests of public, team, tournament personnel and volunteer safety, based on expert advice and detailed weather information. While we have extensively explored all options, public and team safety was our utmost priority Ok World Rugby now have your experts explain why moving a match to an alternate venue is a risk to team, tournament personnel, and volunteer safety. e: and if they're actually concerned about people traveling while the typhoon is around surely they should cancel/close door/postpone every match on Saturday not just the Tokyo ones e2: now there are reports they offered to hold NZ-Italy on Monday but NZ declined 
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Oct 11, 2019 03:32
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runoverbobby posted:e2: now there are reports they offered to hold NZ-Italy on Monday but NZ declined
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Oct 11, 2019 06:06
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Vagabundo posted:How so very dare Hansen opt to forgo a dead rubber that would mean that the All Blacks would have a reduced turnaround time between tests going into the knockout rounds, not to mention a risk of injury. It wasn't true anyway.
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Oct 11, 2019 06:44
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Weird that the British press would make up a story to slander the All Blacks.
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Oct 11, 2019 06:55
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Vagabundo posted:How so very dare Hansen opt to forgo a dead rubber that would mean that the All Blacks would have a reduced turnaround time between tests going into the knockout rounds, not to mention a risk of injury.
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Oct 11, 2019 07:05
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I think the entire country would riot https://twitter.com/TheACCnz/status/1182452379335049216?s=20
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Oct 11, 2019 07:37
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:It wasn't dead. They were playing Italy. It was a dead rubber.
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Oct 11, 2019 08:03
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May as well just have put NZ straight into the quarters then, with that attitude.
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Oct 11, 2019 08:18
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Put Scotland straight through as well, Japan have never beaten them.
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Oct 11, 2019 08:50
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put france straight through to the finals
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Oct 11, 2019 08:56
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Jedimastafez posted:I think the entire country would riot
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fallingdownjoe posted:May as well just have put NZ straight into the quarters then, with that attitude. Should be America’s cup rules imo.
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Oct 11, 2019 10:00
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Italy have an exactly 0% chance of taking a game off NZ but that's not the point. It's laughable to have a tournament where you cancel a match that is technically critical to qualification. If the Scotland match does get cancelled I hope they sue the poo poo out of the governing body and then Italy follow suit. Imagine if SA had beaten NZ in a reverse score of what actually happened (not impossible at all) and Italy went through with the cancelled game, eliminating NZ. This is basically the same scenario on the technical level. Flayer fucked around with this message at 10:15 on Oct 11, 2019 |
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Oct 11, 2019 10:12
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Sue them for what? To gain what?
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Oct 11, 2019 10:28
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There has to be a stadium not at risk of being blown away they can relocate to. Chuck the players in a coach and play they game with no audience.
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Oct 11, 2019 10:40
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Mister Chief posted:Sue them for what? To gain what? Refund the costs of going to the world cup? At least in part. It seems fair that teams get to play the games they've been scheduled to play and that the IRB make every effort to do that, but it seems they're happier to just say the game must be played on this day in this place, which being the case they should not have scheduled the World Cup during typhoon season.
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Oct 11, 2019 10:42
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More evidence god is Welsh
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Oct 11, 2019 11:25
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Georgian defence is decent so far and I think they're being sensible going forwards by running down Pococks channel so has to make the tackle.
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Oct 11, 2019 11:33
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C'mon Georgia!
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Oct 11, 2019 11:47
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Aus seem to be playing upright as all get out, even in defense.
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Should be America’s cup rules imo. Everyone in boats?
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Oct 11, 2019 11:55
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That was a pretty harsh call of tackling a player without the ball, you might as well call it as obstruction by the aussie.
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Oct 11, 2019 11:56
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maybe it's time to drop Italy from the 6N and replace them with Georgia
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This could make things interesting.
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Oct 11, 2019 12:01
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Georgia just dont have any kind of attack at all.
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Oct 11, 2019 12:06
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Aramoro posted:Georgia just dont have any kind of attack at all. Run straight and fall over is technically an attack. But yeah, offense doesn't seem to be their strongest aspect. Mind you Aus ain't looking terribly coherent going forward either. Lots of scrappy stuff
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Oct 11, 2019 12:11
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Slumfrog posted:Run straight and fall over is technically an attack. But yeah, offense doesn't seem to be their strongest aspect. Yeah I expect a bit more from the Aussies, the conditions are poor but Georgia have turned them over 6 times now which would be bad over a whole match.
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BabyFur Denny posted:maybe it's time to drop Italy from the 6N and replace them with Georgia
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Oct 11, 2019 12:42
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Aw, was hoping Georgia could keep that going
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If Georgia's line out was anything other than horrific they might still be in this.
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