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Poor B looks like it could be spicy for 2nd place. All the other pools look like they'd need a huge upset for the top 2 teams to fail to get out, so look out for Portugal pumping Scotland.
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Someone on reddit made a good simulator for pool results and how that impacts the knockouts, made it much easier to understand/visualize for me: https://rwc2027.tiiny.site/
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Vaders Jester posted:Poor B looks like it could be spicy for 2nd place. All the other pools look like they'd need a huge upset for the top 2 teams to fail to get out, so look out for Portugal pumping Scotland. I assume you're putting Tonga above Wales
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Thanks. Nice draw for SA. No group seems terribly lop-sided apart from that one maybe. This is great, rhanks for sharing. Looks like SA meets NZ in the QF. Apart from France beating Wales the other QFs are hard to predict. therattle fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Dec 3, 2025 |
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therattle posted:This is great, rhanks for sharing. Looks like SA meets NZ in the QF. Apart from France beating Wales the other QFs are hard to predict. Thank you for being kind to Ireland, but we all know how that QF will go  Aus-NZ in the groups could be tasty.
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No real group of death unless you are from Canada and would like to see them actually win a game.
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Madkal posted:No real group of death unless you are from Canada and would like to see them actually win a game. Yeah, pretty balanced draw. MyChemicalImbalance posted:Thank you for being kind to Ireland, but we all know how that QF will go It would be against Argentina, right? I am delighted to see Argentina reach proper Tier 1 status but I think Ireland should still beat them.
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How in the name of gently caress has Etzebeth got away with twelve weeks
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Well you see he has a spotless record and said very sorry sir
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tarbosaurus posted:How in the name of gently caress has Etzebeth got away with twelve weeks What’s the expected for eye gouging? Skarsnik posted:Well you see he has a spotless record and said very sorry sir Apparently he actually does have a decent record and has never received a red. So someone just told me, to my surprise.
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therattle posted:What’s the expected for eye gouging? 18 weeks.
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edogawa rando posted:18 weeks. Thanks. He got off pretty lightly for an inexcusable act.
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Yeah, he admitted it was intentional. At that point it shouldn't matter how nice the biscuits he brings to the hearing are.
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He has 141 Caps without ever seeing a red card, it's a fairly decent argument for mitigation together with essentially pleading guilty. It's not like he got off all charges.
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He did get away with an eye gouge on Henco Venter, in the URC last year. It was missed in play and the citing commissioner scandalously ignored it. Unfortunately can't be taken into account as it is not on the record. Also had a ban for head butting back in 2012. Which is on the record. HappyCamperGL fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Dec 5, 2025 |
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Vaders Jester posted:Yeah, he admitted it was intentional. At that point it shouldn't matter how nice the biscuits he brings to the hearing are. Did he? Etzebeth said: "I did not, at any stage, aim for his eyes or intend to make contact with his eye.” The panel said: "The Player continued pushing down, still grimacing as W7 bent 90 degrees at the waist turning away from the Player. "We are satisfied that the Player knew what he was doing. It was intentional targeting of the face and eye." HappyCamperGL fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Dec 5, 2025 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:Did he? Pled guilty to the charge of intentional eye contact is what was initially released. If he denied it, then I'm not sure how he got any mitigation for admission of guilt.
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BlueBull posted:He has 141 Caps without ever seeing a red card, it's a fairly decent argument for mitigation together with essentially pleading guilty. It's not like he got off all charges. He's had a few accusations that were highlighted but not cited, the most recent against Henco Venter. He's just lucky.
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BlueBull posted:He has 141 Caps without ever seeing a red card, it's a fairly decent argument for mitigation together with essentially pleading guilty. It's not like he got off all charges.
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Vaders Jester posted:He's had a few accusations that were highlighted but not cited, the most recent against Henco Venter. He's just lucky. He's certainly not Bakkies Botha in terms of behaviour.
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Clermont not coping well with the artificial pitch.
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Great result last night at Ravenhill despite the weather, Ulster pulled away from a very young Racing side in the second half but the highlight was Angus Bell's debut - him and Scott Wilson making up the most electrifying prop duo in rugby today.
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Ulster have been quietly excellent this season, looks good for them.
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Definitely some potential there after a terrible season last year - dropping down to the Challenge Cup is a great development opportunity for a young squad too. Some great matchups today too - Bath-Munster could be a smasher.
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Yeah, Bulls v UBB could be a great game too. And then Edinburgh get to give Toulon a nice training match lol
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Bulls game is great.
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Bonkers first half- UBB are great to watch, but the Bulls have held up their side too.
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Bulls defense has been excellent all game but UBB just seem to find space.
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This should be a hell of a game even with the weather being poo poo.
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I am drubk at an event, did munster insult wankers in red trousers or something, good lord.
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Hell of a win for Edinburgh. The scrum was either rock solid or dominant with 19 year old Blyth-Lafferty having only played 90 seconds of pro rugby before.
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