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slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
somewhat poetic that their best scoring position is ruined by more lovely play

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slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

Skarsnik posted:

Don't think England are making it to the final :(

To be fair, England looked very clinical against Australia. Ireland have not looked that.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

Pail Ale posted:

Owens is a good ref

And a good human being too

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
How did he drop that?

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Well he made up for it then

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
TJ!

Should have caught that one


edit: What a try!!!!

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Our wings have been so good tonight. I really rate Reece and Bridge as a combo.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Where were his cards earlier? is all I have to say

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Really nice post-match from Best, the crowd really love him.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
So, predictions for tomorrow?

I'd dearly love Japan to best South Africa, but I don't see it happening.

Wales - France is a total ??? for me.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

Jerusalem posted:

Please God let Japan win :pray:

:emptyquote:

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
That’s a clear red surely

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Wales really want to score some points now

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Wales really not looking like scoring at the moment

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Come on Wales

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

CityMidnightJunky posted:

It feels weird being one of the teams that I usually hate because they keep winning even when they really shouldn't.

Turns out I don't give a gently caress.

I'm genuinely concerned about Japan beating us though. I think I'd actually rather play South Africa because clearly Wales are not comfortable being the favourites.

Don't worry, if you're playing Japan, you're not the favourites

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Ahhh boooooo. Sorry Japan. Just not quite good enough

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
thats a soft start from NZ

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
lot of poo poo errors from the AB's at the moment

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
gently caress off with the spider cam

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

CyberPingu posted:

First time NZ have come up against a competent side and they look bad.

Really makes you think.

Nuclear takes here :rolleyes:

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
England are playing really well and the All Blacks look positively dogshit.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Super Rugby :toxx: time

If the Chiefs don't win, I'll donate $50 to Rainbow Youth

If the Sunwolves win, I'll donate $50 to Rainbow Youth

If the Chiefs DO win, I'll donate $100 to Rainbow Youth

Other sothern hemisphere rugby followers, please let me know your :toxx:

also, I've picked this charity because gently caress Folau. If you think there is a better run organisation, please let me know

slothrop fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Feb 1, 2020

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

algebra testes posted:

chiefs crushing the highlanders


also....


https://youtu.be/Drw39IypXYw

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
gently caress that noise. I really don’t think there is any justification for that. How do we show our displeasure?

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Old mate is really arguing in circles here (or more likely, in bad faith)

Regarding Fairness

IF transwomen do have a physical advantage over ciswomen (and it appears there is no significant science to confirm or deny this) then I can see the issue being relevant in individual sports such as track and field or tennis. I don't see how this can be an issue on the rugby field? In a team sport, with 15 players a side, there are always going to be a number of players who are bigger than others. As other posters have alluded to, rugby's strength has been it's inclusiveness. I think this extends to having several specialised positions that allows for different body types to play and be competitve.

For what it's worth, I was chatting last night to my best mate, who is a urologist. He suggested that the reading he had done on the subject was that in the long term, transwomen posess no significant physical advantage over cis women.

Regarding Safety

I really think this is a red herring. If Ben Tamifuna can play on the same pitch as Cheslin Kolbe, there is NO reasonable argument for excluding transwomen. If you want to exclude transwomen on this basis you need to change all forms of rugby to weight grades.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Go the Chiefs! Like we’d ever lose 11 in a row! :v:

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
I should really get my Fiji $7 note framed huh. That thing must be going up in value

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Can I say WHAT THE gently caress was the tv ref looking for in the Fiji - SA match. Im so glad Fiji won in the end because that was total bullshit.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
Just catching up on the Tonga v Australia A match. Wow, the Tongan backline! I despise Folau as a person but jesus, there is some experience and strike power there!!

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

Theres no rule that says an Italian has to join the ruck!

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
The SA 15 coming in to start poo poo after that try

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
the crowd is INSANE

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
As a neutral, that was phenom. (I wanted a draw, then Ireland) Great to see ex Chiefs players killing it too.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
What's the significance of playing The Cranberries for this victory? I don't know where they sit on the Irish divide.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat

Amazing! I'm glad I asked

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
I'm sad World Rubgy won't pay for a Plate final, cos that would be amazing.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Soiled Meat
I just finished work and I’m not sure if I’ll stay up for the game. I’m still not over getting up early in 1995 and having my poor wee heart broken, not sure I can go it again

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slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

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Dual Monarchy posted:

Hard to have an interest, when its the usual suspects in the final. I hope everyone gets injured, or something. Or there's handbags every 10 minutes. I just need something different and funny to happen. :smith:

And I hope you stub your toe real bad.

Sorry pal, both teams done some hard yards to get here and you can’t argue they had the easy side of the draw.

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