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Vaders Jester posted:I'm qualified for Scotland and Italy... FML Oh hello Tomasso Allan.
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Somewhere, a Welshman is having 2007 flashbacks.
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Sep 21, 2019 06:54
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Jedimastafez posted:Wow I could see Japan beating Scotland I could see Japan upsetting Ireland at the moment, tbh.
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Sep 28, 2019 09:11
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Watching the game with my mum. She’s going mental right now.
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Sep 28, 2019 09:48
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Yeah, that intercept just won Japan the game.
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Sep 28, 2019 10:08
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fallingdownjoe posted:loving hell - well worth finding the one place in Madrid to watch that game. So impressed by the Japanese right now. Also pretty damning for the Irish - all the issues from earlier this year right back on the pitch. Out in the quarters again! If Ireland remain 2nd, they face the All Blacks in the quarters, and they'd probably be in a bit of a point-proving mood, I imagine.
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Sep 28, 2019 10:45
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hooman posted:Genia is generally very slow around the back of the breakdown, a couple years ago it was criminal how many steps he was taking prior to throwing the pass, he came back a little quicker but is still far too slow. The steps are a bit of a relic from a previous age, but seeing as how White does it too, it’s probably a deliberate tactic.
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Sep 29, 2019 10:12
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Goddamn, never underestimate Wales’ ability to squander what seems to be an unassailable lead against a Southern Hemisphere team.
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Sep 29, 2019 10:33
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Kitchner posted:It's not like beating Brazil, that would be like beating the all blacks. It's more like beating a team that is the best in the world on paper, but isn't really the best in the world. So I thought OK, maybe it's like beating England's football team with some sort of fledgling team, but I don't know enough about football to pick one that is equivalent to Japan. It's like Saudi Arabia tipping over Belgium or the Netherlands in football. The Flemish lads are generally agreed as a pair of decent teams, with plenty of quality players (some of whom would be right up there amongst the best at the international level) and would have a decent chance at themselves beating just about anyone on their day, but both have generally underachieved at the showcase event in their sport. The Netherlands are historically one of the best teams to never have won the World Cup, despite the odd finals appearance, and the Irish rugby team, 2007 onwards, have generally underachieved at the Rugby World Cup having never advancing beyond the quarterfinals - although they had a pretty good excuse of "1/3 of our starting XV including the captain were unavailable, 4 to injury and 1 to idiocy, going into the quarters," in 2015. Much like the Saudi football team, the Japanese team is in a weird place where they're not considered a particularly strong team (although they've been in or close to a top 10 spot in the World Rugby rankings for a while, and them outranking Italy, for example, is not unusual any more) but they've also got a professional domestic league of a sufficient quality.
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Sep 29, 2019 23:07
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bessantj posted:Lineker not a fan of the haka! If there's one thing the world is in desperate need of, it's middle-aged white men criticising native customs and practices.
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Oct 2, 2019 20:38
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Mister Chief posted:I don’t get it. Etzebeth was accused of assault shortly before the Springboks flew out to Japan, in which he is supposed to have used a racial slur. He could potentially be pulled out of the Springboks RWC squad to face the charges. If the allegations are true, that's fair enough, but it'll be fairly devastating to the Springboks.
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Oct 2, 2019 22:25
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Japan are better placed to make it through, sitting on 9 points so far, with 2 games in hand. They have a +27PD, to Scotland's +10. If they get a bonus point win over Samoa, all they need is a draw, or a loss within 7, with 4 tries scored to get through. The magic number for them is 16 basically to qualify into the quarters. Ireland are probably safe on the back of a +52PD. Whomever comes first gets to then play South Africa, and second place heads directly towards a showdown with the All Blacks.
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Oct 5, 2019 03:45
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Mister Chief posted:Can you get a try bonus point if you lose? Yep. As long as you've scored 4+ tries, that's a bonus point regardless of the final outcome of the game.
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Oct 5, 2019 05:52
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This Wallabies performance is just really, really poo poo. Undisciplined and completely lacking is any sort of attacking nous.
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Oct 5, 2019 06:57
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That is a shocking call.
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Oct 5, 2019 07:06
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The Rabbi T. White posted:That could be red too? Probably should’ve been a yellow at least.
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Oct 5, 2019 09:32
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So how was Labuschage meant to change his direction while in the air?
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Oct 5, 2019 12:11
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Furnaceface posted:I remember when Canada used to be good at the rugby. Squidge did a good video looking at it, but it comes down to glorified beancounters with little knowledge or passion for the game being put in charge of the sport, looking to cut corners and pinching the pennies so hard that QEII screams. I think the backroom staff of the Canadian national team, which is a barebones effort if there ever was one, best exemplifies it: Kingsley Jones - Head Coach Henry Paul - Assistant Coach Alana Gattinger - Team Manager Michael Deasy - Strength and Conditioning Mallory White - Physiotherapist And that's all that's listed on their website. Compare that to a team that currently occupies the space they did back in the mid-90s~2005 (the year Canada last registered a win against a Tier 1 team. In this case, it was Argentina, touring in Canada): Japan (this, once again, is what's listed on their website) Yuichiro Fuji - High Performance Director Jamie Joseph - Head Coach Tony Brown - Attack Coach Scott Hansen - Defence Coach Shin Hasegawa - Scrum Coach Simon Jones - Stregth and Conditioning coach Chihiro Ota - Strength and Conditioning coach David Galbraith - Mental Coach Sohei Takamori - Team Doctor Karl McDonald - Performance Coordinator Hidenori Izawa - Physiotherapist Junnosuke Aono - Trainer Shumpei Hamano - Analyst Andrew Watts - Analyst Takashi Toda - Analyst Hedenori Sato - Interpreter Takenori Omura - Team Manager Yumiko Sasabayashi - Assistant (not sure whom she's assistant to, but I assume it's Omura) Randle Yamamuro - Baggage Master Hiroyuki Yabuki - Media Manager Or Ireland, who were the most recent non-NZ team to be ranked no. 1 in the World Rugby rankings Joe Schmidt - Head Coach Paul Dean - Team Manager Simon Easterby - Forwards Coach Andy Farrell - Defence Coach Greg Feek - Scrum Coach Richie Murphy - Kicking Coach Jason Cowman - Strength and Conditioning Coach Mervyn Murphy - Technical Analyst Ciaran Cosgrave - Team Doctor Ruth Wood-Martin - IRFU Performance Nutritionist Keith Fox - Physiotherapist Colm Fuller - Physiotherapist David Revins - Masseur Willy Bennett - Masseur John Moran - Kit and Logistic Coordinator Vinny Hammond - High Performance Analyst David O'Siochain - Media and Communications Officer Gerard Carmody - Head of Operations Sinead Bennett - Team Services There are also significant structural issues to the game in Canada, which has meant that they've struggled (and failed) to retain a huge bulk of their age group players. End result is that the Canadian team has to rely on the odd individual that is able to break through to Europe or Super Rugby (DTH van der Merwe, Matt Tierney and Tyler Ardron in the current squad). The recent plus though, is that a sizeable portion of their team now play professionally in the USA-based Major League Rugby, which has included a Canada-based team, the Toronto Arrows. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Oct 8, 2019 |
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Oct 8, 2019 06:50
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:Wish I was a Baggage Master, sounds like a cool job. Physical baggage or emotional baggage?
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Oct 8, 2019 09:52
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BabyFur Denny posted:France realised their world cup campaign was going too well so far: https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/r...xing-of-captain Not surprising, to be honest. They've been quite inconsistent within the games themselves - often starting strong but then fading after 20 to 30 minutes, before switching back on near the end. I guess this means they're finally going to win a title, after a 4th go at winning a final.
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Oct 8, 2019 11:49
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bessantj posted:Isn't it Australia 142-0 over Namibia? That's the biggest winning margin. The highest score is still the 145 posted by the All Blacks against Japan back in 1995.
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Oct 8, 2019 13:55
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Oh cool, Garces here to gently caress the Fijians like a chicken at one of Caligula's parties.
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Oct 9, 2019 11:20
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Test matches on Sunday are all going ahead. Saturday's tests in the Tokyo, Yokohama and Oita areas are all cancelled. That means All Blacks v. Italy and England v. France are off. Japan v. Scotland is still going ahead as planned, as well as Ireland v. Samoa and Australia v. Georgia. None of the cancelled tests will have any bearing on the final standings of the pool stages.
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Oct 10, 2019 04:08
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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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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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runoverbobby posted:He shouldn't have a say. It's not true anyway - what a surprise to see the British press just plain making poo poo up to try to slander the All Blacks. And "he shouldn't have a say" in a situation where his team would be arbitrarily disadvantaged going into the knock-out rounds? gently caress off.
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Oct 12, 2019 05:14
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runoverbobby posted:Nice ninja edit attempt. Italy weren't eliminated, and yes, why should Hansen's desire for rest days override Italy being arbitrarily denied a chance to qualify for the quarterfinal? You gently caress off. Italy were never going to qualify, and whomever won would go into the quarters with a reduced turnaround time anyway. Any coach, if they were offered a choice in that scenario which never even happened to begin with, would be well within their rights to refuse - something that even a thick oval office like Brian Moore has conceded.
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Oct 12, 2019 05:31
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runoverbobby posted:Would have been a 4-day turnaround compared to their opponents' 5. The terms were clear in the Terms of Participation that all unions signed. But hey, keep getting pissy over some bullshit that noted thick oval office Brian Moore shat out all over his poo poo column in a poo poo rag. And before you continue to bemoan the plight of the poor put-upon Italians, the NZRU proposed the test be moved to Friday, before the typhoon hit but were turned down.
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Oct 12, 2019 05:46
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bessantj posted:Really hope all games are on tomorrow. I'm getting up at 4am for Namibia/Canada. Guess which game they just cancelled! World Rugby is checking until 6 hours before kick-off to make the call. Re: the Japan v. Scotland game, here's footage from the captain's run. https://twitter.com/JRFUMedia/status/1182846004782977024 edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Oct 12, 2019 |
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Oct 12, 2019 22:11
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Mister Chief posted:It will be canceled. Official announcement will be in about an hour.
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Oct 12, 2019 23:10
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The pitch is being inspected right now.
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Oct 13, 2019 00:43
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goatface posted:Are they inspecting it in boats? Apparently the pitch is fine, but the area around the stadium is flooded.
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Oct 13, 2019 01:31
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Apparently Japan v. Scotland will go ahead, but it's a case of whether it'll be behind closed doors or not.
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sephiRoth IRA posted:I assume it’s not televised if behind closed doors? Why?
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England v. Australia will be officiated by Jerome Garces. Based on his refereeing in Perth, that means he'll arbitrarily award territory to one team after they knock on, and they'll will be allowed to do whatever they want in the rucks, while the other team will be penalised if they so much as breathe on they're opponents. He's quite simply, not fit to referee at the test level. The Assistant refs are Romain "Qu'est-ce qu'un hors-jeu?" Poite and Mathieu "Drooling idiot" Raynal. Fun Police Ben Skeen will be the TMO. Basically, gently caress French refs, they'll go out of their way to ruin this game. As mentioned Nige will take the All Blacks v. Ireland quarter. His assistants are Pascal Gauzere and Angus Gardiner. Graham Hughes, who is actually pretty good, will be the TMO. Wales v. France will be officiated by Jaco Peyper The Assistant Refs are Nic Berry and Paul Williams. Marius Jonker will by the TMO. Japan v. South Africa will be officiated by Wayne "Actually improved by leaps and bounds since 2007, and it's a real shame he's packing it in after the tournament" Barnes. The Assistant Refs are Ben O'Keeffe and Luke Pearce.
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Jedimastafez posted:Cant forget about the Ice Blacks! Went to school with one of them. He's the current record holder for most caps for the Ice Blacks.
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Oct 18, 2019 19:12
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goatface posted:They could have been the Black Ice and been all dangerous to motorists. The Wallabies are absolutely in no danger of making the semis. My brother and sister-in-law's dad, who is English, are coming over to watch. He went through the DABDA process over the course of 80 minutes 4 years ago.
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Oct 18, 2019 20:44
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England generally never looked too troubled that entire game. They didn’t have to do anything special, it was just basics, and Australia just couldn’t cope with the defensive pressure. The Wallabies themselves were just terrible though. Completely unimaginative play, with endless one-off runners that were constantly getting knocked back. Honestly, I couldn’t work out what the Wallabies game plan was on attack at all. England could only beat who was in front of them, but gently caress me if Australia didn’t make it easy.
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Stupid from Ireland there.
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