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bessantj posted:Probably shorter when its against Samoa. Just read this article about prevalent racism vs. pacific islanders in Rugby Union and uuhh I guess that's what it is talking about? https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/116141388/mark-reason-pacific-islands-still-shackled-by-white-man-rules-at-rugby-world-cup
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I am getting worried about Japan's chances. I realised that if they lose against Scotland and Scotland gets a BP, Japan might again miss out on the quarter finals despite winning three out of four matches. And before that they still need to win vs. Samoa this weekend which is doable but might not be that easy.
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Vaders Jester posted:Scotland will either get completely pumped by Japan or will remember they're the team that spent 80 minutes in 2018 and the second half of 2019 6 Nations styling on England and stick 50 points on them. I think one advantage on Japan's side over the last world cup is that they have a longer resting period before that final game. Scotland on the other hand only has four days though they're 'only' playing Russia.
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https://m.independent.ie/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup-2019/typhoon-hagibis-threatens-to-derail-irelands-world-cup-hopes-38568957.html So if the Ireland Vs Samoa match was cancelled it would be counted as a draw and potentially allow both Scotland and Japan to qualify for the quarter final ahead of Ireland.
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Flayer posted:Scotland will qualify if they beat Japan regardless of the Ireland result with the exception that Japan lose and pick up both bonus points so if the match is cancelled the real beneficiaries would be Japan who would then be guaranteed progress. a) need to win and make sure Japan doesn't get a bonus point or b) they need to win and get as least as many bonus points as Japan If Scotland doesn't put 20+ points on Russia, then they additionally would need to win sufficiently high against Japan to get past them.
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Oct 7, 2019 13:22
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I just looked it up:quote:The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other shall be the higher ranked. The points difference is only important if all three teams end up at 15 pts.
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France realised their world cup campaign was going too well so far: https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/r...xing-of-captain
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lol good start there for Wales.
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Vaders Jester posted:Playing for third place automatic qualification in 2023. If we assume that Wales and Australia win their final fixtures, Fiji already has the third place guaranteed
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Aramoro posted:If only they could have predicted this.....this typhoon season. yes let's just play all the world cups in England from now on, so we won't have to deal with bad weather.
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Tyma posted:I think we're losing sight of the more important issue : Wth? Do those cancelled games really go into the IRB rankings? And I thought draws are not influencing points anyway Or does the win vs Fiji give Wales enough of a boost to make it to #1 on their own?
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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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maybe it's time to drop Italy from the 6N and replace them with Georgia
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Hmm yeah the boring career of playing international club rugby in Europe compared to the excitement of dropping out of the WC with 0 points as USA
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There's a :files: place that has recordings of each match up a couple of hours after the final whistle usually. The hardest part is avoiding any spoilers until then. (drat you, Google Discovery)
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I have no beef in this, neither Welsh nor French but I also thought that picture was extremely unprofessional and complaining about it is justified. I am sure some Welsh fans would have been just as pissed off if Rolland was featured in a picture tip tackling a French fan after the 2011 match.
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Kitchner posted:What I don't get about idiots like this, is how to they explain the fact say, the UK, has legalised gay marriage and is pro-LGBT+ rights and has a higher number of non-religious people per capita than most developed nations, and yet we receive no floods, fires, or any sort of natural disaster? Well, you got Boris Johnson.
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This article seems to be of a different opinion: https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/shades-of-gray-sex-gender-and-fairness-in-sport/ As bessantj said, Jonah Lomu had a bigger advantage over his fellow players than probably any transwoman will have, so why did we not talk about banning him from Rugby?
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https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/article/3095741/israel-folau-courts-more-controversy-standing-teammates-kneel-black To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Israel Folau continues being an rear end in a top hat even after switching codes
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Smorgasbord posted:I know outrage is the default setting for anything trans but why do people think there is a separate category for women in the first place if not for protective and competitive reasons? Why create a separate category for women and exclude some women from it?
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Smorgasbord posted:Because at the time you set up the category (for safety and competitive reasons to allow women to play) you didn't anticipate people from outside that category would or could enter it. Nobody from outside that category is entering it though.
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Smorgasbord posted:Once again I note everyone who disagrees with me has refused to engage with the fundamental question in this whole issue - What is the reason we have a separate category for women's sport if it is not to separate female bodied people from male bodied people for safety and competitive reasons? Ok to engage with you here: It's not for safety reasons as evidenced by the many sports where this separation exists but there are no safety concerns, e.g. running or tennis. So we can focus on the competitive reasons. Sports are separated into men's and women's competition, not female bodied and male bodied. Example: the WNBA is the "women's national Basketball League", not the "Female bodied national Basketball League" Therefore letting all women compete in women's competition does not violate the underlying idea of letting women compete without having to go against men. Finally, every top athlete (whether man or woman) has some sort of medical or biological precondition that gives them an advantage over the average person. Why would you single out one specific and very rare condition out of all those, and make that one unacceptable, for any other reason than transphobia?
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oh no computer posted:This is what I'm after a source for. Thanks. https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/shades-of-gray-sex-gender-and-fairness-in-sport/ here is a long article that includes some sources showing that the advantage diminishes very quickly, within one year of testosterone deprivation transwomen are on a similar strength level as cis women.
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Mister Chief posted:I am still confused. If the balance on their bench between forwards and backs was different might have this been avoided? Yeah but nobody brings three hookers to a game
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Mister Chief posted:Lol no. Saving this post for later
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Diet Crack posted:I'm certain Canada for example would put on a better performance than Portugal. Lol
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goatface posted:That scrum is looking shoddy as gently caress.
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HappyCamperGL posted:england could be the only undefeated team in the semis. they will, however, be defeated in the semis
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goatface posted:Oh, it might be one of those games Might be...
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goatface posted:The rare mark scrum. Didn't even know that's possible
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:World Rugby have to delay the draw for the groups next time Would France - SA have been better if it had happened in the semifinals? I don't think so. Quarter or semi or final.. the stakes are always the same, winner takes all. And you never know for sure who is going to show up at the tournament, or on a particular day.
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GooseLoon posted:Or, you know, we remember a time in recent memory when rugby was played at a decent pace without endless TMO interruptions/water breaks AND still had good scrum/lineout contests!
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