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Rugby World Cup Thread 15:39 - Sep 15 with 36122 viewskingsburyR

I don't think someone has started one yet.

Can't see past New Zealand but Ill have a cheeky £10 on the Aussies who always come good in a world cup.

And Bet of the week is for the Aussies to come top of England's group @ 2/1

Dont know why we bother. .... but we do!

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 16:15 - Sep 23 with 3058 viewsTheBlob

Rugby World Cup Thread on 16:13 - Sep 23 by Toast_R

To be fair though 3 days rest in-between a massive closely contested game with SA to this, is a big ask by anyone's standards. Scotland are as fresh a daisy so it's no real surprise they've walked it in the latter stages. We'll know far more about them when they front up SA in what now looks like a compelling fixture. This pool is wide open now, England should they progress could be up against either of SA, Scotland, Japan.
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Springboks will crush Scotland.
CRUSH THEM i tell you.

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 16:22 - Sep 23 with 3050 viewsElHoop

The Scots are obdurate and honest. Nothing chippy about them - likeable and you want them to do well. I reckon they'll have at least one proper day in the sun anyway.
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 16:41 - Sep 23 with 3026 viewslondonscottish

Rugby World Cup Thread on 16:13 - Sep 23 by Toast_R

To be fair though 3 days rest in-between a massive closely contested game with SA to this, is a big ask by anyone's standards. Scotland are as fresh a daisy so it's no real surprise they've walked it in the latter stages. We'll know far more about them when they front up SA in what now looks like a compelling fixture. This pool is wide open now, England should they progress could be up against either of SA, Scotland, Japan.
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Yes - Japan looked very tired in the last 20 mins.

The Scotland SA game should be interesting although it's surely odds on that the Boks will dole out a kicking in the end.

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 18:01 - Sep 23 with 2981 viewsjohncharles

Rugby World Cup Thread on 16:15 - Sep 23 by TheBlob

Springboks will crush Scotland.
CRUSH THEM i tell you.


Not what the form book says. But what makes this World Cup exciting is that anything could happen.
Scotland to win in the last minute. Andy Murray coming coming on to score the winning try.
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Strong and stable my arse.

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 10:37 - Sep 24 with 2909 viewsPhildo

Think the saffas will beat Scotland and top the group. England lost a first match in 2007 and made the final.

Ford definately dropped. Shame a lovely player who gets the backs moving but its going to be a bosh fest for England Wales.

No one really stood out as amazing from the first round of games. Could be a surprise winner from this tournament. NZ looked a little long in the tooth to me. Pocock some player for Aussies. Henderson looked top drawer for Ireland.
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:14 - Sep 24 with 2891 viewsrobith

Rugby World Cup Thread on 10:37 - Sep 24 by Phildo

Think the saffas will beat Scotland and top the group. England lost a first match in 2007 and made the final.

Ford definately dropped. Shame a lovely player who gets the backs moving but its going to be a bosh fest for England Wales.

No one really stood out as amazing from the first round of games. Could be a surprise winner from this tournament. NZ looked a little long in the tooth to me. Pocock some player for Aussies. Henderson looked top drawer for Ireland.


Except England lost that game to the best team in the world at the time and the eventual winners. Not Japan.
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:20 - Sep 24 with 2885 viewsPhildo

Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:14 - Sep 24 by robith

Except England lost that game to the best team in the world at the time and the eventual winners. Not Japan.


True - don't expect SA to go past the next round. Think they will beat Scotland though,
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:24 - Sep 24 with 2882 viewsrobith

Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:20 - Sep 24 by Phildo

True - don't expect SA to go past the next round. Think they will beat Scotland though,


They will, though a few recent games between the 2 have been quite close.

SA were always just QF fodder. They got spanked at home by Argentina in the RC, and on the basis of the Japan game the squad is woefully undercooked in fitness terms
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:37 - Sep 24 with 2876 viewsMrSheen

How do you stop a rolling maul? Slug pellets? It's a pity that legalised offside is the most effective way to win a game.
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:49 - Sep 24 with 2867 viewsElHoop

Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:20 - Sep 24 by Phildo

True - don't expect SA to go past the next round. Think they will beat Scotland though,


If SA don't beat Scotland then they'll be out I should think, whereas Scotland can probably afford to lose given that they've got the extra point. That makes things a bit easier for Scotland - they can sit back and wait for SA to make a mistake and pick them off. At around 5/2 I would fancy Scotland as a bet. Scotland look as if they've prepared well for this tournament.
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:58 - Sep 24 with 2863 viewsPhildo

Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:37 - Sep 24 by MrSheen

How do you stop a rolling maul? Slug pellets? It's a pity that legalised offside is the most effective way to win a game.


Its a mystery. ball carrier protected by men in front of him.

Lots of change will be coming to the rules in coming years i think for this and the concussion stuff. Medics have caught up with the damage being done and the standing choke tackle/head bounce will have to go.
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 12:18 - Sep 24 with 2848 viewsderbyhoop

Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:58 - Sep 24 by Phildo

Its a mystery. ball carrier protected by men in front of him.

Lots of change will be coming to the rules in coming years i think for this and the concussion stuff. Medics have caught up with the damage being done and the standing choke tackle/head bounce will have to go.


Get the defence organised. Probably needs at least 7 forwards.

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 13:59 - Sep 24 with 2813 viewsrobith

Rugby World Cup Thread on 11:37 - Sep 24 by MrSheen

How do you stop a rolling maul? Slug pellets? It's a pity that legalised offside is the most effective way to win a game.


One way really - good loose forwards doing their job with wingers who have a bit of bulk to help out
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 15:53 - Sep 24 with 2785 viewsrobith

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 16:11 - Sep 24 with 2776 viewsWilloW4

Rugby World Cup Thread on 15:53 - Sep 24 by robith

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 18:28 - Sep 24 with 2759 viewsDorse

Rugby World Cup Thread on 15:53 - Sep 24 by robith

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:17 - Sep 24 with 2726 viewsShotKneesHoop

Rugby World Cup Thread on 18:01 - Sep 23 by johncharles

Not what the form book says. But what makes this World Cup exciting is that anything could happen.
Scotland to win in the last minute. Andy Murray coming coming on to score the winning try.
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And the Crankie's to convert it.

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 23:55 - Sep 24 with 2680 viewsbacardiinbrissie

You lot have been totally muged off havent you?
I sit here and constantly read drivel about how the Premiership is all hype and glitz & glammour, then you sing the praises of the "egg chasers" world cup
Why should we have to watch the "Hakka performed by a bunch of blokes that aint even full Maori's? There are no Moari's anyore, just remnants of a race we English bred out.. Its PR bullshit and i wonder if the NZ team were ranked as Japan, Maldives or India, whether they would actually perform it. Do you believe the Maori's are the only "worrior race" on the planet then? Bo**ox..its a marketig gimick that you hv bought into.
Why dont we stick up a "May pole" pre game and have morris dancers, the Frogs ride around in stripey shirts with onions around thier necks or the Italians put on thier Nikes and do 100 runs...away..?
Talk about hype, this is worse than the Fotball World Cup !
I defy any 100% Maori to deny or reply to this.......Waiting....waiting......
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 00:19 - Sep 25 with 2667 viewsKiwi76

Rugby World Cup Thread on 23:55 - Sep 24 by bacardiinbrissie

You lot have been totally muged off havent you?
I sit here and constantly read drivel about how the Premiership is all hype and glitz & glammour, then you sing the praises of the "egg chasers" world cup
Why should we have to watch the "Hakka performed by a bunch of blokes that aint even full Maori's? There are no Moari's anyore, just remnants of a race we English bred out.. Its PR bullshit and i wonder if the NZ team were ranked as Japan, Maldives or India, whether they would actually perform it. Do you believe the Maori's are the only "worrior race" on the planet then? Bo**ox..its a marketig gimick that you hv bought into.
Why dont we stick up a "May pole" pre game and have morris dancers, the Frogs ride around in stripey shirts with onions around thier necks or the Italians put on thier Nikes and do 100 runs...away..?
Talk about hype, this is worse than the Fotball World Cup !
I defy any 100% Maori to deny or reply to this.......Waiting....waiting......


Bloody hell - could well be waiting a while - casting a pretty narrow net to not only get those 100% Maori but also have to be a QPR fan as well...
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 01:10 - Sep 25 with 2656 viewsWilloW4

Rugby World Cup Thread on 23:55 - Sep 24 by bacardiinbrissie

You lot have been totally muged off havent you?
I sit here and constantly read drivel about how the Premiership is all hype and glitz & glammour, then you sing the praises of the "egg chasers" world cup
Why should we have to watch the "Hakka performed by a bunch of blokes that aint even full Maori's? There are no Moari's anyore, just remnants of a race we English bred out.. Its PR bullshit and i wonder if the NZ team were ranked as Japan, Maldives or India, whether they would actually perform it. Do you believe the Maori's are the only "worrior race" on the planet then? Bo**ox..its a marketig gimick that you hv bought into.
Why dont we stick up a "May pole" pre game and have morris dancers, the Frogs ride around in stripey shirts with onions around thier necks or the Italians put on thier Nikes and do 100 runs...away..?
Talk about hype, this is worse than the Fotball World Cup !
I defy any 100% Maori to deny or reply to this.......Waiting....waiting......


What the feck ...??? I defy anyone to reply to that. ! What a complete load of shite post...! Er, the English team are 100%.....,er, no there not... And the cricket team...and so it goes on .
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 02:11 - Sep 25 with 2613 viewsisawqpratwcity

Rugby World Cup Thread on 23:55 - Sep 24 by bacardiinbrissie

You lot have been totally muged off havent you?
I sit here and constantly read drivel about how the Premiership is all hype and glitz & glammour, then you sing the praises of the "egg chasers" world cup
Why should we have to watch the "Hakka performed by a bunch of blokes that aint even full Maori's? There are no Moari's anyore, just remnants of a race we English bred out.. Its PR bullshit and i wonder if the NZ team were ranked as Japan, Maldives or India, whether they would actually perform it. Do you believe the Maori's are the only "worrior race" on the planet then? Bo**ox..its a marketig gimick that you hv bought into.
Why dont we stick up a "May pole" pre game and have morris dancers, the Frogs ride around in stripey shirts with onions around thier necks or the Italians put on thier Nikes and do 100 runs...away..?
Talk about hype, this is worse than the Fotball World Cup !
I defy any 100% Maori to deny or reply to this.......Waiting....waiting......


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Rugby World Cup Thread on 08:08 - Sep 25 with 2558 viewsaston_hoop

MaoriHoop will be along in a minute to tell us why thats oh so wrong! Maybe...



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Rugby World Cup Thread on 22:18 - Sep 26 with 2494 viewsToast_R

Can this weekend get any worse...yes it can. FFSakes
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Rugby World Cup Thread on 05:43 - Sep 27 with 2384 viewsisawqpratwcity

Don't forget to make note of South Africa coming back to form yesterday. Samoa aren't a bad team, but SA just swept them aside, seemingly scoring tries for fun. Squeaky bum time for anyone against them in the knockouts.

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Rugby World Cup Thread on 09:10 - Sep 27 with 2327 viewsRanger78

Rugby World Cup Thread on 22:18 - Sep 26 by Toast_R

Can this weekend get any worse...yes it can. FFSakes


Ouch. What a rotten sporting weekend
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