| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread 06:22 - Sep 17 with 85752 views | SwansNZ |
Will anyone beat the All Blacks? NO
Will Wales get out of the group? YES
Does anyone care? Quite a few. [Post edited 31 Oct 2015 19:54]
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:11 - Oct 7 with 1962 views | sherpajacob |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 20:39 - Oct 7 by Trundle10 |
George clancy is ruining the Namibia v Georgia game simgle handedly. Giving Namibia everything |
George clancy ruins every game he refs.
He's probably confused because there is no "home team" for him to give every decision to.
Thank god he didn't do england v wales |  |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:26 - Oct 7 with 1948 views | SwansNZ |
I don’t like this rule where you have uncontested scrums because you don’t have a spare loose-head or tight-head prop. A prop should be able to play on either side safely. | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:27 - Oct 7 with 1944 views | monmouth |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:11 - Oct 7 by sherpajacob |
George clancy ruins every game he refs.
He's probably confused because there is no "home team" for him to give every decision to.
Thank god he didn't do england v wales |
Worst referee ever, against some seriously tough current competition. |  |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:34 - Oct 7 with 1928 views | monmouth |
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England have gone out at the group stage at Rugby, Football an Cricket World Cups. Wales are 8th at Football and 3rd at Rugby. Above them in both and they have around 20 times our population.
Good innit. | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:36 - Oct 7 with 1924 views | SwansNZ |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:34 - Oct 7 by monmouth |
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England have gone out at the group stage at Rugby, Football an Cricket World Cups. Wales are 8th at Football and 3rd at Rugby. Above them in both and they have around 20 times our population.
Good innit. |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:42 - Oct 7 with 1915 views | monmouth |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:36 - Oct 7 by SwansNZ |
The England and Wales cricket team |
F**k that until they change the name. Arrogant c**ts. | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:43 - Oct 7 with 1910 views | sherpajacob |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:34 - Oct 7 by monmouth |
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England have gone out at the group stage at Rugby, Football an Cricket World Cups. Wales are 8th at Football and 3rd at Rugby. Above them in both and they have around 20 times our population.
Good innit. |
I may be wrong but I think the last victories by england soccer and rugby teams in the knockout stages of tournaments were versus Ecuador in 2006 and France in 2007 respectively .
Major sporting nation my arse | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 22:03 - Oct 7 with 1884 views | SwansNZ |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:43 - Oct 7 by sherpajacob |
I may be wrong but I think the last victories by england soccer and rugby teams in the knockout stages of tournaments were versus Ecuador in 2006 and France in 2007 respectively .
Major sporting nation my arse |
Even longer for cricket. I can’t remember when they last won a cricket knockout match in the world cup | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 12:35 - Oct 8 with 1789 views | Devz00 |
Wales have North in the centre for saturday. Liam Williams on the wing, Anscombe full back. Tips starts too, as does Samson Lee. Paul James in for Gethin Jenkins. Charteris in for Bradley Davies.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34469773 [Post edited 8 Oct 2015 12:37]
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 13:05 - Oct 8 with 1772 views | dickythorpe |
Tipuric will relish playing against Oz, big opportunity for Anscombe to prove his worth as I haven't seen anything yet from him. |  | | |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 13:31 - Oct 8 with 1757 views | trampie |
Anscombe picked over Hook at full back and North picked over Hook at centre.......hmm
I'm concerned about Anscombe he came with a reputation and so far I haven't seen it. |  |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 13:37 - Oct 8 with 1758 views | perchrockjack |
GOOD AND BRAVE CALL from GATLAND.
Risky having ANSCONBE at full back but Tiporic will be outstanding |  |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 14:09 - Oct 8 with 1747 views | Devz00 |
My main concern is Cuthbert. His confidence seems shot to pieces at the moment. He can't do anything positive. | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread (n/t) on 14:15 - Oct 8 with 1738 views | perchrockjack |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 14:19 - Oct 8 with 1732 views | Professor |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 14:09 - Oct 8 by Devz00 |
My main concern is Cuthbert. His confidence seems shot to pieces at the moment. He can't do anything positive. |
I would have gone for North and WIlliams on the wing, Anscombe or Hook centre and kept Matthew Morgan at 15. Bit i am a biologist and Gatland the successful coach but at least it is a team to win not just show up.
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 14:19 - Oct 8 with 1732 views | perchrockjack |
BEST 15 left standing. I doubt there s been many bigger threequarter line ups but Cutlbutt could well come back to form in this contest.
Wales doing exactly the opposite England did insofar as they are clearly going balls out for it.
This is OUR final. Massive game.
Its truly brave and could bite us on the rase having North at centre but if he gets the ball enough he ll be something to really trouble OZ.
Gethin simply couldn't be picked. His time sadly is up. GREAT player | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 14:33 - Oct 8 with 1722 views | Devz00 |
I don't know about that Perch, I think we'll see Gethin start again this tournament. Ignoring his recent troubles in the scrum, his work-rate all over the pitch is incredible. Tips will make up for this though. Like Bradley Davies and Lydiate, Gethin has been battered and I think all 3 are being rested.
North in the centre is just fronting up to the Wallabies and typical 'Warren-ball'. They'll know what to expect from us, but then they also knew what to expect from us during the Lions tour and it worked out well enough. There is a concern around North's defence though. | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 15:45 - Oct 8 with 1692 views | Uxbridge |
Gethin's been our best player this tournament. First to the breakdown, countless turnovers, earned the winning pen vs Eng. I suppose if you're just looking at the scrum then I could see why but there's more to the game than that |  |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 19:12 - Oct 8 with 1655 views | monmouth |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 15:45 - Oct 8 by Uxbridge |
Gethin's been our best player this tournament. First to the breakdown, countless turnovers, earned the winning pen vs Eng. I suppose if you're just looking at the scrum then I could see why but there's more to the game than that |
He's played much more than expected in terms of time on the pitch and is 34. We'll probably have SA next week, so it makes sense.
Strongish team given the injuries but it would have been Williams L at full back for me, North on the wing and (gulp) Hook at outside centre.
Looking forward to it anyway. It's nowhere near as big a game as next week, whoever we end up playing. | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 19:28 - Oct 8 with 1645 views | longlostjack |
Tipuric will really be up for it! Always prefer to see North on the wing of course but good selection anyway - starting to feel a bit confident - damn it - that's never good! |  |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 20:47 - Oct 8 with 1625 views | Uxbridge |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 19:12 - Oct 8 by monmouth |
He's played much more than expected in terms of time on the pitch and is 34. We'll probably have SA next week, so it makes sense.
Strongish team given the injuries but it would have been Williams L at full back for me, North on the wing and (gulp) Hook at outside centre.
Looking forward to it anyway. It's nowhere near as big a game as next week, whoever we end up playing. |
Oh I'd have rested him too. James needs a game plus we need to stand up to the Aussie scrum (words I never thought I'd write).
It's almost a full strength team. I would never, ever pick Hook!! | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 20:56 - Oct 8 with 1614 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 20:47 - Oct 8 by Uxbridge |
Oh I'd have rested him too. James needs a game plus we need to stand up to the Aussie scrum (words I never thought I'd write).
It's almost a full strength team. I would never, ever pick Hook!! |
Genuinely feeling quite positive for this match. Alarmingly so actually. So cue a 20 point drubbing.
But, do you know what, I really don't think so. I've a feeling the Aussies were made to look a bit more special than they are by England being a bit crap.
I can't believe how the draw opens up if we did win this. | | | |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 20:58 - Oct 8 with 1611 views | jack247 |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 19:28 - Oct 8 by longlostjack |
Tipuric will really be up for it! Always prefer to see North on the wing of course but good selection anyway - starting to feel a bit confident - damn it - that's never good! |
North is obviously a great winger and maybe not the best defensively in the centre, but we don't have a particularly expansive style and he is often isolated while we play crash ball in the middle. At least playing him as a centre should ensure he gets plenty of ball in hand, even if he is running into more congested areas. | | | |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:10 - Oct 8 with 1599 views | Uxbridge |
| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 20:56 - Oct 8 by londonlisa2001 |
Genuinely feeling quite positive for this match. Alarmingly so actually. So cue a 20 point drubbing.
But, do you know what, I really don't think so. I've a feeling the Aussies were made to look a bit more special than they are by England being a bit crap.
I can't believe how the draw opens up if we did win this. |
What I couldn't believe in the run up to that game was the amount of people thinking England would win because they had to. That was precisely the reason I knew they wouldn't, that and their scrummaging being dismantled in the press the week before.
Agree the Aussies are being built up to be more than they are, but they're still awfully good. I'd be a lot more confident if we didn't have half our best XV injured. | |
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| The Official Rugby World Cup Thread on 21:56 - Oct 8 with 1573 views | perchrockjack |
Best player? 3 scrums 3 penalties.
He cannot adjust to scrum laws and Adam Jones was the same.
Prop s priority is to secure the set piece as without that you cannot win test matches. | |
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