2015-16 rugby, world cup year

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2015-16 rugby, world cup year
jambalaya
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What does this tell us about the coaching and on field leadership?

Don’t set yourself up @aa you’ll just feel even worse when you don’t make it out if the group 8)

Posted 9 years ago

duckman
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Nmbuzz…Trying to blot out Joel Tomkins there eh?

6 caps…SIX caps…

So today,various HD recorders set, Tonga game should be red of tooth and claw,France Italy should give us an idea of ” which French team will turn up” SA/Irish will be turkey shoots.

Posted 9 years ago

Kryton57
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Danw I agree with the strategic call, but I think they would have scored more by mauling from those penalties. That’s where the leadership counts – as soon as we destroyed them the first time, we should have been doing it again and again – the ref had already awarded a penalty try so the poor Fijian maul and cynical destruction of it was firmly established as a precedent.

An hour of that and Fiji would be 50 down easily in my view – and I thinks points difference might matter in this pool.

Posted 9 years ago

DanW
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That’s a good point on the mauls. You wouldn’t catch Ireland wasting an opportunity to maul a team to death. The was a general lack of direction from England- almost like playing in red turned them in to Wales in the November internationals involving Fiji

Posted 9 years ago

namastebuzz
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Trying to blot out Joel Tomkins there eh?

No. He didn’t play in any RWCs. 3 caps plus 2 for the Saxons in 2013.

England have this bizarre notion that RL players can be parachuted straight into the England Union Team in order to play centre.

Along with the aforementioned Farrell, Hape and Tomkins we’ve also had Henry Paul and (shudder) Barrie Jon Mather. They’ve all been embarrassing failures.

SB is better than the lot of them but that doesn’t mean he should be there. Surely in all of England there’s an inside centre better than a pedestrian Saffa and a RL forward who’s still learning where to stand?

Posted 9 years ago

Scamper
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Anyhow, the World Cup has just started properly at Kingsholm 8)

Posted 9 years ago

duckman
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Those Georgians are monsters! 😯

Posted 9 years ago

jambalaya
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Georgia 🙂

@Idle don’t leakers early, it’s a long tournament. I did say to my wife (first RWC since we’ve been together) that there are many games and I but I will be watching only some, I was even prepared to miss France v Italy tonight to have a drink with her friends – what sacrifice eh 😉

Posted 9 years ago

thegreatape
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Tom Youngs is too fast to be an England centre.

Posted 9 years ago

wrecker
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Thoroughly enjoying this game.
No biff yet though 😐

Posted 9 years ago

IdleJon
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@Idle don’t leakers early, it’s a long tournament. I did say to my wife (first RWC since we’ve been together) that there are many games and I but I will be watching only some, I was even prepared to miss France v Italy tonight to have a drink with her friends – what sacrifice eh

Ha, she’s been with me long enough to know the priority is:
Bike
Rugby
Wine
Beer
Wife
😆

(Hopefully she’s not reading this! 😳 )

Posted 9 years ago

BruceWee
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Good game that, more finesse than I thought there’d be. Georgia looking much better than the last time I saw them.

Posted 9 years ago

molgrips
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Didn’t get out early today, so I’ve got to miss one of these at least if I want to get a bike ride in on this fantastic day.

Posted 9 years ago

anagallis_arvensis
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on’t set yourself up @aa you’ll just feel even worse when you don’t make it out if the group

I’m resigned to that already. I just think its amazing that a pro player who has been eating drinkingvand living rugby for the past year doesnt know that

Posted 9 years ago

Scamper
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The official website is saying only 14k at a ‘sold out’ Kingsholm today, which is well short of capacity – evidently not over packing the terraces or something.

Posted 9 years ago

molgrips
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Went for a ride, came back to see Japan draw level with RSA 😯

That’s the last time I listen to STW about the likely game quality 🙂

Posted 9 years ago

wrecker
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COME ON JAPAN!!!!!!

Posted 9 years ago

cheers_drive
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😀

Posted 9 years ago

teamhurtmore
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HONTO NE!!!!!!

GO Japan

Posted 9 years ago

Tom-B
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How good has this been!

Posted 9 years ago

Tom-B
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Wow, thought theyd have taken 3 point for a draw!

Posted 9 years ago

Tom-B
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😀

Posted 9 years ago

beinbhan
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superb

Posted 9 years ago

cheers_drive
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Much prefered watching that game over the England one

Posted 9 years ago

Klunk
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WTF

Posted 9 years ago

Pigface
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Oh my God

Posted 9 years ago

Kryton57
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Wow!

Posted 9 years ago

nbt
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Sayonara, baby!!!

Posted 9 years ago

WorldClassAccident
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Whoa!

Posted 9 years ago

theocb
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Well I think the World Cup just began. 8) Epic game.

Posted 9 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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Yes, yes, yes!

Brilliant result for the whole tournament and the whole game!

Posted 9 years ago

Spin
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Amazing stuff.

Posted 9 years ago

whatnobeer
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What a game 😀

Posted 9 years ago

centralscrutinizer
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I’m glad I watched that, I was going to give it a miss expecting a routine win for SA. Totally gripping stuff.

Posted 9 years ago

anagallis_arvensis
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Just got back from a ride. Brilliant stuff i love japan xx

Posted 9 years ago

dantsw13
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What that has done is pushed SA towards England’s potential QF draw, if they finally get their s@@t together.

That group is WIDE open.

Posted 9 years ago

dantsw13
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I’m just back from Japan, and heading back there next Thursday. I feel some of my Japanese whiskey coming out tonight.

Posted 9 years ago

whatnobeer
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That group is WIDE open.

Yeah, now more than a touch worried about how Scotland will get on.

It was so refreshing to watch a team that can pass the ball about, not get ‘white line fever’ and actually convert under pressure. If that was Scotland I would of been wishing for them to take the 3 points at the end. Going for a win would almost certainly ended in tears.

Posted 9 years ago

BruceWee
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Well, it might be unsporting, but I’m so happy Japan only have four days to recover before they play us.

Posted 9 years ago

DanW
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Putting 30 odd points on SA is an achievement in itself… but to win in that manner with no fear of playing running rugby even in added time… amazing!

Posted 9 years ago