The Natural Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Casual rugby fan but I'll try and watch some of it. Tournament is soon to start with host nation England going up against Fiji. There's always a Group/Pool of Death and England are in it with Wales and Australia. Don't know the interest level here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Recently, I've started to really love Rugby League [there's a third tier team on my doorstep, and following them has been hella fun.] but I'm Welsh, so yeah I'm all over this. As of the start of today, there are 4 top ten teams in that group. If Fiji went through, I wouldn't be at all surprised. I remember 8 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Holy fucking shit at the Japan vs. South Africa result. Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Odds wise, South Africa were 1/1000 to win the game. Incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Shots of Japanese fans crying in the stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Odds wise, South Africa were 1/1000 to win the game. Incredible. Thank you. I was wondering the odds. Staggering result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Odds wise, South Africa were 1/1000 to win the game. Incredible. Thank you. I was wondering the odds. Staggering result. No probs. Someone looked it up at another forum I post at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 And even better.. Japan won a penalty in injury time that would have meant a draw, which STILL would've been the biggest upset in RWC history, and they said "Bugger that, we're going to take the Scrum and go for the win!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 That set piece try Japan scored from the line out was a thing of a beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 The best call of the final play, of course, is the Japanese announcers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=72&v=TBFup2hEcAo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 The finish to that match is one of the most remarkable in all my years watching sport. You had the Japanese players and Japanese people crying in the stands. That's how much it meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Japan beat South Africa, but couldn't sustain it in the 2nd half against Scotland and lose big, so Scotland should wipe the floor with South Africa right? *snerks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I was going to say sound the upset alert horn for Canada, as they ran out to a 10-0 lead over Italy, but Italy have immediately struck back, 10-7, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Canada gave em a run, but Italy wins. England are on lifesupport after declining a last minute penalty that would've drawn the game and kept them in front of Wales, and when they failed to score, will likely need to beat the Aussies to advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 It wasn't an awful idea to go for the win, but the English pack looked flat after the now near obligatory 60 Minutes: All Change, which had previously been crushing the Welsh scrum. Dan Biggar is pretty good. He scuffed that drop goal, but other than that was fantastic. EDIT: fed up of all the England fans I talk to acting like it was a shock, or it was because England were bad. No, you Red Rose chumps, Wales are a good side, and they beat you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 England are pretty much out of the World Cup after being shmucked by Australia, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Wow, Wales-South Africa is one hell of a nail biter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Damn. The 'Boks beat Wales 23-19. And boy howdy did New Zealand take France to the woodshed 62-13. Of course, it didn't help that France basically had no coach, as the team had rebelled against their existing one, describing him as "a nice enough guy but not a leader" and deciding to take over team selection and tactics themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Worked really good....great tactic to get totally raped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 If you did not watch Scotland/Australia you made a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 so, the semi finals of the World Cup is the Rugby Championship. Argentina,Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Northern Hemisphere rugby is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Scotland have been in two of the wildest games in the world cup. They managed a more heartbreaking way to go out than Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 My Scottish wife took me to the pub to watch the rugby and it was truly heartbreaking. Old dudes in tears and everything. Now I'm making her watch the Jaguars. Seems a fair deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Rugby World Cup officials admit that ref missed call that gave Australia winning penalty. http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/115761 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 What else can they do in that situation? The call was wrong, and everyone can see it was wrong; but the correct call was still going to give an Australia scrum. The more worrying one to miss was the late hit on Hogg a few seconds earlier that was under the purview of the TMO. That way, if Scotland were going to botch a line-out, it wouldn't have been in their half. Anyhow, Joubert's got the call wrong and with the way he's handled everything else, he's probably not going to get the final. Hopefully it's Nigel Owens, but Wayne Barnes wouldn't be an awful decision. Don't get me wrong, Scotland were gypped, but they were gypped less than, for example, Detroit were against Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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