SirFozzie Posted July 2, 2017 Author Posted July 2, 2017 Oh, and in a bizarre situation, two teams from South Africa are going to be cut from Super Rugby. Rather then dissolving, or play in a lesser South African competition, they're going to join Pro12, playing teams from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy. http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/40448854 This is expected to be the harbinger of adding American or Canadian teams in 2018-19.
ChesterCopperpot Posted November 11, 2017 Posted November 11, 2017 Cracking game in the League World Cup today between Tonga and NZ The customary Haka vs Sipi Tau
DangerMark Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 Excellent stuff. All the Pacific Island games have been tremendous for atmosphere. Samoa vs. Tonga was pretty good, too. PNG playing their group games at home has been something else. I don't expect them to beat England in the quarters but it'd be quite some result if they did. Shame about Wales, though.
SirFozzie Posted November 25, 2017 Author Posted November 25, 2017 Wotta finish in England vs Tonga Rugby League World Cup Semi-Final. Almost. In Rugby Union... Wait, Scotland put up 50? AGAINST Australia? What world is this? Scotland's getting better, but I would have had them having problems scoring 50 against a Tier-Two side, not the Aussies.
DangerMark Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 It helped the Scots that with about a minute to go in the first half, the Wallaby tighthead decided to "clear out" one of the Scottish forwards with a shoulder to the jaw. I thought it was going to be yellow, but I'm not sorry that it was red.
SirFozzie Posted March 4, 2018 Author Posted March 4, 2018 So, there will be a new US Rugby championship starting next month, https://www.usmlr.com/ Despite the name Major League Rugby, it's the Union game. Seven teams for the first season, a New York team coming next season
sabremike Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 But here's the $64,000 question: will they play at Red Bull Arena? That would make all the sense in the world if they want to present themselves as a credible major league organization. Playing on, say, a high school field would be a very bad sign.
SirFozzie Posted March 10, 2018 Author Posted March 10, 2018 Congrats to Ireland for clinching the Six Nations with a week to spare.
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 12:49 PM, sabremike said: But here's the $64,000 question: will they play at Red Bull Arena? That would make all the sense in the world if they want to present themselves as a credible major league organization. Playing on, say, a high school field would be a very bad sign. Aren't they playing at Gaelic Park in the Bronx? On 3/10/2018 at 2:23 PM, SirFozzie said: Congrats to Ireland for clinching the Six Nations with a week to spare. Add the grand slam to that
sabremike Posted May 13, 2018 Posted May 13, 2018 South Sydney about to beat top of the ladder St George Illawarra, come on you Bunnies!!!!!
DangerMark Posted May 13, 2018 Posted May 13, 2018 Is Inglis back? Last I heard, he'd stepped away to get his mental health in order.
SirFozzie Posted June 17, 2018 Author Posted June 17, 2018 BIG win for the USA Union side, as they squeak by Scotland 30-29. It was the first victory for a US Rugby team over a tier one side in just about forever. Scotland scored a try in time added on, but the conversion was no good.
SirFozzie Posted September 15, 2018 Author Posted September 15, 2018 Interesting, Argentina beat Australia and South Africa beat New Zealand, a couple unexpected results.
SirFozzie Posted October 7, 2018 Author Posted October 7, 2018 Wow, that Argentina Australia game, talk about a game of two halves....
BurningBeard Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Is rugby union getting big in the states? Saracens v Harlequins aired on NBC last week and saw witness to the most bizarre try I've ever seen:
SirFozzie Posted October 22, 2018 Author Posted October 22, 2018 NBC Sports is airing a weekly game from the Premiership and the European Cup. It's growing slowly (both the Pro14 and Super Rugby want to be the one to crack the American market with full time franchises, but right now, games in the US from the premiership are not getting full crowds yet) But I love the drama of Rugby. Newcastle is having a horrible season in the Premiership, but barely lost to Toulon last week, and this week against Heavily favored Montpelier, they needed a last minute try to beat them. Did I say last minute, how about last minute + 9 Minutes! 9 Minutes of added time,. trying to get over that line with attempt after attempt, the defense trying desperately to keep them out. One miscue would end the game. THIRTY NINE PHASES, and they needed all of them to get the ball grounded, and win the game
SirFozzie Posted February 10, 2019 Author Posted February 10, 2019 Damn, England are killing it in the Six Nations so far (and by it, I mean the other teams), They confidently beat Irelandlast week, and this week, they murdalized France 44-8.
DangerMark Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 It was Ireland they beat so confidently, on their own patch. Far worse a sign than if they beat Scotland in such a fashion. It's looking like the only thing standing between the forces of darkness and a grand slam are Wales in Cardiff. Now, if there's one game that Wales will be up for, it's England in Cardiff but their performances so far have been nothing inspiring.
SirFozzie Posted February 23, 2019 Author Posted February 23, 2019 Wales save us from an eternal reign of English darkness (or at least the Grand Slam) in the 2nd half.
DangerMark Posted February 24, 2019 Posted February 24, 2019 LET ME DRINK YOUR SAESNEG TEARS~! I mean, good game, Wales. Still worried that Ireland have to come to town, but the Big One is won.
SirFozzie Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 Looks like the USA and Japan have been invited to the Rugby Championship (what used to be the tri-nations before Argentina joined), as part of a 12 nation Rugby World League. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12208175
DangerMark Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 Wales continue their streak of non-bonus point wins, leaving them with just Ireland to beat next week in Cardiff. Fortunately, if they get a fifth bonus point win, they get three bonus points for winning the Grand Slam, rendering all other bonus points meaningless; by that I mean all the bonus points that England have been racking up. I like bonus points, but why the hell bother if you're going to do that? England beat Italy, almost as comprehensively as England Women beat their Italian counterparts, and Eddie Jones muses that relegation should be a thing because that's how he rolls. Again, it's not something I disagree with, although I would do relegation on a two-yearly cycle so that everyone at least gets their five home games. France made a game of it in the second half against the aforementioned Ireland side, but I figured I'd rather watch my local RL team beat London Skolars on youtube. Skolars did a better job of "showing the referee good pictures," which is my favourite euphemism for "playing for penalties," but the mighty North Wales Crusaders did pretty much everything else better and won. The Championship teams get added to the draw next round, and I kinda hope we get a cupcake so that next time out we can go to a Super League side. (Screw you, I can and do say "we" when I'm talking about them because I've got a season ticket. Only team I do that for.)
The Natural Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) England vs. Scotland in the Six Nations just ended. Wow. Edited March 16, 2019 by The Natural
SirFozzie Posted March 16, 2019 Author Posted March 16, 2019 Yeah, I was going to try to describe that England-Scotland game, but um.. words fail me. 1
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