The Rugby Thread, 2nd Tackle

[DangerMark]

The important thing is not to try and describe that mayhem, but that Wales won the Grand Slam.

[SirFozzie]

If you had the Aussies beating New Zealand by 21, raise your hand.

Any of you with your hands raised are liars.

 

(the red card was deserved though)

[SirFozzie]

I don't know what I was expecting from england-ireland, but it definitely wasn't England hanging 57 on Ireland.

[The Natural]

3 minutes ago, SirFozzie said:

I don't know what I was expecting from england-ireland, but it definitely wasn't England hanging 57 on Ireland.

Same here, bud.

[LoneWolf&Subs]

Holy shit, looking at the price to watch the Rugby World in the US make my head spin. What fucking bullshit. I thought I could get NBC Gold for 10 bucks a month to get it, but no, you have to pay 200+ bucks to watch it. Fuck that shit, and fuck NBC Gold.

[SirFozzie]

Yeah, at least some of the matches are on NBC/NBCSN, and those not, I will wait till they're over and then dow..

 

(looks at the mods tapping the banhammer impatiently)

 

Well, I'm sure you can figure out what I'll do

[The Natural]

12 minutes ago, SirFozzie said:

Yeah, at least some of the matches are on NBC/NBCSN, and those not, I will wait till they're over and then dow..

 

(looks at the mods tapping the banhammer impatiently)

 

Well, I'm sure you can figure out what I'll do

This post gave me the chuckles. Cheers. You'll want to check out the Rugby Union vs. Rugby League debate in the SEPTEMBER 2019 WRESTLING DISCUSSION THREAD.

Edited September 20, 2019 by The Natural

[The Natural]

Remember the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup? England shit the bed becoming the first hosts to be eliminated at the pool stage. I think of that, New Zealand retaining the World Cup but above all, this:

Jump to 14:10 as Japan defeated South Africa with the last minute try!

Bonus:

 

Edited September 20, 2019 by The Natural

[LoneWolf&Subs]

Man, Amazons internet browser is very generous... If you know what I mean?

I had no idea Japan had a good Rugby team. Are all these players the offspring of  Meng?

Edited September 20, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs

[SirFozzie]

They've imported players from South Africa and elsewhere as well. Japan actually have a pretty decent history in Rugby (one of the Princes studied at Oxford and encouraged it when he returned to Japan), plus the ethos of the game fits in well with Japanese culture. (All the top teams are basically corporate teams)

 

edit: Major props to one rugby club, they have teams for 70 and over and even 80+ year old players.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-49598887

Edited September 20, 2019 by SirFozzie

[SirFozzie]

A bit early, but do we sound the Upset Alert?

[The Natural]

24 minutes ago, SirFozzie said:

A bit early, but do we sound the Upset Alert?

Be nice. I always root for the underdog provided they're not going up against my team or one I want to win.

[SirFozzie]

To steal a line from an old Cricket song, it's "Come on Aussie Come on" time, as they retake the lead with about 15 to play, and Fiji a man down.

 

edit: Yup, the Sin Binning was too much for Fiji. You'd look at the result and think that the Aussies walked it, but they were down for nearly 60 minutes of the game. Can't blame the ref for the yellow either, Fiji had committed too many fouls, they tired out.

Edited September 21, 2019 by SirFozzie

[lostinube]

If you are in Japan or you have a way to View such Programming over the Net you can watch matches live at https://tver.jp/

You can also watch the Women's Volleyball World Cup too if you are so inclined.

Edited September 21, 2019 by lostinube

[SirFozzie]

Quick power rankings through the first 7 games

1 New Zealand

2 Ireland

3 South Africa

4 England

5 Australia

6 France

7 Argentina

8 Fiji

9 Japan

10 Italy

11 Scotland

12 Tonga

13 Russia

14 Namibia

Quick Thoughts: South Africa played decent enough against the world champs to stay in the top 3. Ireland look like the best (only?) chance for a Northern Hemisphere Finalist. England, France, Italy all looked sketchy while winning. Scotland is putrid.  The Aussies are thanking the Rugby Gods that the game wasn't 60 minutes instead of 80, and that their high tackle wasn't punished. 

[SirFozzie]

Samoa looked good, but the refereeing was.. not so good. Russia are one of the worst teams here.

[ChesterCopperpot]

[SirFozzie]

So.... USA's first game coming up. If they can keep the margin of defeat below 20-30, it'll be a success

 

Nice to hear the news that the USA is looking at hosting the '27 or '31 Rugby World Cups though.

[SirFozzie]

Italy is not THAT much better then Canada, Canada just keeps mishandling (I think they're in double digits in mishandles)

 

[AxB]

Thankfully it's the middle of the night in America, and the sport is barely televised there, so most of their citizens won't be aware of the arsekicking they just took. Pretty brutal. Shut out in regulation.

[The Natural]

Japan with another huge Rugby World Cup upset, beating Ireland 19-12. Wow.

Edited September 28, 2019 by The Natural

[SirFozzie]

Heck of a game between Wales-Australia, dunno if Wales took their foot off the Aussie throats or if the Aussies are just a great late-game team. But man, Australia-England in a knockout quarterfinal? Yes please.

[BurningBeard]

Forgot this topic existed!

On 9/29/2019 at 11:11 AM, SirFozzie said:

Heck of a game between Wales-Australia, dunno if Wales took their foot off the Aussie throats or if the Aussies are just a great late-game team. But man, Australia-England in a knockout quarterfinal? Yes please.

It seemed like Australia just came out more aggressive in the second half and pressured them. Wales hung on by the skin of their teeth and must be thankful that they've been afforded such a long break before their next game. Be interesting to see what it took out of both teams though as they went hard. Aussies backchatting to the ref was doing my head in a bit, he was on the verge of completely losing control of the game in the first half. 

 

As for today, y'know how everyone used to say 'you never know which France side is going to show up' because of how wildly inconsistent they were? Do you think that little cliche crown is Ireland's to wear now? Even with a 28-0 win over Russia they didn't look convincing at all. They always choke in major tournaments but so far their world cup campaign has been bizarre. Is it because Schmidt is going when it's over?

Edited October 3, 2019 by BurningBeard

[SirFozzie]

South Africa-Italy was over early in the second half, when Italy had a man sent off for a tip tackle. (IE, feet above the head at one point)

[SirFozzie]

Annnnnnd speaking of red cards, take a bow Thomas Lavanini.. actually, take a shower, because he's off for a high tackle. England up early and will have the man advantage the rest of the way.