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Not sure how I feel about World Rugby ramming the Womens Rugby down our throat like this. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that they are trying to give the ladies' games more exposure and that they are also tremendous athletes, but I am a bit peeved that I am going to miss the Blitzboks' opener aga...

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Team 5 for me. Easily the best forward pack, and a decent backline.

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There are actually like 100k Cook Islanders when you include the diaspora in Aus & NZ. They have quite a few eligible players in Super Rugby/Mitre 10 and some in Europe. There are more Cook Islanders in NZ than Tongans apparently. 20,000 Niueans in NZ and only 1800 on their island, I know I counted...

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Imagine if you had a situation where Scotland were up 36-31, both teams with the four try bonus point, and then Scotland have a penalty kick on full-time to try and snuff out the losing bonus point in order to advance on head to head.

The potential is there for drama.

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It will be crucial for Japan to get a bonus point win against Samoa. It's certainly not a done deal, as Scotland proved when they struggled to get there. It could come down to points differential. It goes to head to head first though doesn't it? So if the both end up on 14, it would mean Scotland g...

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It will be crucial for Japan to get a bonus point win against Samoa. It's certainly not a done deal, as Scotland proved when they struggled to get there.

It could come down to points differential.

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Yep, easy exit for the Wallabies in the quarters, not that anything else was realistically expected. Disgusting second half performance from them.

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There are a remarkable number of people attempting to rationalise and explain away that result. The reality is, the Wales 1st XV, on a 15 game winning streak, were bullied and beasted the length and breadth of Twickers by the England 2nd XV. If you’re not worried by that as a Welshman, then you wer...

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South Africa - Will they stay the course or have they simply had a good run a la Ireland in 2018 but revert back to norm in Japan? :lol: what is our norm? double world cup winners? what is the Ireland norm? I don’t think what the Boks achieved 24 and 12 years ago is relevant to this conversation on...

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Someone settle a debate for me: Are Wales in fact number 1 right at this very moment, or are rankings frozen in time until World Rugby release their rankings on Monday? I say the rankings are live, someone I'm arguing with says it's frozen Monday to Monday. I can't find any confirmation for either p...

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Eddie is second only to Ted as the greatest coach of all time IMO. His resume says it all.

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live on which channel? You won't see it live on Sky in NZ during the weekend as it'll be wall to wall Mitre 10 Cup and international rugby. In New Zealand they typically have it on Sky midweek in a wrap up show with one feature match and highlights of the others. It's quite a nice package. Some of ...

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Clog50Percent wrote:I just finished marathon watching One Piece and now Im all caught up

Nice, I started watching from episode 1 in 2015. I'm up to episode 682 now, still 200 behind.

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Tasman will crush all before them this season.

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Completely agree, we missed his strength and physicality out there tonight.

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How bad is this weather exactly?

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Probably.

I do expect Argentina to lift for this world cup though, the injection of European players that haven't been allowed to play since the last world cup will help greatly.

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Giving Fiji a 10 million dollar boost would put them at a major advantage to the rest of the other PI nations. Their exclusion makes sense from a financial stand point, money talks, WR need to invest in the islands but not through this venture. Maybe Super rugby can help in that case? Fiji has almo...

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One of the things that shocked me about England's game against the All Blacks a couple of months ago was how little praise England actually got for that game. They were so physically dominant, and threw the game away due in part to some bad decision making here and there-something which can be learn...

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Australian-based members-am I going blind, or are Foxtel seriously stupid enough to not be playing this match live?

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Nah probably not.

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Canada have been awful, but they should be fine.

Tyler Ardron has played some fantastic rugby in New Zealand this year, he'll be a big boost for Canada.

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The world rugby women's sevens circuit kicks off again next weekend, should be good. New Zealand will doubtless be the team to beat at Glendale. China make their debut on the circuit, will be interesting if they can avoid relegation. I've been impressed with what I've seen of them so far, certainly ...

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A new expanded mode of Fortnite.

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France for sure, can't say for sure who would've won the 1995 world cup final if it was New Zealand-France.

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Is there a reason why Kiwis have been refereeing matches in South Africa? It seems all kiwi home games are reffed by kiwis. The fix is in mate. I don't know about the fix, but I have no doubt the Bulls would've won against the Highlanders had a neutral reffed it rather than Glen Jackson. I just won...

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Is there a reason why Kiwis have been refereeing matches in South Africa? It seems all kiwi home games are reffed by kiwis.

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Something I've often wondered, why is South Africa poor at international level in women's rugby? Is it purely a cultural thing, rugby being a man's domain?

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I thought Ioane was right to be pulled up live, but after watching the replays it wasn't entirely clear if you could've considered him to have been held when he went to ground. A player going to ground on it's own doesn't automatically constitute a tackle, the player needs to be deemed as having bee...

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But with a head high for example, you could argue that the laziness that may come from being fatigued that stops one from properly ensuring that their tackle is safe and legal is deliberate. And scrums you could argue similar logic with some of them, perhaps a prop hasn't set himself properly for th...

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Ireland don't have it in the bag, Germany have been quite impressive, and Chile have shown some promise too. I favour Ireland to beat Japan but think they'll get a tough matchup whoever they play in the final.

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China qualifying for the women's sevens circuit is quite significant. They're well coached and I'm guessing well funded, I think they could be a force in women's sevens like the US are becoming in the mens.

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Perenara scored the try IMO, but I don't blame the refs. It's one of the flaws of the "onfield decision is a try/no try" system.

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I've seen a few penalty tries off knockdowns where a defender could have potentially come in and saved the try. Not sure if it was a blatant homer or if the interpretation is that no defender starting in front of a would-be recipient = instant penalty try, but either way it's wrong. A penalty try sh...

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I think the last few world cups have been very competitive, and I see no reason why we can't look to move to 24. One of the great things about the world cup are the opportunities it provides players from emerging nations to show their talent and potentially land contracts with European clubs, and th...

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I don't understand the lack of love for Conor Murray either. He's been the best 9 on the field in the last four tests he's played against the All Blacks, aside from maybe Izzy Folau there's few people who could say that about their last four test match appearances against the ABs.

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That try was crucial for the ABs.

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Nicky Allan for #10 Jerry Collins for # 6 As good as JC was, he'd be behind both Tremain and Brownlie as a 6. Jerry Collins would've beaten up both those guys on his own in 5 seconds flat. Do we handicap scientific advancement and the increase of size and strength in players over time when factorin...

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Ambaka's looking pretty handy in his Mitre 10 cup debut.

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Siya Kolisi is having an outstanding season thus far.

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