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I fear some posters might not last beyond the pool stages; the pressure will be too much.

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Bad trolling. It was always respected. Rising up to the challenge of our rival. Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight just to keep them alive It's the eye of the tiger It's the thrill of the fight... :lol: Very good I felt a bit dirty typing those lyrics. Even worse I then h...

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Gavroche wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:26 pm
CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:01 pm I just hope the French respect the haka.
Bad trolling. It was always respected.
Rising up to the challenge of our rival.

Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
It's the eye of the tiger
It's the thrill of the fight...

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This French team having been building for years. They have won all the U20 Rugby World Cups since 2018. They are well coached and have a very deep pool to draw on. They also famously have the French TV companies in their pockets and only show opposition foul play. Tough for everyone else! France ar...

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France doesn't have the South African pack. France only has 5 forwards on the bench when they played most of their games with 6. There is no comparison between South Africa and France for this game. Monsieur Frog, I think it is all about motivation for this first game. France will have that in spad...

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I think France. NZ we’re shown up by Boks and France are very, very clever. PR front page giving it to France by 4 points: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/france-v-new-zealand-preview-les-bleus-to-edge-all-blacks-in-blockbuster-rugby-world-cup-opener Think it might be a bit more. ABs will be mainl...

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I think France. NZ we’re shown up by Boks and France are very, very clever. PR front page giving it to France by 4 points: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/france-v-new-zealand-preview-les-bleus-to-edge-all-blacks-in-blockbuster-rugby-world-cup-opener Think it might be a bit more. ABs will be mainl...

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I intend to watch them all, provided I can get downloads of each game. Probably combine less interesting games with chores or exercises, and it will take me the best part of a week to watch all pool games of a weekend, but I'm in the US so as long as avoid BBC World and a few other possible spoilers...

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Has this been touched on, from the front page: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/calls- ... -cup-squad

Might be a bit of a distraction perhaps?

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Just can’t see the AB’s winning, French pack will munch them. France just a scary team right now. At home. €50 on France easy. After the embarrassing loss to Sa, We will know everything we need to know about the AB side on Friday night. If they aren’t up for it and are 2nd best in the pack, we migh...

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France have won 21 of their last 22 tests since the tour to Aus in 2021. I don't understand how they're only 3rd. Ireland won the 6N, beat France. But even if Sexton comes back I'd put my money on SA or France now. I'm sure France and SA will be very keen to avoid each other in the quarters, even i...

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Take 2 - my apologies for cocking that up completely. It didn’t look right - and wasn’t. Still think France should be higher and SA lower - but mass changes 6-9 (and getting tighter). New RWC pools below …. Pools A and D are tasty…. 1 Ireland 91.82 2 South Africa 91.08 3 France 89.22 4 New Zealand ...

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To be fair, with so much self-congratulatory chatter, it would have been rude to interrupt. Usually AC will be the first one to open the congrats threads. :o The Kiwis can learn from us about humble in defeat. But we cant blame you, you are not use to it and kak on the coach. Much like our own Bull...

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Haha what a pile in. This thread will become very handy for the next time the Saffers feel hard down by, pretty much every Supersport 'breakdown' is ref bitch fest, and then they mop it all up with 'all we ask for is consistency!'. Poor form from Wilson, he's dragged the breakdown down that same ra...

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Guessing you missed the bit about the 'team infringement'. Not that I agree with any of it. I think what they are really missing is that not many Kiwis are keen on the game losing a man for more than 20 minutes, regardless of who the card benefits. That said they are right, two many Kiwis are demon...

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Just watched the game. Atrocious. That's all.

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Australia is threatening to cancel the warm up game against France next week if the FFR doesn't pay around one million euro plus a share of the TV rights. There is no contractual agreement in place, but the previous FFR management that has even ousted just before the summer would have given their w...

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I would really like to understand how Plumtree and Mooar won their appts. Were they just non-threatening professionallly and good bantz at the pub for Fozzie? Brad worked with Razor, so would have thought he'd be ok. Though interesting Razor hasn't brought him back for next year! Mooar is the attac...

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A more capable fly half than coach in my view. Yep and helped us win the Ranfurly shield off Auckland when they thought they were too good. What a day at Eden Park that was and the drive back to Morrinsville was stops at every pub which were overflowing with Waikato supporters.😎 See avatar, the one...

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Not exactly. There was some politics within the camp that involved a local coach who is part of the backroom staff. It created a hostile environment for some Europe based players. I think has to do with bias for the Drua players. The Drua performed well during the super rugby season but in context ...

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It seems already that RWC2023 is already becoming the World Cup of the Flyhalves: The English one that shouldn't be there, but will be. The Irish one that shouldn't be there, but will be. The French one that was injured and couldn't be there. The South African one that was injured and couldn't be th...

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All Blacks now outright or joint favourites to win the RWC. We’re f**ked. :lol: If England beat Ireland this weekend Fozzie’s fabulous 15 go to number 1. Any win by SA should take them to three (2 if England thrash the Irish). Crazy stuff. ...so c'mon Ireland! Convinced RWC favouritism is a poisone...

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Nah, Brodie Retallick's broken cheekbone by Ireland was. Ref didn't even stop the game. This after Ta'avao was hanged. Business as usual; one rule for protected 6N players (Farrell, Sexton), another for everyone else (Leitch, Moala etc). A level playing field would be nice. Hartley got banned 11 we...

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This is a critical moment for rugby, a fork in the road. Nah, Brodie Retallick's broken cheekbone by Ireland was. Ref didn't even stop the game. This after Ta'avao was hanged. Business as usual; one rule for protected 6N players (Farrell, Sexton), another for everyone else (Leitch, Moala etc). A le...

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Yato, Botitu, Tuicuvu, Kunavula, Raisuqe, Volavola just to name a few. I was hoping for at least a 50/50 European and Super rugby mix but Simon decided to go with majority Drua. It's like putting babies into a toddler group at nursery. They're going to be run over like a bus. To clarify I meant sup...

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So, cards on the table, as a Scot, Group B is giving some proper anxiety. 2019 aside, Scotland would normally always progress from a pool to a quarter final (even when we were properly shit in the early noughties). This was before Ireland got embarrassingly much better than us in recent years. So, ...

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I think De Jäger is less likely to come back. If he does I think Orie will be the person to go Wouldn't any players jettisoned due to 'injury' have to be properly certified by an independent doctor? There would be quite an uproar (and a subsequent law change) if South Africa - or anyone else - simp...

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So, cards on the table, as a Scot, Group B is giving some proper anxiety. 2019 aside, Scotland would normally always progress from a pool to a quarter final (even when we were properly shit in the early noughties). This was before Ireland got embarrassingly much better than us in recent years. So, ...

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It feels like cheating to be honest. You just know someone is going to be 'injured' as soon as those players become fit. Announcing a standby set of players... stinks. A Jean Kleyn calf strain after the Scotland game so De Jager comes back and one of the scrum halves having a shoulder injury in tra...

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My guess is they could want to give guys who are one injury away from a start but haven't actually had one this year, to be given one. That could include Vaai, Jacobson. Maybe Newell or Havili. Absolutely this. Newell, Jacobsen & Havili all need lengthy game time as they are all likely bench player...

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My guess is they could want to give guys who are one injury away from a start but haven't actually had one this year, to be given one. That could include Vaai, Jacobson. Maybe Newell or Havili. Absolutely this. Newell, Jacobsen & Havili all need lengthy game time as they are all likely bench player...

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I went and looked it up Pool C Italy New Zealand Portugal Romania Scotland Italy was their hard game, Scotland a B team played. Jeez. We weren't any better though. Pool B Australia Canada Fiji Japan Wales One hard game against Wales. We also shat the bed in the 1/4s. Hmmm. Yes, there is an inherent...

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This has become a tantalisisng group. Scotland has shown enough to prove that South Africa and Ireland must take them seriously, and that player management will be a huge factor. Tonga are sending a team with a few big names, and sending in a B team against the Tongans might backfire, as France fou...

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This has become a tantalisisng group. Scotland has shown enough to prove that South Africa and Ireland must take them seriously, and that player management will be a huge factor. Tonga are sending a team with a few big names, and sending in a B team against the Tongans might backfire, as France fou...

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What's the bet that plank, Wayne Barnes, sticks his oar in controversially from the touch line? Its not Barnes who will be the problem. Its Jonker. Ugh. Add Raynal and Gardner and you have a horror quartet that could prevent any game of rugby from breaking out, and happily spend 80 minutes looking ...

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I like this ABs line-up. Resting a few key player's and allowing a few player's to get some much needed game time Finally, getting to see the best fullback in NZ, playing in his best position. Go Will!! I like this team too; makes sense in terms of resting some (Barrett, Taylor), giving some usual ...

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A back injury to All Blacks wing Emoni Narawa will prevent him showcasing his talents prior to the naming of the World Cup squad in Napier on Monday. ... The news is better for another wing, Leicester Fainga'anuku. He was hindered by a calf injury during the Rugby Championship, and therefore unable...

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Watched a few Caleb Clarke highlights videos on YT today and he absolutely needs to be developed by the ABs. It’s just his ineptitude with regards to knowing where support runners are. Holding ball in one hand prob isn’t a problem if he learns to switch it as he runs. He could be another absolutely...

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PR predicting a 20 point AB victory on the front page: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/australia-v-new-zealand-preview-all-blacks-to-thrash-the-wallabies-and-win-another-rugby-championship-title Really don't think it will be that much (if at all) - not in Australia, maybe in NZ. It's still reasonab...

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Meanwhile, on the PR front page some bloke called James While has identified 5 fixes for the Wallabies to get them on track: https://www.planetrugby.com/news/five-fixes-for-eddie-jones-and-the-wobbly-wallabies-heading-into-the-rugby-world-cup These in addition to Eddie giving us GBH of the earhole....

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