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Jones is a heck of a coach, his career record shows that but he should've taken some time out after the England job to assess where things went wrong, jumping into a difficult Australian job straight away wasn't wise at all. Needs to humble himself, particularly with regards to assistant coaches. As...

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Fury did more over the fight to secure the win, boxing is a sport not a fight to the death and like Luke Fury or not (I dont) he clearly won the majority of rounds from a boxing POV. Ngannou showed enough in that to suggest he could easily be in the mix in the top 10 HW's at the moment though, big ...

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Very good performance, stole yards where he had no right to do so.

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With the right mental preparation we could take that NZ side and that SA side. Ireland or France I'm not so confident with. Or Scotland .... or Wales I think its just the will to win on the day. I'm not sure this England side care that much about 6n games It's harder to do it game after game when y...

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Keith wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:16 pm With the right mental preparation we could take that NZ side and that SA side. Ireland or France I'm not so confident with.

I'd add Ireland to NZ & SA, England have been in the hunt in recent matches v Ireland until some dubious red cards. France I'm not so sure, maybe if Dupont was out.

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That was a great final, tense af...

QFs were great too, as was one semi-final.

Not seeing what you're seeing... *shrugs*

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Neck roll followed by injuring his knee wasn't it? Yellow seems more than fair.

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I thought the referee was fantastic.

NZ were very good too, they can be very proud of their team.

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Well done South Africa, they're like Toulouse in the Champions Cup. Immense.

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NZ didn't lose, they are moral victors!

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El Flash wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:48 amTheir only success at a RWC came in 2003" courtesy of a drop goal & they haven't looked serious contenders since.

England have made 2 WC finals since

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3rd in WC likely to convert to 4th or5th in 6N if we play with the same style and ‘leadership’. Clearly that level of ambition was ultimately not tolerated by RFU from Jones, so equally shouldn’t be from Borethick. But I still have this dull feeling that SB can only play one game and never without ...

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That's a move up from where we were a few months back, when turning up for the match was the only thing necessary to beat us. I can't see us getting very far with scabnose, i'm afraid... though very willing to be wrong. First season at tigers he fired up the team that he inherited. 2nd season he ha...

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Cheika's had a right moan about the reffing, was it really that one-sided?

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:55 pm The pundits on itv arguing over the forward pass.. none of them know about the two phase rule?

What's that law GP?

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I thought numbers in the lineout went out with ELVs

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The success of the 7 Forward reserve bench in the Pre Tournament game may have been somewhat embellished by the fact we were down to 14 for the entire 2nd half. It did not fire against Ireland , and while they haven't had to replace more than 1 back so far, the Boks are just one injury away from di...

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I've found the evidence!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wb5kQKswTg8

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As good as our surprise RWC had been this time , I’d still rather have had a far better percentage of test match wins like we’ve been accustomed too . This period between cups has been an unmitigated failure compared to our once lofty standards . I’m buggered if I’m going to be satisfied like most ...

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I wonder if the mental aspect will play a part. England will be gutted and deflated to be in the 3/4 place play off. Argentina will be ecstatic just to have made the SF I think Argentina will have something to prove after their dismal performance v NZ, and at this stage I think England will just wa...

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Steward on the wing. Mildly hilarious. Or that Smith is going to have licence to do whatever and Steward will fall back to FB when Smith wanders off somewhere? Who was the last tall slow donkey we had on the wing to zero effect ? Banahan ? At least Bananhan carried the ball up with menace and some ...

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As good as our surprise RWC had been this time , I’d still rather have had a far better percentage of test match wins like we’ve been accustomed too . This period between cups has been an unmitigated failure compared to our once lofty standards . I’m buggered if I’m going to be satisfied like most ...

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We played no attack, barely scored any points, referee makes a late call (and not even a bad one) and we lose. Somehow that doesn't feel like it should be equated with playing well. Maybe limited ambition was all we had, but we left a lot of faster and more attacking players out in the name of losi...

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Whilst the draw for the 2023 WC was patently 'unfair' - it did mean that there was some jeapoardy for all the top sides in the group stages and the QFs. The problem with the 24 team, 6 group, format is that there won't be any 'groups of death' and no real jeapoardy for the best teams in the groups ...

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What's the point of the world cup if we have this thing every 2 years? Well that's exactly it, surely it risks devaluing World Rugby's most successful competition, the World Cup? The World League is basically the knockout stage teams of the World Cup put into a pool stages together with the World C...

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CalypsoKing wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:53 pm England v South Africa was Anti Rugby and your not going get any new fans to the game with that shit and lose a few older fans on top of that.

It was a gripping match, but more importantly with regards to tactics, it was also wet.

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Yes, well done to Mdaclarke, Masterji and Sensible Stephen

bad luck to the rest who lost their knobs over this.

Fwiw I would've picked Ireland, France, Argentina & England, backing Wales seems to have tripped many up who picked 3/4 correctly.

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Flatman saying it was the correct scrum call https://twitter.com/TomShanklin/status/1716486711893463409?s=19 Flatman would know, and he's probably right, but he does caveat his comments that other experts disagree. This game to one side, maybe some scrum offences (not all) so heavily open to interp...

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Rugby World Cup third-place play-off is pointless – it should be scrapped World Rugby’s ‘bronze final’ is game’s most futile fixture, a meaningless contest staged when battered players should be recovering. ... It is a match which serves precisely zero meaningful purpose, except for a team to recei...

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Mike Catt has left his job coaching Ireland. Interesting to see what he has lined up next.

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Whoever wins I doubt they are better than the 2019 Springboks. Not sure, but with the use of their "bomb squad" it feels like you have to beat this SA side twice. They're a team that can sub arguably he best player in the world in Etzebeth and bring on a monster like RG Snyman. The final will ultim...

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While I agree wholeheartedly that the RWC knockout comp is an overrated metric. Your comments about red cards are interesting. I was at the Irish test in Dunedin when NZ got a red card in the 30th minute. Ireland merely got a yellow for similar on a supposed technicality in a tight run affair in th...

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I missed that one. It goes to show that there a lot of calls (and non-calls) in the game that could have influenced the scoreboard and result. I'm convinced that if Scott Barrett did any of these offences all 3 officials would have seen him. Same in every game, so much going on, so many laws by whi...

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Not sure if redrebel but Lawes to retire... “This was my last World Cup,” Lawes said. “The kids are at that age where they need their dad around. It will be good to be with them more, to provide some well needed structure to the mob. “It’s a bit of an end of an era, but it’s been a real honour for m...

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Ben O’keefe has had a torrid year. Abused by Chiefs fans after the Super Rugby final. Abused by Frenchies after the quarter final and now abused by Englishers after the semi-final. I had issues too tbh but the blues got thrashed so I couldn’t whinge :D I don't like the smug twat, but objectively he...

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That article is also stating Owen Farrell is central to Borthwick's plans in the next RWC cycle. But given the physical conditioning of the 32-year-old, and the way he looks after his body, it is thought that Borthwick believes Farrell will play a key role in the next cycle, similar fashion to that...

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That article is also stating Owen Farrell is central to Borthwick's plans in the next RWC cycle. But given the physical conditioning of the 32-year-old, and the way he looks after his body, it is thought that Borthwick believes Farrell will play a key role in the next cycle, similar fashion to that ...

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DT has Kevin Sinfield out as defence coach, and Felix Jones in. Sinfield expected to move on from England role The coaching set-up will also be bolstered by the recruitment of Felix Jones, the Irishman who is currently the defence coach with the Springboks for the last five years. Felix Jones is a c...

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It feels like the 1930s in the West right now. President of a Detroit synagogue, a 40 year old woman, stabbed to death. A Jewish business targeted and vandalized to a cheering crowd in Barcelona. Swastikas painted on Jewish homes in Germany. People chanting Gas the Jews in Sydney. If I lived in Eur...

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