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SecretAgentMan

Yourmother wrote:
rugga. wrote:Remember it was Italy, so the team probably had a few changes from 1stXV.
Oh right. Misread that, thought it was the team this week.

I imagine the team will resemble that of the SA match, but with Retallick.

Yep.

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Peteray wrote:I'm pretty sure Bender's 'form' has eroded as a result of his playing out of position on the wing. He is probably still the most complete fullback.

He's only started one fewer test at 14 than at 15, so I'm not sure he's out of position on the wing.

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I thought the midfield was set as 12.Crotty 13.ALB 23.SBW. But after seeing the Italy selection which was 12. ALB 13.Goodhue 23.SBW I'm not so sure now. The team for Italy was never announced? A team was published as the supposed line up for the game. Looked pretty likely. Midfield of ALB, Goodhue ...

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Massive advantage to Ireland given we won't have played in weeks.

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Japan, with the weight of the host nation on their shoulders.

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Plato'sCave wrote:A superb advert for northern hemisphere rugby.

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Ritchie had a strong game. Got a bit hot and bothered towards the end, but he was Scotland's best player tonight, imo.

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rageagainstthemachine wrote:Great stuff Japan. Well deserved. Skills are unreal. Leitch is a hero.

This.

Good luck next week, Japan.

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That was some game.

Fcuking glad we're not playing Japan next week!

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Plato'sCave wrote:Japan playing like a full tier 1 nation.

Yep, they're playing brilliant rugby.

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Great first five minutes from Scotland.

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Good effort, Harbour.

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jdogscoop wrote:Just confirmed on the RWC2019 app: It's on. On like Donkey Kong.

Good news

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The first album I ever bought was the Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (favourite track is probably Manic Depression).

Favourite album? Nah, far too hard to choose just one.

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Not enough has ever been made of the number of bogans that entered the fray just to be involved in a bit of debauchery. It's always made out that it was simply a fight between good and evil or right and wrong - f**king bullshit it was. True. Certainly by the Athletic Park test the first couple of r...

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Played in a Curtain Raiser there in '93. The Main Game was Wellington Lions v Northern Transvaal, who had come over for a Super 10 warm up game. I remember the NT Flyhalf trying to tackle all 135kg of Big Billy Cavubati... It did not end well. I tried to step him at The Bristol once. Much the same ...

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Game cancelled.

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bugger

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The team naming's been delayed until after the World Rugby announcement at 4pm.

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3:30pm NZT. Assuming they go full strength, I'd like to see something like this: 15. B Barrett 14. Reece 13. Lienert-Brown 12. Crotty 11. Bridge 10. Mo'unga 9. Smith 8. Read 7. Cane 6. Savea 5. Whitelock 4. Retallick 3. Laulala 2. Coles 1. Moody Bench: Taylor, Tu'ugafasi, Ta'avao, S Barrett, Todd/Fr...

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Sonny Blount wrote:AWJ has significant hair loss doesn't he?

Fixed.

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Rugby2023 wrote:Best first half of the tournament?

Has to be close.

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To me the only selection questions left are: (a) Coles vs Taylor - they played 40 mins each vs SA so probably not much difference who starts tbh, I assume it'll be Coles. (b) Crotty vs SBW - Crotty got the nod against SA (albeit with SBW lacking game time) but SBW has looked good in the pool stages...

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dam0 wrote:ALB at centre is a no-brainer for me. He has been excellent.

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Watching the Namibia game again and just realised that for the first time in ages Dane Coles Award hasn't got his left leg heavily strapped.

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naki wrote:1st choice 23 now;

1 Moody
2 Coles
3 Laulala
4 Retallick
5 Whitelock
6 Savea
7 Cane
8 Read
9 Snecky
10 Mo
11 Bridge
12 SBW
13 ALB
14 Reece
15 BB

16 Taylor
17 Ta’avao
18 Ofa
19 S Barrett
20 Todd
21 TJP
22 Crotty
23 Bender

Yep.

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Great to see Retallick get through his shift unscathed.

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capt hurricane wrote:Obligatory match day BUMP for the Brodie Retallick comeback match!

It is indeed a day of great joy and celebration throughout the land.

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Who the hell cares about the centres - they're all good. Big Bad Brodie is back (I reckon off the bench but I am bloody happy anywhere) Too right mate, that's the best possible news we could get at this point in the tournament. :thumbup: And a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig hello and welcome back...

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Enzedder wrote:Who the hell cares about the centres - they're all good.

Big Bad Brodie is back (I reckon off the bench but I am bloody happy anywhere)

Too right mate, that's the best possible news we could get at this point in the tournament.

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capt hurricane wrote:...Ben Lam from the Hurricanes is a much better finisher than Ioane, yet he cannot even make the All Black wider training group.

That's probably because the selectors realise Lam's defence is nowhere near international standard. I've seen Cook Strait ferries turn faster than him.

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Well done, Japan. So much for the pool stages being boring. Unless you're Irish, this result's great for the rest of the tournament.

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Ian Foster says Retallick's almost ready to go and could play against Nambia.

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Really looking forward to this game. If Japan play to their potential, it could be a lot closer than the 2 v 9 rankings suggest.

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Well done, Uruguay.

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The foul play is all pretty innocuous. Strange Read's one isn't in there, easily the most blatant of all the incidents I've seen, but still just a penalty. Really? I think Moody's cheap shot on Marx deserved at least a yellow card. He has a disappointing propensity to play the man off the ball, whi...

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grievous wrote:So not even a beer line, were they separate from general food and drink? Imagine the beer was Heineken which I wouldn't line up for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4

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naki wrote:
SecretAgentMan wrote:Wonder how long it's been since the last time the whole team wore black boots.

naki?
2015 world cup. It seems they only break out the black coordination for WCs now

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Wonder how long it's been since the last time the whole team wore black boots.

naki?

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did anyone else see the Wellington halfback get pinged with a short-arm for calling "set" at a scrum?

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