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Theflier wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:24 pm That turnover was fine

He said it was the tackler not rolling away, not the jackaler.

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We aren't even trying to officiate attacking players coming into the ruck properly anymore right? Both sides nowhere near.

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Cheers for the responses. Always interesting to hear what changes are going on in other sports around the world.

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This tournaments success may test the viability of ODI format. What's the concern about the ODI format? Seems better than T20? No real interest for ODIs globally outside of World Cups now, and even then this is the most low key build up for an ODI WC I can remember in Australia. There’s a few crick...

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mr flaps wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:42 am Peak going well 560lbs/255kg 3x2

https://youtu.be/n9WCfQDaVfM?feature=shared

Nice!

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grievous wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:22 am This tournaments success may test the viability of ODI format.

What's the concern about the ODI format? Seems better than T20?

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What new agreements? WR needs to just issue a directive and enforce it. It needn’t be a huge imposition either - clubs don’t own the sport and will do what they’re told . The govt doesn’t consult me when they want to decrease the local speed limit because it’s their roads and their police, right? Y...

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Get Georgia and Portugal into the URC. Let their national teams compete in it. Half of their national teams play in France but they do already have these squads in the Super Cup. They're called the Lusitanos and Black Lion. The more realistic thing would be a URC D2 that occasionally gets talked ab...

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Get Georgia and Portugal into the URC. Let their national teams compete in it. Half of their national teams play in France but they do already have these squads in the Super Cup. They're called the Lusitanos and Black Lion. The more realistic thing would be a URC D2 that occasionally gets talked ab...

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I'm no marketing cvnt, but the stars of any game are what gets bums on seats. Not saxons and wolfbloods. People who watch rugby will always watch their own team. Undoubtedly true, which is why the All Blacks sold out Soldier Field in Chicago when they came to play the US. But T2 teams can't be that...

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Was listening to a small French podcast, and they developed the idea of franchise for end of tier 2 and tier 3 countries. Instead of having Romania using players from different championship, in smaller teams, when it’s not even amateurs, or trying to ask France to find one game against such a natio...

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Make it like football - every team must qualify. WR needs to heavily enforce the availability rules to ensure teams have access to players. There’s no need to overcomplicate this. This is complicating it though. We tried this and it was crap. It'll be like a one sided RWC game but there'll be less ...

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Where are you finding all these players from? They all have jobs. Sending 'Development' teams doesn't work for increasing t2 participation. Think of the churchill cup that spent years in us/can but had to come home in the end in order to get them cash. People generally don't want to watch their nat...

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Agree, which is why I think Europe needs a Pasifika, Jaguares, Drua style team in the URC to get a group of Georgian, Portuguese or whoever together as a defacto national team in many ways. They have their own teams, playing in the fira - 'rugby Europe' - championship. You mean a club not internati...

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https://youtu.be/Ab3qMJDVvhk?si=RHRH1JNI20go4DHA A point well made. It is a point well made. How have the trials with lowering the tackle height gone? Presumably if the tackle height is lowered, the upright tackle is more likely to earn a penalty for a high tackle and become a less effective tactic...

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I find the obsession with 'dominant tackles' and 'winning the collision' interesting given how effective jackaling is / teams having specialists with superior balance/nose for an opportunity. I get that teams fear offloads and want to slow down recycle so defenders can get re-set but a classic leg ...

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Schlaps wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:20 pm That German figure was a mistake. Its reckoned to be 350k.

Makes more sense for sure. Still 350k is a great number for a country where rugby is an afterthought with no team participating.

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3.5m in Germany tuned into the opener: Rivoal said that 3.5 million watched the opening match in Germany – more than all the World Cup matches in 2019 broadcast on German channels. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/20/rugby-world-cup-organisers-delighted-with-spectacular-tv-viewing-figures#...

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You don't see many poor bookies. South Africa 1/100 on to qualify for the QF https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-union/rugby-world-cup/to-qualify That implies a >1% (technically 0.99%) chance of SA not qualifying as the books are effectively taking 100/1 on it. When something basically is a 100% chan...

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Perhaps time to do away with BP’s and just do it purely on points difference, and in a tie who beat whom Moot point anyways as can’t see anything other than a a 20 point victory for Ireland v Scotland - but would be happy to be wrong here if only for the lolz forum meltdown it would generate The pr...

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Bucks screwed that trade up. Gave up a bunch of draft capital just to have the Celtics improve just as much as a result of the trade. to be fair, the Bulks have a generational talent in Giannis who also mentally strong and pretty loyal. They probably won't get another for deacdes and even then that...

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And what if Scotland refuse to score. Mmmm hmmm. I want to see this.... In American football it's not unusual late in a game for one team who is behind, especially if behind by 1 point, to let another team score on purpose rather than let them run the clock down. It ends up looking pretty farcical ...

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I would say anything about Portugal except claiming they have a "motivated administration with forward thinking". FPR is absolute shambles on the financial and marketing front and rugby in Portugal is still very much upper-class. Finding themselves in Rugby Europe Trophy was a direct consequence of...

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Bucks screwed that trade up. Gave up a bunch of draft capital just to have the Celtics improve just as much as a result of the trade.

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If they expell you where would you play? Tbilisi. Wouldn’t be better to try to develop an Italian league like we have with our top 14 in France? There is an Italian domestic league. Remember they used to enter sides in the EPCR comps until the Italians got a couple franchises in the ProX/URC. It wo...

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What’s incredible is that 4 years ago Portugal weren’t even playing in the top division (below 6N). Their rise has been fairly dramatic considering that. Shows what a motivated administration with forward thinking and an emphasis on junior development can do. Schools and junior rugby is growing qui...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑ BTW, are these military packages "gifts" to Ukraine or will Ukraine have to pay the US back? Donations. Most of the money - already for more than a year and a half - goes to American military contractors, American “consultants”, and NatSec / Pentagon - and of course millionaire pol...

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I don't think it's that unlikely. Say Scotland are up 40-25 with a few minutes to go. What's the odds of that? Probably 5%? Remember red cards are way more common now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15573463.amp If no gambling involved, it would be difficult to prove wouldn't it? What's the law? If ...

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I think given how unlikely this is and how many unlikely things that need to happen, there is a strong chance both Ireland and Scotland would be kicked out of the tournament for match fixing and a police investigation launched as I would imagine match fixing is a criminal offence in France, it is i...

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Pool B is a mess. It's not impossible for Scotland to be leading Ireland by 15 points with two minutes to go, and because of the stupid system, Ireland would be forced to LET Scotland score again to qualify. A 15 point loss would result in them coming third, but a 22 point loss would result in them...

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Portugal would have learned a lot from that. Really make me feel the 6N should have promotion and relegation each year. Bottom goes down. 5th plays a play-off against 2nd of 6N B and winner goes up/stays. What’s incredible is that 4 years ago Portugal weren’t even playing in the top division (below...

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Portugal would have learned a lot from that. Really make me feel the 6N should have promotion and relegation each year. Bottom goes down. 5th plays a play-off against 2nd of 6N B and winner goes up/stays. What’s incredible is that 4 years ago Portugal weren’t even playing in the top division (below...

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Below is the team that Australia is facing. In bold, the division in which players who are not based in Portugal play in France... Super Rugby against French 2nd division. Props David Costa (GD Direito) Francisco Fernandes (AS Béziers) 2nd division Anthony Alves (Stade Montois) 2nd division Diogo H...

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Auckman wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 4:54 pm If I owned a T14 club I’d buy Sorti

Under contract with Stade Francais. Think they loaned him to a Pro D2 club.

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Except the fact I was not talking shit Georgia had been awful today - despite the fact you ( biased person) fail to recognise that Every thread he's in is the same. Desperate to talk up T2/3 sides, even when they've been obviously poor. I don't get his motivation at all. And you talk them down no m...

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Georgia was awful and that is not an opinion That last kick :lol: when they could actually go for the win was the epitome of their match - and probably of their whole WC campaign I didn’t see something so stupid in the WC till then - not even yesterday night They were down 8 points with 1 minute to...

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Having a difference of opinion is now bias. Clown :lol: Georgia was awful and that is not an opinion That last kick :lol: when they could actually go for the win was the epitome of their match - and probably of their whole WC campaign I didn’t see something so stupid in the WC till then - not even ...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:42 pm Has any side ever averaged conceding 70+ a game in the RWC? This is awful.

Namibia 2003 not only averaged 70 points against but averaged -70 points differential too.

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Having Romania, Chile and Co stinking up the competition is not ethical. This damages the image of the game. It’s a dereliction of duty by World Rugby to be letting amateurs face pro players. It’s a disgrace. I'm wondering how bad USA rugby must be rn to not even be able to get past Chile in a qual...

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Exactly. Nice jerseys. And nice anthem. Serioulsy though, hopefully world rugby will get behind Romania and help them out. They always have big tough forwards, compared to even portugal, so should be doing better than they are. It's sad what has happened to them but not very hopeful it'll turn arou...

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