2019 Rugby World Cup
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Come Oct 26, fans of the team who hosts the M10 Cup final (let's say Ta$man based on the point table) will need to decide if they want to support their team or watch a likely RWC SF featuring the ABs. If the kickoff times have been adjusted for daylight savings then the final won't finish until after the SF starts (9 pm NZT). Obviously with streaming you could watch the SF delayed but it won't be live.
There are also other clashes with the NZ pool games against Namibia and Italy, the Argentina-England pool game and QF1 (overlapping with SF4 of the M10 Cup). Decisions, decisions if you want to attend the M10 Cup games.
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@chimoaus seeing what the ARs do at all levels presently makes you question what thier role is....sometimes I wonder if they are there to look for foul play and thats about it
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@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@chimoaus seeing what the ARs do at all levels presently makes you question what thier role is....sometimes I wonder if they are there to look for foul play and thats about it
How hard is it to watch for forward passes and farken offsides???
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@canefan quite hard my guess is!
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@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan quite hard my guess is!
Someone has to look at their KPIs
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@canefan maybe get one to focus on forward passes, the other offside, and then they get a bonus for every one they get right in the post match reveiw, but lose a part of thier match fee for everyone they miss too, as well as losing some for ones they call that are wrong haha.
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@Bovidae Yeah - they'll have no flexibility to change the RWC semifinal time - but, if they don't change the M10 final time they will get justifiably torched by every media commentator who has ever said they don't care about the NPC.
It sort of beggars belief that this sort of clash wouldn't be the first thing you'd look at when doing the scheduling.
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@Chris-B said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
It sort of beggars belief that this sort of clash wouldn't be the first thing you'd look at when doing the scheduling.
They should've moved some of the round robin games too
I doubt 7:30pm games are rating well against RWC matches
Midday, 2pm & 4pm would make more sense for Saturdays than 2:30, 5pm & 7:30pm. Currently the last two matches clash completely with the RWC.
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The reason I posted this was that a friend informed me that the Waikato-Taranaki game next Sunday (4:35 pm start) clashes with the NZ-Namibia game. So late M10 games on Sat and Sun will clash with early games at the RWC. Matches played the following weekend will be the same, including the Wellington-Waikato game with the NZ-Italy test.
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It's also worth remembering SKY's role in kickoff times. They might want to keep an original time to chip into Spark Sport's numbers. But given the insignificance of M10 Cup compared to RWC they probably think it's not worth fighting and shift the final to a 7am ko to ensure they have as many viewers as possible.
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@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
If a player gets a massive ban during the cup, can you swap him out of the squad?
There are specific regulations around props and hookers so barring those being met, I don’t think so.
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@Wurzel said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
It's also worth remembering SKY's role in kickoff times. They might want to keep an original time to chip into Spark Sport's numbers. But given the insignificance of M10 Cup compared to RWC they probably think it's not worth fighting and shift the final to a 7am ko to ensure they have as many viewers as possible.
If Sky somehow think they'd be able to stop more than a handful of provincial diehards switching over to watch an AB RWC semi then they're delusional.
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NAGOYA, Japan, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Thomas du Toit will make a mad dash from France to replace prop Trevor Nyakane in South Africa’s Rugby World Cup squad after the latter tore his calf in Saturday’s opening 23-13 loss to New Zealand in Yokohama.
Nyakane, who recently made the switch from loose-head to tight-head prop, lasted just 21 minutes as a replacement in the Pool B defeat before needing to be helped from the field in obvious discomfort. "It’s very tough on Trevor," Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said. "He has had a great season and added value whenever he took the field. "It’s a blow to him and the team, but it’s also an opportunity for Thomas and Vincent (Koch), who now have the chance to step up."
Du Toit had signed a short-term deal to play for French Top 14 side Toulouse during the World Cup, but is now expected to link up with the Bok squad at their training base in Nagoya on Tuesday afternoon. The 24-year-old won the last of his 10 caps in the 24-18 victory over Argentina in Pretoria on Aug. 17, which was also his only international start.
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