RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A)
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@jegga if they manage to roll us during the course of this tournament, they'll come!
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@jegga said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Nepia said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@mariner4life @jegga Do we even have any Irish posters on the Fern in general, that would bite on that rancid bait?
not any more
Did we chase away, was it, NH Fan?
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@Nepia said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@jegga said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Nepia said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@mariner4life @jegga Do we even have any Irish posters on the Fern in general, that would bite on that rancid bait?
not any more
Did we chase away, was it, NH Fan?
He was NH fan and a couple of other names .
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@jegga said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
He was NH fan and a couple of other names .
Thats @Derm-McCrum
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@Duluth said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@jegga said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
He was NH fan and a couple of other names .
Thats @Derm-McCrum
There was another one between those two names, he didn't seem to try and hide it though.
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@Nepia said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@mariner4life @jegga Do we even have any Irish posters on the Fern in general, that would bite on that rancid bait?
There was Irish Richard, but I heard he may have died. Literally and not in the BOD way.
There are a couple of other members that carry the name Irish in their usernames.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
There was Irish Richard, but I heard he may have died.
Well that sucks, and he had good taste in tractors.
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@ACT-Crusader oh wow, that aint good!
He had the (mis) fortune of watching a Northland game with me one time many years back, I think he was younger than me too IIRC?
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@Snowy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
There was Irish Richard, but I heard he may have died.
Well that sucks, and he had good taste in tractors.
Was a Massey Ferguson fan?
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@ACT-Crusader oh wow, that aint good!
He had the (mis) fortune of watching a Northland game with me one time many years back, I think he was younger than me too IIRC?
everyone is younger than you
except dogmeat obviously. he's older than Jesus
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Well done Japan! Did. Not. Expect. That.
My sympathies with Irish fans. I know exactly how you feel right now.I still think Ireland will come out top of the pool. The Boks managed that in 2015 and as impressive as the Brave Blossoms were on the day, they have 2 very tough games coming up against opposition who will definitely not underestimate them.
By the way: Does that result make Jamie Joseph a coaching "genius" like Eddie Jones?
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I guess we can expect a couple of these over the next few days:
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@Rapido said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Rapido as will Ireland if that is who we face, and I cant see them doing that on the evidence of thier play this year.
As someone else alluded to above, they are gonna have to play thier top lineup again, as they try to top thier pool.
It will be interesting to see if Japan can replicate that performance again, I'm not sure they can either.
I don't give a shit about Ireland's run in. They're no longer contenders. But they're potential party poopers. I prefer a Saf 07 run.
My own theory about 2015, which is a theory a tad disrespectful to Heyneke's boks, is that NZ spent far to much emotional energy in our 1/4 final dispatching a poor France, because we had demons to exorcise, leaving us still partially spent in our relatively brain dead semifinal performance that we squeaked past.
Great teams can still get past that, of course, we aren't great though. Were currently 'only' good.
Excellent post. The emotional energy to overcome Ireland (who we owe for last year) potentially leaves us exposed should we make a semi a week later. A flat performance against England or Australia in a semi, like we had against RSA in 2015, and we're toast this time. Hence, my very strong preference for a QF against Japan.
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@junior said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Rapido said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Rapido as will Ireland if that is who we face, and I cant see them doing that on the evidence of thier play this year.
As someone else alluded to above, they are gonna have to play thier top lineup again, as they try to top thier pool.
It will be interesting to see if Japan can replicate that performance again, I'm not sure they can either.
I don't give a shit about Ireland's run in. They're no longer contenders. But they're potential party poopers. I prefer a Saf 07 run.
My own theory about 2015, which is a theory a tad disrespectful to Heyneke's boks, is that NZ spent far to much emotional energy in our 1/4 final dispatching a poor France, because we had demons to exorcise, leaving us still partially spent in our relatively brain dead semifinal performance that we squeaked past.
Great teams can still get past that, of course, we aren't great though. Were currently 'only' good.
Excellent post. The emotional energy to overcome Ireland (who we owe for last year) potentially leaves us exposed should we make a semi a week later. A flat performance against England or Australia in a semi, like we had against RSA in 2015, and we're toast this time. Hence, my very strong preference for a QF against Japan.
Same as the 2011 final after the perfect SF. If we play Ireland I'd rather win a tight game, at least it might stop any complacency
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@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Well done Japan! Did. Not. Expect. That.
My sympathies with Irish fans. I know exactly how you feel right now.I still think Ireland will come out top of the pool. The Boks managed that in 2015 and as impressive as the Brave Blossoms were on the day, they have 2 very tough games coming up against opposition who will definitely not underestimate them.
By the way: Does that result make Jamie Joseph a coaching "genius" like Eddie Jones?
It’s an interesting question about JJ. The Highlanders haven’t been as good since he left, and in both teams he gets a lot out of limited players.
Be interesting to see what he could do with the best. He might have a better approach with someone like Akira too, instead of throwing him publicly under a bus like Hanson did (same with Luatua).
