RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A)
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@Bones said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
I want Japan to go as far as possible and Ireland to get sent packing by us. Preferably with some tasty "controversy".
I'd prefer if we beat them straight up. No real or perceived controversies that keep them whinging into their beer for the next 10 years
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@canefan said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
It would be so funny if the far north poms lost.
The track is going be wet. I saw footage of the Japanese team training yesterday and you could see the water kicking up. That and the tunnel from the sheds to the field was under almost half a metre of water yesterday morning
That was a different ground.
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@akan004 said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@canefan said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
It would be so funny if the far north poms lost.
The track is going be wet. I saw footage of the Japanese team training yesterday and you could see the water kicking up. That and the tunnel from the sheds to the field was under almost half a metre of water yesterday morning
That was a different ground.
Well that's my argument stuffed then
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@canefan said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@Bones said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
I want Japan to go as far as possible and Ireland to get sent packing by us. Preferably with some tasty "controversy".
I'd prefer if we beat them straight up. No real or perceived controversies that keep them whinging into their beer for the next 10 years
50 points, 6 or 7 tries would do nicely,
Am I asking for too much ?
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@Catogrande said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@Snowy @jegga I do wonder though that if it was say England or NZ that needed to play to qualify whether or not the outcome from World Rugby would have been different. I'd like to think not, but I'm not so sure. Now this is not a dig and either team, more taking a view on the commercial decision that World Rugby might have taken.
It would have been exactly the same.
Any NZ team that had been thrashed in a pool match before playing the unbeaten leader of the pool would be considered so useless that they got what they deserved. World Rugby would delight -- positively delight -- in stiffing us. Taking the ABs out early in any tournament would vastly increase the interest from the neutrals to each succeeding match, as everyone would think they could pull it off.
And England have no Aura, so it isn't an issue.
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@Bones said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
I want Japan to go as far as possible and Ireland to get sent packing by us. Preferably with some tasty "controversy".
At least one borderline forward pass and a debatable yellow card not handed out to an ab would be nice along with the usual amounts of skullduggery at the breakdown that cause whining about "all black invisibility cloaks" .
Also the scores should be close for about 60-65 minutes to give them false hope and then we pile on three tries to really twist the knife. -
It's one thing for the fans to carry on about conspiracy theories. For senior members of the SRFU to go on about us manipulating the situation, ignoring the fact that ours was only one of several games cancelled, is embarrassing to say the least. Based on this I would like Japan to them a new one, even if it means we face Ireland in the quarters. In reality I'd like Ireland to qualify top, one less high intensity match to negotiate on the way to a potential cup win
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@canefan said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
It's one thing for the fans to carry on about conspiracy theories. For senior members of the SRFU to go on about us manipulating the situation, ignoring the fact that ours was only one of several games cancelled, is embarrassing to say the least. Based on this I would like Japan to them a new one, even if it means we face Ireland in the quarters. In reality I'd like Ireland to qualify top, one less high intensity match to negotiate on the way to a potential cup win
Yes and let one of SA and Ireland knock themselves out. Both scare me.
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Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
and play Georgia.Yup.
No deal for the whiny Scots
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
and play Georgia.I don’t see the point in playing them again , they bring nothing of consequence to the game and we don’t need two Ireland’s . Get Namibia over here for our RC warm up games and tack Georgia onto our next Nh tour .
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
and play Georgia.You won't, because money.
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@NTA said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
and play Georgia.You won't, because money.
Really?
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@jegga said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@NTA said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
and play Georgia.You won't, because money.
Really?
Not sure what the currency exchange is like in Georgia but I'll bet the NZRFU gets more out of Murrayfield?
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@NTA said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
and play Georgia.You won't, because money.
Aren't we an "economic powerhouse of the game"?
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@booboo said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@NTA said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):
Scottish cnuts, hope next decade when they want to play us again we give them
and play Georgia.You won't, because money.
Aren't we an "economic powerhouse of the game"?
Yes, but do you want Scotland Rugby to pay you in pounds or Georgia to pay you in tractor spares?
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So..if Scotland beats Japan and no one gets a bonus point then both teams have 14 points.... doesn't Scotland go through to the Quarters because they have a better points difference? Scotland will have 70 odd and Japan only 41...or is this just wishful thinking because I'd rather the ABs play Scotland than Ireland.
