2020 Rugby Championship in Oz
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@KiwiMurph @Hooroo maybe, they're playing their super comp now thought so they wont be completed rusty, unless their springboks aren't involved?
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@Crucial they're already here thought...thats would be a big call
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Crucial they're already here thought...thats would be a big call
Didn't realise that.
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
wonder what the player welfare issues would be? maybe temperature at that time of year? less travel than normal and less COVID than in South afirca
They would feel bad losing their #1 world ranking, player mental welfare.
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@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
They’ve just seen how fkn awful the ABs were, what are they worried about?
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@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
They’ve just seen how fkn awful the ABs were, what are they worried about?
That a team ranked sixth in the world will beat the world champions?
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@Machpants Haha, maybe they're afraid of the Argies, who are already in Oz and haven't played any domestic rugby (so are even less prepared than the Boks). If they lose against the ABs or Wallabies, they have their excuses ready, but against the Pumas they haven't any.
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@antipodean said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
They’ve just seen how fkn awful the ABs were, what are they worried about?
That a team ranked sixth in the world will beat the world champions?
TBH so what, to not play cos you might get beaten is a fucking poor excuse. Everyone knows they will be under the pump, but they’ll fall further behind not playing anything until they are a hundy they can beat Oz
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@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@antipodean said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
They’ve just seen how fkn awful the ABs were, what are they worried about?
That a team ranked sixth in the world will beat the world champions?
TBH so what, to not play cos you might get beaten is a fucking poor excuse. Everyone knows they will be under the pump, but they’ll fall further behind not playing anything until they are a hundy they can beat Oz
It was a joke.
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@Machpants It's not about losing. They have a valid point about player welfare (injury risk). The Pumas have taken a big risk by taking a squad that is presumably full of rookies and that is totally unprepared. They haven't played for ages. All they've had is a camp in Uruguay and now in Oz.
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@antipodean said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@antipodean said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Machpants said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
They’ve just seen how fkn awful the ABs were, what are they worried about?
That a team ranked sixth in the world will beat the world champions?
TBH so what, to not play cos you might get beaten is a fucking poor excuse. Everyone knows they will be under the pump, but they’ll fall further behind not playing anything until they are a hundy they can beat Oz
It was a joke.
From you, yes. but from SA coaches and media, it is mentioned as an actual consideration!
EDIT: Yes about player welfare, but Arg are doing it with no games/internal work from scratch, why can’t they? They’ve been training for as long as Arg
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Report: South Africa to withdraw from opening rounds of Rugby Championship
Rugby in the Southern Hemisphere is set for further disruptions this season with reports emerging that the Springboks are set to withdraw from next month's Rugby Championship.
Baabaa's anyone?
it has to be too late to get a completely new tea off the ground doesn't it?
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
Report: South Africa to withdraw from opening rounds of Rugby Championship
Rugby in the Southern Hemisphere is set for further disruptions this season with reports emerging that the Springboks are set to withdraw from next month's Rugby Championship.
Baabaa's anyone?
it has to be too late to get a completely new tea off the ground doesn't it?
Pacifica? They would be keen for a game. What is the Afrikaans word for "pussies"?
