Rugby World Cup general discussion
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@Nepia said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Kiwiwomble Also look at how far Fozzie is from the ginga, weird he'd select him when you can clearly see he despises him. Are NZR enforcing a ginga quota on him?
The real question is, does the quota extend to two players, and if so, who is the other one? Fletcher Newell? DMac?
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@Nepia said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Kiwiwomble Also look at how far Fozzie is from the ginga, weird he'd select him when you can clearly see he despises him. Are NZR enforcing a ginga quota on him?
it makes sense to handle redheads gingerly. Learnings.
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@taniwharugby said in Rugby World Cup news:
@chimoaus I did it and came up with this for the final...
I wonder what that would pay at the TAB.
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@Bones said in Rugby World Cup news:
@nostrildamus Is that you Stephen Jones?
I was serious actually, quite a few players are dual nationals, considered stars in the land of their birth, or even don't have the citizenship of the country they play for (no not Quade now, I'm thinking of a certain Will Genia!)
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forgive my ignorance but is there a NZ supporters' song for this RWC? If not, could they try for a Kiwi one this time not a cover of some else?
If there is a spot for requests, mine is to convert Black Sheep by Gin Wigmore, if only for the lineOnce you go black, you never go back
I'm a black sheep (changed to freak?)I wasn't born a beauty queen but I'm okay with that
Maybe radio won't mind if I sing a little flat
I wear my boots to bed, hang a fern up on the wall
To save me from a shallow break who wants to take us all -
@nostrildamus said in Rugby World Cup news:
forgive my ignorance but is there a NZ supporters' song for this RWC? If not, could they try for a Kiwi one this time not a cover of some else?
If there is a spot for requests, mine is to convert Black Sheep by Gin Wigmore, if only for the lineOnce you go black, you never go back
I'm a black sheep (changed to freak?)I wasn't born a beauty queen but I'm okay with that
Maybe radio won't mind if I sing a little flat
I wear my boots to bed, hang a fern up on the wall
To save me from a shallow break who wants to take us allThis is rugby. They don't really do song and dance
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@canefan said in Rugby World Cup news:
This is rugby. They don't really do song and dance
True, in 2015 they chose an Ed Sheeran number.
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@nostrildamus said in Rugby World Cup news:
@canefan said in Rugby World Cup news:
This is rugby. They don't really do song and dance
True, in 2015 they chose an Ed Sheeran number.
Who's 'they' - I don't remember an All Blacks 2015 song, and I was there for half of it
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@frugby said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Nepia said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Kiwiwomble Also look at how far Fozzie is from the ginga, weird he'd select him when you can clearly see he despises him. Are NZR enforcing a ginga quota on him?
The real question is, does the quota extend to two players, and if so, who is the other one? Fletcher Newell? DMac?
I think you may be colourblind.
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@Machpants said in Rugby World Cup news:
@nostrildamus said in Rugby World Cup news:
@canefan said in Rugby World Cup news:
This is rugby. They don't really do song and dance
True, in 2015 they chose an Ed Sheeran number.
Who's 'they' - I don't remember an All Blacks 2015 song, and I was there for half of it
They is the press. Official or unofficial, I see Fire was cited as the All Black RWC 2015 anthem overseas, and local press should have known better
(near end of page)Paint It, Black: New Zealand Rugby Songs part two - Article | AudioCulture
The 1980s and 1990s During the 1980s – a decade which generally has a lot to answer for – there was somewhat of a rugby song revival. One of our most enduring anthems evolved when Murray Grindlay was commissioned by a Wellington advertising agency to writ
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Springboks rocked as three crucial players ruled out of World Cup - report
The Springboks will be without key players Handre Pollard, Lukhanyo Am and Lood de Jager for their Rugby World Cup title defence, according to reports.
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Am is extremely overrated, a very average defender who had a few very good runs on attack, don't think Esterhuizen is any worse. De Jager is decent, but the Boks have enough good locks, I reckon. Pollard is going to bite them in the ass, because they don't seem to have a kicker and just a bunch of full backs masquerading as first fives.
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@Tordah said in Rugby World Cup news:
Am is extremely overrated, a very average defender who had a few very good runs on attack, don't think Esterhuizen is any worse. De Jager is decent, but the Boks have enough good locks, I reckon. Pollard is going to bite them in the ass, because they don't seem to have a kicker and just a bunch of full backs masquerading as first fives.
I doubt they find a centre who chews gum as well as Am. Big loss.
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Italy suffer big blow - italy
INJURY UPDATE: Italy's hopes of reaching the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time suffered a significant blow on Tuesday as highly-rated back Tommaso Menoncello was ruled out due to a serious left arm injury.
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Centre Stage - official Manu Samoa theme song for the World Cup
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It seems really troubling to me that we could have sides reduced to 14 or 13 players in key games at the Rugby World Cup as Red Cards are issued in bunkers by anonymous officials who we might never know the names of with almost zero accountability.
This new systems opens up huge scope for corruption and for heavily backed favourites to lose key players early in games at the behest of betting syndicates or sponsors.
I’d love to say that I trust World Rugby, but I don’t.
