2019 Rugby World Cup
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@kiwiinmelb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
I don’t do as much of the social media stuff as I used to , but when I do , when it comes to the new crack down in the tackle area , nh fans seem to be more ok with it than sh fans which is interesting.
No sarcasm intended, or Saying who is right or wrong , but there seems to be very different outlooks on how the game should be played and officiated?
May that have to do with the fact that all players who received a suspension aren't from Europe? The only European player to be cited was Piers Francis and he got off. Now that Bundee Aki has been red carded, they can still say he's a (Samoan) Kiwi.
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and, gotta acknowledge. At least eighteen Japanese people killed. Thirteen missing. Many people's homes flooded, or worse. etc
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@jegga said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
My mother in law just asked me why the other countries are in the news blaming us for ruining the world cup?
Because we make typhoons.
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@antipodean started on Cyclones as practice for this moment, wait til they hold the RWC in the US...Tornadoes
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@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@antipodean started on Cyclones as practice for this moment, wait til they hold the RWC in the US...Tornadoes
And mass school shootings...
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Reckon we have the tastiest RWC quarters ever.
If I’m being picky I think England might account for Australia easily enough.
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Time to change format for TRC, invite Japan and Fiji and just play home-away on alternate years.
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@sparky said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Be interesting to see who they goose to referee the Quarter Finals. My guess is:
Nigel Owens, Wayne Barnes, Jaco Pepper and Ben O'Keefe
Owens, Barnes and they should go with Berry & O’Keefe.
But I reckon the 2 Frenchmen will be there.
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@Billy-Tell said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Reckon we have the tastiest RWC quarters ever.
I was thinking similar.
In that this is only the second ever RWC meeting between NZ and Ireland, first for 24 years( back when Ireland were pretty woeful), first knockout meeting.
I think only second ever RWC meeting between Wales and France. Last one was 2011 semi where 14 man Wales almost got the job done.
That's the rare novelty clashes covered. Now the more familiar or recent:
South Africa and Japan only met once before in RWC, but it was recent. A classic. I think SAF should do this comfortably, but you never know, Japan play smart and accurate.
Australia and England are I think the most common RWC knockout matchup, but they have built up a great tit-for-tat rivalry. Let alone their general non-rugby sporting rivalry.