RWC Draw
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@machpants said in RWC Draw:
Taking England place in pool three would be nice, but yeah going back to 16 teams would be better
WTF? So we've gone from definitely having the worst piol, to maybe being in one other pool, to let's cut a bunch of teams
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You asked me which pool, I said c. Both other pools are better, esp since we play boks first up.
All the bottom teams each pool will not win a game, will not even be competitive, and are utterly pointless as they have been since every twenty team tournament. Just an opportunity for some good players to get accidentally injured. That's What The Fuck
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@machpants said in RWC Draw:
You asked me which pool, I said c. Both other pools are better, esp since we play boks first up.
All the bottom teams each pool will not win a game, will not even be competitive, and are utterly pointless as they have been since every twenty team tournament. Just an opportunity for some good players to get accidentally injured. That's What The Fuck
You said we def had the worst pool. I like ours better than A. And maybe D as well. 1 real test, 1 game we have to show up for, two training runs.
There are shit teams, but that is the cost of growth. And things must be getting better, the minnows got murdered in 2003.
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@mariner4life I think the Africa 1 and especially the repechage team will get murdered next year. Even by an All Blacks C team. If Samoa can beat Germany 66 - 15, our second/third stringers surely will put a hundy on them?
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@stargazer said in RWC Draw:
@mariner4life I think the Africa 1 and especially the repechage team will get murdered next year. Even by an All Blacks C team. If Samoa can beat Germany 66 - 15, our second/third stringers surely will put a hundy on them?
You would think, but i don't remember it happening for a while? Just seems they are able to slow the game down enough to keep it respectable (ish)
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@snowy Canada has deteriorated a lot, the last few years.
Their 2018 June Internationals results:
Canada 10 - 48 Scotland
Canada 20 - 43 Russia
Canada 17 - 42 USADuring the 2011RWC, we beat them 79 - 15 without several of our first choice players.
Current world rankings of the repechage teams:
Canada 22
Hong Kong 21
Germany 29
Kenya 28 (or Namibia 23 if Kenya manages to beat Namibia in the Africa Gold Cup) -
@stargazer That is a bit of a slide for Canada, esp the Russia and USA results. They were in the top dozen or so at one stage.
Still doubt that our "second/third stringers" would put 100 on them though. Hopefully there won't be any 145-17 type results at all.
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@machpants Of Canada, Germany, Kenya and Hong Kong, I'd guess Canada has the best team. But, as always, one of the others can surprise, because these teams probably have never played each other. For that reason, I'm not too sure whether the world rankings are a good indication, because they're not playing the same opponents either. I hope we'll be able to watch some of these repechage games; Canada v Kenya sounds interesting.
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A good win for Germany against higher ranked Hong Kong
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@stargazer said in RWC Draw:
My bet's on Canada to get the final spot, but it would be great if a new country could get the RWC experience. Having said that, whoever qualifies will be destroyed in our pool and only their test against Namibia will be a "real" game.
Probably true, but I hope not.
Canada - who I expect to make it through - have punched above their weight at one or two RWC's... albeit briefly.I know nothing of German rugby. Would be quite something to have them qualify!
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@stargazer said in RWC Draw:
My bet's on Canada to get the final spot, but it would be great if a new country could get the RWC experience. Having said that, whoever qualifies will be destroyed in our pool and only their test against Namibia will be a "real" game.
My favourite non-top tier country is Canada, and has been since well before RWC existed.
So I really want them to be there.
Conversely I'd love a new qualifier to make the finals.
So go ... errr ... both teams
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@booboo It would be a disaster for Canadian rugby if they didn't qualify. The game here is actually very solid and building nicely despite being hamstrung by shortsighted, self-interested, piss poor administration.
Yeah. Although it would be nice for a new country to qualify I'd prefer it not to be at the expense of an established one that has a realistic chance of growing.
