2019 Rugby World Cup
-
@Smuts said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Guilty.
But its been over a decade since I last watched the boks live and two decades since I last got to watch them square up to your bastards. So I feel no shame.
The RWC games I have been to are always a step up in intensity from normal tests. And the boks are a big chance. It will be amazing. Hopefully ultimately disappointing, but amazing 😉
-
@canefan agree (apart from that bit about disappointment).
Last time I got to watch the boks go at the baddies in the flesh, Goldie and Bunce ruined it. But that game was incredible. Obviously I’d be much happier if we get up, but nothing in sport compares to a strong bok team facing the ABs in a World Cup.
-
@Smuts Really hope that Garces doesn't do something to ruin it for you (or all of us). I've hardly been to any AB games since Barnes big day out. You would think that AB versing Bok would deserve Owens, or at least someone competent (by that I mean not ignoring the laws to suit an agenda).
-
@Snowy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Smuts Really hope that Garces doesn't do something to ruin it for you (or all of us). I've hardly been to any AB games since Barnes big day out. You would think that AB versing Bok would deserve Owens, or at least someone competent (by that I mean not ignoring the laws to suit an agenda).
Perhaps we should buy Pieter Van Zyl a ticket and take care of Garces just in case?
-
@canefan Nah. Bok fans ( and sometimes the players and coaches) whining about the refs piss me off. The refs are like the weather and the awkward bounce of the ball - parts of the game you hope your team adapt to as well possible. But ultimately beyond your control. Sometimes, like in Dunedin in 09, the weather and the ball break in your favour. Sometimes, like when Bismarck flattened Carter and got the least deserved red in rugby history, the breaks go against you.
Still, I’ll never give Hawkes for robbing us of two clear tries for forward passes that weren’t in the first test against the Lions in 97.
-
-
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
I just hope the ref doesn't decide the matches.
That's the thing with RWC.
You lose a test (perceived really - due to a bad decision, ignoring the other 79+ minutes of a match) and it is one kind of pain.
You lose a test series, due to a bad decision /s it's worse.
You draw a series that only happens once every 12 years due to one ref who is either incompetent or a cheat. That ups the pain level even more.
You get knocked out of a RWC.......F'ing really hurts. Thanks Wayne.
Fortunately, this is a pool match and both teams still have a chance regardless.
-
@booboo said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Some interesting picks. Would be interesting if he picked again post world cup. Hooper over Savea is laughable.
And no Itoje?
Haha haha fuck off Will Greenwood
-
@Daffy-Jaffy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Saw these stats recently. In prep for the inevitable debate when Barrett misses a couple of kicks.
international kicking stats.
Barrett
2015- 55% 6 from 11
2016- 69% 38 from 55
2017- 80% 44 from 55
2018- 70% 35 from 40
2019- 81% 29 from 36Mo'unga
2018 85% 11 from 13
2019 83% 20 from 24Read BB kicks 85% with Gilbert ball.
-
-
@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@pakman If that's correct, what is the difference between the balls that makes such a difference to BB's kicking stats?
I guess its different gear, just like a golfer using brands of golf clubs
An inconvenient truth - The astounding difference in Beauden Barrett's goal kicking percentage based on ball brand
In exploring a left-field explanation for his up-and-down results, we looked at his goal-kicking statistics when considering the type of ball used and found an astounding difference.
-
-
@No-Quarter we didn't even play France in 2007 did we? That Wayne Barnes is still a carnt though
-
-
@No-Quarter said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Edit - oh my God the tweet it embedded above is horrible, what the fuck. Appears to have been taken from a game that never happened which is bizarre.
The bottom tweet reminds me how much I miss Richie. There was something reassuring about seeing him leading the Blacks out.
-
Good article on Hansen - numerous quotes from Wayne Smith
All Blacks’ supremacy shaped by Steve Hansen’s search for inner peace
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has reinvented himself in his eight years in charge, going from confrontational figure to oasis of calm
-
I wish this would just start.
I must have seen about 30 odd prediction-type articles about why the ABs definitely will or won't win the cup.
Maybe World Rugby should just cancel the tournament and hand out the places based on prediction articles.
