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    @mikedogz said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

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    @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.

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    One of the interesting records is Dan Carter;
    Most Conversions (1st)Played 16 for 58 Conversions
    Most Penalties (23rd) Played 16 for 17 Penalties

    Andrew Mehrtens(5th) Played 10 for 33 Penalties

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    Good article on Hansen - numerous quotes from Wayne Smith

    Sep 15, 2019  /  Sport

    All Blacks’ supremacy shaped by Steve Hansen’s search for inner peace

    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

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    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.

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    @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.

    That last pass was a thing of beauty.

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    @NTA said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @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.

    That last pass was a thing of beauty.

    I think they call that a lateral. It is a gridiron play

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    @Crazy-Horse said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @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.

    So they've got 3 left.

    Guesses?

    1. Has to be 95
    2. Wilkinsons droppy

    Am stuck for 3rd given the French debacles, 2011 and Jonah have all been done.

    Thoughts?

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    @booboo Brighton.

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    @Smuts said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @booboo Brighton.

    Aha but of course.

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    I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.

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    @JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.

    Keeping the powder dry

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    @canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.

    Keeping the powder dry

    How does that compare to a pact though?

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    @nzzp said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.

    Keeping the powder dry

    How does that compare to a pact though?

    Not to mention keeping the powder dry on the pact!!!

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    @nzzp said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.

    Keeping the powder dry

    How does that compare to a pact though?

    Generally you need to train naked army style to form a pact

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    @JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.

    Load of bollocks more like.

    Only thing we can do is up the intensity and lower the unforced errors.

    We don't have a Plan B.

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    @MiketheSnow But which team really does? The best teams can, perhaps, choose to kick a bit more for territory or avoid lineouts (or try to ensure more of them), but I'm not sure that counts as a plan B - more a plan A.1, A.2 or whatever. Reckon it is more important to be able to force the opposition into playing your game. And in almost all the games that mattered over the last stretch, Wales has done that. And when they do, they're bloody hard to beat.

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    @Billy-Tell said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    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.

    and the irony is that this would have to be one of the most unpredictable RWCs to line up (alongside 1995)

    My summary (from a NZ perspective) would be that there are teams that could beat the ABs if both sides play well (SA, England). Others that will beat the ABs if we are even slightly off our game on the day (Ireland, Wales) and a few more that will beat us if we are off our game and they play really well (Aus, Scotland, France, Argentina).

    Who knows who will play well on the day or have a 'mare?
    When you look at how Hansen (and Foster to give him some credit) prepare sides it is all about trying to avoid them having an off day. With some of the others it is all about them having a great day.
    That's a good position to be in.
    That is a better position to be in than being a team that is under threat even when playing well

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    #407

    Random

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    @Stargazer look like collectable items to me. A bit heavy for the luggage though.

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