2019 Rugby World Cup
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@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Been talking about this for years - we get heaps of rain in September and October - usually all at once, usually via typhoons.
It’s a bit surprising that the organizers did t consider how to get around that. I assume the games will be moved. If not, it’s a joke.
That's why the next RWC should have been held in SA. Weather never interferes here....
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@Bones what is this?! An I-see-you-and-raise-you moment?
Touché. I admit defeat.
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@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Bones what is this?! An I-see-you-and-raise-you moment?
Touché. I admit defeat.
Nothing a referee fears more than hearing about a hot van Zyl rolling in.
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@Bones said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Nothing a referee fears more than hearing about a hot van Zyl rolling in.
IIRC at least his tackle technique wouldn't have earned him a card at this RWC...
And I have to add - that is one seriously impressive gut on Piet. A massive investment in beer / brandy-and-coke.
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@Billy-Webb I dunno, they're pretty harsh on the "seat-belt" these days...
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@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
one seriously impressive gut on Piet
Yes, perhaps more noticeable due to having Stephen Donald's tailor.
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@Snowy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
one seriously impressive gut on Piet
Yes, perhaps more noticeable due to having Stephen Donald's tailor.
hahaha. Stephen Donald by comparison would look positively skinny!
As an aside - Stephen Donald's road to a RWC final and medal is still one of my favourite sport stories.
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@Billy-Webb said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Stephen Donald's road to a RWC final and medal is still one of my favourite sport stories.
Sort of a river rather than road, but yes it is very cool indeed. I was at the match in Hong Kong when he was pretty awful, so the redemption is pretty awesome.
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160,000 readers of BBC Sport select their all time Rugby World Cup XV. A good team but Steve McDowell at Loose head for me.
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20/20 Ardie might make all the difference
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Not a bad effort except they got BOD and Nonu around the wrong way.
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Interesting article on the origins of rugby in Japan.
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@Daffy-Jaffy the opposition should be very afraid... I assume contact lenses wouldn’t have sorted this out sooner? Or LASIC corrective surgery?
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
160,000 readers of BBC Sport select their all time Rugby World Cup XV. A good team but Steve McDowell at Loose head for me.
Ma'a and BOD swap
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
160,000 readers of BBC Sport select their all time Rugby World Cup XV. A good team but Steve McDowell at Loose head for me.
So Lomu, O'Driscoll and Blanco the only ones to never be part of a RWC winning squad. I wonder who else makes the all time never won one team.
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Os du Randt won two world cups at loosehead, i reckon he absolutely pisses in to that spot. Deadset legend.
Not sure about the blindside either, there are a few blokes around who have played bloody well in WC winning teams. Pienaar has the best story though, and is the only one with his own movie.
BOD is a bullshit call too given what the Irish have done in a World Cup
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@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Not sure about the blindside either, there are a few blokes around who have played bloody well in WC winning teams. Pienaar has the best story though, and is the only one with his own movie.
The squad is literaly picking on numbers (aside from Nonu/O'Discoll for some reason) both Pienaar and McCaw are opensides.
Zinny a tough one. While his droppies in 1995 were legendary and he was one of my favourite Auckland/Blues/ABs growing up...
He was essentially a dirt tracker in 1987 and missed the first half of 1995 that puts a lot of stock in the 1991 losing effort and the back half of 1995. Outisde of BOD, Lomu and Blanco the only one not to play in a winning RWC final? Surely Read/Dellaligio are a cut above.
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@rotated yep agreed. Read has had 2 very good campaigns for 2 wins. Dayglow was instrumental in 2003. Zinny a more talented player than both, but on World Cups only that misses the mark.
For me Finegan in 99 is a good shout for the 6 jersey. But again, Kaino was bloody good in two cup wins...
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@rotated said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
The squad is literaly picking on numbers (aside from Nonu/O'Discoll for some reason) both Pienaar and McCaw are opensides.
People that don't know that Saffas that don't know the number for an openside?
These teams are pretty daft anyway as the best players aren't always RWC winners and there are plenty of great players who weren't that great / never won in RWC. One hell of a lot of All Blacks for 24 years for example.
@rotated said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Outisde of BOD, Lomu and Blanco the only one not to play in a winning RWC final?
I didn't notice any others.
