2019 Rugby World Cup
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@Bovidae said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
The ARs are responsible for more offside calls away from the breakdown during a game than the refs are. I listen to Sports Ears at SR games, and always listen to the ref's feed. You regularly hear communication from the ARs to the ref, although sometimes the ref chooses to ignore the advice. The RWC wouldn't be any different.
My biggest criticism is that the ARs don't tell the ref enough when the opposition defensive lines are offside from rucks, or players are in front of kickers. If those of us at the game can see this clearly so should the officials!
I personally think that if we’ll have only one ref, we should have four linesman - two upfield on touch and two inline with the defense on offsides.
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England could be the biggest beneficiaries of this typhoon assuming their game is cancelled. I think the forecast for the Japan v Scotland game is not looking too bad and that game will be played. From having to play five tier 1 teams on consecutive weekends, England could now be the team which is the least fatigued going into the knockouts. France too but they realistically have very little chance of progressing much further than the quarters.
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Susie's on holiday
Owen Farrell and England rugby team struck down with sickness bug
Farrell and hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie are among those in the team to be suffering with illness ahead of England's Pool C clash against France
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Daily Mail reporting it and others picking it up.
So who knows if it's true.
England v France cancelled.
World Rugby bosses took the unprecedented decision to cancel two Rugby World Cup matches because of Typhoon Hagibis
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@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Works out well for an England team potentially without Billy V and Farrell.
It effectively gives them two weeks off to prepare for the crunch games. They will be the freshest team going into the knockouts which is kind of ironical considering all the pre wc talk was about how fatigued England were going to be come semifinal time.
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@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Works out well for an England team potentially without Billy V and Farrell.
It effectively gives them two weeks off to prepare for the crunch games. They will be the freshest team going into the knockouts which is kind of ironical considering all the pre wc talk was about how fatigued England were going to be come semifinal time.
They're still going to lose to Australia
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Works out well for an England team potentially without Billy V and Farrell.
It effectively gives them two weeks off to prepare for the crunch games. They will be the freshest team going into the knockouts which is kind of ironical considering all the pre wc talk was about how fatigued England were going to be come semifinal time.
They're still going to lose to Australia
Doubt it. The Wallabies haven't beaten England since 2015 so I question if they can overcome that self doubt that surely must exist. Would be fantastic if it happened though.
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@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Works out well for an England team potentially without Billy V and Farrell.
It effectively gives them two weeks off to prepare for the crunch games. They will be the freshest team going into the knockouts which is kind of ironical considering all the pre wc talk was about how fatigued England were going to be come semifinal time.
They're still going to lose to Australia
Doubt it. The Wallabies haven't beaten England since 2015 so I question if they can overcome that self doubt that surely must exist. Would be fantastic if it happened though.
Australia have one really good game in them.
It's either this one or the SF
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@akan004 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Works out well for an England team potentially without Billy V and Farrell.
It effectively gives them two weeks off to prepare for the crunch games. They will be the freshest team going into the knockouts which is kind of ironical considering all the pre wc talk was about how fatigued England were going to be come semifinal time.
They're still going to lose to Australia
Doubt it. The Wallabies haven't beaten England since 2015 so I question if they can overcome that self doubt that surely must exist. Would be fantastic if it happened though.
Australia have one really good game in them.
It's either this one or the SF
Perhaps they used it up in Perth?
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Rumours that at least one of this weekend's games is going to be called off:
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@taniwharugby Yeah, my thoughts exactly. WR should really stop changing the rules all the time. It's confusing enough as it is; if they keep on changing the rules, nobody knows what they are anymore. I actually feel sorry for the refs.
You're Michael Cheika?
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Had it on good authority the England v France match will go ahead in an alternative location.
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Hold the phone.
Now looks like moving the match to a different venue is not feasible or safe.
So looks like it's cancelled.
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@MiketheSnow
Boooo
