2019 Rugby World Cup
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@Chris I particularly liked the guys riding a bike (trying to) all the while clutching an umbrella.
Pretty handy metaphor for Italy's chances if the game had gone ahead actually - facing the All Blacks storming at you is like riding a bike into a typhoon with only an umbrella to protect you....
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@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
So let me get this straight, Vunipola is has a minor injury and other members of the team are ill, but Brian Moore specifically calls out NZ for wanting to stick by the rules (which is hilarious in and of itself).
Link?
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Weather report is looking pretty bad, so the cancellation decision looks like it was best. Also looks like Sunday will be fine (actually, the day after a typhoon is usually a cracker), assuming it moves at the predicted pace (which didn’t happen to the one last year and ended up making the damage worse).
Still too early to tell what time things will file through and exactly whether Nagoya or Tokyo or both will get the full force. Nevertheless, they’ve cancelled all domestic (and international too I imagine) flights from Tokyo and will stop the Shinks (and major JR lines too) from late tonight.
For that reason alone, I can see why they’ve decided to cancel. Having said that, I’m not quite sure why the cancellation was required yesterday - they could still do it lunchtime today and it would have made more sense.
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@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
(actually, the day after a typhoon is usually a cracker)
in my experience, fucking hot, and fucking still. And with the power out, not much to do except drink beer.
This World Cup is certainly turning out to be memorable anyway.
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If the NZ-Italy and England-France games were brought forward to today were there venues available to play in? The Stuff article says NZ were willing to do that but WR declined. There is only one game today so they could have been played at the same times.
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It would be really interesting to see how this affects things in the camps.
These Cup runs would have been planned to some very fine detail. Training loads, game minutes, specific work-ons and plans, all would have been built around 4 games in the time frames provided, with a view to be peaking for the next 3 weeks. For a couple of teams, that is out the window now.
England are probably happier than we are, as dropping a loseable, top-level test a week out from knock-outs is not a bad thing. We, however, have dropped a tune-up. The coaches would have based rotations and loads around 40-80 minutes of running around this week. You'll never get a straight answer, but i hope to read about it at some point.
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@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Also looks like Sunday will be fine (actually, the day after a typhoon is usually a cracker), assuming it moves at the predicted pace (which didn’t happen to the one last year and ended up making the damage worse).
We had one come back and hit us a second time in Hong Kong a day later. Created havoc. Aircraft all launched thinking it had gone, but no.
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@Snowy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Also looks like Sunday will be fine (actually, the day after a typhoon is usually a cracker), assuming it moves at the predicted pace (which didn’t happen to the one last year and ended up making the damage worse).
We had one come back and hit us a second time in Hong Kong a day later. Created havoc. Aircraft all launched thinking it had gone, but no.
They are not to be trusted.and the tail that comes through about 12 hours later can be brutal as well.
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@mariner4life someone mentioned that the ABs are planning an internal game, but I reckon they've been doing those anyway
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Am not so bothered about the 2 week gap. We hadn't played for 3 weeks after the Auckland Bledisloe and were crash hot against Tonga, then we had another 2 weeks off before the Bok game and didn't go too badly. I think the internal game that they have planned for today will be arguably more beneficial than a game against a weak Italian side.
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@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Weather report is looking pretty bad, so the cancellation decision looks like it was best. Also looks like Sunday will be fine (actually, the day after a typhoon is usually a cracker), assuming it moves at the predicted pace (which didn’t happen to the one last year and ended up making the damage worse).
Still too early to tell what time things will file through and exactly whether Nagoya or Tokyo or both will get the full force. Nevertheless, they’ve cancelled all domestic (and international too I imagine) flights from Tokyo and will stop the Shinks (and major JR lines too) from late tonight.
For that reason alone, I can see why they’ve decided to cancel. Having said that, I’m not quite sure why the cancellation was required yesterday - they could still do it lunchtime today and it would have made more sense.
Hey by the way gt12, your local insights during this RWC have been bloody great!
Thanks man
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@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
It would be really interesting to see how this affects things in the camps.
These Cup runs would have been planned to some very fine detail. Training loads, game minutes, specific work-ons and plans, all would have been built around 4 games in the time frames provided, with a view to be peaking for the next 3 weeks. For a couple of teams, that is out the window now.
England are probably happier than we are, as dropping a loseable, top-level test a week out from knock-outs is not a bad thing. We, however, have dropped a tune-up. The coaches would have based rotations and loads around 40-80 minutes of running around this week. You'll never get a straight answer, but i hope to read about it at some point.
I doubt playing Italy would have added much beyond dealing with the irritant of players cheating at the breakdown. They're simply not good enough to challenge us at key aspects of the game.
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@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
They're simply not good enough to challenge us at key aspects of the game.
Yep. The guys playing with themselves (so to speak) may actually be better.
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@jegga said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Winger said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
What a complete shambles this has become.
It makes the RWC organizers look like incompetent fools
Yes , yes their inability to prevent a hurricane is an obvious sign of incompetence.
Not knowing that this was probable, and then having rules in place to prevent any decent contingency venue, or postponement days, could be considered incompetence I think.
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@Snowy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@jegga said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Winger said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
What a complete shambles this has become.
It makes the RWC organizers look like incompetent fools
Yes , yes their inability to prevent a hurricane is an obvious sign of incompetence.
Not knowing that this was probable, and then having rules in place to prevent any decent contingency venue, or postponement days, could be considered incompetence I think.
I’m not sure postponement days would have worked and the logistics of moving accommodation and fans would test anyone. It’s a shit situation though
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@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
It would be really interesting to see how this affects things in the camps.
These Cup runs would have been planned to some very fine detail. Training loads, game minutes, specific work-ons and plans, all would have been built around 4 games in the time frames provided, with a view to be peaking for the next 3 weeks. For a couple of teams, that is out the window now.
England are probably happier than we are, as dropping a loseable, top-level test a week out from knock-outs is not a bad thing. We, however, have dropped a tune-up. The coaches would have based rotations and loads around 40-80 minutes of running around this week. You'll never get a straight answer, but i hope to read about it at some point.
I doubt playing Italy would have added much beyond dealing with the irritant of players cheating at the breakdown. They're simply not good enough to challenge us at key aspects of the game.
I disagree. Not on your comments about the outcome of the game. But you can absolutely bet that the coaches had certain things they wanted out of the game. Something specific they wanted worked on, or just time in the middle for guys like Brodie. Those things are out the window now, and the plans have to be tweaked. It's too late to up a training load, so what ever engine Brodie currently has is what he plays next weekend on.
