RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A)

[Catogrande]

@Chester-Draws said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):

@Catogrande said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Possible) (Pool A):

@Snowy @jegga I do wonder though that if it was say England or NZ that needed to play to qualify whether or not the outcome from World Rugby would have been different. I'd like to think not, but I'm not so sure. Now this is not a dig and either team, more taking a view on the commercial decision that World Rugby might have taken.

It would have been exactly the same.

Any NZ team that had been thrashed in a pool match before playing the unbeaten leader of the pool would be considered so useless that they got what they deserved. World Rugby would delight -- positively with delight -- in stiffing us. Taking the ABs out early in any tournament would vastly increase the interest from the neutrals to each succeeding match, as everyone would think they could pull it off.

And England have no Aura, so it isn't an issue.

I guess you missed the bit saying it wasn’t a dig at either? 🙄

[gt12]

It’s a very different atmosphere to the AB/SA game! Beer? No line. Merchandise? Huuuuuuuge line.

Anyone else here? I’m buying!

[chimoaus]

Pretty amazing how far Japan have come since Ellis got his 6 all those years ago.

[voodoo]

Good point Gregan just made, that Japan would have targeted this game from as soon as the draw was known. The Ireland win was a massive extra obvs, but they would have done a lot of homework on this

I still have Scotland by 5

[chimoaus]

So Scotland need to win with 4 tries and deny Japan 2 bonus points?

[Stargazer]

[chimoaus]

Wife just muted the TV, said Kearns is a dick.

[Chris]

Phil Kearns “Ben O’Keeffe will think this games is about himself” I just might agree with Kearns for once

[chimoaus]

Greg Clark calling his 200th test match, not a bad accomplishment.

[mariner4life]

Carn the Japanese!!!

[Yeetyaah]

Been looking forward to this. Let's go Japan.

[chimoaus]

As the ABs hipsters would say “Lesssgooo”

[African Monkey]

@chimoaus Good on him, a decent play by play caller.

[Bovidae]

Some emotion in the crowd.

[chimoaus]

Why don’t they have singers at the WC, the players are well out of tune.

[kiwiinmelb]

My missus reckons the kiwi ref is the best looking ref at the wc

[mariner4life]

Crowd noise is unreal!

[booboo]

Good to see NZR/ABs influence extends to the referee appointment.

Means we get the QF opponent we want.

Mwahahahahaha

[Chris]

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):

My missus reckons the kiwi ref is the best looking ref at the wc

He has to have something going for him because he’s one shit Ref

[chimoaus]

@kiwiinmelb has she seen Nic Berry, my wife said “He works out”