RWC 2023
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC 2023:
@Bones said in France 2023:
@Crazy-Horse said in France 2023:
It was good to see us keeping our powder dry for this one last night. The pricks aren't going to know what hit them.
I see France winning this and us getting knocked out by Ireland.
Downvote!!!
Reckon I'll be there in person for this one
I was at the RWC2007 Quarter Final. Seems to have dulled my appetite for attending RWC games somehow..
Wait, there was a RWC in 2007?
Nup
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC 2023:
@Bones said in France 2023:
@Crazy-Horse said in France 2023:
It was good to see us keeping our powder dry for this one last night. The pricks aren't going to know what hit them.
I see France winning this and us getting knocked out by Ireland.
Downvote!!!
Reckon I'll be there in person for this one
I was at the RWC2007 Quarter Final. Seems to have dulled my appetite for attending RWC games somehow..
Wait, there was a RWC in 2007?
I hope so. Otherwise all those recurring nightmares will have been for nothing.
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@Machpants There seems to be some bold assumptions in the 10mins I watched. Some corrections: Eddie Jones did not invent quick ruck ball. What he did at Brumbies (apart from inherit Rod Macqueen's team) was play a consistent recycling game and a matrix approach to the field. That is, if the team was in a certain part of the field they'd do "x". Another part they would do "y".
I'm also not sold on the notion playing Italy is a sign of deliberately different shapes on attack as players beat woeful Italian defenders. Quite frankly that comes across as laughable analysis. More likely as the England players beat their opposites, their teammates were caught transitioning it to the phase.
I could be wrong, let's see when they tour here.
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Rugby World Cup 2023 Asia/Pacific Play off
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@Machpants I saw this a few days ago and found
it unconvincing. Eddie Jones invented quick ball -WTF? England have had big problems in the past couple of years with Eddie Jones's blunt man mangement creating waves and since John Mitchell left with the defense.I'm not ruling England out for the RWC, although for reasons that video missed. They are a wealthy union with quality players and a mentality that suits knockout rugby.
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@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@sparky For sure, I don't totally agree with Squidge. But at least it is analysis, rather than the trite shit we get with most media.
He's trying something different and that is to be commended. ITV should hire him before the next RWC. Some of their coverage of the last one was terrible.
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@Stargazer said in RWC 2023:
Very pleased with this outcome. The basis of the appeal was nonsensical - and the Spanish had been warned before. I have been peripherally involved in some of the eligibility sagas previously and am pleased World Rugby kept to the precedents that others have been ruled on and punished by. Romania suffered badly last time, so I am pleased they now have an opportunity to appear.
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My hunch is that it would probably make the final repechage tournament a little less interesting, though.
Would think USA clear favourite for that, probably at expense of Portugal who I would think would have been favourites even over Chile?
But, well this was an upset, so who knows ...
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Wow. What a 2 legged tie that was.
Well done Chile!
Chile will probably get smashed in each and every game at the RWC, but just qualifying already means the world to up-and-coming tier 3 teams and what an experience it will be, playing against some of the best teams in the world!
Argentina is probably the only country in this pool they've ever played against and most likely it was an Argentina XV, not the Pumas.
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@Stargazer said in RWC 2023:
Wow. What a 2 legged tie that was.
Well done Chile!
Chile will probably get smashed in each and every game at the RWC, but just qualifying already means the world to up-and-coming tier 3 teams and what an experience it will be, playing against some of the best teams in the world!
I'm stoked to see them there, it's always great when a first time qualifier makes it.
They probably will get battered, but it'll still be a massive boost for them. Hopefully the squad will get funding for proper training camps and preparation matches etc. And should be massive for the profile of rugby in Chile
Tonga’s journey to Rugby World Cup 2023 to continue at Sunshine Coast Stadium
