RWC 2023
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@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
One things for certain, no way any SH side can put together 3 good performances in a row to win this! France, Ireland, England so very much in the box seat
When was the last time England put three good performance together too?
France, then Ireland the favourites IMHO.
True, but Eddie over performs at RWC, that's why I had them 3rd fave
Third fave on ranking or draw?
England have a pretty easy road. Will face Wales or Australia in the quarter.
Getting those three games in a row is always the killer in RWC.To win, France easy favourites, followed by Ireland. England 3rd fave to win. SA, NZ, Oz can't do 2 good games in a row, let alone 3, so yup.
ireland could only play 2 good games in nz
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@ploughboy said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
One things for certain, no way any SH side can put together 3 good performances in a row to win this! France, Ireland, England so very much in the box seat
When was the last time England put three good performance together too?
France, then Ireland the favourites IMHO.
True, but Eddie over performs at RWC, that's why I had them 3rd fave
Third fave on ranking or draw?
England have a pretty easy road. Will face Wales or Australia in the quarter.
Getting those three games in a row is always the killer in RWC.To win, France easy favourites, followed by Ireland. England 3rd fave to win. SA, NZ, Oz can't do 2 good games in a row, let alone 3, so yup.
ireland could only play 2 good games in nz
Considering we can only play one, I think they are looking fine
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Just watched 'Dan Carter - A Perfect 10' An excellent documentary. Bloody hell I'd forgotten just how good this guy was! Not only the place-kicking, but the subtle feints, time, space and the tackling!. He sure was the complete package. What we would give for a 10 like him today.......and a 12 like Nonu and the GOAT at 7....🙄
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@Billy-Tell said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
One things for certain, no way any SH side can put together 3 good performances in a row to win this! France, Ireland, England so very much in the box seat
When was the last time England put three good performance together too?
France, then Ireland the favourites IMHO.
True, but Eddie over performs at RWC, that's why I had them 3rd fave
Third fave on ranking or draw?
England have a pretty easy road. Will face Wales or Australia in the quarter.
Getting those three games in a row is always the killer in RWC.To win, France easy favourites, followed by Ireland. England 3rd fave to win. SA, NZ, Oz can't do 2 good games in a row, let alone 3, so yup.
Ireland are the masters of choke at RWC. I’d have France, England, SA before them.
Sure, but they were also masters of losing to ABs. I think they may have moved on from that, Farrell has them firing. As long as they are not peaking too early
They also 100% rely on sexton being fit. All their other 10s are a step down. Beating NZ in NZ might help psychologically for the knockouts though, you’re right.
I think they're just as reliant on Gibson-Park also.
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@Jailbreak7 what we'd give for a 12 like DC even!
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@Jailbreak7 said in RWC 2023:
Just watched 'Dan Carter - A Perfect 10' An excellent documentary. Bloody hell I'd forgotten just how good this guy was! Not only the place-kicking, but the subtle feints, time, space and the tackling!. He sure was the complete package. What we would give for a 10 like him today.......and a 12 like Nonu and the GOAT at 7....🙄
Anyone who forgets how good DC was deserves a ban, I’ve contacted the mods about this.
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@Jailbreak7 said in RWC 2023:
Just watched 'Dan Carter - A Perfect 10' An excellent documentary. Bloody hell I'd forgotten just how good this guy was! Not only the place-kicking, but the subtle feints, time, space and the tackling!. He sure was the complete package. What we would give for a 10 like him today.......and a 12 like Nonu and the GOAT at 7....🙄
Anyone who forgets how good DC was deserves a ban, I’ve contacted the mods about this.
And 100 lashes. FFS Dan is unforgettable
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Pool ranking distribution based on this position. How fucked.
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
Back up to fourth, not so good for Oz in 8th. Lowest ever?
1 Ireland 90.03
2 France 89.41
3 South Africa 87.89 (+1.42)
4 (↑5) New Zealand 86.41 (+0.62)
5 (↓4) England 86.25
6 (↑7) Argentina 82.32 (-0.62)
7 (↑8) Scotland 81.93
8 (↓6) Australia 81.54 (-1.42)
9 Wales 81.28
10 Japan 77.74Pool A: 2 and 4
Pool B: 1 and 3Pool
8 and 9
Pool D : 5 and 6 -
Pool ranking distribution based on this position. How fucked.
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
Back up to fourth, not so good for Oz in 8th. Lowest ever?
1 Ireland 90.03
2 France 89.41
3 South Africa 87.89 (+1.42)
4 (↑5) New Zealand 86.41 (+0.62)
5 (↓4) England 86.25
6 (↑7) Argentina 82.32 (-0.62)
7 (↑8) Scotland 81.93
8 (↓6) Australia 81.54 (-1.42)
9 Wales 81.28
10 Japan 77.74Pool A: 2 and 4
Pool B: 1 and 3Pool
8 and 9
Pool D : 5 and 6Makes perfect sense to do the draw 3 years befor the tournament
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@Machpants said in RWC 2023:
Pool ranking distribution based on this position. How fucked.
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
Back up to fourth, not so good for Oz in 8th. Lowest ever?
1 Ireland 90.03
2 France 89.41
3 South Africa 87.89 (+1.42)
4 (↑5) New Zealand 86.41 (+0.62)
5 (↓4) England 86.25
6 (↑7) Argentina 82.32 (-0.62)
7 (↑8) Scotland 81.93
8 (↓6) Australia 81.54 (-1.42)
9 Wales 81.28
10 Japan 77.74Pool A: 2 and 4
Pool B: 1 and 3Pool
8 and 9
Pool D : 5 and 6Makes perfect sense to do the draw 3 years befor the tournament
Maybe they should just do a pre-tournament split and call C and D the plate comp?
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1 Euro equals
1.65 New Zealand Dollar
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@Daffy-Jaffy not as bad as I thought it would be!
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Opens at 18.00 BST.
And remains as crap as it has always been. I'm at 2 % after 30 minutes. This is my 3rd or 4th attempt and I won't be waiting all night long. There has to be a better way! Clearly demand is much higher than supply, but this has been diabolical. I know a lot of rugby people, and so far I only know one person who has managed to get any tickets. If no luck here, I'll probably just watch it in pubs, bars or fanzones in France somewhere.
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Finally got in. Tickets available for matches involving minnows. I'm not going to make the effort for NZ vs Uruguay on a Thursday evening...
Anything decent "currently unavailable".
That's me out.
(As an aside, I've been to 3 RWC matches in my time: NZ vs Fiji in 87 at Lancaster Park, SA vs Eng 2007 final at Stade de France :(, NZ vs Fra 2015 RWC ¼ final at Cardiff. Me and my French mate almost sold our tickets in 2007, but we ended up saying what the hell and went along anyway. Pretty gutting when you had miraculously managed to get tickets to a RWC final in which NZ was heavily favoured to feature)
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC 2023:
(As an aside, I've been to 3 RWC matches in my time: NZ vs Fiji in 87 at Lancaster Park, SA vs Eng 2007 final at Stade de France :(, NZ vs Fra 2015 RWC ¼ final at Cardiff. Me and my French mate almost sold our tickets in 2007, but we ended up saying what the hell and went along anyway. Pretty gutting when you had miraculously managed to get tickets to a RWC final in which NZ was heavily favoured to feature)
I did sell my finals tickets to some happy South Africans, and the same for the SF to English fans. I preferred to make some money rather than be a neutral at games I didn't care about.
I seem to remember that getting tickets via the official website wasn't that difficult back then.
