Rugby World Cup general discussion
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World cup 23 medals
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Christian Lealiifano eyes shock Samoa World Cup selection
Former Wallabies playmaker Christian Lealiifano has revealed his intention to play for Samoa at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
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Fiji world cup training group -
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@Daffy-Jaffy no Tavatavanawai? Interesting
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When you're away from the screen
NZME secures Rugby World Cup 2023 broadcast rights
NZME will broadcast all All Blacks’ games from the tournament live.
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@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup news:
@booboo dodgy maths aside, a 24 team tournament where 16 then go on to make the "play offs"?
get. entirely. fucked.
why does rugby hate itself?
this is where football has it sorted, everyone has to qualify (except host and current champion i think)...so you grow your sport with the big teams having to play the smaller ones during qualifying...your tier 2 and a couple of wide cards will make the cup proper...but play off are all going to be tough heavy weight matches...really exciting
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@booboo said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Chris said in Rugby World Cup news:
Pickerall unable to be developed, no feel for the game what so ever.
My question is: did he play?
Old question I know, but given that poor old Taniwha copped his first reffing outing at about age 12 (and presumably he had some warm ups), I'd say no he didn't get past Rippa
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Disagree on cutting the RWC to 16.
Rugby isn't football. Different game turnarounds, different culture, different depth.
What is needed though is something similar to 7s where ranking contests continue after getting knocked out of the race to the top. Plate, Bowl etc
Those games could be spread through the week to keep eyes on the screens in the latter stages. I reckon you'd get some good match ups.
The 'minnows' usually only get one game they have a chance of winning with no 'prize'. Let's see them go into their own comp. The prize being some decent world ranking points and chance to move up the ladder. That flows through to better games, better ratings, better sponsorship for those teams to improve. -
@friedrugby said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Bones Seemingly intent on playing for New Zealand...
Strange, I thought I'd looked him up earlier in the year and seen he'd recently played for Fiji, but I can't see anything of the sort now.
He'd definitely be able to replicate the kind of world cup NMS had...
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New Zealand v Australia
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Saturday, 5 August, 2023 Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referee 1: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Christophe Ridley (RFU)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)New Zealand v South Africa
Twickenham Stadium, London
Friday, 25 August, 2023 Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
Assistant Referee 1: Christophe Ridley (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Craig Evans (WRU)
TMO: Tom Foley (RFU)World cup warmup games dates and officials -
Match Officials Appointments | World Rugby
World Rugby match official appointments for international matches and tournaments.
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Los Teros jersey for the RWC. The home jersey will likely be used just once ( v the All Blacks) to avoid colour clash.
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@Daffy-Jaffy yeah I can see how that shade of blue might clash with our silver jerseys.
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Oh no that would be really horrible for such a gracious and humble character.
"Devastating" - Johnny Sexton learns how long his ban could be... - Ruck
Johnny Sexton may potentially face disciplinary action for his actions following Leinster’s heartbreaking loss to La Rochelle in the Champions Cup final at Aviva Stadium. According to a report from…
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@Bones said in Rugby World Cup news:
Oh no that would be really horrible for such a gracious and humble character.
On the downside, if he does miss the RWC, we'll miss some classic anti-Sexton jibes...
