Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host
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@KiwiMurph said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
Fiji very entertaining so far.
England expertly slowing down Fiji ball at the breakdown, bodies all over the Fiji side and the tackled player.
Ref no clue, not even a mention.
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Fitness levels from a professional side kicking in now but Fijiana have shown England up a few times in skills and breaking their defence. Good news for us.
England will run away on the scoreboard now but it is more to do with an ability to play 80 than just skill.
Good that Fuji made them go to the forward drives to get ascendency too as we have had a good look at how they set their mauls. -
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@NTA said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Bones said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
Ref no clue, not even a mention.
I'm 5 minutes in and it's clear this ref is even worse than Game 1
I think I got some spittle on the telly when she eventually penalised someone for it in the second half. A Fijian.
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@Bones said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@NTA said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Bones said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
Ref no clue, not even a mention.
I'm 5 minutes in and it's clear this ref is even worse than Game 1
I think I got some spittle on the telly when she eventually penalised someone for it in the second half. A Fijian.
22 minutes in. England haven't been back 10m once on Fiji quick tap. Ref is oblivious.
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@Yeetyaah said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
Where do they find these anthem singers. She can't control her breathing it's fucking awful.
Same place they find there refs
Game thread
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/5626/ferns-v-oz-world-cup/37
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@Machpants was a general comment I thought but sure thing.
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@Yeetyaah said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Machpants was a general comment I thought but sure thing.
Totally, I was just letting everyone know
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How is a sell out, this?
The occasion was massive but equally intense. A world record crowd of 34,235 for a women’s rugby match packed in Eden Park was expectant of the host nation at their first World Cup in New Zealand
As I suggested in the match thread, are people buying tickets to not go? Or was there 12k+ people that went to the first two games but didn't stay?
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@Machpants said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
How is a sell out, this?
The occasion was massive but equally intense. A world record crowd of 34,235 for a women’s rugby match packed in Eden Park was expectant of the host nation at their first World Cup in New Zealand
As I suggested in the match thread, are people buying tickets to not go? Or was there 12k+ people that went to the first two games but didn't stay?
There were a lot of tickets handed out as comps to schools by sponsors. I guess that not all of the kids had parents that could take them.
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@Crucial said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Machpants said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
How is a sell out, this?
The occasion was massive but equally intense. A world record crowd of 34,235 for a women’s rugby match packed in Eden Park was expectant of the host nation at their first World Cup in New Zealand
As I suggested in the match thread, are people buying tickets to not go? Or was there 12k+ people that went to the first two games but didn't stay?
There were a lot of tickets handed out as comps to schools by sponsors. I guess that not all of the kids had parents that could take them.
A lot of bullshit spotued all around then. Makes NZR etc look dumb to go off about the awesomeness of, and demand for, womans rugby, and get 2/3. Honesty would be a better policy, 30k sold 17k given away, or whatever.
I was really shocked when I turned the game on
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@Machpants said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Crucial said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Machpants said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
How is a sell out, this?
The occasion was massive but equally intense. A world record crowd of 34,235 for a women’s rugby match packed in Eden Park was expectant of the host nation at their first World Cup in New Zealand
As I suggested in the match thread, are people buying tickets to not go? Or was there 12k+ people that went to the first two games but didn't stay?
There were a lot of tickets handed out as comps to schools by sponsors. I guess that not all of the kids had parents that could take them.
A lot of bullshit spotued all around then. Makes NZR etc look dumb to go off about the awesomeness of, and demand for, womans rugby, and get 2/3. Honesty would be a better policy, 30k sold 17k given away, or whatever.
I was really shocked when I turned the game on
Look at it this way. They drummed up a much bigger crowd than was originally planned for. There was some hype to get the saleable seats sold but they managed it.
You are quite negative about this tournament I must say. Did a women’s player turn you down once or something 😀 -
Their defence looked fairly easy to open up with the highlights that I have watched.
Obviously have a better structure to their play and the rolling maul will be very hard to stop.
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@DaGrubster said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
Their defence looked fairly easy to open up with the highlights that I have watched.
Obviously have a better structure to their play and the rolling maul will be very hard to stop.
Yep I not sure it's a bad thing where defence isn't everything in a game. Much like how the game used to be played when it was at it's best. Not suggesting no defence, but let's face it , it's to the detriment of our game where you win games etc by not having the ball..
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@Crucial said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Machpants said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Crucial said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@Machpants said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
How is a sell out, this?
The occasion was massive but equally intense. A world record crowd of 34,235 for a women’s rugby match packed in Eden Park was expectant of the host nation at their first World Cup in New Zealand
As I suggested in the match thread, are people buying tickets to not go? Or was there 12k+ people that went to the first two games but didn't stay?
There were a lot of tickets handed out as comps to schools by sponsors. I guess that not all of the kids had parents that could take them.
A lot of bullshit spotued all around then. Makes NZR etc look dumb to go off about the awesomeness of, and demand for, womans rugby, and get 2/3. Honesty would be a better policy, 30k sold 17k given away, or whatever.
I was really shocked when I turned the game on
Look at it this way. They drummed up a much bigger crowd than was originally planned for. There was some hype to get the saleable seats sold but they managed it.
You are quite negative about this tournament I must say. Did a women’s player turn you down once or something 😀Nah I really enjoyed the rugby, and @Dan54 point above is my view too, but:
- I think the girls are getting stuffed by the decision to only have female refs. None of them are up to the standard of the players. I think there's just one female full time ref in the world, and it'll take a major choke by England for her to get the final. Although maybe that's why the games are so fast, they just let everything go!
- When you see multiple articles, and hear multiple mentions of the sell out, and literally the first thing I see on turning on is an almost half empty stadium, it was an instant excitement killer. It's always worse when something is hyped, massively so (like a dozen articles about it in my feed, more than there were about the actual game), then fails to achieve anywhere near what was promised.
I'm off to watch 3 live games today, so no I'm not negative about it, but I am critical of those things above
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Most are professional refs, and many also ref on the sevens circuit. You can argue whether they are good enough.
Here is the full list. All female apart from some TMOs.
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