2019 Rugby World Cup
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@pakman If that's correct, what is the difference between the balls that makes such a difference to BB's kicking stats?
I guess its different gear, just like a golfer using brands of golf clubs
An inconvenient truth - The astounding difference in Beauden Barrett's goal kicking percentage based on ball brand
In exploring a left-field explanation for his up-and-down results, we looked at his goal-kicking statistics when considering the type of ball used and found an astounding difference.
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@No-Quarter we didn't even play France in 2007 did we? That Wayne Barnes is still a carnt though
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@No-Quarter said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Edit - oh my God the tweet it embedded above is horrible, what the fuck. Appears to have been taken from a game that never happened which is bizarre.
The bottom tweet reminds me how much I miss Richie. There was something reassuring about seeing him leading the Blacks out.
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Good article on Hansen - numerous quotes from Wayne Smith
All Blacks’ supremacy shaped by Steve Hansen’s search for inner peace
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has reinvented himself in his eight years in charge, going from confrontational figure to oasis of calm
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I wish this would just start.
I must have seen about 30 odd prediction-type articles about why the ABs definitely will or won't win the cup.
Maybe World Rugby should just cancel the tournament and hand out the places based on prediction articles.
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@No-Quarter said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Edit - oh my God the tweet it embedded above is horrible, what the fuck. Appears to have been taken from a game that never happened which is bizarre.
That last pass was a thing of beauty.
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@NTA said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@No-Quarter said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Edit - oh my God the tweet it embedded above is horrible, what the fuck. Appears to have been taken from a game that never happened which is bizarre.
That last pass was a thing of beauty.
I think they call that a lateral. It is a gridiron play
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@Crazy-Horse said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@No-Quarter said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Edit - oh my God the tweet it embedded above is horrible, what the fuck. Appears to have been taken from a game that never happened which is bizarre.
The bottom tweet reminds me how much I miss Richie. There was something reassuring about seeing him leading the Blacks out.
So they've got 3 left.
Guesses?
- Has to be 95
- Wilkinsons droppy
Am stuck for 3rd given the French debacles, 2011 and Jonah have all been done.
Thoughts?
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@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.
Keeping the powder dry
How does that compare to a pact though?
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@nzzp said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.
Keeping the powder dry
How does that compare to a pact though?
Not to mention keeping the powder dry on the pact!!!
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@nzzp said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@canefan said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.
Keeping the powder dry
How does that compare to a pact though?
Generally you need to train naked army style to form a pact
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@JC said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
I heard Gats on the radio yesterday suggesting Wales threw the games to Ireland so as not to give away too many secrets. Ballsy.
Load of bollocks more like.
Only thing we can do is up the intensity and lower the unforced errors.
We don't have a Plan B.
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@MiketheSnow But which team really does? The best teams can, perhaps, choose to kick a bit more for territory or avoid lineouts (or try to ensure more of them), but I'm not sure that counts as a plan B - more a plan A.1, A.2 or whatever. Reckon it is more important to be able to force the opposition into playing your game. And in almost all the games that mattered over the last stretch, Wales has done that. And when they do, they're bloody hard to beat.
