2019 Rugby World Cup
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Smuts said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@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.
NZ certainly does.
If they start a Test with BB at 10 and BFA at 15 and it's working, then the substitutes slip into those positions and continue Game Plan A.
If it's not working, then it's Mo' to 10 and BB to 15 and Game Plan B is initiated.
Yeah, several tried and tested combinations in the forwards, as well as the midfield also. Side-to-side, up-the-middle, box-kicks galore, long kicking? Who fucking knows.
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@booboo said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Frye said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@booboo said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@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?
Larkham droppy?
Further up the list
Oh ok then. Wilko droppy was number 3.
That leaves Mandela at 2 and... SBW giving away his medal at 1 😂😂😂
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Wales have been rocked by the news that attack coach Rob Howley has been sent home from Japan amid allegations of betting infringements.
According to reports Howley has left the Welsh camp and Stephen Jones now joins Warren Gatland’s squad as they prepare for the tournament.
WalesOnline believe Howley contravened gambling guidelines by placing bets on Welsh fixtures in what is a shock twist ahead of the World Cup.
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@rotated 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.
Gats may regret that comment.
Indeed - some speculation is about Ireland winning both warm-up games.
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Looks like Ireland will be missing both Rob Kearney and Robbie Henshaw for the first game against Scotland - both out with injury. Joey Carbery not confirmed either.
Schmidt must be thrilled.
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@Derm-McCrum said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Looks like Ireland will be missing both Rob Kearney and Robbie Henshaw for the first game against Scotland - both out with injury. Joey Carbery not confirmed either.
Schmidt must be thrilled.
The weather may nullify that game anyway
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@Crucial said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Derm-McCrum said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Looks like Ireland will be missing both Rob Kearney and Robbie Henshaw for the first game against Scotland - both out with injury. Joey Carbery not confirmed either.
Schmidt must be thrilled.
The weather may nullify that game anyway
So I just read! If it’s cancelled, the result is 0-0. Which is going to make the rest of the games very interesting.
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Anyone else following the Roars 50 greatest RWC players?
It’s a good read each day.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Wales have been rocked by the news that attack coach Rob Howley has been sent home from Japan amid allegations of betting infringements.
According to reports Howley has left the Welsh camp and Stephen Jones now joins Warren Gatland’s squad as they prepare for the tournament.
WalesOnline believe Howley contravened gambling guidelines by placing bets on Welsh fixtures in what is a shock twist ahead of the World Cup.
Question. If a player is sent home for disciplinary reasons I'd have thought he couldn't be replaced. Would that not go for coaches?
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Prediction time
Which is the upset result in the pool stages that throws one entire side of the draw open? There always seems to be one. What do you reckon?
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@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Prediction time
Which is the upset result in the pool stages that throws one entire side of the draw open? There always seems to be one. What do you reckon?
Japan tipping over Scotland
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@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Prediction time
Which is the upset result in the pool stages that throws one entire side of the draw open? There always seems to be one. What do you reckon?
Japan tipping over Scotland
@mariner4life asked for upsets....
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@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Prediction time
Which is the upset result in the pool stages that throws one entire side of the draw open? There always seems to be one. What do you reckon?
Japan tipping over Scotland
All that does is rearrange which of three teams face a dead-end quarter final against the Boks/Blacks.
Fiji scoring an upset and making the quarters turns that side of the draw into open season.
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@Wurzel I see a scenario of Fiji beating Wales, Wales beating OZ and OZ beating Fiji and points difference being a decider.
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Wurzel I see a scenario of Fiji beating Wales, Wales beating OZ and OZ beating Fiji and points difference being a decider.
I reckon same scenario in the other pool. Argentina beats France, France beats England, England beats Argentina.
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England coming 2nd in their pool would definitely count as opening everything right the fuck up. It makes one of Wales and England take each other out.
But, because nearly every quarter is going to be a shitfight, there just feels like less opportunity for a "free ride" to a final
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Georgia beats Wales and USA defeats France. Circle it.
