RWC: Georgia v Uruguay (Pool D)

[African Monkey]

Georgia's defence from set piece exposed again.

[Billy Tell]

@Stargazer said in RWC: Georgia v Uruguay (Pool D):

@Billy-Tell They can't replace every player though. I think it's common sense. Players sweat a lot in high temperatures. Dehydration in itself is bad for your health, but it also increases the risk of other injuries (it affects your coordination, for example).

Yeah ok I accept your point.

[booboo]

Back to the rugby ...
... 12-7 Half time.

Nice try Los Teros.

Had a chance to make it 12-10 but muffed the penalty.

Pretty even from what I've seen. Comms suggesting the Adzes and Ashvilis had the better of the half though.

Agree with whoever said the Georgies should just take them on in the forwards. Massive size difference.

[Stargazer]

Georgia will run away with it now. The Uruguayans look knackered.

[Rapido]

Interesting that these 2 teams both have genuinely good home-grown, fully pro, 9s and 10s.

Each team has 2 x 9s and 1 x10 playing in Top 14.

Often teams at this level have a tier 1 first-five.

I remember when Georgia only had a pack, then a pack plus a 9, the quality gradually getting out to the high numbers.

Edit. Actually Arata doesn't appear to be a Top 14 pro, but is keeping Top 14 pro Ormachaea on the bench.

[Stargazer]

Bugger. Red card, 3 minutes before full time. RWC over for the Uru reseve hooker.

Question is whether they have a third hooker in their squad.

[mariner4life]

Don't really have to do all that much to get a red card these days do you?

[Kirwan]

@mariner4life said in RWC: Georgia v Uruguay (Pool D):

Don't really have to do all that much to get a red card these days do you?

That seems harsh to me. There is accidental contact to the head in every game, are they all red cards now?

[Stargazer]

@Kirwan Yeah, this one seemed harsh to me, too.

[Stargazer]

FT: Georgia 33 - 7 Uruguay

Well-deserved win to Georgia, who were clearly the better team. But hats off to Uruguay, who tried until the final whistle, despite playing Fiji only 4 days ago.

[Kirwan]

@Stargazer said in RWC: Georgia v Uruguay (Pool D):

FT: Georgia 33 - 7 Uruguay

Well-deserved win to Georgia, who were clearly the better team. But hats off to Uruguay, who tried until the final whistle, despite playing Fiji only 4 days ago.

Good game, looked pretty hot out there.

[Stargazer]

Great, humble bloke, that Uruguayan captain.

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in RWC: Georgia v Uruguay (Pool D):

@Kirwan Yeah, this one seemed harsh to me, too.

Yeah definitely. Looked to me like bad timing and the other player had definitely dropped. Certainly wasn't intentional, yellow would have been fair but he put himself in position for the red I guess.

[MiketheSnow]

Georgia v Fiji should be a cracker

[Stargazer]

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[Kirwan]

@Stargazer said in RWC: Georgia v Uruguay (Pool D):

A nose gouge?

[Stargazer]

@Kirwan

Not sure how they define that eye area; where the boundaries are, but the tips of his fingers came close to the eye.

[Kirwan]

@Stargazer not an eye gouge though is it.

[Stargazer]

@Kirwan No. I don't think he made contact with the eyes, but you'd need different camera angles to be sure. (I changed the pic in my previous post by the way, to show the three different offences).