RWC: All Blacks v Ireland (QF2)
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@sparky said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@taniwharugby said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
Ruined our perfect record of winning every pool game.
In pool play since 1987, the All Blacks have beaten: Italy, Fiji, Argentina, England, USA, Italy, Ireland, Wales, Japan, Tonga, England, Italy, Italy, Canada, Tonga, Wales, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Romania, Tonga, Japan, France, Canada, Argentina, Namibia, Georgia, Tonga, South Africa, Canada and Namibia.
Damn Typhoon.
We will still be the only unbeaten team in pool play, I think?
I can live with that.
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@Bovidae said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@Crucial said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
We’ve never had Australia in our pool. Quite interesting given that we’ve had everyone else.
Out of interest I checked about Australia and they have never been in the same pool as France.
I used to suspect they deliberately set us up to meet the aussies in semis back in the day when they were probably our toughest opponent .
Probably not, but it did seem that way to a paranoid Allblacks supporter.
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@sparky said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@taniwharugby said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
Ruined our perfect record of winning every pool game.
In pool play since 1987, the All Blacks have beaten: Italy, Fiji, Argentina, England, USA, Italy, Ireland, Wales, Japan, Tonga, England, Italy, Italy, Canada, Tonga, Wales, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Romania, Tonga, Japan, France, Canada, Argentina, Namibia, Georgia, Tonga, South Africa, Canada and Namibia.
Damn Typhoon.
I think the typhoon is trying to tell WR that we’ve been landed with borefest Italy too many times already.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
Ruined our perfect record of winning every pool game.
Our second ever RWC draw ...
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@Crucial said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@sparky said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@taniwharugby said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
Ruined our perfect record of winning every pool game.
In pool play since 1987, the All Blacks have beaten: Italy, Fiji, Argentina, England, USA, Italy, Ireland, Wales, Japan, Tonga, England, Italy, Italy, Canada, Tonga, Wales, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Romania, Tonga, Japan, France, Canada, Argentina, Namibia, Georgia, Tonga, South Africa, Canada and Namibia.
Damn Typhoon.
We’ve never had Australia in our pool. Quite interesting given that we’ve had everyone else.
Spain
Zimbabwe
Russia
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@booboo said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@Crucial said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@sparky said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@taniwharugby said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
Ruined our perfect record of winning every pool game.
In pool play since 1987, the All Blacks have beaten: Italy, Fiji, Argentina, England, USA, Italy, Ireland, Wales, Japan, Tonga, England, Italy, Italy, Canada, Tonga, Wales, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Romania, Tonga, Japan, France, Canada, Argentina, Namibia, Georgia, Tonga, South Africa, Canada and Namibia.
Damn Typhoon.
We’ve never had Australia in our pool. Quite interesting given that we’ve had everyone else.
Spain
Zimbabwe
Russia
...Samoa? Fiji?
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@canefan said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
Samoa? Fiji?
We had Fiji in 1987 in Christchurch. But it is kind of crazy that those two have been at every RWC since and we have never drawn either, while having Tonga in 99, 03, 11 & 15 and a standing appointment with Italy too!
I don't think we have ever been able to draw Australia. They've always been a top 4 seed at the time of the draw since 03. And in the early years were either gerrymandered away from them where there were multiple hosts (87, 91, 99), and also finished top 4 in 1991 which dictated the 1995 seedings.
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Just hope the cancellations don't cause any controversy in Pool A.
There's been enough issues with reffing the tackle area without teams bitching about losing a QF place due to a cancelled match
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@rotated said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
I don't think we have ever been able to draw Australia. They've always been a top 4 seed at the time of the draw since 03. And in the early years were either gerrymandered away from them where there were multiple hosts (87, 91, 99), and also finished top 4 in 1991 which dictated the 1995 seedings.
1999 was probably the only possibility, as Aust needed to play qualifiers, but they had 5 pools in that RWC for some reason.
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When is the team named?
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@No-Quarter said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
When is the team named?
When is the referee named more importantly?
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"To Be Advised" firming as Ireland by the looks of some of that weather ...
Has that shit hit Yokohama? Would be surprised if the city is in any fit state to host a rugby match for a few days.
Would be 16 points each to Japan and Oireland with Japan getting the nod on the who beat who.
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@booboo said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
"To Be Advised" firming as Ireland by the looks of some of that weather ...
Has that shit hit Yokohama? Would be surprised if the city is in any fit state to host a rugby match for a few days.
Would be 16 points each to Japan and Oireland with Japan getting the nod on the who beat who.
Didn't realise how close Yokohama is to Tokyo. 22km apparently.
So a fair bet that it has.
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@booboo said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
@booboo said in RWC: QF2: All Blacks Vs "To Be Advised":
"To Be Advised" firming as Ireland by the looks of some of that weather ...
Has that shit hit Yokohama? Would be surprised if the city is in any fit state to host a rugby match for a few days.
Would be 16 points each to Japan and Oireland with Japan getting the nod on the who beat who.
Didn't realise how close Yokohama is to Tokyo. 22km apparently.
So a fair that it has.
It's a 45 minute train ride. Almost like an extension of Tokyo. Judging from that video from yesterday of the Japanese players wading through water in the tunnel to the pitch, I would say conditions will be something resembling the Scots vs ABs at Eden Park
