RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A)
-
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B I dont understand that line of thinking, we are thinking they 'can win', so how can no one see them winning?
THe other games, I can certainly think we took them too lightly, I expect largely due to the pumpings we gave France in 99, Aus in 03 and France in 07, there will be no similar light takings this time.
I expect the boys who were in Chicago and Dublin those times will be keen to right some wrongs and I reckon the coaching staff have had this game on thier mid for a while too
The best thing that could of happened is having lost to them already, there will be no complacency. We have been improving, and Ireland have not.
I'm quietly confident. We could lose, sure, but I don't think we will.
-
There is no way we are taking this match lightly. After 2007 I don’t think the ABs ever count their chickens again.
-
-
@Chris-B well I dont buy it, as evidenced on here, plenty didnt even want to play Ireland at this point...I dont think the ones that mater will buy into any of that, there will be zero complacency from them.
-
-
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B well I dont buy it, as evidenced on here, plenty didnt even want to play Ireland at this point...I dont think the ones that mater will buy into any of that, there will be zero complacency from them.
I don't think the All Blacks themselves will have any complacency.
I don't see the same desperation among the supporters as we had in 2007/2011.
-
@chimoaus said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
I reckon refs will be
Japan-SA - Owens
Eng-Aus - Peyper
Wales-France - Barnes
NZ-Ireland - FrogIt depends on whether they use the refs for the QFs for the SFs and beyond. I agree that the refs you listed along with Garces would probably be the top 4 in Rolland's eyes. Williams might have a shot at a QF as he has been one of the better refs.
-
@Chris-B said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B well I dont buy it, as evidenced on here, plenty didnt even want to play Ireland at this point...I dont think the ones that mater will buy into any of that, there will be zero complacency from them.
I don't think the All Blacks themselves will have any complacency.
I don't see the same desperation among the supporters as we had in 2007/2011.
Even if respective form were the only consideration, no room for complacency in a tournament where any team is only one poorly executed tackle away from playing with 14.
-
@Chris-B said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B well I dont buy it, as evidenced on here, plenty didnt even want to play Ireland at this point...I dont think the ones that mater will buy into any of that, there will be zero complacency from them.
I don't think the All Blacks themselves will have any complacency.
I don't see the same desperation among the supporters as we had in 2007/2011.
there isn't at all! Winning back to back has made this all a bit of a laugh really. If this was our QF in 2011 under the same circumstances the country would have run out of stomach ulcer medication.
-
@Disgusted-of-TW said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B well I dont buy it, as evidenced on here, plenty didnt even want to play Ireland at this point...I dont think the ones that mater will buy into any of that, there will be zero complacency from them.
I don't think the All Blacks themselves will have any complacency.
I don't see the same desperation among the supporters as we had in 2007/2011.
Even if respective form were the only consideration, no room for complacency in a tournament where any team is only one poorly executed tackle away from playing with 14.
Yeah - part of the reason I'm gutted that we're not playing Japan or Scotland.
I think we could weather an early red card against them, but can go back to Perth to see what happened against Australia.
-
oh, and that was a fun game last night, the Scots showed more ticker than i thought the had to stage that come back, but the Japanese showed a heap of nerve to go with the outrageous skill they showed to build the lead.
Loved the old-fashioned counter-ruck turnovers in the last 10 minutes as both teams flooded breakdowns when they thought it was on.
-
@mariner4life said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B well I dont buy it, as evidenced on here, plenty didnt even want to play Ireland at this point...I dont think the ones that mater will buy into any of that, there will be zero complacency from them.
I don't think the All Blacks themselves will have any complacency.
I don't see the same desperation among the supporters as we had in 2007/2011.
there isn't at all! Winning back to back has made this all a bit of a laugh really. If this was our QF in 2011 under the same circumstances the country would have run out of stomach ulcer medication.
Yeah - it will take the punch in the face of a hollow Sunday morning when England is suddenly the Cup favourites for us to recall properly what it's like!
-
@Chris-B said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@mariner4life said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
@Chris-B well I dont buy it, as evidenced on here, plenty didnt even want to play Ireland at this point...I dont think the ones that mater will buy into any of that, there will be zero complacency from them.
I don't think the All Blacks themselves will have any complacency.
I don't see the same desperation among the supporters as we had in 2007/2011.
there isn't at all! Winning back to back has made this all a bit of a laugh really. If this was our QF in 2011 under the same circumstances the country would have run out of stomach ulcer medication.
Yeah - it will take the punch in the face of a hollow Sunday morning when England is suddenly the Cup favourites for us to recall properly what it's like!
dickheads will be getting the choking memes back out of storage
-
Definitely one of the better games of rugby I've ever seen. Scotland really bought it too, terrific comeback to run it extremely close. The Scottish 7 I thought was brilliant, thuggish as hell but he wasn't taking any shit and was on the forefront of the fight back. Definitely one fore the future assuming he can keep out of the ref's eye.
-
@Rembrandt said in RWC: Japan v Scotland (Pool A):
The Scottish 7 I thought was brilliant, thuggish as hell but he wasn't taking any shit and was on the forefront of the fight back
i liked him too. I don't mind a bit of over the top niggle, especially given the stakes. I thought he was their best player
-
-
How friggen good was that! The country is going rugby nuts!
Tony Brown please report to All Blacks camp asap! -
-
@Old-Samurai-Jack yeah I heard an interview on the radio last week and they said the country has really embraced the RWC, with them handing out lyric sheets for all National Anthems so the Japanese can sing along, locals getting behind with Taxi drivers, people all over wearing Japanese rugby jersies!
Typhoon aside, this RWC, coupled with Japan playing the house down appears to be generating exactly what WR wanted...
Now what else did I see today...oh yes, was something about there still only being 1 host nation that has failed to get out of thier pool...
