2022 NH tour, not ABs
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Kia Ora from the Stade de France. Incredible stadium. Incredible sound system. Free wifi. Here’s hoping for a good match.
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@Stargazer Made it through until the ABs game but fell asleep near the end of that one so did not manage to do an all nighter like we used to do in the days before the invention of the video recorder. One of the sad things of having grown too old!
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in 2022 NH tour, not ABs:
Couldn't find an attendance but the 54,000 seater stadium looked about half full
Georgian 6, Gorgadze, had a stormer
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@Bovidae said in 2022 NH tour, not ABs:
Did anyone watch the Munster-South Africa XV game?
And today’s vintage have matched that historic accomplishment by thumping a second-string South African side 28-14 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in front of a record crowd of 41,400.
It was cohesion vs power and cohesion won. The rain was coming in sideways so made it a scrappy affair. SA tried to bosh their way over but Munster were relatively comfortable holding them out.
Rassie is over in France but no doubt the video editor will be on all night.
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Watch guide for this weekend (NZ only)
SS1 = Sky Sport 1 etc
TRN = The Rugby Network
Rugby TV or Rugby Romania YouTube
Date/time Match Where Live Replay 1 Replay 2 Sat 12/11 7.30pm England (w) v Black Ferns Auckland Three Sun 13/11 12.00am Tonga v Chile Bucharest RugbyTV 1.00am Portugal v Kenya Dubai TRN 2.00am Ireland v Fiji Dublin SS1 11.30am SS1 2.00am Italy v Australia Florence SS2 11.00am SS9 2.30am Netherlands v Canada Amsterdam 3.00am Georgia v Samoa Tbilisi 3.30am USA v Hong Kong Dubai TRN 4.00am Spain v Namibia Madrid 4.15am England v Japan London SS1 1.00pm SS2 6.30am Wales v Argentina Cardiff SS1 11.00am SS2 9.00am France v South Africa Marseille SS1 5.30pm SS1 Mon 14/11 0.30am Romania v Uruguay Bucharest 3.00am Barbarians v All Blacks XV London SS2 11.00am SS4 9.30pm SS1 3.15am Scotland v All Blacks Edinburgh SS1 6.00am & 9.30am SS2 12.00pm & 5.00pm SS1 -
I'm watching Netherlands v Canada, and am surprised by how much the Dutch have improved since the last time I watched them play.
The Canadians have far more professional players in their squad, but it's 13 all at half time (1 try each). The Dutch try was a beautiful team try.
Still expecting the Canadians to win this comfortably in the 2nd half, but I was expecting a massacre and I don't think that's going to happen.
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Forgot to post the full-time score:
Netherlands 25 - 37 Canada
Early in the 2nd half, the Dutch right winger was sent to the bin for collapsing the maul. While he was in the bin, Canada scored two tries, and later in that half another one. The Dutch came back with two tries of their own in the 75th and 80th minute. Still surprised by this score. The Netherlands had 7 players on debut; Canada 2.
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Barbarians squad to face Harlequins
Abraham Papalii
Cathal Forde
Damian McKenzie
Dan Robson
Elliott Stooke
Francois Hougaard
Gabriel Oghre
Gareth Simpson
Graham Kitchener
Hayden Thompson-Stringer
Iacopo Bianchi
Ignacio Mendy
Jacopo Trulla
John Ryan
Kieron Brookes
Kiran McDonald
Levi Aumua
Luther Burrell
Marland Yarde
Mike Brown
Murray McCallum
Olly Robinson
Rhyno Smith
Scott Scrafton
Stuart McInally
Tom Daly
