Rugby World Cup general discussion
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Welsh kit
'Home' is the traditional Cymru red
'Away' based on St David's flag, Patron Saint of Wales
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@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup news:
Welsh kit
'Home' is the traditional Cymru red
'Away' based on St David's flag, Patron Saint of Wales
Nice looking polos
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20-minute red card will not feature at the Rugby World Cup
Contrary to recent reports, the law variation dubbed the '20-minute red' cards will not feature at the Rugby World Cup in France.
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@Stargazer really hope one of the NH teams gets on the wrong side of a Red Card early on and it loses the game for them.
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@taniwharugby said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Stargazer really hope one of the NH teams gets on the wrong side of a Red Card early on and it loses the game for them.
I was thinking the same. France in the opening game will do!
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@Stargazer haha Sexton in his first game, and Farrell
cos thats a Judiciary visit too.
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@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup news:
Away' based on
St David's flag, Patron Saint of Walesthe England away jersey.That's interesting Mike. Who woulda thought eh.
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@Bones said in Rugby World Cup news:
@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup news:
Away' based on
St David's flag, Patron Saint of Walesthe England away jersey.That's interesting Mike. Who woulda thought eh.
Yeah, nah
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Another Fiji star rules himself out of the Rugby World Cup
Two Fiji players have ruled themselves out of the Rugby World Cup.
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Prime Video will exclusively broadcast 15 Summer Nations Series fixtures from Saturday 5th August through to Sunday 27th August, featuring:
Saturday 29th July: Scotland v Italy
Saturday 5th August: Scotland v France
Saturday 5th August: Wales v England
Saturday 5th August: Ireland v Italy
Saturday 12th August: England v Wales
Saturday 12th August: France v Scotland
Saturday 19th August: Wales v South Africa
Saturday 19th August: Ireland v England
Saturday 19th August: Italy v Romania
Saturday 19th August: France v Fiji
Saturday 26th August: England v Fiji
Saturday 26th August: Scotland v Georgia
Saturday 26th August: Italy v Japan
Saturday 26th August: Ireland v Samoa
Sunday 27th August: France v AustraliaI don't know if the 'Prime Video exclusive' includes NZ ?
Edit: Google says - In New Zealand all games are streaming exclusively on Sky Sport Now, but it does not appear anywhere in their promotion pages?
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following the pools discussion on the other thread. The draws throw up some really fun games
In our pool we play France first, and who ever loses that has to stress about the Italy game, which for us is 2nd last, but for France is last. For perfect drama we win the opener and France are faced with an enormous banana skin
South Africa can't focus on Ireland, because they play Scotland first. And if Ireland lose to SA, they have Scotland on the last weekend.
In the pool C shitfight Wales, Aus and Fiji will have all played each other in the first 3 weeks.
Pool D i can't see anyone but the top 2 progressing, nor anyone else beating them, but they play week 1, meaning the loser has to stress right through.I feel like there is one Group upset that throws the draw open every cup. Not sure it's quite that dramatic this time given the split of the pools. Maybe anything that makes England and Aus play each other in a quarter?
Or Ireland losing twice and missing the knockouts...
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One of the strange things about this RWC is that in an effort to avoid midweek games there is a big gap between some games (~ 2 weeks). For some, like the ABs, Ireland and England, it is between their pool games, but for others like SA and Aust it is before their QF. The latter could be a problem in that you risk losing any momentum and match hardness by not playing for nearly 2 weeks. We'll find out what is better in time.
