Rugby World Cup general discussion

[MiketheSnow]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

Boks can be stripped of national flag due to non-compliance

BREAKING NEWS: The Springboks might have to compete under a neutral flag in the quarterfinals of the World Cup and without the opportunity of singing the national anthem due to non-compliance of the latest World Anti-Doping Code (Wada).

Scotland go through after all

[Billy Tell]

@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

Boks can be stripped of national flag due to non-compliance

BREAKING NEWS: The Springboks might have to compete under a neutral flag in the quarterfinals of the World Cup and without the opportunity of singing the national anthem due to non-compliance of the latest World Anti-Doping Code (Wada).

Scotland go through after all

MacSpringboks

[nostrildamus]

@NTA said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

@mariner4life Wales and England very similar for me i.e. "Oh if we just play rugby that covers the basics, and work to our strengths, we'll win games."

Profound.

They can do exits and gain useful territory through efficient kicking? It's a round of applause from me...

[Machpants]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

Boks can be stripped of national flag due to non-compliance

BREAKING NEWS: The Springboks might have to compete under a neutral flag in the quarterfinals of the World Cup and without the opportunity of singing the national anthem due to non-compliance of the latest World Anti-Doping Code (Wada).

Boks be doping? Nah

[Dodge]

@Dodge said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

Fair point, it hasn’t felt like that. Maybe that’s ITV4 as the problem, maybe it’s more that there just aren’t enough competitive games.

I’m an absolute sport addict, who spends too much time reading, thinking and talking about sport. Yet somehow I didn’t know that the AB game was last night, that it was on ITV4, until half time when I noticed the Fern thread blowing up.

I didn’t realise the England vs New Zealand CWC game was happening until the night before.

The publicity around both tournaments in the U.K. is incredibly poor.

[frugby]

So the QFs are:

France v South Africa
Ireland v New Zealand
England v Fiji
Wales v Argentina/Japan

Which refs do which game?

O'Keeffe gets the first one me think
Barnes will do All Blacks
Peyper to do England
Gardner to do Wales

[sparky]

All Blacks v Ireland.

Bring it on!!!!!!

[chimoaus]

@frugby said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

So the QFs are:

France v South Africa
Ireland v New Zealand
England v Fiji
Wales v Argentina/Japan

Which refs do which game?

O'Keeffe gets the first one me think
Barnes will do All Blacks
Peyper to do England
Gardner to do Wales

Fiji still have to beat Portugal don't they?

[voodoo]

Message to all commentators, you do not need to refer to every teams bench as a “bomb squad”. It’s just a bench, they’re just reserves

[MN5]

@voodoo said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

Message to all commentators, you do not need to refer to every teams bench as a “bomb squad”. It’s just a bench, they’re just reserves

As you alluded to in the other thread the Irish commentator ( who thankfully I’ve never heard before ) was so cringeworthy.

I think the worst was when he went on about Duhan Van De Merwe finally getting a chance to free up his massive thighs.

[KiwiMurph]

@chimoaus said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

@frugby said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

So the QFs are:

France v South Africa
Ireland v New Zealand
England v Fiji
Wales v Argentina/Japan

Which refs do which game?

O'Keeffe gets the first one me think
Barnes will do All Blacks
Peyper to do England
Gardner to do Wales

Fiji still have to beat Portugal don't they?

They don't need to win. A Bonus point will suffice.

[MajorRage]

@KiwiMurph said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

@chimoaus said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

@frugby said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

So the QFs are:

France v South Africa
Ireland v New Zealand
England v Fiji
Wales v Argentina/Japan

Which refs do which game?

O'Keeffe gets the first one me think
Barnes will do All Blacks
Peyper to do England
Gardner to do Wales

Fiji still have to beat Portugal don't they?

They don't need to win. A Bonus point will suffice.

Stranger things have happened ….

Wonder what the Wobs have been doing all week!

[Mr Fish]

@NTA said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

Seriously, at a time where we need to spread the word, WR wants to pull up the drawbridge

The issue isn't World Rugby, the issue is the rights holders.

I'm sure WR would be very happy to see videos posted all across social media but the problem is that the rights holders see that as people getting for free what they've had to pay for. The rights holders are all very traditional media enterprises and until they get a bit of a clue, it's really out of WR's hands.

[NTA]

@Mr-Fish Write it into the contract that rights holders have to allow certain forms of social media sharing.

It isn't zero-sum.

[Nepia]

The PIs were shit this RWC, right? I'm including Fiji despite the fact they made the finals, because they had the Wobs in their pool.

Maybe they should go back to not using former NZers/Aussies.

[Stargazer]

@Nepia I think Tonga's and Samoa's main issue is the coach. The teams look badly coached.

[nzzp]

@Stargazer said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

@Nepia I think Tonga's and Samoa's main issue is the coach. The teams look badly coached.

I'm firmly of the view that the adminstration around teams makes a huge difference. PI suffer from this. Crusaders have it as a large part of their success. ABs used to be excellent, but NZR has shat the bed and the competitions quality has followed it down. WR is a shambles, and so are large elements of the international game.

Good adminstrators in the PI would be awesome to help bring them up to competitiveness.

[nostrildamus]

Don't the PIs have problems with finding, retaining, and sufficiently preparing players? Or is that less of a major concern this time?

[His Bobness]

Someone might want to pin this Mark Keohane piece up on a wall somewhere.

Oct 6, 2023  /  Springboks

Boks ‘get’ what it takes to be great

South Africa, France and Ireland have the best chance of winning the 2023 World Cup, because - unlike New Zealand - they play clever rugby, writes MARK KEOHANE.

[NTA]

@nostrildamus said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:

Don't the PIs have problems with finding, retaining, and sufficiently preparing players? Or is that less of a major concern this time?

Not as big a concern as previous RWC cycles but man something isn't right with how they're approaching it.

Perhaps we need to get a Pacific 6N going to help everyone out. Naturally enough NZ would dominate this competition:

Japan
Samoa
Tonga
Fiji
Australia
NZ

I just don't see any alternative to helping the PIs get more games, and more games against Tier 1 opposition.

Foreign clubs will continue to hamper their chances tho, putting in clauses about injury while on international duties.