RWC Week 2: Springboks v Romania

[MiketheSnow]

First ton of the tournament coming up

[stodders]

Romania lost 56-6 to Georgia in August. Just to give some context. Weakest team at the RWC IMO

[stodders]

South Africa pinged in the maul. #lottery

[MiketheSnow]

That is fucking bullshit

YC possibly RC

[stodders]

Erm…Kleyn very lucky there. Shoulder definitely connected with Romania attacker’s head. No drop in height either. Why no TMO?

[stodders]

@MiketheSnow it is becoming a joke Mike. How difficult is it really? Even the TV comms spotted it!

[stodders]

Hahaha. Romania penalised for flopping. Obviously aren’t do it properly.

[The Irishman]

@stodders said in RWC Week 2: Springboks v Romania:

Romania lost 56-6 to Georgia in August. Just to give some context. Weakest team at the RWC IMO

Surely Namibia or Chile are equal, if not, even worse?

[Steve]

Moodie does what every Irish dummy runner does for the last 4 years.

[stodders]

@The-Irishman just my opinion. Until Tier 2 teams play against each other in the World Cup, we won’t know. Would be good to have a plate competition to allow them more games.

[stodders]

@The-Irishman I will say, Chile look a lot better on attack. Not sure where Namibia sit these days. Will know more after they play Uruguay.

[nostrildamus]

@stodders said in RWC Week 2: Springboks v Romania:

@The-Irishman just my opinion. Until Tier 2 teams play against each other in the World Cup, we won’t know. Would be good to have a plate competition to allow them more games.

Maybe there should be an earlier Tier 2 comp, and the winner chosen from the "Minnow A Minnow" final (forgive the butchered Spanish).

[Jailbreak7]

Yep. These one way contests dont do rugby any favors. People will be switching off.

[stodders]

@nostrildamus there is something like that (Final Qualification Tournament) to settle the final qualifying spots. Tonga and Tonga qualified in front of USA, Hing Kong and Kenya

[stodders]

Canan “the butcher” Moodie 😂

[stodders]

Sometimes you can have too much time to make a decision 😬

[nostrildamus]

@stodders said in RWC Week 2: Springboks v Romania:

@nostrildamus there is something like that (Final Qualification Tournament) to settle the final qualifying spots. Tonga and Tonga qualified in front of USA, Hing Kong and Kenya

Yes but perhaps there should be more in the FQT and less in this one?

[Jailbreak7]

How does this match prepare SA for Ireland?

[stodders]

Being consistent, Romania FB just tackled the SA 9 with a shoulder near to his head as he was trying to score. Worth a look.

[sparky]

There aren’t 20 nations in the world who are good enough at Rugby to sustain a World Cup with that number of teams where every game is an engaging contest.