RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania
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@voodoo said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
I will be seriously pissed if Scotland do beat Ireland and we end up playing SA in the QF
Don’t be so selfish. Think of the joyous South African faces if Scotland do knock over Ireland though.
The Scots in the team will be happy too.
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@MN5 said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@The-Irishman said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@MN5 said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@The-Irishman said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
Scotland second string getting a higher points difference against Romania than Ire and SA. Next week will be a cracker. Too few of these games in this world cup so far.
Indeed. Ireland winning is far from given. Scots won’t fear them as they would NZ although recent history points to a comfortable Ireland win.
Absolutely. This will be the game of the group in my opinion. Scotland will go out all guns blazing and full of mad Scottish passion. Group of death living up to its name, but I just can't see the Scots getting the bonus point they need to knock Ire out.
The group was fucked from day one. All three deserve to be in the quarters especially when you look at the other side of the draw.
Let it go Elsa
Smashed against SA, never in it
Ireland will trounce them and confirm that they’re not half as good as they think they are
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@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@MN5 said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@The-Irishman said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@MN5 said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@The-Irishman said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
Scotland second string getting a higher points difference against Romania than Ire and SA. Next week will be a cracker. Too few of these games in this world cup so far.
Indeed. Ireland winning is far from given. Scots won’t fear them as they would NZ although recent history points to a comfortable Ireland win.
Absolutely. This will be the game of the group in my opinion. Scotland will go out all guns blazing and full of mad Scottish passion. Group of death living up to its name, but I just can't see the Scots getting the bonus point they need to knock Ire out.
The group was fucked from day one. All three deserve to be in the quarters especially when you look at the other side of the draw.
Let it go Elsa
Smashed against SA, never in it
Ireland will trounce them and confirm that they’re not half as good as they think they are
Easy to say as a Welshman with all the easy games you’ve had
quarters is top eight obviously and they deserve to be there, anything beyond that is fantasy stuff.Ireland are definitely likely to beat them soundly yes, but one must remain optimistic.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@MN5 said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
Didn’t Romania used to be ok ?
Decades ago they were really good. Better than Italy and capable of beating France and Wales. Toured NZ in the '70's (?) beating a NZ 2nd XV, I think.
A lot of their players and structure came from the armed forces and the collapse of communism had a huge impact when state funding disappeared.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
toured NZ in the '70's (?) beating a NZ 2nd XV, I think.
I remember them touring NZ in the early 90's too
I found the results from the tours:
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@voodoo said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
I will be seriously pissed if Scotland do beat Ireland and we end up playing SA in the QF
Doesn't matter. We have to play someone.
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@Duluth said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
toured NZ in the '70's (?) beating a NZ 2nd XV, I think.
I remember them touring NZ in the early 90's too
I found the results from the tours:
First ever live game of rugby I went to was Northland 3 v Romania 0 at Okara Park.
And I recall the 1981 ABs test that was awfully close.
Did think they'd be better and have plenty of pros playing in France.
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@booboo said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
Did think they'd be better and have plenty of pros playing in France.
Romania are only at the World Cup because Spain got kicked out due to eligibility issues with their players. Romania weren't exactly strong during qualifying.
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@booboo said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
Did think they'd be better and have plenty of pros playing in France.
Romania are only at the World Cup because Spain got kicked out due to eligibility issues with their players. Romania weren't exactly strong during qualifying.
Yeah, but still thought they'd be better.
And I thought that of a lot of Tier 2 teams who have been a bit disappointing. Most of them have plenty of pros in their ranks. So have been surprised at some of the scorelines.
Mind you ... Italy ...
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@Frank said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@voodoo said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
I will be seriously pissed if Scotland do beat Ireland and we end up playing SA in the QF
Can Scotland top the group if they beat Ireland?
Yep, but they’ll need to finish with more points than SA (table points, not point differential)
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@Frank said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@voodoo said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
I will be seriously pissed if Scotland do beat Ireland and we end up playing SA in the QF
Can Scotland top the group if they beat Ireland?
In theory yes, but SA will top the pool if it beats Tonga with a BP and a PD larger than 35 and Ireland lose to Scotland.
I think the only way Scotland finish top of the pool is if SA fail to secure a BP vs Tonga and Scotland beat Ireland with a BP.
For Scotland, they need to win and deny Ireland a BP or win and score 4 tries and keep Ireland to 1 BP. In theory Scotland could beat Ireland but if Ireland get 2 BP they go through.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
@MN5 said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
Didn’t Romania used to be ok ?
Decades ago they were really good. Better than Italy and capable of beating France and Wales. Toured NZ in the '70's (?) beating a NZ 2nd XV, I think.
A lot of their players and structure came from the armed forces and the collapse of communism had a huge impact when state funding disappeared.
This.
They were effectively state funded professionals in an amateur era. They were at the top of the second tier in Europe and beat France and Ireland from memory. Not sure if they knocked over Wales once?
Edit: They drew with Ireland, they beat France 7 times!
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Twice
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Yeah was just looking it up. They beat a strong Welsh side in Cardiff in 1988.
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@Catogrande said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
Yeah was just looking it up. They beat a strong Welsh side in Cardiff in 1988.
Did our bit for East-West relations
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@Catogrande said in RWC Week 4: Scotland v Romania:
They were effectively state funded professionals in an amateur era
Friend of mine played 14 for the Met Police in the '80's. He said he was effectively a professional player during the rugby season as were many of the Armed Forces teams.
1975 Romania rugby union tour of New Zealand - Wikipedia
