14 in a row!
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I have no problem with discussing this record vs the 90s Books, 60s Abs etc., and you can remove Namibia, Tonga and Georgia (teams that would beat Cyprus by 70+ btw) if you want to. Those would be valid comparisons. But using the Cypriot record as some kind of benchmark is bullshit. The gulf between tier 1 and 2 is big enough, but between them and the teams Cyprus plays it is absolutely farking enormous. It simply is not a valid comparison and it is not taken seriously by anyone who knows anything about rugby.
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We absolutely need distinctions, to argue otherwise would be ludicrous and lacking any common sense.
And of course, I hope we can go on and win all matches this calendar year, which would put the ABs at 22.I think there should be 3 records:
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IRB professional rugby member consecutive test win record-Cyprus should be disqualified, since they are not a full IRB member (they are an associate member, see here): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Rugby). Lithuania, South Africa, and NZ would be joint holders on 17.
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Tier 1&2 IRB professional rugby member consecutive test win record, which would be South Africa and NZ on 17.
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IRB professional member and associate member consecutive test win record-which would be Cyprus, who have the record for most wins between any nations, regardless of tier.
You can see some of their matches on their website:
http://www.cyprus-rugby.com/en/multimedia/match-videos/113-cyprus-70-10-finland -
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@taniwharugby said in 16 in a row ...:
@Rapido said in 16 in a row ...:
@taniwharugby said in 16 in a row ...:
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TR - I'm not keen to perpetuate the conversation, but - whichever NZ province has won the most consecutive matches against other NZ provinces holds the record for consecutive provincial victories.
It's probably Auckland in which case everyone will be sort of happy - but, if it's Whanganui (with or without an "h") in the Heartland Championship, then Whanganui it is.
Point being there were records, for points scored, tries scored etc in each division, dont think there was often this debate about one division claiming thier record was the 'real' record.
This record would be the equivalent of a first division record as long as we also include the 3 pre-season games against div 2 and 3 teams.
while the team you are claiming for the record are like a division 6 team....
I think it is perfectly fine for both records to exist, but to claim the amateur teams record should be treated as superior to the professional teams one is rather daft if you ask me (which no one did I know...)
Yeah but IRB gave everyone test status, so it's the rest record. (Unlike ICC, but same as FIFA)
Tiers don't even officially exist.
NZ have a chance to break their own national record, but not the test record.
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@Rapido but they are not an IRB member....so I guess it means this would be an IRB record then?
ABs seem to be taking this fake record seriously:
NEWS: All Blacks Captain Kieran Read has spoken to media on the eve of tomorrow's massive Investec Rugby Championship Test against the Springboks and the possibility of equalling the record of 17 consecutive wins by a tier-one international side. "We want to go and get 17 but you can't be thinking, once you're out on the field, about records and things like that. There is a little bit of motivation with it. This group of men have got us to a position where we have a chance ... what better side to face than the South Africans and a team that's going to put us under alot of pressure."
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
I have no problem with discussing this record vs the 90s Books, 60s Abs etc., and you can remove Namibia, Tonga and Georgia (teams that would beat Cyprus by 70+ btw) if you want to. Those would be valid comparisons. But using the Cypriot record as some kind of benchmark is bullshit. The gulf between tier 1 and 2 is big enough, but between them and the teams Cyprus plays it is absolutely farking enormous. It simply is not a valid comparison and it is not taken seriously by anyone who knows anything about rugby.
Yeah. I see this more in the cricinfo style stats geek articles - where they compare records accross eras etc - and often exclude Zim and Bang (which btw is very unfair to the 90s zimbos and very generous to the 1950s 'blackcaps').
I can accept the streak is good and discussion worthy. Just as long as the words "test", "win" and "record" aren't applied when that is false then I'm all good
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
And as mentioned, it's ridiculous to even mention them in the same breath. I can't recall a test cricketer ever breaking the record for runs or wickets and someone then coming with the caveat that someone at a much much lower level got more runs or wickets.
How absurd would this sound:
"Matt Hayden has broken the all-time test batting record. But of course he will have to score another 600 runs if he wants to break the all-time record set by a school kid on a patch of dirt in India who was dropped over a dozen times."
On the contrary, how absurd would this sound?
Matt Hayden: I just scored the highest score in cricket of all time!
Interviewer: Well, not quite Matt, there was an Indian kid who scored more than 1,000.
Matt Hayden: Nah - I got more than him, he doesn't count - mine was a test match.
Interviewer: Well, what about Brian Lara's 501 versus Durham - a first class match?
Hayden: Nah, I got more than him as well - it's not a test match.
Interviewer: Well, what about Brian's 375 against England - that's surely better than your 380 against Zimbabwe?
Hayden: No, no, no, mate - mine's clearly 5 runs better.
Interviewer: Well, thank fuck Brian backed that up with another 400 against England.
Hayden: I'm fucked.
You guys are confusing quality with quantity.
Cyprus are an international team - apparently the teams they've beaten are international teams.
So either, you need to appeal to the IRB to have those matches disallowed as test matches, or you need to appeal to the UN to have them disallowed as countries.
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@Kruse said in 16 in a row ...:
@Pot-Hale
Well, I guess we should just put that whole thing to bed.
Just 3 wins next year, and the whole "Tier 1" distinction is irrelevant, yeah?
Kinda like us only ever having won the World Cup at home... this team sweeping all that bullshit aside, making things simple.That you only can win world cups at home thing pissed me off more than the choking tag before it , because it was stupid
I mean if you look at away from home test wins , no one comes close to the ABs ,
I was wondering what was going to be next ........ we can only win world cups on saturdays
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@Chris-B. said in 16 in a row ...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
@Chris-B. said:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
And as mentioned, it's ridiculous to even mention them in the same breath. I can't recall a test cricketer ever breaking the record for runs or wickets and someone then coming with the caveat that someone at a much much lower level got more runs or wickets.
How absurd would this sound:
"Matt Hayden has broken the all-time test batting record. But of course he will have to score another 600 runs if he wants to break the all-time record set by a school kid on a patch of dirt in India who was dropped over a dozen times."
On the contrary, how absurd would this sound?
Matt Hayden: I just scored the highest score in cricket of all time!
Interviewer: Well, not quite Matt, there was an Indian kid who scored more than 1,000.
Matt Hayden: Nah - I got more than him, he doesn't count - mine was a test match.
Interviewer: Well, what about Brian Lara's 501 versus Durham - a first class match?
Hayden: Nah, I got more than him as well - it's not a test match.
Interviewer: Well, what about Brian's 375 against England - that's surely better than your 380 against Zimbabwe?
Hayden: No, no, no, mate - mines clearly 5 runs better.
Interviewer: Well, thank fuck Brian backed that up with another 400 against England.
Hayden: I'm fucked.
You guys are confusing quality with quantity.
Cyprus are an international team - apparently the teams they've beaten are international teams.
So either, you need to appeal to the IRB to have those matches disallowed as test matches, or you need to appeal to the UN to have them disallowed as countries.
What a nonsense post. The obvious difference is that people have actually claimed that the record the ABs are gunning for now isn't the real record which is held by Cyprus.
Thankfully people with even the slightest bit of knowledge of world rugby know that even comparing tier 1 or 2 rugby with tier 6 or 7 is quite simply laughable.
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Christ mate - how many opportunities do I have to give you to gracefully bail out of the conversation?
I certainly haven't learned anything from you from this discussion - the points made seem to be pretty fucking obvious. You can either believe that the Tier 1 record is the real record or the international teams record is the real record.
I don't think anyone is under any illusion as to what the respective records mean.
So..why the fuck are you still attacking me?
Frankly, I'm not really interested in pissing contests - if people want to have good-natured discussions with me about footy than I'm ready to engage, but I can't be bothered with this stuff.
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@Chris-B. said in 16 in a row ...:
Christ mate - how many opportunities do I have to give you to gracefully bail out of the conversation?
I certainly haven't learned anything from you from this discussion - the points made seem to be pretty fucking obvious. You can either believe that the Tier 1 record is the real record or the international teams record is the real record.
I don't think anyone is under any illusion as to what the respective records mean.
So..why the fuck are you still attacking me?
Frankly, I'm not really interested in pissing contests - if people want to have good-natured discussions with me about footy than I'm ready to engage, but I can't be bothered with this stuff.
If you can't be bothered then why in Buddas' name waste time with the Hayden-Interviewer thing?
Anyway, I don't think the actual real proper record will be broken tonight. I'm feeling a draw or loss. Hope I'm wrong.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
@Chris-B. said in 16 in a row ...:
Christ mate - how many opportunities do I have to give you to gracefully bail out of the conversation?
I certainly haven't learned anything from you from this discussion - the points made seem to be pretty fucking obvious. You can either believe that the Tier 1 record is the real record or the international teams record is the real record.
I don't think anyone is under any illusion as to what the respective records mean.
So..why the fuck are you still attacking me?
Frankly, I'm not really interested in pissing contests - if people want to have good-natured discussions with me about footy than I'm ready to engage, but I can't be bothered with this stuff.
If you can't be bothered then why in Buddas' name waste time with the Hayden-Interviewer thing?
Anyway, I don't think the actual real proper record will be broken tonight. I'm feeling a draw or loss. Hope I'm wrong.
Buddha...........
You're Welcome
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Looking ahead, if the ABs won all matches on EOYT (including the Australian banana skin match), the streak would be 22.The Lions must play the following teams in the two weeks before the first test: Blues, Crusaders, Highlanders, Maori ABs, and Chiefs. Plus the Hurricanes after the first test. That should soften them up. So, assuming ABs won all three, the streak would be 25.
Then the 2017 Rugby Championshp will all be matches in NZ. Aus, Arg, and SA. 28.
How long can this thing go? 17? 20?21 and lose to France?
EDIT: @taniwharugby .....LOL, well you're right, and only then is Hansen allowed to retired!.... but let's not get carried away.
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I blame booboo.....
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@dK said in 16 in a row ...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
@Chris-B. said in 16 in a row ...:
Christ mate - how many opportunities do I have to give you to gracefully bail out of the conversation?
I certainly haven't learned anything from you from this discussion - the points made seem to be pretty fucking obvious. You can either believe that the Tier 1 record is the real record or the international teams record is the real record.
I don't think anyone is under any illusion as to what the respective records mean.
So..why the fuck are you still attacking me?
Frankly, I'm not really interested in pissing contests - if people want to have good-natured discussions with me about footy than I'm ready to engage, but I can't be bothered with this stuff.
If you can't be bothered then why in Buddas' name waste time with the Hayden-Interviewer thing?
Anyway, I don't think the actual real proper record will be broken tonight. I'm feeling a draw or loss. Hope I'm wrong.
Buddha...........
You're Welcome
What is it with this thread and pendants?
Never been happier to be wrong about the result of a game. Still reckon we'll get beaten once this year. Just hope it isn't against farking Ireland.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
@dK said in 16 in a row ...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 16 in a row ...:
@Chris-B. said in 16 in a row ...:
Christ mate - how many opportunities do I have to give you to gracefully bail out of the conversation?
I certainly haven't learned anything from you from this discussion - the points made seem to be pretty fucking obvious. You can either believe that the Tier 1 record is the real record or the international teams record is the real record.
I don't think anyone is under any illusion as to what the respective records mean.
So..why the fuck are you still attacking me?
Frankly, I'm not really interested in pissing contests - if people want to have good-natured discussions with me about footy than I'm ready to engage, but I can't be bothered with this stuff.
If you can't be bothered then why in Buddas' name waste time with the Hayden-Interviewer thing?
Anyway, I don't think the actual real proper record will be broken tonight. I'm feeling a draw or loss. Hope I'm wrong.
Buddha...........
You're Welcome
What is it with this thread and pendants?
Never been happier to be wrong about the result of a game. Still reckon we'll get beaten once this year. Just hope it isn't against farking Ireland.
Highly unlikely.
After yesterday's spanking, I've revised my scoring margin further.
If Ireland can keep the losing margin to less than 40, I'm regarding it as a win.
