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 silvertop  Portishead 19 Oct 19 9.56pm |
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Originally posted by YT
The difference was 32 points; 46-14. 24 points over the ozzies! And we are better than Ireland right now. A lot better. That said I fear our penalty count will defeat us as ireland were defeated today by being NVG.
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willardnz  Wanganui 19 Oct 19 10.47pm |
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did someone mention the cricket world cup final......don't get much stranger than winning, by not actually winning......I'm not bitter though....still...:-) Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle
Going to be a big ask YT but stranger things have happened.
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| YT Oxford 20 Oct 19 7.54am |
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Originally posted by sickboy
Game on for the semi final. As soon as the pass was made, I, watching on TV, shouted "forward", as it was obviously so. I couldn't believe it when the TMO then said that he saw nothing wrong with it. Mind you, ever since I began watching RU in the 1960s, New Zealand have always been the masters of the forward pass.
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| sickboy Deal or Croydon 20 Oct 19 8.39am |
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Originally posted by YT
As soon as the pass was made, I, watching on TV, shouted "forward", as it was obviously so. I couldn't believe it when the TMO then said that he saw nothing wrong with it. Mind you, ever since I began watching RU in the 1960s, New Zealand have always been the masters of the forward pass. Indeed. I watch super rugby down there and of course the tri nations ,and the interpretation of the laws by the antipodean refs is so different from the others.
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| YT Oxford 20 Oct 19 11.11am |
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France snatch defeat from the jaws of victory... again!
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 Oct 19 11.26am |
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The knockouts have been great so far. Shame Scotland have no hope.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 Oct 19 11.48am |
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Surprised to see non Japanese faces in the Japanese team. I expect Stirlingsays will be too.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 20 Oct 19 12.00pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Surprised to see non Japanese faces in the Japanese team. I expect Stirlingsays will be too. Surprised to see non African faces in the Springboks team
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 Oct 19 12.32pm |
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Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle
Surprised to see non African faces in the Springboks team Yeah I did think that too. All those Dutchmen playing for South Africa. Heard recently that China are planning to go down this route to win the football World Cup. If it’s done because someone has grown up in the country or parentage then there’s nothing to discuss but not to get a game, international experiences and caps or win tournaments. If we had a Messi who’d spent a few years in England winning us the World Cup it wouldn’t sit right with me. Wasn’t it Arteta who was thinking or planning to play for England?
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jeeagles  20 Oct 19 12.34pm |
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Originally posted by sickboy
Indeed. I watch super rugby down there and of course the tri nations ,and the interpretation of the laws by the antipodean refs is so different from the others. That's what caught NZ out during the Lion's tour. Southern hemisphere refs let a lot more go which is how they can play "close to the line". Except when there's proper officials which mean the likes of SBW gets caught for obvious foul play. It was weak referring not to give Reid a yellow yesterday.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 Oct 19 12.37pm |
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Originally posted by jeeagles
That's what caught NZ out during the Lion's tour. Southern hemisphere refs let a lot more go which is how they can play "close to the line". Except when there's proper officials which mean the likes of SBW gets caught for obvious foul play. It was weak referring not to give Reid a yellow yesterday. The stamping in SA years ago was pretty bad. In the way or not they’d get a good stamping. We’re just too civilised up over here.
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| YT Oxford 20 Oct 19 12.44pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Surprised to see non Japanese faces in the Japanese team. I expect Stirlingsays will be too. Any surprise at a Tongan face in the England team or a Tongan, Fijian, Papua New Guinean (etc etc etc) face in the New Zealand team?
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