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  • CrucialC Offline
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    Anyone else catch that slot on CGW where they were at the fan zone for the Japan v Samoa game? Huge crowd and really getting into it even though most are 'new fans'.
    Really impressed with the way the locals have brought into this RWC and the efforts from the organisers.

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    @Crucial I wonder if this is where World Rugby arent too fussed with the Cardings, they are trying to appeal to a newer wider audience, many new to the game so to them this isnt detracting form the spectacle, in fact, possibly enhancing the 'drama'

    Just a left field thought.

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    @booboo said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @MajorRage said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    It's started 🙂

    Anthony Woolford  /  Oct 7, 2019  /  Rugby News

    Rugby World Cup pundit's astonishing attack on 'cheating' All Blacks who've been given 'diplomatic immunity' by referees | Wales Online

    Rugby World Cup pundit's astonishing attack on 'cheating' All Blacks who've been given 'diplomatic immunity' by referees | Wales Online

    He's let rip over the preferential treatment he believes New Zealand get

    How the fuck did he get through writing that and NOT mention the unfair advantage the Haka gives us?

    Seriously mate, this is amateur hour.

    EDIT: Just saw the comments ... check out all those red upthumbs!

    And if he had managed to slip in some poaching comments we'd have the full Irish Whinge Bingo.

    Even for a twat like him, complaining about poaching on behalf of Ireland would be a stretch.

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    Just further cements my opinion about him specifically and the whining population generally.

    Absolutely nothing new to see there.

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    Biiiiig typhoon coming.

    Will maybe cause trouble for us, but especially Ireland/Samoa also looking like trouble. If it were a draw, we don’t lose Ireland though, right?

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    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116397431/violent-typhoon-hagibis-threatens-final-rugby-world-cup-pool-games-this-weekend

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    While I am not buying anyone dropping a game to avoid anyone else, but, what if both teams looked at this game as one to lose....

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116399403/rugby-world-cup-could-england-lose-to-france-to-avoid-all-blacks

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    @Stargazer

    Assistant coach Andy Farrell said Ireland were as keen as World Rugby for the game to be played. A potential cancellation could knock Ireland out if Scotland were to beat Japan in a possible Pool A decider in the last pool game of the tournament.

    haha, wouldnt that be amusing....Japan would still qualify top I assume, setting up a mouthwatering clash for event organisers

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    @gt12 said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    Biiiiig typhoon coming.

    Will maybe cause trouble for us, but especially Ireland/Samoa also looking like trouble. If it were a draw, we don’t lose Ireland though, right?

    Doesn't look like it will pose the problem some think it will for Fukuoka:
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    If it did become cancelled and they shared the points with Samoa for the draw, they could miss out on the quarters if Scotland win their next two matches.

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    Yeah, I thought it would be a bigger problem for us, but the weather man on TV this morning was suggesting that it might move a bit slower and go further west, in which case it could cause big trouble for Kyushu. I still think Fukuoka should be OK though, but things might get very bumpy in Miyazaki.

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    France are imploding - again.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116399379/rugby-world-cup-france-in-chaos-as-mutiny-call-follows-axing-of-captain

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    @Bovidae said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    France are imploding - again.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116399379/rugby-world-cup-france-in-chaos-as-mutiny-call-follows-axing-of-captain

    Nailed on finalists

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    So anyway, what happened to the covering up of tattoos?

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    @Bones said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    So anyway, what happened to the covering up of tattoos?

    I expect that management have worked out which onsen they can attend and advised accordingly.

    A couple of our players had to cover their tattoos with strapping tape in our own hotel.

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    @antipodean

    Yeah, I have this big sticking plaster thing which I usually have to put on my arm when I use the bath after playing golf.

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    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116309716/italy-captain-sergio-parisse-set-to-fall-one-day-short-of-rugby-world-cup-record

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    The Italians have accumulated some unwanted rugby records.

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    Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116430817/rugby-world-cup-2019-world-rugbys-agustin-pichot-wants-to-move-offside-line-to-stop-all-this-kicking

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    @Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116430817/rugby-world-cup-2019-world-rugbys-agustin-pichot-wants-to-move-offside-line-to-stop-all-this-kicking

    Have horizontal lines sprayed on to the field one metre apart.

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    @ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    @Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:

    Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/rwc-2019-japan/116430817/rugby-world-cup-2019-world-rugbys-agustin-pichot-wants-to-move-offside-line-to-stop-all-this-kicking

    Have horizontal lines sprayed on to the field one metre apart.

    Start calling assistant refs linesmen again, and actually make them do their job

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