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Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot

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  • antipodeanA antipodean

    I don't know why we need to worry about who comes third. There's the winners and the people who lost the final. Everything else is loser territory.

    Seeding should be done a year before according to rankings.

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    @antipodean said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

    I don't know why we need to worry about who comes third. There's the winners and the people who lost the final. Everything else is loser territory.

    Seeding should be done a year before according to rankings.

    If seedings were done a year before it would make a lot more sense

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      Paper,scissors, Rock, first to 10

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      • antipodeanA antipodean

        I don't know why we need to worry about who comes third. There's the winners and the people who lost the final. Everything else is loser territory.

        Seeding should be done a year before according to rankings.

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        Why even bother finding 3rd place. What relevance is there?

        As an aside boxing doesn't have 3v4 at the Lumpics. Just two bronze medals.

        Why make the players bash themselves up even more for meaningless match.

        Seeding is done on rankings anyway.

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        • bayimportsB bayimports

          @antipodean said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

          I don't know why we need to worry about who comes third. There's the winners and the people who lost the final. Everything else is loser territory.

          Seeding should be done a year before according to rankings.

          If seedings were done a year before it would make a lot more sense

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          @bayimports said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

          @antipodean said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

          I don't know why we need to worry about who comes third. There's the winners and the people who lost the final. Everything else is loser territory.

          Seeding should be done a year before according to rankings.

          If seedings were done a year before it would make a lot more sense

          Yeah, it was probably a little far out, but better than results 4 year's previous.

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          • boobooB booboo

            Why even bother finding 3rd place. What relevance is there?

            As an aside boxing doesn't have 3v4 at the Lumpics. Just two bronze medals.

            Why make the players bash themselves up even more for meaningless match.

            Seeding is done on rankings anyway.

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            @booboo the worst thing about it , we have to get up for this match, imagine being in the first All Black team to have lost to Wales since 1953..meaningless or not the press will be all over this if it turns south.

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              If we win we take back second in the rankings, that's something imo

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                No cheating:

                can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                Nah, me neither

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                • SiamS Siam

                  No cheating:

                  can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                  Nah, me neither

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                  @Siam said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                  No cheating:

                  can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                  Nah, me neither

                  Wales
                  Us
                  England
                  South Africa
                  Us
                  Argentina
                  Australia
                  South Africa

                  At a guess anyway, the first 3 are wild guesses

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                  • SiamS Siam

                    No cheating:

                    can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                    Nah, me neither

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                    @Siam said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                    can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                    All but 2011. Can remember where I physically watched that game but potentially overindulged.

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                    • SiamS Siam

                      No cheating:

                      can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                      Nah, me neither

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                      @Siam actually yeah ... but I is a nerd

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                      • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                        @Siam said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                        No cheating:

                        can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                        Nah, me neither

                        Wales
                        Us
                        England
                        South Africa
                        Us
                        Argentina
                        Australia
                        South Africa

                        At a guess anyway, the first 3 are wild guesses

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                        @mariner4life said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                        @Siam said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                        No cheating:

                        can you name all the " bronze medallists" in the history of RWC?

                        Nah, me neither

                        Wales
                        Us
                        England
                        South Africa
                        Us
                        Argentina
                        Australia
                        South Africa

                        At a guess anyway, the first 3 are wild guesses

                        Good effort. One wrong. One of your wild guesses. They were 4th.

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                          @Blackheart is there fucken anything you don't want to change?

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                            captains whip it out. whomever is smallest wins

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                            • raznomoreR raznomore

                              captains whip it out. whomever is smallest wins

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                              @raznomore said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                              captains whip it out. whomever is smallest wins

                              Japan!!

                              Wait, their captain is not Japanese

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                                A Golden Shears contest.

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                                  yep some good old fashioned drinking games and singing

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                                  • BonesB Bones

                                    @Blackheart is there fucken anything you don't want to change?

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                                    • T The Eagle

                                      Shag v Gats, best of 5, rock paper scissors. Ok

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                                      @The-Eagle said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                                      Shag v Gats, best of 5, rock paper scissors. Ok

                                      An eating competition.

                                      Ian Smith for judge.

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                                      • MajorPomM MajorPom

                                        @The-Eagle said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                                        Shag v Gats, best of 5, rock paper scissors. Ok

                                        An eating competition.

                                        Ian Smith for judge.

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                                        @MajorRage said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                                        @The-Eagle said in Surely there has to be a better way to decide for third spot:

                                        Shag v Gats, best of 5, rock paper scissors. Ok

                                        An eating competition.

                                        Ian Smith for judge.

                                        And finally, Monsieur, a wafer thin mint.....

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                                          Meh. I hope we win. If we win, by my calculations, we'll be ranked second, which is a fair reflection of things.

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