2019 Rugby Championship

[E African Troll]

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

a 'friendly'.............

The game will be a "friendly" :face_screaming_in_fear:

Couldn't give a stuff abut the result

More interested in the team Los Pumas put out and how they perform

"Test Matches" mean nothing in a RWC year except for the big dance of course

[Hooroo]

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

a 'friendly'.............

The game will be a "friendly" :face_screaming_in_fear:

Couldn't give a stuff abut the result

More interested in the team Los Pumas put out and how they perform

"Test Matches" mean nothing in a RWC year except for the big dance of course

I'd be rather excited if my team finally beat a team that have never been able to beat before.

Or has your lot beaten us previously?

[taniwharugby]

yeah friendlies in rugby do not exist, the sheer physicality of the sport removes any 'friendliness'

[nzzp]

@NTA said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

Enough of these Bible-bashing Folau types; back to good old, over-privileged white boy, cocaine-fuelled bad haircut shenaningans.

His sense of 'who are you to question me when I'm out at 4am the week of the deciding Lions test' was up there with Piri 'my weight is my problem, don't ask me about KFC' level. Good to see some one the 3 amigos back so far ... Quade next perhaps?

[NTA]

@nzzp re: Quade - Cheika can't win - if he picks Foley, most of the country will immediately be up in arms about his form. If he picks Quade, he gets.... Quade

[nzzp]

@NTA said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@nzzp re: Quade - Cheika can't win - if he picks Foley, most of the country will immediately be up in arms about his form. If he picks Quade, he gets.... Quade

I reckon Foley's OK. Not a world beater, but solid enough at 10 to run a campaign. Just not flashy

Quade comes with all of Quade's issues, and a game that hasn't been at the level of 2011 for a long long time.

[E African Troll]

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

a 'friendly'.............

The game will be a "friendly" :face_screaming_in_fear:

Couldn't give a stuff abut the result

More interested in the team Los Pumas put out and how they perform

"Test Matches" mean nothing in a RWC year except for the big dance of course

I'd be rather excited if my team finally beat a team that have never been able to beat before.

Or has your lot beaten us previously?

AFAIK Los Pumas have never beaten All Blacks

Beating them in a meaningless game in 2019 TRC will mean little

COMPARED to beating Crusaders in C'church in a Super Rugby final

That would be the greatest victory in the history of Super Rugby and make International news as Jaguares would be effectively be beating an All Blacks side in their own backyard

Plus how bloody good would it be to beat FOUR kiwi sides in a Super Rugby season

Stormers in 2010 were last team to beat 4 NZ times, heck they beat all 5 NZ teams & Bulls beat 4 NZ sides as well in Super Rugby

However SA sides were much stronger in those days & Kiwis sides much weaker then

Landers were :pile_of_poo: Blues were :pile_of_poo: & Canes were mediocre

[booboo]

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

a 'friendly'.............

The game will be a "friendly" :face_screaming_in_fear:

Couldn't give a stuff abut the result

More interested in the team Los Pumas put out and how they perform

"Test Matches" mean nothing in a RWC year except for the big dance of course

I'd be rather excited if my team finally beat a team that have never been able to beat before.

Or has your lot beaten us previously?

(21 all in 1985)

[MN5]

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Jaguares4real said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@Hooroo said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

a 'friendly'.............

The game will be a "friendly" :face_screaming_in_fear:

Couldn't give a stuff abut the result

More interested in the team Los Pumas put out and how they perform

"Test Matches" mean nothing in a RWC year except for the big dance of course

I'd be rather excited if my team finally beat a team that have never been able to beat before.

Or has your lot beaten us previously?

AFAIK Los Pumas have never beaten All Blacks

Beating them in a meaningless game in 2019 TRC will mean little

COMPARED to beating Crusaders in C'church in a Super Rugby final

That would be the greatest victory in the history of Super Rugby and make International news as Jaguares would be effectively be beating an All Blacks side in their own backyard

Plus how bloody good would it be to beat FOUR kiwi sides in a Super Rugby season

Stormers in 2010 were last team to beat 4 NZ times, heck they beat all 5 NZ teams & Bulls beat 4 NZ sides as well in Super Rugby

However SA sides were much stronger in those days & Kiwis sides much weaker then

Landers were :pile_of_poo: Blues were :pile_of_poo: & Canes were mediocre

So you're saying a Super Rugby win is worth more than a Test match win against a team you've never ever beaten previously ? wow.

[Machpants]

It's irrelevant anyway, they'll lose both.

[taniwharugby]

hhhmm, so if the Pumas playing ABs in BA in TRC is so meaningless, why are they in TRC at all...

[E African Troll]

@MN5

Yes I am

Los Pumas beating AB missing nearly half their matchday 23 would be mean little compared to making history and shattering the invincibility of the Crusaders

To be the best you have to beat the best Saders have set the standard in Super Rugby

Jaguares need to knock them off their fucking perch

Jaguares battered the Hurricanes in their last game in NZ

Time to go one better :oncoming_fist: :oncoming_fist:

[Kirwan]

Well I was struggling to get too excited for the inevitable Crusaders victory, a few posts above have helped with that...

[E African Troll]

@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

hhhmm, so if the Pumas playing ABs in BA in TRC is so meaningless, why are they in TRC at all...

TRC means fuck all in RWC year

They are Friendlies and Trial matches for those looking for a spot in 31 man squad to be decide in August

BIGGER PRIZE ahead

[E African Troll]

@Kirwan

[Kirwan]

@Jaguares4real This is the difference between a Tier 1 and Tier 2 nation. No friendlies with the big boys.

[Frank]

@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
I also think it makes Fifita relatively safe for now.

Am I tripping on LSD or did you say Vaea never hit a ruck in his life Fifita is a relatively safe pick ??

[gt12]

@Frank said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
I also think it makes Fifita relatively safe for now.

Am I tripping on LSD or did you say Vaea never hit a ruck in his life Fifita is a relatively safe pick ??

Could be, but what I wrote is that due to Barrett's injury I think that Fifita's place in the squad is now probably safe. I wouldn't pick him, but I think he will be picked.

[NTA]

@Kirwan said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

Well I was struggling to get too excited for the inevitable Crusaders victory, a few posts above have helped with that...

I agree - fuck the Saders.

[Bovidae]

@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby Championship:

so, Crotty out for upto 8 weeks

That sums up his career over the last few season. Made of glass.