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BBC Sport is saying that hes out for the Wales game. Which is a shame i think. I would love Wales to win but i dont think its going to make much difference.
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So Canada should be able to beat Romania, right? Right?!
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Oct 6, 2015 16:48
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Jesus Canada's kicking is the thing that is actually beating up the Canadian team.
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Madkal posted:Jesus Canada's kicking is the thing that is actually beating up the Canadian team. Turns out that the team which is literally two Sevens' teams smashed together isn't very good at the one thing that Sevens' players never have to do :{
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Tyma posted:Turns out that the team which is literally two Sevens' teams smashed together isn't very good at the one thing that Sevens' players never have to do :{ I knew there was a lot of sevens players on the squad from the OP but I didn't realize that it is two teams smashed together geez.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:21
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Xtanstic posted:I knew there was a lot of sevens players on the squad from the OP but I didn't realize that it is two teams smashed together geez. It's the Alberta Wolfpack team, the Ontario Blues team and the 3 guys who play in South Wales.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:31
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An international kicking workshop, about 9 months before the next world cup just to get everyone up a bit. You get all the "minor" sides' kickers together, have a discussion about technique and training methods...
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Oct 6, 2015 17:47
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Woot Canada!!!
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goatface posted:An international kicking workshop, about 9 months before the next world cup just to get everyone up a bit. You get all the "minor" sides' kickers together, have a discussion about technique and training methods... This sounds brilliant: just invite Tier 2s (and below, is there anyone below) and give them a proper rundown on how to do it. It would be very interesting to look at what some scorelines would have been if every kick at goal had been landed - thinking of England Fiji off the top of my head, but I know there's generally been some games which have felt like they'd be very different if the smaller nation had kicked well.
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Tyma posted:It's the Alberta Wolfpack team, the Ontario Blues team and the 3 guys who play in South Wales. This explains so much. goatface posted:An international kicking workshop, about 9 months before the next world cup just to get everyone up a bit. You get all the "minor" sides' kickers together, have a discussion about technique and training methods... You mean you're not supposed to just let ex soccer players punt it???!
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Xtanstic posted:This explains so much. Could be worst. Get ex-NFL/CFL kickers to do it.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:59
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Welp. Not wholly unexpected but still.  
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Oct 6, 2015 18:39
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Seriously Canada's kickers are to blame for this. 11 points missed.
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Vagabundo's badvatar on me must have cursed the Canadians, it's the only explanation.
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The Fijians don't look quite as into their dance as the others do. I think they need to find a more psychotic player to lead it.
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Oct 6, 2015 20:01
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Hell of an effort in getting to that tackle, he really should have used his loving arms.
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Oct 6, 2015 20:06
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Oct 6, 2015 20:07
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Oct 6, 2015 20:08
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Uruguay seem to be getting away with a lot of little technical fouls, but they're willing to play the chucking around game so good on them I suppose.
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He walked that in. There was nobody near him despite him having to cross their line through a bunch. edit - Uruguay are really bad at keeping their restarts in field. I'm gonna add that as a session in the "international kicking winter school".
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So uh why do all these pundits and coaches and other rugby types go on about how awful it was to do the draw three years ago as if it had any relevance to England's performance? I mean sure, for hype reasons etc. it seems a bit silly to do the draw so long ago but I don't see how it had anything to do with performance on the night.
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Oct 6, 2015 20:52
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NLJP posted:So uh why do all these pundits and coaches and other rugby types go on about how awful it was to do the draw three years ago as if it had any relevance to England's performance? I mean sure, for hype reasons etc. it seems a bit silly to do the draw so long ago but I don't see how it had anything to do with performance on the night. Because Wales' ranking at the time was a major anomaly, and had they done it, say, this year, we wouldn't have ended up with three top flight teams in the same pool thereby guaranteeing a major upset for one of them.
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NLJP posted:So uh why do all these pundits and coaches and other rugby types go on about how awful it was to do the draw three years ago as if it had any relevance to England's performance? I mean sure, for hype reasons etc. it seems a bit silly to do the draw so long ago but I don't see how it had anything to do with performance on the night. It's also a silly argument because even if they did the draw more recently Argentina were outside the top 8 for the last couple of years. Ireland were out the top 8 just two years ago too. Which could have had just as tough a group. There are enough good teams that groups of death are likely. This is a good thing as it comes from there being more competitive teams.
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Oct 6, 2015 21:04
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Fiji really aren't scared enough of losing the ball. They're giving it away in silly ways when they should be storming.
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HappyCamperGL posted:It's also a silly argument because even if they did the draw more recently Argentina were outside the top 8 for the last couple of years. Ireland were out the top 8 just two years ago too. Which could have had just as tough a group. Ah thanks, that makes sense.
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Oct 6, 2015 21:16
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Oct 6, 2015 21:20
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WTF! Did they just compare the struggles of the Uruguayan players in this game to the Uruguayan rugby players who were in the plane crash and had to eat the dead bodies?
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stavros880 posted:WTF! Did they just compare the struggles of the Uruguayan players in this game to the Uruguayan rugby players who were in the plane crash and had to eat the dead bodies? One of the dudes granddad was on that plane. Also what a try! Uruguay are making it interesting.
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Oct 6, 2015 21:22
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Oct 6, 2015 21:29
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Oct 6, 2015 21:31
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Hahahahaha, good work those angry South Americans. Fiji should just keep doing that until they self destruct. oh, ok. They can self destruct already.
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Oct 6, 2015 21:32
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Oct 6, 2015 21:33
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Oct 6, 2015 21:33
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HappyCamperGL posted:It's also a silly argument because even if they did the draw more recently Argentina were outside the top 8 for the last couple of years. Ireland were out the top 8 just two years ago too. Which could have had just as tough a group. Even if you just took the teams playing in the top two test competitions (six nations and rugby championship) you have 10 teams. Obviously that does not go into 8 quarter final spots and, if there is an upset by a lower tier nation (think Fiji knocking out Wales in 2007 pool play) you will only end up with 7 from that top pool of teams.
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