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HappyCamperGL posted:DTH is a god among men. That's all you need to know about Canada. Yea, seriously just do a write up by van der Merwe and totally ignore how Canada hasn't won a single game in a really really really long time, and really ignore how they needed something like three different opportunities to qualify. If you find that writing about DTH doesn't make a long enough post, you can post about our greatest moment when we beat Fiji in the Vancouver Sevens tournament earlier this year.
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I can write about the time Jeff Hassler quit rugby, so that he could become a sailor, and then DM'd me on Facebook, to try and sell me his motorbike.
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Wales are going for the Full Scotland by playing many of their 1st XV against Ireland this weekend and playing chicken with fate.
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HappyCamperGL posted:DTH is a god among men. That's all you need to know about Canada. Also that photo of a tiny female athletic trainer stretching a prop and the prospective makes her look like a toddler.
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https://twitter.com/Springboks/status/1170028174597664768?s=20 apparently he had a sudden heart attack. real shame, he was winning a lot of plaudits as a coach at the Varsity Cup and provincial levels.
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Troy Queef posted:https://twitter.com/Springboks/status/1170028174597664768?s=20 I remember Williams in the world cup. A black player playing for the Springboks? Unheard of. He is just a token player, won't be able to play at the level of the rest of the team. What's this? He is scoring tries! Holy poo poo, he just took down Lomu like a lion taking down a gazelle. What the gently caress?! Dude is awesome. He was a groundbreaking player who opened up a lot of doors and possibilities for a lot of other players, and showed a country can be united. Really sad to hear this news.
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Yeah really sad news and to go so young. RIP.
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That was the most dominant performance by a team losing 37-0 since whenever Scotland last Scotlanded. 
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Total Meatlove posted:That was the most dominant performance by a team losing 37-0 since whenever Scotland last Scotlanded. And Youngs as MOTM, loving amazing.
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I feel like Italy would be better not warming up. Just go to Japan and see what happens. Practice doesn’t seem to be working out for them as a concept.
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Sep 6, 2019 23:01
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Turn up, have a few glasses of wine, play a match.
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Sep 7, 2019 04:16
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God I hate the Australian commentators. "Referee's spotted something there", like the refs being a pedantic bitch as opposed to the giant aussie knock on everyone saw.
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Slumfrog posted:God I hate the Australian commentators. "Referee's spotted something there", like the refs being a pedantic bitch as opposed to the giant aussie knock on everyone saw. Gordon Bray is a voice of a generation and I stan
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Sep 7, 2019 11:33
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He's not Phil Kearns, but that's about the most I can give him. Now Chris Handy, there was a man worth you turning the sound on.
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Sep 7, 2019 11:48
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God this game is delightful, it's just FUN
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Sep 7, 2019 12:08
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Samoa are good lads and deserve so much better than they get.
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Both teams are playing in really good spirit. Aus should win, but their scrum is starting to get consistently monstered.
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Sep 7, 2019 12:14
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Wait so somehow Ireland are now ranked 1st in the world rankings and Wales have fallen to 5th? These rankings seem like a load of loving bollocks.
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Yeah they're a load of ballix, ireland were soundly beaten by england and Wales in the 6n but managed to win a couple of warm ups to take number 1? Load of shite.
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Slumfrog posted:Both teams are playing in really good spirit. Aus should win, but their scrum is starting to get consistently monstered. That first Samoan try off the scrum was fantastic. Australian tend to step up in world cups and these games are just warm ups but they should be worried about their scrum.
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Yeah they're a load of ballix, ireland were soundly beaten by england and Wales in the 6n but managed to win a couple of warm ups to take number 1? Load of shite. IMO, rankings should be suspended 2 or 3 months out from the tournament. To be honest though, I don't know if anyone gives a poo poo about them at the moment anyway.
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Vagabundo posted:IMO, rankings should be suspended 2 or 3 months out from the tournament. yeah fair - we'll find out soon enough that wales should actually be 7th
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Vagabundo posted:IMO, rankings should be suspended 2 or 3 months out from the tournament. Doesn't really make a difference as I think all the games in the world Cup are worth double points like some sort of bonus round, so by and large those who do well in the world Cup will be higher than those who don't do well at the end of it anyway. As a Wales fan can I just say it was very nice of everyone to let us see the top of the world, like a Make A Wish foundation kid being taken up there out of pity. It was a nice view but we decided that we wouldn't want to live there so we have gone back down to live with our sheep and leeks but we will talk about it for a long time.
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Also going back a bit to the Wales description for the World Cup thread, can I say anyone who thinks Alun-Wyn Jones is an android hasn't watched that video of him with that kid (who frankly looked really ill) after the friendly against England where he snuck him onto the pitch and gave him a ball and let him run for a little bit. Or that time the child mascot that follows the team onto the pitch was clearly freezing so he gave the kid he own coat. The guy is a heart of gold encased in a stone exterior.
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Kitchner posted:Also going back a bit to the Wales description for the World Cup thread, can I say anyone who thinks Alun-Wyn Jones is an android hasn't watched that video of him with that kid (who frankly looked really ill) after the friendly against England where he snuck him onto the pitch and gave him a ball and let him run for a little bit. Or that time the child mascot that follows the team onto the pitch was clearly freezing so he gave the kid he own coat. Even an android can cry.
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Still very humid in Japan but by the times things kick off it should be bearable.
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HappyCamperGL posted:the silliest thing about the rankings is the way argentina (and to a lesser extent) italy get underrated. France should be in the top three and bottom 5 simultaneously
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God, being a professional rugby player sounds bloody miserable at times. This comes from the latest segment of Sam Warburton's autobiography, of which Wales Online are publishing excerpts. This is from the night before the second Lions test in New Zealand:Sam Warburton posted:Can’t sleep. The witching hour. The darkness comes flooding in, and it’s all I can do to stop it drowning me. Poor Sam. I hope he's happier now 
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There was a similar article about Wilkinson a few days ago. Less about the injuries, more about the anxiety and the fear.
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McCaw has stated that the 2011 World Cup campaign was a miserable slog, and has no memory of the post-match ceremony 8 years ago.
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gently caress me, that's heartbreaking. Imagine attaining the absolute pinnacle of the thing you grew up loving only to find you hate it. Glad he retired when he did, he's turning into a great pundit and a future without that sort of nightmare sounds much more fun.
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Would there be interest if I did an effortpost on attacking structure and pod systems? I feel like tv pundits are really poo poo at explaining what’s going on in a rugby game. Especially in England
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I think understanding the pod system is fundamental to understanding the modern game. Whilst most tier 1 nations are running variations now its still crucial. That and the understanding of how set plays are designed to break down how specific defences and sometimes even specific players is good.
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bigfoot again posted:Would there be interest if I did an effortpost on attacking structure and pod systems? I feel like tv pundits are really poo poo at explaining what’s going on in a rugby game. Especially in England I’d love to see it, having only played a little rugby in Uni/high school I have the barest understanding of what’s actually happening on field.
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bigfoot again posted:Would there be interest if I did an effortpost on attacking structure and pod systems? I feel like tv pundits are really poo poo at explaining what’s going on in a rugby game. Especially in England just posttttttttttttttt
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The 1014 video series has been touching on pod structure this last week. As a rugby layman, fascinating stuff to see how tactics compare. This video goes over both NZ and England's tactics briefly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKHZe_u80o E: Still, I'd appreciate a write-up on pods ghostal fucked around with this message at 11:45 on Sep 14, 2019 |
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ghostal posted:The 1014 video series has been touching on pod structure this last week. As a rugby layman, fascinating stuff to see how tactics compare. This video goes over both NZ and England's tactics briefly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKHZe_u80o Yep their stuff has generally been great. Is there going to be a new thread for the World Cup?
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