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Yeah, my son reckoned it was brilliant. It would have been good to see a try or two.
It just doesn't seem right to have a whole match where every point was from a penalty.
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It just doesn't seem right to have a whole match where every point was from a penalty.
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Be watching the semis with the English....
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Really enjoyed the 10 or so minutes of Wales battering at an impenetrable defence with extra men on the field but to no avail. NOT because I wanted them to fail but because the Aussies showed such fantastic defence. A bit of a shame that both teams seemed at times to be playing to get penalties awarded rather than to win the ball or yardage but that seems to be the modern game.
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Great game by Ireland. Considering the injury losses they were fantastic.
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May the Guinness flow...forever.....roll on Argentina
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A real gritty performance, France were pants, Ireland were great, they are going to miss Paul O'Connell massively, any news on Sexton? Liam Williams is out for the rest of the tournament, thats 6 players Wales have now lost. Enjoy the Guinness Mike, I am still 'tender' from lastnights belly full, chuff me the Irish boys can drink!
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It might be worth repeating the six nation advert.
Who's not in, who is still in...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbvbQPq4LXk
with thanks to rugby banter.
Who's not in, who is still in...
with thanks to rugby banter.
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I did see Graham Henry suggesting that Lancaster et al should keep their coaching positions earlier. Its taken me 20 minutes to stop laughing so I can post this
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Thanks!! I did notice the autocorrect spelling but I was too drunk to fix it
I wonder if the American autocowrecks changes whisky to whiskey?
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It is going to cost the RFU a small fortune to sack him, he is contracted until 2020.....bet the doughnut who thought that one up is now in hiding.
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Its going to cost them a big fortune to keep him. Have you seen how many tickets are available on the world cup website. To say QF/SF/Final tickets were like gold dust is an understatement before this. Now you can get any games fairly easily. They were selling tickets for England/Uruguay for £2.50 each. Keeping him will cost a fortune and be a mistake.
To be fair to the doughnut who thought it up the RFU does need to give their coaches a little support. Or a lot.
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I hope there is. One way or the other though I imagine he can be sacked for winning the grand total of nothing except one treble crown, a few calcutta cups, and a couple of millennium trophies since he's been in charge. Nothing really then
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I don't think its just a case of who'd be a good replacment, its also who would be willing to drink from a poison chalace. The trial by media, if things go pear-shaped is surley something that will put any candidate off. The England XV also needs some scrutiny , the captaincy needs a good going over as do some of the selections need deeper thought. Let's be honest, the majority of Englands players are top drawer, world class talent (with one or two exceptions
)Rumours are now circling that Burgess had more than one changing room/training field ding-dong, ( his game stats BTW showed he made more tackles and more yards than any other England back) which either needs to be addressed or things will undoubtably get worse. I really do hope they can sort things out, the 6N tournament would suffer.No good news for Ireland regarding PO'C , O'Mahony and Sexton. The sad news is that P'OC's rugby career is probably over, O'Mahony's RWC is over, whilst Sexton and Kearney are doubtful to start on Sunday.
QF predictions:
SA 11 - 13 Wales
Australia 21 - 9 Scotland
NZ 18 - 15 France
Ireland 18 - 24 Argentina
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don't think its just a case of who'd be a good replacment, its also who would be willing to drink from a poison chalace. The trial by media, if things go pear-shaped is surley something that will put any candidate off. The England XV also needs some scrutiny , the captaincy needs a good going over as do some of the selections need deeper thought. Let's be honest, the majority of Englands players are top drawer, world class talent (with one or two exceptions
I actually think its less of a poison chalice now then it was 10 years ago. Atleast now the RFU appears to support its coaches. That certainly wasn't the case back then. Trial by media is something that goes with top level sport in any country. Not just Rugby and not just England. Any coach needs to be able to deal with it.
I hope they get it sorted though. Its very interesting to see how Rugby in England has already suffered as a result and how quickly. Not just the 6N.That maybe just a knee jerk reaction, but the tournaments fall from grace has been pretty stunning. Atleast locally. (and its probably a fair bet that if the've lost support locally then the don't have much elsewhere)
such a shame.
QF predictions:
SA 11 - 13 Wales
Australia 21 - 9 Scotland
NZ 18 - 15 France
Ireland 18 - 24 Argentina
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Although France have the ability to surprise NZ. NZ have never done that well away from home and France on their day can and have upset them.Argentina have looked very good in recent years. I'm glad they were admitted to the ti-nations(or whatever they renamed it) after the last world cup
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English referee Wayne Barnes to take charge of Wales' quarter-final clash with South Africa. He will be supported by assistant referees George Clancy (Ireland) and JP Doyle (England), with Graham Hughes (England) acting as the television match official.
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Although to be fair to Wayne Barnes, he now just a dick, as opposed to the total dick-head he was a few years ago. He has mellowed and matured a bit and as referee's go, he's ok.
