Saturday's Feast of Rugby for Armchair Viewer!

Digifriendly

5.45am - Japan vs Wales on BBC1 Wales
8.00am - NZ vs France on Sky Sports 2
10.30am - Queensland vs Lions on Sky Sports 2
13.10pm - Scotland vs Samoa on Sky Sports 2
16.00 pm - S. Africa vs Italy on Sky Sports 3
19.30 pm - Argentina vs England on BBC2
01.20 am (Sun) USA vs Ireland on TG4

Hardly time to catch breath and have some refreshment!

who_me

Too many "am"s in that list for a weekend, godammit. Still.... yay!

LeeroyJones

I smell an accumulator....

Heroditas

LeeroyJones wrote: »

I smell an accumulator....

I smell an extremely irate wife!

SebBerkovich

Going to be doing my best to stay up for the Ireland game.. thusly i don't think i'll be getting up before the lions game starts.

trouttrout

LeeroyJones wrote: »

I smell an accumulator....

My own selections!

Digifriendly wrote: »

5.45am - Japan vs Wales on BBC1 Wales
8.00am - NZ vs France on Sky Sports 2
10.30am - Queensland vs Lions on Sky Sports 2
13.10pm - Scotland vs Samoa on Sky Sports 2
16.00 pm - S. Africa vs Italy on Sky Sports 3
19.30 pm - Argentina vs England on BBC2
01.20 am (Sun) USA vs Ireland on TG4

Hardly time to catch breath and have some refreshment!

Pays about 6/1!

Also, France in a single at 8/1

LeeroyJones

Heroditas wrote: »

I smell an extremely irate wife!

After all that TV....
..... I smell

uRbaN

Thankfully the France game and the Lions game won't interfere with crazy beachtime fun with my kids in the sunshine.
Win : Win

the baby bull elephant

So does that mean the Wales match won't be on TV in Ireland?

Forgot the English match. Was planning watch all the others napping between head out, get back home watch the Ireland match, fall asleep, sleep until 8:00 Monday morning.

TheGoldenAges

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

So does that mean the Wales match won't be on TV in Ireland?

Forgot the English match. Was planning watch all the others napping between head out, get back home watch the Ireland match, fall asleep, sleep until 8:00 Monday morning.

If you have Sky, BBC Wales should be on the "Other Channels" section

Swiwi

Digifriendly wrote: »

5.45am - Japan vs Wales on BBC1 Wales
8.00am - NZ vs France on Sky Sports 2
10.30am - Queensland vs Lions on Sky Sports 2
13.10pm - Scotland vs Samoa on Sky Sports 2
16.00 pm - S. Africa vs Italy on Sky Sports 3
19.30 pm - Argentina vs England on BBC2
01.20 am (Sun) USA vs Ireland on TG4

Hardly time to catch breath and have some refreshment!

Japan might give Wales a decent enough game, given virtually the whole Welsh 1st 15 is on Lions duty. Scotland v Samoa might be close, but SA should smash Italy I would have thought. Argentina v Eng might be interesting, given it's in Argentina, Argentina have even gone as far as resting 20 players for the 4N, they seem to be developing a bit of depth.

I'd assume Ireland, even without the Lions recruits, should easily account for the Eagles.

19543261

15mins in, 3-0 to Japan.

Very impressed by the accuracy and ferocity of the Japanese defense!!

In the words of the commentator; "Sore wa BIGU HITO desu ne O:!"

Uncharacteristically theyve made a couple of error with ball in hand.

6-0, 20mins in. Wales given a yellow in front of their line for obstructing.

19543261

6-6. Japan being penalised just about every way in the scrum. Major weakness atm. Some fantastic turnovers and breakdown work.

WOoo! Try off a 5m lineout! Lovely dummy, 2 on 1. Conversion missed.

Half time, 11-6. Wales looking impotent in attack. Love to see some stats, been at least 4 turnovers for Japan so far.

Yea was right, 4 turnovers. 4 handling errors each.

Japan missing a penalty. Still 11-6. Wales botching up a sure try, was 2 on one.

11-9. Absolutely bizarre call from the ref, saying 6 was off his feet???

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh cant believe it, their kicker is 2/5 now, not particularly difficult ones either.

God dammit. 12-11 to Wales. Ref saying 6 was going off his feet then getting up to compete at ruck; coudl just be my half open eyes, but I wasnt seen any of that.

pickarooney

Is Wales v Japan still on?

vkid

pickarooney wrote: »

Is Wales v Japan still on?

yep, an hour into game. still 11-9

edit..now 12 -11

19543261

AHH **** SAKE

20-11, 15mins left.

the baby bull elephant

Nice try for Wales.

vkid

too early..not awake yet
18-19

19543261

YESSSSSSSSSSSS GET IN THERE, TRY JAPAN

20-19.

edit: what. 19-18

vkid

wales lucky imo

19543261

Game over. 22-18.

Japans kicker losing it for them, lost out on 9 points. Disappointing. Japans defense looked very solid the whole match; they seemed to be opting to kick for territory to force penalties but their kicker was a messer and they looked threatening with ball in hand so no idea what the game plan was.

vkid

19543261 wrote: »

Game over. 22-18.

Japans kicker losing it for them, lost out on 9 points. Disappointing

Some good stuff from Japan though, maybe just lacking that edge needed. Probably their best chance blown though but who knows

Swiwi

Do the games this weekend count for IRB ranking points? Or because of the Lions series, is that not the case? Did the Highlanders Tanaka play scrumhalf for Japan - if so, any good?

the baby bull elephant

Swiwi wrote: »

Do the games this weekend count for IRB ranking points? Or because of the Lions series, is that not the case? Did the Highlanders Tanaka play scrumhalf for Japan - if so, any good?

Yeah was quite good, as usual.

Not sure about ranking points but these two are playing for the Raeburn Shield.

Mister Gooey

Thanks to the OP. We now have rugby on for the day (with Disney Junior on in the other room of course!). Forget the bbq!

matthew8

Manu Samoa over for an early try. Hopefully they can win both games and have a game against the boks.

Stev_o

Two tries so far for Samoa. They v only played Scotland 8 times absolutely shocking.

decisions

I hope Scotland can make a game of it.

Aidric

Both Samoa tries have come from good running rugby.

matthew8

Samoa really should have scored another try. Are there bonus points in this tournament? If so a SA-Samoa final may well be pre-determined after week 1.

irishbucsfan

Ah that's embarrassing for Horne.

Samoa are entertaining to watch.

thomond2006

Where's Fotuali'i? Injured?

CatFromHue

thomond2006 wrote: »

Where's Fotuali'i? Injured?

He doesn't really play for Samoa in the Summer to be honest.

ScrubsfanChris

Why is this match in such a huge stadium, masses of empty seats.

thomond2006

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Why is this match in such a huge stadium, masses of empty seats.

I think it's a double header, SA vs Italy will be in the same ground.

Micky Dolenz

Scotland really are poor.

Micky Dolenz

Will the Irish game be televised on an American channel?

dtpc191991

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Will the Irish game be televised on an American channel?

I'm not sure but the USA Rugby website has its own live streaming section so it might be on there.

matthew8

Le Roux starting, hopefully he'll star. Hopeful about Engelbrecht too. No idea why he's starting Vermaak though. Wouldn't start Strauss either, would opt for Ralepelle or even Maku from what I've seen.

matthew8

Italy not at the races so far. Bullboks 13-0 up in usuak style, 2 penalties and a maul try for Strauss.

decisions

A break from Habana sets up another try.

20-0

matthew8

Beautiful stuff. This is a rout.

Buer

Moronic from Basson. He had no need to go high.

decisions

Try Italy.

matthew8

Italy murdering the boks this half.

Turtwig

matthew8 wrote: »

Italy murdering the boks this half.

Yep and then Habana just cut through them like that.:eek:

Buer

Harsh on Italy. Habana cruises in from 40m on turnover ball. Ball popped back on the SA side very suspiciously. Italy have had literally about 60% possession and 75% territory this half.

And now looks like they might have another! TMO.

matthew8

Engelbrecht butchered a try there.

toomevara

Buer wrote: »

Italy have had literally about 60% possession and 75% territory this half.

That's the fundamental issue with Italian rugby writ-large isn't it. You could say that of most games they play. Until they get a decent set of half backs and a talented centre pairing they can have all the bleedin' ball they like!!

TheGoldenAges

Score lads?

matthew8

TheGoldenAges wrote: »

Score lads?

44-10 to the boks.