Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

munsterlegend

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Are you seriously expecting Italy to have a realistic chance of getting out of their pool? Snowball`s chance in hell IMO.

Highly unlikely yes but Italy have beaten them in thelast two years. It would be like Japan beating South Africa in last World Cup.

PTH2009

South Africa looked like a team who were binding there time a bit

They knw they will have a soft QF in terms of historical significance

Former Former

PTH2009 wrote: »

South Africa looked like a team who were binding there time a bit

They knw they will have a soft QF in terms of historical significance

Uh huh.

munsterlegend

PTH2009 wrote: »

South Africa looked like a team who were binding there time a bit

They knw they will have a soft QF in terms of historical significance

?

PhlegmyMoses

PTH2009 wrote: »

South Africa looked like a team who were binding there time a bit

They knw they will have a soft QF in terms of historical significance

Can we all stop with this idea that teams are so controlled that they can take it easy when in the middle of a bruising WC game trying to get marginally better draws. The only way this can happen is if they pick a weaker team, and even those guys will go hell for leather. It is not at all prevalent for a team to go 80% or mind themselves when playing the ****ing All Blacks and still come out within 10 points of them. That was a first choice SA today and they had a humdinger of a game. Two great teams.

Chivito550

icdg wrote: »

Pity World Rugby have ditched World in Union from the world feed titles.

Any reason why?

Was it played at opening ceremony?

munsterlegend

munsterlegend wrote: »

Highly unlikely yes but Italy have beaten them in thelast two years. It would be like Japan beating South Africa in last World Cup.

in fairness that was 3 years ago (nov 16) and with sth africa at their lowest point really in a november friendly in an Italy home game.

not a hope of this happening now. would be a bigger upset that Japan beating them last time.

Chivito550

glasso wrote: »

in fairness that was 3 years ago (nov 16) and with sth africa at their lowest point really in a november friendly in an Italy home game.

not a hope of this happening now. would be a bigger upset that Japan beating them last time.

And Italy lost to Tonga the following week.

munsterlegend

glasso wrote: »

in fairness that was 3 years ago (nov 16) and with sth africa at their lowest point really in a november friendly in an Italy home game.

not a hope of this happening now. would be a bigger upset that Japan beating them last time.

I think it would be as big a shock as the Japan win. Of course South Africa should win comfortably on recent form but Italy will be well drilled and could make it uncomfortable.

CatFromHue

glasso wrote: »

in fairness that was 3 years ago (nov 16) and with sth africa at their lowest point really in a november friendly in an Italy home game.

not a hope of this happening now. would be a bigger upset that Japan beating them last time.

an inanimate carbon rod would have beaten SA that day

kuang1

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Can we all stop with this idea that teams are so controlled that they can take it easy when in the middle of a bruising WC game trying to get marginally better draws. The only way this can happen is if they pick a weaker team, and even those guys will go hell for leather. It is not at all prevalent for a team to go 80% or mind themselves when playing the ****ing All Blacks and still come out within 10 points of them. That was a first choice SA today and they had a humdinger of a game. Two great teams.

You might need to familiarise yourself with PTH2009's contributions a bit more.

bobbyss

Just a pity there are no games to look forward to in the afternoons or evenings.

realhorrorshow

The "highlights" on the World Rugby YouTube channel are shocking.

sydthebeat

Recorded games

I'm watching France / Argies now

Exclamation Marc

realhorrorshow wrote: »

The "highlights" on the World Rugby YouTube channel are shocking.

Absolutely crap. No scoreboard makes them nearly impossible to follow when they don't show penalties or conversions.

bobbyss

Any one have a good timetable of all gamrs in Irish time? The Guardian has good schedule but in Japanese time. Useless so.

pc7

The Ultimate Rugby app has it all if add the tournament to your favorites

Clegg

Wesley Fofana has dropped out of the French squad through injury. Such a shame that a great player retires from test rugby like this.

Squidgy Black

bobbyss wrote: »

Any one have a good timetable of all gamrs in Irish time? The Guardian has good schedule but in Japanese time. Useless so.

The World Cup app is pretty decent, shows game fixtures in your local time and you can filter by pool.

realhorrorshow

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Absolutely crap. No scoreboard makes them nearly impossible to follow when they don't show penalties or conversions.

Didn't think anyone could put together highlights worse than the Pro14 but here we are. It's such a missed opportunity, the Japan highlights have nearly half a million view in a day, safe to say a decent number of those could be from potential new fans. Good incentive to watch the full games back though.

This is it

Squidgy Black wrote: »

The World Cup app is pretty decent, shows game fixtures in your local time and you can filter by pool.

Good for times but it's messed up for scores, it showed them in reverse for the France v Argentina match earlier -_-

Can't upload images for some reason, not sure if the below will work

Cork Boy 53

bobbyss wrote: »

Any one have a good timetable of all gamrs in Irish time? The Guardian has good schedule but in Japanese time. Useless so.

All that you have to do is subtract 8 hours from Japanese time to convert to Irish time so 7pm Japanese is 11am Irish etc.. The only change to that may be for the final week of the tournament when the clocks go back an hour here. I`m not sure whether or not the Japanese alter their clocks then.

flazio

Chivito550 wrote: »

Any reason why?

Was it played at opening ceremony?

It was.
Interestingly there is an official version for this year sung by Kiyoe Yoshioka (sung at the ceremony) , however this is not the version being used by ITV.
Emeli Sandé and Sarah Álainn made their version especially for ITV. It has no official affiliation with the competition. It's the first time ITV made their own version.
I wonder if we could just adjust the history books to make it the official 2015 version?

KevinK

Podge_irl wrote: »

Could have equally ended up in the same group 6 months ago.

Even this morning they were in 4th, but only 0.02 ranking points ahead of Wales in 5th

Dwarf.Shortage

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

All that you have to do is subtract 8 hours from Japanese time to convert to Irish time so 7pm Japanese is 11am Irish etc..

I suspect the man understands the concept of a time difference but is looking for something that saves the hassle of daily mental arithmetic.

Dave_The_Sheep

Finally caught up with all the games, I've been avoiding social media (actually, any media) all day. Sat down and watched through. That was some day of rugby, quality stuff.

Deligehted to see Argentina lose, not just the game, but their heads after the game.

Fiji were on fire for large parts of their game, these guys are beasts against a not-small Australian team. Scoreline not reflective, etc.

NZ are sick. They were sat on by SA for the first 20, and finish the 25 minute mark 7 points ahead, very All Black. Fair reflection, both very good sides, great contest.

Can't see tomorrow being as entertaining, but as long as we win with no injuries, I do not care.

Hurrache

bobbyss wrote: »

Any one have a good timetable of all gamrs in Irish time? The Guardian has good schedule but in Japanese time. Useless so.

BakeMeACake

Much like the value of Willie le roux, I see no forward value with RK. And you ain't gonna win a game on the defensive Vs the ABs

Hermy

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Deligehted to see Argentina lose, not just the game, but their heads after the game.

Just curious but why so?

Dwarf.Shortage

BakeMeACake wrote: »

Much like the value of Willie le roux, I see no forward value with RK. And you ain't gonna win a game on the defensive Vs the ABs

But are you gonna with it with Larmour or whoever else there? Kind of a case of Kearney being the known entity and guaranteeing security with anyone else being a risk.

I think a lot depends on which teams take the inevitable injuries over the next two weeks, luck basically.

One More Toy

Any eir logins going spare?

Dave_The_Sheep

Hermy wrote: »

Just curious but why so?

... Argentina.

BakeMeACake

That said we witnessed two of the best wingers in the world on opposite teams today and it was a joy to watch

Dwarf.Shortage

Hermy wrote: »

Just curious but why so?

Our quarter final defeat in the last cartoon I assume.

Can still hear the commentator roaring "MONTEERROOO" as our World Cup ended.

Dwarf.Shortage

BakeMeACake wrote: »

That said we witnessed two of the best wingers in the world on opposite teams today and it was a joy to watch

I've always laughed at that saying "he could beat two men in a phonebox" but I feel like Kolbe actually could

BakeMeACake

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

But are you gonna with it with Larmour or whoever else there? Kind of a case of Kearney being the known entity and guaranteeing security with anyone else being a risk.

I think a lot depends on which teams take the inevitable injuries over the next two weeks, luck basically.

Just an opinion but I thought Addison looked the business

Hermy

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

Our quarter final defeat in the last cartoon I assume.

Can still hear the commentator roaring "MONTEERROOO" as our World Cup ended.

But that was our fault, not theirs.:)

Dwarf.Shortage

BakeMeACake wrote: »

Just an opinion but I thought Addison looked the business

Little bit late in the day for a who's on the plane argument.

Not that I disagree, he was excellent against Wales.

SJW Lover

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

I've always laughed at that saying "he could beat two men in a phonebook" but I feel like Kolbe actually could

He could even do it in a phone box

Dwarf.Shortage

SJW Lover wrote: »

He could even do it in a phone box

Autocorrect strikes again

Podge_irl

BakeMeACake wrote: »

Much like the value of Willie le roux, I see no forward value with RK. And you ain't gonna win a game on the defensive Vs the ABs

The RK who started our only two wins against the All Blacks or a different one?

razorblunt

50 seconds in and a penalty for offside at a ruck.
That won’t continue

razorblunt

Bargain basement comms on ITV

KevIRL

Great try that

razorblunt

No need for Parisse to try that offload.

An Tarbh

It's just so sad to watch Parisse as a shadow of his former self.

Lucy8080

I know a prop that will get on your nerves!

pc7

Are Eir not showing Italy game?

thelad95

Where is Namibia v Italy on Eir?

irishbucsfan

How is it still 7-7 after that?!