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General rugby thread

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DocJock

8,488 posts

248 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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The three year residency qualification rises to five years from 2020

http://rug.by/ZwLh28


hornetrider

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63,161 posts

213 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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DocJock said:
The three year residency qualification rises to five years from 2020

http://rug.by/ZwLh28
No bad thing.

In other news... RWC 2019 draw is taking place today.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/may/10...

Kermit power

29,472 posts

221 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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hornetrider said:
No bad thing.

In other news... RWC 2019 draw is taking place today.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/may/10...
Right this moment, in fact!

Kermit power

29,472 posts

221 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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England have... France, Argentina, Americas 1, Oceania 2

Ireland... Scotland, Japan, Europe 1, Play off winner,

Scotland... Japan, Europe 1, Play off winner, Ireland

Wales... Australia, Georgia, Oceania 1, Americas 2

So Group Of Death for England again??

The other group is New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Africa 1, Repechage winner

olimain

976 posts

143 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Jesus that couldn't have gone much worse AGAIN!

hornetrider

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63,161 posts

213 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Good group for Wales!

Kermit power

29,472 posts

221 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Just out of interest, if you add up the World ranking positions of the currently known opposition to the first seeded nations, you get the following, where the higher the number, theoretically the easier the draw

Australia - 20

England - 15

Ireland - 16

New Zealand - 22

The second seeded nations have the following...

France - 11

Scotland - 15

South Africa - 16

Wales - 15

So arguably, purely on the numbers, France are fked, Australia and New Zealand have an easy ride, and everyone else is pretty much on level pegging regardless of being first or second seeds.

Of course, we've still got Samoa, Fiji and Tonga (one would assume) to slide into the mix though!

Phud

1,279 posts

151 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Am a taff so lots of bias, however I think its a good draw for rugby.

Should produce a lot of good games.

JonChalk

6,469 posts

118 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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I'd take Ireland's group all day long.

There's no way they're not topping that group!

JonChalk

6,469 posts

118 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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olimain said:
Jesus that couldn't have gone much worse AGAIN!
Yeah, but imagine you're France - they've got to be extremely nervous about getting out of group stages.

olimain

976 posts

143 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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JonChalk said:
Yeah, but imagine you're France - they've got to be extremely nervous about getting out of group stages.
This is true, Argentina have a good record against them. I wouldn't bet against Japan getting out of that group either.

irocfan

42,391 posts

198 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Flood back to Newcastle

DocJock

8,488 posts

248 months

Wednesday 10th May 2017
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I'm confident all the Home Nations will progress from those groups...

hornetrider

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63,161 posts

213 months

Friday 12th May 2017
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Decent game between Glaws and Stade tonight. Feisty too.

Kermit power

29,472 posts

221 months

Friday 12th May 2017
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hornetrider said:
Decent game between Glaws and Stade tonight. Feisty too.
Unlucky for Gloucester to miss out on a chance of Champions' Cup rugby next year.

I imagine Saints will now fancy their chances, with a home play off semi against Connacht, then if they win that, a home final against Stade or Cardiff...

JonChalk

6,469 posts

118 months

Saturday 13th May 2017
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Decent for 60 minutes, then we switched off for some reason.

Can't decide if we need new DoR, or a new front row.

hornetrider

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63,161 posts

213 months

Saturday 13th May 2017
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The third try was outstanding. Lovely line break and piece of individual skill.

JonChalk

6,469 posts

118 months

Saturday 13th May 2017
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hornetrider said:
The third try was outstanding. Lovely line break and piece of individual skill.
Sums up our season really; we score way more three-quarters tries than most (rarely do we have the forwards "fall" over the line en masse on top of the ball), and our defence speed and aggression is up there with the best, but at set-pieces we fall down - so many scrum penalties & lost line outs. :-(

hornetrider

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63,161 posts

213 months

Saturday 13th May 2017
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What a try to light up a dull match. Absolutely superb!

London424

12,910 posts

183 months

Saturday 13th May 2017
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Some of the worst refereeing I've seen in a long time. Shocking.