2019 Rugby World Cup Official Thread

[Cape Town JHB]

What bullshyt red card is this


Rugby is getting so fukking soft these days

 

[BlackAchilles]

What bullshyt red card is this


Rugby is getting so fukking soft these days

They did say it was a point if emphasis

Now I wonder if they try to brand Lavanini a repeat offender in his hearing

 

[Cape Town JHB]

They did say it was a point if emphasis

Now I wonder if they try to brand Lavanini a repeat offender in his hearing

One of the biggest problems with modern day sports is you have the social outcasts, guys who were never athletic, good looking funny or charismatic growing up, in positions of extreme influence. It's revenge of the nerds.

Rugby is a sport where everyone is juiced up to the grills and players suffer major collisions throughout, yes they should try and protect players from head injuries, but ACTUAL RUGBY IS ORGANIZED VIOLENCE, all of this crap is simply to save face and pretend like world rugby cares about player wellbeing and safety and make it as PG as possible for advertising money and dumb plastic fans to jump on the world cup bandwagon.

I remember between 2005 to 2010 they started giving out really really soft yellow cards,for stuff that would never ever be a yellow card in the 90s or early 2000s,(especially in Super Rugby) and that massively influenced games.

it's bad enough that a team can just lose a man for 10 minutes, but straight up red cards means one thing only the match is over as a contest. Every modern day position in rugby is specialized (tight head, hooker, 8th man etc you can't operate with someone missing from the field at the highest level.

Also another sickening thing is the modern referee, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS going to the TMO to review every single big call m, everything looks terrible in slow motion replay, it should be a rule to only replay videos in real time and have the referee decide by himself.

I saw Barnes the other day have a damn Traditional Imbizo( Zulu word, look it up) with the TMO and touch line refs.

Stop having a French speaking referee in charge of 2 English speaking nations,unless the touch line judges and the TMO are also French.

They'll have a French referee with broken English, with a Scottish and Welsh assistant and a Boer from South Africa(who can't even speak Dutch ) in charge of the TV, trying to make a game altering, legacy deciding call and they can barely understand the nuances of each other's languages and tones.

I'm not sure if anyone remembers the British and Irish Lions Tour of New Zealand in 2017, the French referee completely fukked up the tour deciding a call based on him not understanding English properly.

These calls are massive and decide people's careers and legacies in the game.
I always watch the 1995 Springbok vs All Blacks final and think how easily with modern interpretations the referee could've messed up the most iconic game ever played

 

[Jean toomer]

Strong post. The juicing is a huge problem in Rugby. Your boy chili boy got busted again.

 

[Cape Town JHB]

Strong post. The juicing is a huge problem in Rugby. Your boy chili boy got busted again.

Wait, as in this week?


Does Chilliboy know what an Off Cycle is

Chilliboy take testosterone for a minor headache ​

 

[BonafideDefacto]

Namibia got nikkas with regular jobs and they still hanging in there against the All Blacks. Although I think NZ is just wearing on them. Namibia players getting fukked up. Matches blow open in the 2nd half tho

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Namibia got nikkas with regular jobs and they still hanging in there against the All Blacks. Although I think NZ is just wearing on them. Namibia players getting fukked up. Matches blow open in the 2nd half tho

They held their own in the first 30 for sure. Didnt have the stamina to keep going though.

ABs going for that three peat. Get em boys

 

[BlackAchilles]

Damn too bad Tonga couldn't get the dub vs France ... Argentina fukked up losing to them too, France have no direction now

That Japan vs Scotland finale is gonna be lit

 

[Cape Town JHB]

As a South African I'm not even sure what i want from Japan vs Scotland.

I'd rather face an over confident Japan than a wounded "nothing to prove, nothing to lose" Ireland... Let them take out their Irish frustrations on the All Blacks

 

[dubsmith_nz]

As a South African I'm not even sure what i want from Japan vs Scotland.

I'd rather face an over confident Japan than a wounded "nothing to prove, nothing to lose" Ireland... Let them take out their Irish frustrations on the All Blacks

Haha facts breh, who knows what the Irish might pull in the quarters. Still blows my mind how well Japan is doing though.

It's a good reason to keep them in the Super Rugby tournament as its obviously having a positive impact on their performance.

 

[So UnThotful]

Rugby World Cup: England-France match called off because of Typhoon Hagibis

England's Rugby World Cup Pool C match against France on Saturday has been called off because of Typhoon Hagibis.

World Rugby will provide official confirmation of the cancellation at 04:00 BST on Thursday.

Hagibis is moving towards Japan and expected to make landfall on Saturday.
England were due to meet France in Yokohama. There is no news yet on Scotland's Pool A match against Japan, which is scheduled to take place in the same stadium on Sunday.

If the Scotland-Japan match was to be cancelled, under tournament rules Gregor Townsend's side would be knocked out of the World Cup.

Cancelled matches are declared a draw with both sides awarded two points each.

England and France have already qualified for the quarter-finals and their match was due to decide top spot in Pool C.

The cancellation means Eddie Jones' side, who lead the French by two points, will progress as winners and face a probable quarter-final against Australia, with Wales expected to top Pool D and therefore play France.

Scotland are third in Pool A on 10 points with leaders Japan on 14 and need to beat the hosts to go through, potentially relying on bonus points

Don't ever remember any World Cup matches getting canceled like this

 

[Cape Town JHB]

Group stages are the biggest waste of time in organized elite sports.

The only reason this crap was added is to give garbage countries some shine so World Rugby sponsors can advertise in those markets. There's far better and quicker ways to find out who's the best Rugby team in the world.

 

[BlackAchilles]

Well here it is, Japan can make history w/ a win and set up the huge rematch w/ the Boks, or Scotland can salvage their dignity with s bonus point win

 

[BlackAchilles]

Japan

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Japan move and off load the ball like its 7's