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Rugby World Cup 2015 |OT|

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phisheep

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You probably need to wait and see what happens in the game with Fiji on Thursday. They are a dangerous team that are often underestimated (ranked 10th in the world right now). With them coming off 9 days rest and looking at the Welsh injury list and their short turnaround, plus the memory of beating Wales last time they met in the 2007 tournament i expect them to be well up for causing another upset in that game.

Well, here we go!
 

phisheep

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Fiji scrum is impressive.

Cuthbert is a liability already. Missed ball in the air twice, out of position twice and now a penalty.
 
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That should hopefully be that. Now we just need the Aussies to perform.
i got my cash on aussie. I think they are gonna wreck england. will be amusing if the host nation goes out...
 

phisheep

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It's a good old game this - can't take your eyes off it for a second - thank goodness for half-time.
 
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this game is getting amazing kinda rooting for fiji even though it will screw the stakes on sat a bit
 

Griss

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Totally forgot this was on, glad I took my lunch break now! Also glad the reception is holding up in this hurricane!

Damn, that was a mess from Fiji. Bloody clear your lines.
 
I was trying to watch the second half on the tube, wifi at each station gave me about 30 secs of airtime every 3 mins or so. Stressful. Glad we got the win but we really should have done better.
 
Fiji didn't even have their most dangerous player on the field (via bullshit suspension) and Wales still made them look like world beaters. That was poor, Wales kept giving Fiji the ball with poor ball security and bad kicks and Fiji kept running them off their feet.
 

phisheep

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Super game to watch - rather exhausting though.

Really glad Wales have over a week until the next game.
 

Slacka

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Well done Wales :)

So England are out , even if we beat Australia we will be out.

Nope, and as we secured the bonus point against Fiji which both Australia and Wales have failed to do, and we held on for the losing bonus point against Wales, if we beat Australia, and bonus point again against Uraguay (no reason we shouldnt) we could even still end up going through top of the table.
 
So as it stands, correct me if I'm wrong, England can still qualify ahead of Wales (despite losing to them) because they ran up the score aginst the shittier teams?
 

Slacka

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So as it stands, correct me if I'm wrong, England can still qualify ahead of Wales (despite losing to them) because they ran up the score aginst the shittier teams?

Only if Wales loses to Australia. If they win then Wales tops the table.

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A win gets you 4 points
A draw 2 points
Winning with 4 or more tries = 1 bonus point
Losing by 7 or less points = 1 bonus point
 
Well done Wales :)

So England are out , even if we beat Australia we will be out.

No, beat Australia and you're pretty much in. Some really weird results would have to happen to eliminate you at that point, including Australia getting two bonus points out of the loss but England not getting any.

Only if Wales loses to Australia. If they win then Wales tops the table.

*edit*

A win gets you 4 points
A draw 2 points
Winning with 4 or more tries = 1 bonus point
Losing by 7 or less points = 1 bonus point

Wrong. 4 tries gets you a bonus point regardless of whether you win or lose. Getting two bonus points out of a loss is totally possible.
 

JP

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As tough as expected although I was expecting to to be closer than it was. An extended break to recover now for Australia. Was expecting to to be even tougher than the England match with such a short break and new combinations on the pitch.

I would never start Cuthbert, he seems to be limited to running forwards in a straight line but he can't get rid of the ball when it's needed.
Fiji didn't even have their most dangerous player on the field (via bullshit suspension) and Wales still made them look like world beaters.
Yeah, not really sure Fiji looked like world beaters. As much as I'm a fan of Fiji they aren't going to win the championship, they're yet to even win a match.

Fair point about them missing their "best player although they would likely have been in a far worse position if they;d lost Matawalu as he really does direct their game.

Oh, to be in the position of being lucky enough t only lose a single player of such value. :(
 

Slacka

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Wrong. 4 tries gets you a bonus point regardless of whether you win or lose. Getting two bonus points out of a loss is totally possible.

Which as we all know happened for South Africa against Japan. Bad use of terms from me there trying to quickly edit the points system into that post...
 

Slacka

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Just arrived in Cardiff for the New Zealand vs Georgia game tonight. Been really looking forward to this one as I have not had the opportunity to see New Zealand live before. Should be a good night!
 
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Nz will want to put on a high scoring smackdown for this one. Ritchie McCaw wasnt happy with the performance of the team this tourny so far.

big expectations for Naholo to get big points as well
 
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