The Rugby Thread

[RichC]

The two 1/4s from this side will be phenomenal.

England v Fiji or Wales v Argentina / Japan. **** me, what a joke,l.

As an England supporter it’s not great is it

Another “win” world rugby can mark up for themselves

[Zapater]

:handhake:

We are (or were) 5th in the world, I’d acknowledge there is from what I’ve seen a big gap between 5 and the top 4.

You lot are class, don’t be ashamed of it

The HIAs are probably not going to make the 1/4s so possibly you will be without Lowe and Hansen. Thats on the draw for me.

Could really hurt. I feel like SA have the advantage with Am coming back if he's fit to play, would be a massive boost. Marx is a massive loss but everyone is missing key players, I think our depth helps us cope a little better.

[Zapater]

As an England supporter it’s not great is it

Another “win” world rugby can mark up for themselves

I'm actually a little nervous that we're all going to beat each other up mentally and emotionally. Then whoever wins won't be able to get up for the next game and England will someone win it

[Rigadon]

France, SA, Ireland best teams. Personally think France will win.

NZ better than the rest but not as good as the top three (crazy to think).

[Buzzo]

Could really hurt. I feel like SA have the advantage with Am coming back if he's fit to play, would be a massive boost. Marx is a massive loss but everyone is missing key players, I think our depth helps us cope a little better.

DuPont is another massive wild card. I literally cannot believe he can be fit by next weekend. My take is that they are just going to string the rest of the world along on the ‘chance’ that he could make it as to officially rule him out would be devastating.

It’s all set for a SA v either Oreland or NZ final I think.

The gulf in class between top 4 and rest is just vast.

[Buzzo]

As an England supporter it’s not great is it

Another “win” world rugby can mark up for themselves

I’ll call a good England team when I see one, but this isn’t one. There are some players with Carly undeserved reputations and some living on past glories.

I had zero confidence going in to today, and I would expect any England or Wales supporter to realistically have the same. If we were playing Wales or England I’d fancy us to win as slight favourites but with no guarantees. I ‘think’ we are best of the rest, but even that feels hard to defend today.

[Buzzo]

Ugh got one of my England supporter mates getting all chirpy on WhatsApp.

**** sake

The world could do with more Rich and Cormack style England supporters.

[Zapater]

What a try from Argentina. Charging down the drop attempt with his face is about the best thing I've seen in some time!

[Buzzo]

Fiji making hard work of beating Portugal could throw the Aussies a life line.

[Buzzo]

Fiji make the 1/4 finals with a losing bonus point to Portugal

Portugal win their first ever WC match.

[bacon]

Fiji make the 1/4 finals with a losing bonus point to Portugal

Portugal win their first ever WC match.

Congrats to Fiji making the Qtr finals - is it the 1st time they done that ?

[Buzzo]

Congrats to Fiji making the Qtr finals - is it the 1st time they done that ?

Third time- 87, 2007 and now. First time they’ve lost to Portugal tho. Further reiterates the farce that is this draw.

[bacon]

Third time- 87, 2007 and now. First time they’ve lost to Portugal tho. Further reiterates the farce that is this draw.

Northern Hemisphere teams top all groups - thats gotta be a 1st ??

[Irishnev]

Third time- 87, 2007 and now. First time they’ve lost to Portugal tho. Further reiterates the farce that is this draw.

[Cormack74]

Northern Hemisphere teams top all groups - thats gotta be a 1st ??

Could be 4 NH teams making up the semis.

That would have been worth a pre tournament punt. Wonder what the odds were?