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RWC '15: Pool C General Chat [NZ/ARG/TON/GEO/NAM]

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    #182
    conf101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭conf101


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Here's video of the Argentina player making contact with Retallick's eye area. Hard to say whether that's deliberate or not but I suppose if you're grappling with someone's head like that you're asking for trouble.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxfdU23uAUM

    It is very difficult to see but Retallick doesn't even react to it, just shrugs it off.


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    #183
    rrpc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭rrpc


    conf101 wrote: »
    It is very difficult to see but Retallick doesn't even react to it, just shrugs it off.

    He seems to do it twice though. First time it looks like both hands and the second time just one. Retallick does react in that he pulls the hands away and later ducks away from it.

    Either way, the contact is all that's required for it to be looked at. Having looked at it and banned him, you'd have to assume that there was definite contact and the two goes at it just made it worse. Retallick actually looks towards the AR after the second contact.

    There's a better video here.


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    #184
    conf101
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    Yeah he can have no gripe with the ban. It's been clamped down on the last few years and and contact with the face should be a complete no-no. I just wonder if it's severe enough for a 9 week ban.


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    #185
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,930 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    conf101 wrote: »
    Yeah he can have no gripe with the ban. It's been clamped down on the last few years and and contact with the face should be a complete no-no. I just wonder if it's severe enough for a 9 week ban.

    It was actually a 12 or 13 week ban which was then reduced to 9 because of his record being clean.


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    #186
    rrpc
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    It was actually a 12 or 13 week ban which was then reduced to 9 because of his record being clean.

    I think entry level is 12 weeks, but am open to correction. I know it's pretty severe, but so is the offence imo.


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    #187
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    are we going to watch the massacre tonight?? AB vs Namibia

    why do they have these mickey mouse one-sided games on primetime anyway??

    can they not have eng vs wales instead


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    #188
    Ceadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 221 ✭✭Ceadog


    aimee1 wrote: »
    Surely front row would be an exception?

    I don't think so, they would certainly appeal it but I doubt it'd be successful. This is why bringing only 2 hookers seems like borderline insanity to me.


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    #189
    Stheno
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    philstar wrote: »
    are we going to watch the massacre tonight?? AB vs Namibia

    why do they have these mickey mouse one-sided games on primetime anyway??

    can they not have eng vs wales instead

    Yeah will have it on in the background.

    My sloth yesterday means I've to work late tonight :(


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    #190
    aimee1
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    philstar wrote: »
    are we going to watch the massacre tonight?? AB vs Namibia

    why do they have these mickey mouse one-sided games on primetime anyway??

    can they not have eng vs wales instead

    yup. even done an interest bet for tonight and sat .....

    NMS hat trick
    Billy V Try anytime


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    #191
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,250 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Only one black player in the Namibian starting XV.


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    #192
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    I feel very fed up with ordinary broadband and feel the need to build a conservatory...

    NZ A v Namibia

    NZ by 60-70


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    #193
    Stheno
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    efb wrote: »
    I feel very fed up with ordinary broadband and feel the need to build a conservatory...

    NZ A v Namibia

    NZ by 60-70

    Nah I reckon they'll put 100+ on them


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    #194
    sydneybound
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    Reckon NZ to win by 120 points.


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    #195
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Did I read right that Namibia have never played the ABs before?


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    #196
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Whitest African team I've ever seen... :pac:


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    #197
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,930 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Hat tricks for TJ and NMS, I predict.


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    #198
    Stheno
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    And we're off


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    #199
    aimee1
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    Stheno wrote: »
    And we're off

    this will be a 100+ score, that was far too easy


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    #200
    ThisRegard
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    aimee1 wrote: »
    yup. even done an interest bet for tonight and sat .....

    NMS hat trick
    Billy V Try anytime

    Well, you won't be out on the streets if you lose.


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    #201
    Stheno
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    15-0 and not even ten minutes gone.


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    #202
    aimee1
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Well, you won't be out on the streets if you lose.

    1 down ......


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    #203
    aimee1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭aimee1


    Stheno wrote: »
    15-0 and not even ten minutes gone.

    was it 149 they scored v japan in 1995? could be beaten here. thats two tries with barely a hand being laid on the try scorer


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    #204
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,930 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Forget BP by halftime, BP by half way through 1st half?


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    #205
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,930 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    aimee1 wrote: »
    was it 149 they scored v japan in 1995? could be beaten here. thats two tries with barely a hand being laid on the try scorer

    145-17 was the score.


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    #206
    Stheno
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    aimee1 wrote: »
    was it 149 they scored v japan in 1995? could be beaten here. thats two tries with barely a hand being laid on the try scorer

    Was it not 142 or 143? Someone posted about it on here earlier this week

    edit see above


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    #207
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Nice kick switch 10s and it'd be an even worse slaughter :p


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    #208
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,250 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Woohoo, duck broken!


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    #209
    Stheno
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    Nice steal on the lineout


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    #210
    ThisRegard
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    Missed the start, who are the two lads commentating on TV3s feed?


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    #211
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,930 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    NZ haven't scored for 9 minutes! Shockingly poor.


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