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The 2018 Rugby Championship

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    #212
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 17,058 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    This game is terrible.


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    #213
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,633 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Clegg wrote: »
    This game is terrible.

    It's comical, it's like neither team have played rugby before.


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    #214
    kuang1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Squidgy Black wrote: »
    It's comical, it's like neither team have played rugby before.

    Tis quite poor fare to be fair.


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    #215
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,648 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Whoever called that line out move deserves a boot in the balls.


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    #216
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,402 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    That's hilarious :D


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    #217
    kuang1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭kuang1


    What the hell was that!!!!!


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    #218
    Buer
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    This match is bad for my confidence as an Irish fan who celebrated a series win this summer.


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    #219
    awec
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    Buer wrote: »
    This match is bad for my confidence as an Irish fan who celebrated a series win this summer.

    The Wallabies are pretty rubbish.


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    #220
    kuang1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭kuang1


    "could have been anything"

    4 times I've heard the commentators use that phrase.

    They obviously don't draw lines through their used prompts like the true pros do.

    (marty morrissey would never let it happen)


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    #221
    kuang1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Buer wrote: »
    This match is bad for my confidence as an Irish fan who celebrated a series win this summer.

    Zactly.

    England getting more out of this match than we are so far.


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    #222
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,212 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    I was being a little tongue in cheek. Very different team with Pocock, Folau, Foley, Kerevi, Kepu, Coleman etc.

    Australia completely bought that penalty. Pulled Kitshoff onto wrong side and pinned him.


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    #223
    [Deleted User]
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    Buer wrote: »
    I was being a little tongue in cheek. Very different team with Pocock, Folau, Foley, Kerevi, Kepu, Coleman etc.

    Australia completely bought that penalty. Pulled Kitshoff onto wrong side and pinned him.

    Yeah, we had them at full strength and before they'd gotten a confidence sapping trouncing from the All Blacks.

    Pocock makes a huge difference to them also.

    I missed the first half, seems a close enough game.


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    #224
    Bridge93
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    Glen Jackson remains one of the worst officials in the game


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    #225
    Squidgy Black
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    That was a shocking call


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    #226
    [Deleted User]
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    Glen Jackson looks like he could do without this drama at the finish.


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    #227
    Clegg
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    Terrible game between two terrible teams.


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    #228
    awec
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    Surely the Australian player rolled away the wrong way there right into de Klerk?


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    #229
    Squidgy Black
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    Entertaining game, but not for the right reasons.


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    #230
    ScrubsfanChris
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    The ineptitude of S. Africa in the red zone is amazing.


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    #231
    [Deleted User]
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    Just a matter of time until SA cough that up


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    #232
    Yeah_Right
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    Bridge93 wrote: »
    Glen Jackson remains one of the worst officials in the game

    I disagree. I think he's a good ref. Didn't see any major errors by him today but I wasn't really focused on the game. What did he do wrong?


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    #233
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    Only 27,849 at the Aus v SA game. The same fixture last year in Perth only drew 17,528 :eek:

    https://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/live-australia-vs-south-africa-at-suncorp-stadium-rugby-championship/news-story/668b7455348f7188bb9432b02bf58a79


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    #234
    kuang1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Sure the whole top tier was empty/closed off.
    I did cringe for Australia rugby when I saw that.


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    #235
    errlloyd
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    ScrubsfanChris wrote: »
    Only 27,849 at the Aus v SA game. The same fixture last year in Perth only drew 17,528 :eek:

    https://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/live-australia-vs-south-africa-at-suncorp-stadium-rugby-championship/news-story/668b7455348f7188bb9432b02bf58a79

    46,000 for Australia v Ireland in the June Tests in Suncorp, 48,000 for Australia v England the previous year.

    They love rugby, they hate the rugby championship.


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    #236
    RugbyLover123
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    errlloyd wrote: »
    46,000 for Australia v Ireland in the June Tests in Suncorp, 48,000 for Australia v England the previous year.

    They love rugby, they hate the rugby championship.

    I'd argue the majority of those extra '000s were made up by Irish and English fans and not Aussies.


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    #237
    TCM
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    The sooner the 2018 rugby championship is over the better. And that's before it has even started.


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    #238
    Clegg
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    Clegg wrote: »
    Nehe Milner-Skudder starts as well. I really hope he goes well against Argentina. He's one of the best outside backs in the world but injury has robbed him of two seasons of his career. Love watching him play.
    He scored a try but I don't think NMS really impressed. He was never a lightning fast wing before his injuries, but he's gotten even slower now. Looks a bit like Bowe did after the knee injury. Runs great lines and links well with his other outside backs, but the pace just isn't there.


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    #239
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,633 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Union in the West of Oz isn't all that popular, unless it's a touring team.

    I think there's only one solution.

    Get rid of the All Blacks.


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    #240
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    TCM wrote: »
    The sooner the 2018 rugby championship is over the better. And that's before it has even started.

    Should be over about 10.30am on Saturday morning.

    NZ at home to SA


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    #241
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,811 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Things don't look great for rugby in the SH. Viewership and attendances won't be helped by another uncompetitive championship. There could be a serious loss of talent after the 2019 WC especially with the uncertainty of how the competition will be run. Is it 2020 that the Super deal is up for renewal with the various unions?


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