Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

A-Train · 20-10-2019 09:11AM

Wales so lucky to be in the semi. Played rubbish, France doing the same old same old and they still relied on a forward pass try.

jr86 · 20-10-2019 09:12AM

Grand slam and a world cup semi

Such respect for them. Hopefully they make a final now

enda1 · 20-10-2019 09:12AM

Such an anticlimactic finish. France robbed

Akrasia · 20-10-2019 09:12AM

fitz wrote: »

France robbed by that forward pass decision.

France robbed by Vahahahaheemas stupid act of thuggary

20-10-2019 09:12AM

I've just seen what Vahaa was sent off for.

Absolute clown. I'd be heading to a (currently) uninhabited island far from France if I were him.

is_that_so · 20-10-2019 09:13AM

Such a bloody frustrating team to watch but fair play to Wales. You ride your luck.

laugh · 20-10-2019 09:13AM

Do people still think we're the 8th best team in the competition?

FrancieBrady · 20-10-2019 09:13AM

Red card was the game changer...only themselves to blame. Wales awful and won't go any further on that form.

Guy:Incognito · 20-10-2019 09:14AM

AdamD wrote: »

It went forward, its not that difficult.

Professionals whos job it is to look at these things all the time disagree.

fitz · 20-10-2019 09:14AM

Akrasia wrote: »

France robbed by Vahahahaheemas stupid act of thuggary

Oh don't get me wrong, that was disgusting and a moment of individual idiocy. But the rest of the team didn't deserve to lose because of a bad decision.

Danthemanhere · 20-10-2019 09:14AM

Wales very poor but yet again they've done what we never can; get to a semi final.

sligeach · 20-10-2019 09:14AM

Wales didn't win that game, France didn't lose it. Vahaamahina turned the match.

Dog Murphy · 20-10-2019 09:14AM

Surely France should have been trying to work a drop goal from the time it was 19 -13.

The had a great period of possession with around 15-20 minutes to go and decided to keep on running the ball instead of working a drop goal opportunity.

Really poor lack of game management by them in my opinion.

20-10-2019 09:14AM

Love how Gatland gets no credit around here. You can guarantee he would have been getting all the credit if they lost.

jr86 · 20-10-2019 09:14AM

I'd say it's so sweet for Welsh supporters reading this forum

The Irish don't half do bitterness. :pac:

They turn up in big games, make WC semis and with a smaller playing pool

They're a lesson to us

Be delighted to see such a proud rugby nation in the final

Danthemanhere · 20-10-2019 09:15AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Professionals whos job it is to look at these things all the time disagree.

You never disagreed with a referees decision? :pac:

lawred2 · 20-10-2019 09:15AM

Stupid France

jr86 · 20-10-2019 09:16AM

sligeach wrote: »

Wales didn't win that game, France didn't lose it. Vahaamahina turned the match.

I think they won it alright, will have to double check but I'm almost sure they're into the semi next week

is_that_so · 20-10-2019 09:16AM

Dog Murphy wrote: »

Surely France should have been trying to work a drop goal from the time it was 19 -13.

The had a great period of possession with around 15-20 minutes to go and decided to keep on running the ball instead of working a drop goal opportunity.

Really poor lack of game management by them in my opinion.

Nobody tells the French team what to do, they just do what they feel like! On to 2023 for them.

Guy:Incognito · 20-10-2019 09:17AM

laugh wrote: »

Do people still think we're the 8th best team in the competition?

Did anyone really think that?

Unless the whole thing is done as a league, no one can make a statement like that.

Mushy · 20-10-2019 09:18AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Professionals whos job it is to look at these things all the time disagree.

No confidence in TMOs after the lark they didn't call in the England Australia game.

alchemist33 · 20-10-2019 09:18AM

jr86 wrote: »

I'd say it's so sweet for Welsh supporters reading this forum

The Irish don't half do bitterness. :pac:

They turn up in big games, make WC semis and with a smaller playing pool

Do they really have a smaller playing pool? I doubt that

Guy:Incognito · 20-10-2019 09:19AM

Danthemanhere wrote: »

You never disagreed with a referees decision? :pac:

Plenty, all the time when I play, but i'm bias then:)

I also see my teammates argue points with refs when I've seen the situation unfold and them being wrong.

Both are equally capable of being wrong but only one side gets to make the decision.

sydthebeat · 20-10-2019 09:19AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I've just seen what Vahaa was sent off for.

Absolute clown. I'd be heading to a (currently) uninhabited island far from France if I were him.

So you'd be sending him home then

eigrod · 20-10-2019 09:20AM

“About as boneheaded as you can get”. Good man Eddie

Danthemanhere · 20-10-2019 09:20AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Plenty, all the time when I play, but i'm bias then:)

I also see my teammates argue points with refs when I've seen the situation unfold and them being wrong.

Both are equally capable of being wrong but only one side gets to make the decision.

And the ball went forward!

Guy:Incognito · 20-10-2019 09:20AM

alchemist33 wrote: »

Do they really have a smaller playing pool? I doubt that

Someone posted the table the other day (not sure on the Wales numbers, I didnt look) so its floating around here somewhere

adox · 20-10-2019 09:21AM

jr86 wrote: »

I'd say it's so sweet for Welsh supporters reading this forum

The Irish don't half do bitterness. :pac:

They turn up in big games, make WC semis and with a smaller playing pool

They're a lesson to us

Be delighted to see such a proud rugby nation in the final

Nothing bitter. Wales didn’t play well and were lucky to get through. They did very little to win the game. France as usual self imploded.

There’s no bias in calling it as you see it. Wales will need to play much much better in the semi. They got very lucky today.

sligeach · 20-10-2019 09:21AM

Wales have been very fortunate. Even against Australia in the pool game, they scraped by them. The poor start cost the Aussies. They weren't good against Fiji either.

The 3 losing quarter finalists and France themselves with 15 players would beat Wales, they were that bad. Anyway, we're going home and Wales are still there. :mad:

Western Pomise · 20-10-2019 09:21AM

Have to feel sorry for the rest of French players when you see that they had to do the work for a brainless hulk and lost out in the end to a highly questionable try.

Joe Schmidt got a lot of negative press on here after yesterday’s Irish performance but you would have to question Warren Gatlands prep if this Welsh team for today.They looked like a side lacking in ideas and very lethargic.

Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

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