Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

kmart6 · 20-10-2019 11:40AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Did the Japanese player put the ball down and pick it back up there a couple of phases ago?

Yes. They've done it a few times.

kal7 · 20-10-2019 11:40AM

Imagine the atmosphere, home game 1st quarter final. Lovely rugby

kal7 · 20-10-2019 11:41AM

Leeeeitch

Ishmael · 20-10-2019 11:41AM

eagle eye wrote: »

So you are all calling that a red card. I'm not so sure and the beast isn't a player with a bad history of that sort of stuff either.

Landed on shoulder first for me anyway. It was marginal. But Yellow was probably right call.

SJW Lover · 20-10-2019 11:41AM

Japan are utterly brilliant to watch

is_that_so · 20-10-2019 11:42AM

Forward pass seems to be the norm in close for Japan!

OldRio · 20-10-2019 11:42AM

I'm exhausted watching this.

ScissorPaperRock · 20-10-2019 11:42AM

Some thunderous tackles going in from SA. Have to say the movement and passing skill being demonstrated by the Japanese under that pressure is something else.

Strumms · 20-10-2019 11:42AM

Japanese player quite clearly tackled in the air, Barnes 3 meters away, clear view and nothing, he drives me batshît crazy watching him referee.

Jacovs · 20-10-2019 11:42AM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Yeah it's brilliant to see, isn't it

Eir commentators just mentioned it must be borderline legal at this stage.

MadYaker · 20-10-2019 11:43AM

Ishmael wrote: »

Landed on shoulder first for me anyway. It was marginal. But Yellow was probably right call.

Elbow first then shoulder and head, it looked worse in the slo mo.

ScrubsfanChris · 20-10-2019 11:43AM

Japan playing wild again and good to watch, but they're not scoring even with man advantage.

eagle eye · 20-10-2019 11:43AM

Ishmael wrote:

Landed on shoulder first for me anyway. It was marginal. But Yellow was probably right call.

Yeah, looked like he landed on his shoulder first for me too.

sydthebeat · 20-10-2019 11:43AM

Jacovs wrote: »

Eir commentators just mentioned it must be borderline legal at this stage.

Some of them are definitely illegal

They are literally closing the door on the chasers

shootermacg · 20-10-2019 11:44AM

Ken Watanabe in the crowd, he's a great actor.

Guy:Incognito · 20-10-2019 11:44AM

kmart6 wrote: »

Yes. They've done it a few times.

I'd assumed between glancing between boards and the telly, I'd missed the player go down with the ball and another player driving over and then picking it up, cos I was fairly sure I wasnt looking at him going down, placing the ball, getting up, picking it up and running off.

awec · 20-10-2019 11:44AM

The Bok pack is definitely not going to appreciate this pace.

kal7 · 20-10-2019 11:44AM

What a scrum!!

sligeach · 20-10-2019 11:44AM

Well done Japan.

einn32 · 20-10-2019 11:44AM

Good game. Japan have great handling skills. Still fancy SA but think they will have to work for it.

ScrubsfanChris · 20-10-2019 11:45AM

SA didnt hook and trying to walk over the scrum with 7 men. Too cocky

razorblunt · 20-10-2019 11:46AM

Love the crowd celebrating the scrum penalties. Did the same against Scotland. They get it.

is_that_so · 20-10-2019 11:46AM

Back to 15 now

sydthebeat · 20-10-2019 11:46AM

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

SA didnt hook and trying to walk over the scrum with 7 men. Too cocky

Couldn't hook

Not hooking is a penalty against you

iroced · 20-10-2019 11:47AM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

You may have a point about the Top 14 but France only beat the Pumas and Tonga by 2 points in the pool stage and could easily have lost to both of them.
Much improvement is needed between now and the 2023 WC.

Oh yes we are still far from complete performances but there is definite improvement.
The Argentina game, we'd have lost it if it were a 6N game. The Tonga scoreline is deceptive, we were 9 pts ahead before they scored a last min consolation try. Of course it wasn't a great performance but the second game in 4 days and in anticipation with the England game, I can understand some "management".

You also have to take into consideration how down we were and how below zero was our collective confidence after 8 years of constant defeats. These first games, despite all of the imperfections they contained, gave us confidence. 3 wins in a row, I believe the last time we experienced it was 8 years ago! Which means our group of players never knew the taste of it. Our perf' today showed that with all the things no-Top14-involvement allow and some confidence boost, we can compete at top international level. We need to build on that and really analyse the how and the why!

eagle eye · 20-10-2019 11:48AM

The amount if stuff being missed by the referee is unbelievable. Japanese hand on the ground before he blew it up for that penalty for Japan.
It's not one sided bad refereeing, just awful refereeing.

threeball · 20-10-2019 11:49AM

SA better start adding scores here quick or I could see them being over run in the second half. They're blowing hard already. Japanese fitness is next level.

MadYaker · 20-10-2019 11:50AM

This bok team will be easily dispatched by England or New Zealand

Jacovs · 20-10-2019 11:51AM

At least 2 forward passes there.

Guy:Incognito · 20-10-2019 11:51AM

Looked a forward pass there on the wing.

EDIT, one on either side for Japan.

Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

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