Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

fryup · 20-10-2019 06:45PM

wales looked jaded, today

penybont exile · 20-10-2019 07:27PM

fryup wrote: »

wales looked jaded, today

Agree .......

Time to rest up this week ..... maybe even forget about rugby for a couple of days ............... Not easy with what could be a career defining game coming down the pike.

SA will carry the expectation ..... we will carry the hope .........time for WG, the coaches & backroom staff to pull one more rabbit out of the proverbial hat.

FrancieBrady · 20-10-2019 07:38PM

penybont exile wrote: »

Agree .......

Time to rest up this week ..... maybe even forget about rugby for a couple of days ............... Not easy with what could be a career defining game coming down the pike.

SA will carry the expectation ..... we will carry the hope .........time for WG, the coaches & backroom staff to pull one more rabbit out of the proverbial hat.

Main worry for Wales is that SA looked to be getting stronger rather than fading in that game. They very effectively put Japan to the sword.

penybont exile · 20-10-2019 07:42PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Main worry for Wales is that SA looked to be getting stronger rather than fading in that game. They very effectively put Japan to the sword.

SA just kept it on an even keel. Japan faded ..... as they did against Scotland .... The Scots just were not good enough to take advantage of it.

penybont exile · 20-10-2019 07:44PM

penybont exile wrote: »

SA just kept it on an even keel. Japan faded ..... as they did against Scotland .... The Scots just were not good enough to take advantage of it.

.... and TBH Japan flattered to deceive today. For all the easy on the eye stuff they never looked like scoring a try.

shootermacg · 20-10-2019 07:48PM

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Asus X540L · 20-10-2019 08:06PM

penybont exile wrote: »

.... and TBH Japan flattered to deceive today. For all the easy on the eye stuff they never looked like scoring a try.

Yeah Hugh on RTE singing their praises in the first half while they were going absolutely nowhere was hard to listen to. 80% possession yet didn't come near scoring a try. Emptied the clip and gassed themselves out for 3 points.

Very professional performance from SA though.

MisterAnarchy · 20-10-2019 08:16PM

PokeHerKing wrote: »

It pains me to say but England are favourites to win it imo. NZ are very beatable. England have the power and pace to do them.

Hopefully I'm wrong!

That performance by NZ yesterday was as good as Ive seen them play in years.
It was clinical and a much more expressive form of rugby than the conservative rugby they have played in latter years.

I don't think England will be able to beat them if NZ play anywhere near they did yesterday .

mangobob · 20-10-2019 08:33PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Possibly going against the grain but I think the elimination of Japan is good for the tournament.

Hugely favourable refereeing yet again today yet they still lost by 20 points plus. Applying the rules differently to them just because they are hosts massively devalues the whole competition. I don't think they're actually any better than the likes of Fiji or Tonga once the laws are applied to them the same as everyone else.

There's also not much of a structure in Japan to build on this tournament and the Sunwolves are being disbanded, so I expect they will soon be forgotten about as a rugby force and will return to their previous levels of mediocrity.

Maybe, maybe not. But they beat us soundly and that wasn't down to biased refereeing. They were full value for their win.

In addition I am willing to bet that most neutrals would prefer to watch japan's style of play any day of the week over ours. As a one eyed Irish fan, I cannot disagree with them. I have found them incredibly entertaining to watch, even with the highly questionable decisions that went their way today. Ireland at their peak were ruthlessly effective but definitely not easy on the eye except perhaps to the purists. Japan play the game in a far, far more attractive way. I watched one of their matches with a non rugby friend who asked why Ireland are not as entertaining to watch, and repeatedly said that if all rugby was played like that he would definitely be following the 6N each year.

Furthermore, with their unprecedented success in getting to the semis and the obvious passion of their fans who were just incredible from day one, I would not bet against Japanese rugby growing in popularity and becoming a real force in the future. I for one sincerely hope they do.

Squidgy Black · 20-10-2019 09:12PM

PokeHerKing wrote: »

It pains me to say but England are favourites to win it imo. NZ are very beatable. England have the power and pace to do them.

Hopefully I'm wrong!

People keep saying NZ are very beatable, but they fairly convincingly beat SA, beat us by 32 points, and hockeyed the minnows in their group games by 60+ points.

It'll be a cracking game, don't get me wrong, but I don't think England are the favourites at all, and either do the bookies.

sydthebeat · 20-10-2019 09:52PM

Squidgy Black wrote: »

People keep saying NZ are very beatable, but they fairly convincingly beat SA, beat us by 32 points, and hockeyed the minnows in their group games by 60+ points.

It'll be a cracking game, don't get me wrong, but I don't think England are the favourites at all, and either do the bookies.

I fancy new Zealand to win by double figures

Burkie1203 · 20-10-2019 10:03PM

This just looks wrong

https://twitter.com/MiriamCol/status/1186022005134561285?s=19

FrancieBrady · 20-10-2019 10:22PM

Burkie1203 wrote: »

This just looks wrong

https://twitter.com/MiriamCol/status/1186022005134561285?s=19

That is just the worst of bad taste.

Ardillaun · 20-10-2019 11:16PM

Better games today. Japan greatly exceeded my expectations at this tournament. The passing was a joy to watch and they never stopped running.

France began to play like a team against Wales and should have won. I’d like to see Vahaamahina get a lengthy, or even permanent, holiday from the national squad. Inexcusable stupidity.

lawred2 · 20-10-2019 11:37PM

Burkie1203 wrote: »

This just looks wrong

https://twitter.com/MiriamCol/status/1186022005134561285?s=19

Ah jaysus.. a chance encounter with some boozed up fans. A bit of silliness and a pose for a picture..

These things happen. Hardly means that he went about engineering France's demise. France own that themselves.

Burkie1203 · 21-10-2019 07:29AM

lawred2 wrote: »

Ah jaysus.. a chance encounter with some boozed up fans. A bit of silliness and a pose for a picture..

These things happen. Hardly means that he went about engineering France's demise. France own that themselves.

But he could still end up officiating a Wales game down the line.

FrancieBrady · 21-10-2019 07:47AM

lawred2 wrote: »

Ah jaysus.. a chance encounter with some boozed up fans. A bit of silliness and a pose for a picture..

These things happen. Hardly means that he went about engineering France's demise. France own that themselves.

Nobody is saying that. He is an unaware fool who hasn't the brain or common sense to find his way home, never mind ref a game though.

sydthebeat · 21-10-2019 08:03AM

Burkie1203 wrote: »

But he could still end up officiating a Wales game down the line.

So??

I can guarantee that the refs are being photographed with fans of every nationality out there

FrancieBrady · 21-10-2019 08:10AM

sydthebeat wrote: »

So??

I can guarantee that the refs are being photographed with fans of every nationality out there

Shouldn't this post be accompanied by pics of refs mocking key events in games hours after they happened?

Just saying like.

jr86 · 21-10-2019 09:03AM

Have to say I just don’t get all this outrage over the Peyper thing

But everyone is entitled to their opinion

One of the beautiful things about the sport of rugby is the fact a referee can mingle with fans like this. The respect for officials is second to none. Compare with Michael Oliver after that clown Buffon’s antics in the Champions League a few years ago? The man’s wife got death threats FFS

We’re too quick to judge people in 2019 imo. Can we not sit back and actually try and examine context before jumping to conclusions? I mean the guy probably casually bumps into a group of pissed up Welsh fans. He can choose to blank them (cue potential several tweets of “what a pr1ck” etc.) or indulge them for a minute or two like any reasonable human being would. They ask for a picture, there’s a bit of slagging, decide to do a humourous pose, I’ll go on my way, happy days.

The guy is a human at the end of the day, and has a personality. Of course, in this perpetually offended generation he’s probably better off asking them to pause for a moment while he weighs up the potential consequences of such a heinous crime, but hey we’re not all perfect

The French would be as well off focusing on why this is a second world cup in succession they can’t make a semi-final and for the last 8 years don’t come within an asses roar of winning a 6 nations.

Where’s our sense of humour gone? Its not life and death, I’d imagine even Vaha’s (I’m not going to even try!!) teammates were giving him a bit of a slagging over a few beers after the dust settled, about how stupid he was, but they still love him and so on!

FrancieBrady · 21-10-2019 09:17AM

jr86 wrote: »

Have to say I just don’t get all this outrage over the Peyper thing

But everyone is entitled to their opinion

One of the beautiful things about the sport of rugby is the fact a referee can mingle with fans like this. The respect for officials is second to none. Compare with Michael Oliver after that clown Buffon’s antics in the Champions League a few years ago? The man’s wife got death threats FFS

We’re too quick to judge people in 2019 imo. Can we not sit back and actually try and examine context before jumping to conclusions? I mean the guy probably casually bumps into a group of pissed up Welsh fans. He can choose to blank them (cue potential several tweets of “what a pr1ck” etc.) or indulge them for a minute or two like any reasonable human being would. They ask for a picture, there’s a bit of slagging, decide to do a humourous pose, I’ll go on my way, happy days.

The guy is a human at the end of the day, and has a personality. Of course, in this perpetually offended generation he’s probably better off asking them to pause for a moment while he weighs up the potential consequences of such a heinous crime, but hey we’re not all perfect

The French would be as well off focusing on why this is a second world cup in succession they can’t make a semi-final and for the last 8 years don’t come within an asses roar of winning a 6 nations.

Where’s our sense of humour gone? Its not life and death, I’d imagine even Vaha’s (I’m not going to even try!!) teammates were giving him a bit of a slagging over a few beers after the dust settled, about how stupid he was, but they still love him and so on!

My sense of 'humour' has gone nowhere. I was laughing at Peyper and his inabilities long before this incident.

He isn't just taking part in a photo, he is taking part in mocking a key incident in a controversial game, a game the French and a hell of a lot of other people think the Welsh would not have won if it hadn't been for the man in the centre of that photo.

awec · 21-10-2019 09:18AM

I think it's a non-event to be honest. Peyper is a referee and also a human. They're not robots.

French anger would be better directed at Vahaamahina.

blinding · 21-10-2019 09:19AM

Certainly Potential Red card for Jaco Peyper .

The picture for the TMO strongly suggests Red Card !

blinding · 21-10-2019 09:21AM

Not talking about the Vahamina incident = bang to rights .

But down through the years ; Is their an Anglo centric slant to refereeing in rugby ?

DGRulz · 21-10-2019 09:27AM

Its incredibly poor taste but it still got a chuckle out of me. France just tend to be bitter about these things. I seem to remember reports of Pape turning up to Sean O'Brian's hearing at RWC 2015 with a doctor to explain just how much damage had been done with the sucker punch. This latest thing is a nothing event. The red was deserved, even Brunnel agreed with it.

21-10-2019 09:31AM

awec wrote: »

I think it's a non-event to be honest. Peyper is a referee and also a human. They're not robots.

French anger would be better directed at Vahaamahina.

Very much agree
Unprofessional: Yeah kinda
Outrageous: Hell no

I think much of the issue is coming from the fact that he fluffed the forward rip call, and is then seeing laughing about the other key point.

PokeHerKing · 21-10-2019 10:01AM

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

That performance by NZ yesterday was as good as Ive seen them play in years.
It was clinical and a much more expressive form of rugby than the conservative rugby they have played in latter years.

I don't think England will be able to beat them if NZ play anywhere near they did yesterday .

I'm not judging NZ beatability based off the Irish game. We were not at the races in any department. We'd have made any tier 1 nation look brilliant.

It's not hard to be clinical if the opposition are kicking poorly, not competing at the breakdown and offering zero attacking threat from any broken field play.

Ireland were playing in quicksand from kickoff. NZ are beatable as this years rugby championship showed us, I think England are peaking at the right time and I think the Irish game will have been some of the worst prep NZ could have gotten for an English side that are going to come out the gate at full tilt.

cson · 21-10-2019 10:13AM

awec wrote: »

I think it's a non-event to be honest. Peyper is a referee and also a human. They're not robots.

French anger would be better directed at Vahaamahina.

He's a professional referee still involved in a tournament. It's incredibly unprofessional behavior and he should be stood down.

FrancieBrady · 21-10-2019 10:20AM

cson wrote: »

He's a professional referee still involved in a tournament. It's incredibly unprofessional behavior and he should be stood down.

He is absolutely aware of the dig he is being asked to make in the photo.

As you say, appallingly unprofessional and ill-advised at a tournament were the integrity and judgement of referees is under a harsh spotlight already.

eagle eye · 21-10-2019 10:29AM

Social media needs to be shut down.

Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

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