Third time's a charm.
SUPER RUGBY
Week 18
>Fri 14 Jun
7:35 PM Highlanders v Waratahs, Rugby Park, Invercargill
9:45 PM Rebels v Chiefs, Melbourne
>Sat 15 Jun
10:10 AM Jaguares v Sunwolves, Buenos Aires 7:35 PM Hurricanes v Blues, Westpac Stadium, Wellington
9:45 PM Brumbies v Reds, Canberra
>Sun 16 Jun
1:05 AM Stormers v Sharks, Cape Town
3:15 AM Bulls v Lions, Pretoria
**all times in official RWCT**
Streams:
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vipleague.pw
Other urls found in this thread:
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twitter.com
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nzherald.co.nz
youtube.com
the42.ie
twitter.com
first hockey. now apehoop.
worse than Ronaldo spamming 2bh.
dead sport tbqh lads
passed my ambo prac exam btw
dead poomunity.
well done m8
>already p5
>p9
apehoop is a scourge
>Sat 15 Jun
10:10 AM Jaguares v Sunwolves, Buenos Aires
Easy lads japs are overs
have less shit players scotland
its not rocket science
going out tonight, won't see the games. Will be home tmrw though to see my based Blues get hammered.
thinking about making a new thread
/speegeneral/ when?
only one half decent game on anyway
rugger on tonight
just wanna stay in 2bh lads, I think i got old
Would be playing Hogg desu
oh god
big lol
>>Excuse me Mr Miller, but I'll take that
bit of a large blunder there
Up the Landers tbqhwu Lads
it's getting worse
landGODS
Grey brothers and Maitland would make it into the squad tbqh
Yeah but I don't think they'd start, Hogg is the only real chance.
STOP KICKING
Did everyone travel down to poovercargill from Dunedin? Didn't realise there were so many people in that shit town
yeah I didnt mean in the matchday 21, but if we're talking Lions squad they'd make my extended squad
highlanders going to snake that playoff spot at this rate lads
Its not that far a drive so a few wouldve yeah, also a lot of people in the region wouldve come out for it
>matchday 21
miss those days t b h
Pic lookin fairly shit right now lads
Waratahs beat the Landers twice last year including in the knockout rounds so this is a bit of a revenge match.
invers is a thriving metropolis under the leadership of everyones favourite stoner Tim 'the smile' Shadbolt
hmmmmm it seems I am a retard and forgot how many subs youre allowed in rugger
Love that the bastard imports Long Wheelbase Chryslers for his mayoralty cars
>>Highlanders currently scoring a point a minute
They want that playoff spot alrighf
no seriously I miss those days, the starting XV actually meant something and the game wasn't won or lost by the calibre of your "impact subs"
Phipps is just not good
and doesnt mind knicking his kids scooter to get milk from the dairy
Not even top 5 in the country.
Piss poor showing from the tahs in general here
does anyone have another stream?
both vip doesnt work for me
Poovercargill is full of chinks from polytech
I think that's a bit generous lad
Jesus this is turning into a massacre
WAISAKE
NAHOLO
pls
STOP KICKING
Tahs giving Reblels a run for most embarassing blowout of the season
about 3 reasons that try shouldn't be given but I'll take it
Use cricfree hombre
both Li and Naholo have dominated two dads
yeah mate
*pisses on you*
theres your stream m8
MONSTERED
shocking play here from the tahs
There’s something oddly satisfying about watching the Tahs get destroyed
this mason bloke seems promising huh
so Kerevi was offered 800k-1million per year (starting lower and ending higher) for a 4 year deal but couldn't get out of his contract in Japan
Will Harrison from the u20s will supplant him next year (or the year after if Foleh and Beale hang around), he's already signed to the Tahs
What’s invercargill like lads
This desu
rains a lot
doesnt get as much snow as dunners
just a worse dunners tb h
>Well Dane, you win tonight you’re in the finals. What’s the mindset?
>Yeah definitely.
Farmers galore. Lots of inbred looking cunts.
>yeah we'll try not to fuck up every second kickoff this half
can they keep going in the second half? tahs arent ones to roll over like in previous years but might be a bridge to far this time
>Tahs dont roll over
>42 points in one half
meaning they wont let the blowout continue
Good luck keeping your pathetic threads alive without our /heart/. NH out.
Also, Connacht
>nh
>heart
the only saving grace of your post was the bit about Connacht
is that an anime waifu?
>>there's actually anime girl wearing a connacht jersey
Is there one for every team in the pro 14?
theres 15 in every team in the pro 14
That artist is really weird. He seems to switch between girls in SR jerseys, hurling jerseys and hijabs.
where's the tries
Streaker?
Ba-duh-doomsh!
Based southlanders streaking at the first SR game in like five years.
100%
I thought they had one down there every year?
since the criminal marc ellis promoted it on tv it has been a scourge plaguing new zealand sporting events
Painful to watch, even as a Reds fan
We're winning the second half lad, in the Lions sense.
that's my boy Mack
T-there's one I made for Ireland
Yui is apprehensive and almost in prayer for Ireland to win the World Cup but she doesn't think it's very likely unfortunately
think i should remove that crease/shadow on the crest desu
Makes it a bit less embarassing at least
Reminder that the whole Highlanders squad has less than 5 players who were either born or who play M10 for either Otago or Southland.
make a gyaru for the Wallabies and I'll stop saying that you guys won't survive the QFs
remind me about this in the morning, one of the girls from hajimete no gal would probably work but I'm a few too many beers deep at the moment to bother
reminder to this dickhead that the highlanders are a franchise and play a different competition to representative rugby
LE RUN SIDEWAYS THEN PERPENDICULAR MAN
Absolute class
Yame is literally my waifu so yeah I'll remind you.
that game made me fall asleep
gammon chiefs
avenge the Force
just the second half for me
this game is more interesting, the good players are returning rather than resting and the winner is in while the loser is almost certainly out
cheers placemakers
Coleman injured or being rested?
Injured last week.
neither of these teams deserves to make the finals, why do we let a majority of teams in? Cut it down to 6 or even 4 IMO.
Imagine being Ta'avao and your entire identity if boiled down to "former Waratah"
Imagine being a Highlander and your entire identity is boiled down to "schooled outside of Otago" by publicly educated retards on /rug/ who don't understand professionalism
>big dumb coconut heems himself
classic
I need a clip
Hit him in the air as well.
kino fencing response lads
"He timed it perfectly"
Greg Martin, while a clip of the tackle in the air plays, circa 2019
*smashes head into elbow*
Off to bed. Could care less about the queefs and the rebads
nice try lads
TA'AVAO
CANE
hodge do big kikc
Couldnt care less about Gayrold
>Pooper
you know the reffing is fucked when Marto is saying his team got an unfair advantage
not that it matters
>Alaimalo
*doesnt pass*
The George Bridge School of Players Who Cazzies Think Should Be All Blacks
The Wallabies would unironically start both of them. And they'd be right to do so.
>People were unironically rating Rangi at the start of the season
He's not bad lad, he was over the ball there but Gardner is a cunt. There's a reason the Rebels have the best lineout in the competition despite only 1 decent second rower who has missed more games than he's played. He has good hands too. He's not test material but he's solid at this level. He is just too small.
>letting a winger pilfer your ball
nothing more embarassing tbqh
>Fijian on Fijian
clark never lets a chance to say that go
reminder
I'd feel sorry for Melbourne if it's the Hamilton of Australia.
>REBLELS
>come back from my bender round with europe with the lads a week before it starts
sweet
Sheddy will Kayo have the World cup?
Yup. Kayo is just FoxSports without needing the other bullshit Fox makes you get.
put dad onto it, he thinks he has a month trial due to having telstra as our IP
would save him a fortune
Dire start
You get a 2 week trial even without the telstra thing, it's worth checking out.
very easily could have 6 weeks for free then
thats basically the whole world cup
Hate the chiefs.
dont mind em desu
grim weekend of rugby
It's literally $25/month anyway, which is like 80c/day. I won't even cancel it during the off-season anymore.
I live in Chiefs country and don't support them, so that probably colours my view a wee bit.
I live in Tahs country and only support them when they're winning just like literally every other rugby fan in this state.
how do these reblels keep making the tards look competent?
Unless Rebels pull some magic out of the hat, the Chiefs will walk away with 5 points
>Dave Wessels will probably be a Wallabies coach
Weber+Debreczeni > Genia+Cooper
fucking dire
No try.
The Randwick Colts would have done better in either game tonight.
the Rebels scored a genuinely great try wtf
>australian rugby
Still back them to make semis at the WC.
I was not expecting a more yikes losing performance than the Tahs but here we have it
Not guilty MEANS not guilty SJWs
>Diageo
>a giant international drinks conglomerate
>esss jay dublwoooz
Hello femanon.
>Quantas
>Diageo
Says it all whats going on in the world when you have companies who do be in attendance at the bilderburg meetings taking a political/sjw stance against Masculine Sports like Rugby
You lads still think theres nothing behind Women refs/commentators being pushed into Rugby along with the media acting like a gay mafia and attacking any player who is remotely not a fan of them???
Time to wake up
>>gyaru wearing the wallabies jersey
I can do that but why a gyaru? The mental image is pretty jarring
Just coz gyaru are top tier. Maybe use the abo strip eh
Totally wouldn't mind my waifu wearing some team's jersey 2bh.
Rugby on in about 30 and a half hours.
Scotland
is
North
Footy's on.
go bummies
Masirewa is going to have some serious offers.
What is there to look at?
Who is this argie ref? Like him, good lad
Jags vs. Sunwolvies
awoo.
Parker is finished.
what's happening lol
he'll end up at the Blues sucking shit
This second half has been awful.
2 shit teams. Even the good one is shit.
Jags are playing their second team. Nice to see Tuculet back from injury too.
a-apologize
three tries now
Ur mum fell off the bed and they needed 2 strong men to lift the flaps back from both ends of the bed lmoa
Destruction comparable to the third bomb that should have landed on Tokyo
get fucked.
savage
no need to be rude, I'm just a friendly casual passing through
What time is it in nz right now kiwibro?
just friendly banter my friendly friend.
noon
she cute
grim round of rugby so far
>not enjoying seeing the two bad guys of Australian rugby getting btfo
yeah but three blowouts in a row is a huge meh
Goan be 5 in a row by tonight. Theres a reason the Reds and the Blues are the only non-cut team to not be in even remote finals contention this round.
Blues win tonight.
reckon both of those at least put up a fight and not just roll over like the Tards and Reblels
>EL JUSTO
Well here ya go, gyaru in the Wallabies jersey.
Also, that aboriginal strip by Asics is really kind of overdesigned.
It's pretty good lad, I'm quite impressed.
Could you give her a juicy tan?
That can be done, I'm going out for a run before catching the games this arvo, I'll do it when I get home
Got a patreon or pixiv style thing or Twitter or something?
It's gonna be a boring march toward the title by Crusaders. Just get on with the world cup and mitre 10 already.
help us jaguares, you’re our only hope
>Poosaders v Jags final
I wouldn't even watch it.
>Blues are favourites
wat
this is a genuine B team for the Hurrs
Kirifi is the best player at the breakdown in Super Rugby at the moment.
Imagine losing a dead rubber vs the fucking blues
I'm not mad
coles is fucking finished
Agreed, Parsons should take his spot.
How the fuck isn't that a penalty?
Just bantz innit
can't penalise muslims anymore.
Nisbo needs to make up his mind if Jackson is either playing too long an advantage or isn’t.
FUCKS SAKE AUCKLAND HOLD ONTO THE PILL
which team can self destruct first lads
Four Auckland wings out there at the moment.
Score should be 24-0 honestly
*takes you out in the air*
hilarious memes
>watching your team winning
Strange feeling.
Coles should have been carded for that early tackle, the fucking grub.
Waiting for TJ.
The STATE of our first choice hooker
money bill stepped by a lock
we'll fucking lose after all
Pretty fucking tough when the penalty count is literally 12-0
The Hurricanes lineout.
Thank you, I'll be here all night.
Fuck I've missed watching Fidow play.
pass me that rope
nice tackle Parsons you fat useless fuck
Thank god I’m not drinking otherwise the tv would have gone out the window by now
Easily the game of the round so far.
The Chiefs + double agent cooper manshaming the rebels in their home ground with before the match commentary all about how it was "their year" and they only needed one more win is still probably better
SBW will lose us the WC if he gets selected, and I hope Hansen realises that
He won't. We'll be out in the quarters
Think this is the match that broke the camels back lads. Can’t do it any more.
*rubs hands with butter at half time*
Based schizophrenic poster
Based sleeper agent Nonu.
Based sleeper agent Apisai.
Based sleeper agent Umaga.
Fuck.
Wallabies will win the RWC again
Wallabies couldn't win a dropped chip of a gull
Hurricanes finish the season with the most wins in round robin, but end up in fourth place. FUCK the conference system, FUCK SARU.
*sprays teflon not grip in a can*
Crusaders got 3 draws including one against the Highlanders after the Christchurch crusade, as well as 4 more try bonus points. Obviously Canes should be second though, and SANZAAR has already put into place changes to fix this in 2021.
Nah, the *name redacted by SJWs* would have had more wins and points if not for the shooter. So fair enough 2bh
Bumboys look good. Top 4 are all going to win their QFs easily.
Here's your tanned gyaru.
I do have a pixiv account, but I try to upload only finished pieces. So WIPs like these won't be up there
RED CARD NO TRY
Holy fuck, TMO is retarded.
Fantastic work mate, I will be spamming this every thread until we win the WC grand final.
I asked about Pixiv so I could chip in enough got a happy meal, wanna link it?
JAFA choke lol
>tfw only person on Yea Forums watching the game
>kicking a droppie when you're down by 23
Right? The fuck is that about?
based reds just giving the crowd some memery
Well I only drew this one because it's easy to draw a gyaru. I'm planning to update the wallaby I did for 2016 if you're looking for mascot images
[spoiler]www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=11276729[/spoiler]
even a kiwi can say thats pretty cool mate
gyaru > wallabies
I may actually end up using the first image though, I like the bracelets in the second but the darker skin tone sadly doesn't work as well with the jersey I think.
Canes to take the Sanders in SF1 then to lose to the jags in the final
Thanks mate, I'm actually a kiwi as well.
Well if you prefer that one I can polish it up and post it here next week. Are you sure you wanna stick with gyaru though? How about an anime styled wallaby girl?
GYARU
if you do polish it I'll up you from a happy meal to a large KFC meal eh
Also I just looked through some of your pictures. LWA is one of my favourite series, you have some great taste and talent my dude and Diakko is definitely canon. I also really like the Char.
I thought you could gift money through pixiv in exchange for requests, am I wrong?
Actually an impresive talent mate! It wouldn't hurt to draw one of "me and the SH boys(girls) back again on semis" but in your artsytle, incorporating the australian gyaru. For whenever you find time and feel like it
One little bump just to say fuck Pooth Peefrican rugby
I can get behind this post
The hero /rug/ needs.
4 South African teams in the finals.
This is a fucking joke.
hmmmm
based post, I'd say
No worries I just feel like drawing rugby related stuff.
Actually Argiebro if you happen to know anything about Uruguay and can suggest a kind of warrior imagery for the Los Teros I'll be all ears. I'd like to draw an animal warrior mascot for all the participating RWC teams, but I know very little about some of the countries.
I think pixiv only offers patronage options for users with a Japanese bank account. If you like LWA I know for a fact that those requests get fulfilled quite often on the Yea Forums drawthread. Also Trigger the official animation studio is on Patreon
Reminder that Brive came back to top 1 once again.
Chokemont vs To Lose
eating australian chocolate
it is... acceptable
Could be a fantastic game with the backlines they both have. Or it could be a scrumfest due to handling errors.
Teros are actually fucking scary, they are super agressive and territorials, they also have their nest on the ground so if you aproach one without looking, those motherfuckers wont stop attacking until you are like a hundred meters away.
Uruguayans are really similar to argentines in the rest of their aspects, we are practicaly the same people. So wathever inspiration you took from us, you can use it for uruguay.
Allez les rouges!
>asking for the french nationality
Based
who?
Jonny Wilkinson.
Based Toulouse dominating territory with a man in the bin.
Clermont shall rise in last 20 minutes
The underrated power of quotas
Chile x Spain starting in less than 10 minutes
twitter.com
>Chokemont
>Finishing strong
Meanwhile
Germany 32-37 Portugal
Portugal promoted to REC and Germany relegated to RET
>at least five refball calls against Clermont
Rude
what am I watching here Frenchie? this a playoff game?
Last one (pass forward) was a correct cal
Two of them resulted on Toulouse tries, it's still tough.
Why are the Crusaders playing the Highlanders next week? Shouldn't the Crusaders (seed 1) be playing the lions (seed 8) the Highlanders are seed 7 for the finals and should be playing the Jaguares (seed 2)
What's the point of the conference system and seeding the finals if they just do whatever
>Chokemont
One choke more...
Well, Chokemont 'till I die anyway
this kind a small forward passes are rarelly called though
The final of the Top14
hey, they didn't choke the baby h-cup this year
So what happened to the New Zealand rugby is dying narrative? Four teams in the quarters again.
Other countries dealing better with players exodus to Europe
Is that a narrative? I’ve only really heard that said recently about Australia.
Semis is a 3 NZ team affair too
Crusaders Hurricanes
Brumbies Cheifs
Finals will likely be all NZ teams too
Hurricanes Cheifs
Winner will be the obvious they don't have the most won games for no reason
Hurricanes
>implying no Onças
Last time they met pic related. Also which of the 2 has beaten the top seed?
>play like absolute shit all season
>still get 4 teams in the finals
If the Aussies had another even semi decent team it would be completely different
Chile 22-29 Spain
Chile too combative, but Spain has been more lethal when in attack
Brazil x Romania starting soon
Only caught bits but Spain seemed way more physical and aware of space.
Also more indisciplined. Lots of penalties.
Fair enough. They’re like that in the ERC.
Sage
Crusaders > Highlanders
Hurricanes > Bulls
Jaguares > Chiefs
Brumbies > Sharks
Why even have QFs? Just skip straight to the SFs IMO.
The Highlanders are 8, the Lions didn't make it. The Chiefs are seed 7 and are playing the Jaguares.
Ah that explains it. Well, no happy meal for you, but I appreciate your fulfilling my request and even offering to touch it up for free. Quick question though, are you NZ or Aus? Your flag is Aus but your pixiv is NZ.
Also I'm pretty sure it's Fiji who has the shark god.
>Auckland
Thanks mate. I'll probably be dividing elements of the gaucho between Argentina and Uruguay then.
No worries, I happened to be drawing rugby stuff and browsing the thread at the same time so the stars just aligned back there. I'll post the finished stuff in the /rug/ thread next week. I'm a kiwi working and living in Oz.
The pacific nations are challenging. Only Fiji has an official national animal (iguana). I picked the shark for Tonga, and I'm at a loss to what regional animal can reflect Samoan rugby's ferocious physicality.
Brazil 21-22 Romania
Tough match. Brazil got punished with two tries in 2nd half after receive a yellow card. Brazil had a chance to win after a later try but conversion hasn't been scored.
>The only native mammals [to Samoa]are flying foxes, which are endangered, and other species of smaller bats
Rough. Samoa is very close to NZ, moreso than the other Pacific Islands, so maybe you can ape the Kiwi ones like you're considering with Uruguay.
The "Manu" in Manu Samoa can be used to refer to birds in the Samoan language, but there is already a large presence of bird mascots (NZ - kiwi, USA - bald eagle, Uruguay - los teros, Namibia - sea eagle, Japan - pheasant). I'll need to do some readings into Samoa it seems.
For me? The Reds and Blues
>quarter finals
> vs Taranaki Chiefs
> vs Retallick meme
Godspeed Jagsbro
the general consensus is that its worse than english/irish chocolate
You guys are playing at home against a Chiefs team that's been hot and cold all year, I'd say the odds are in your favour
Hot and cold is a bit harsh, they started shit and become great. I'd be worried too if I was facing them.
Jaguares did the same
nzherald.co.nz
Wales confirmed for 2019 RWC winners
poo peeland btfo
list as ass anyways
It's Ardie 2bh.
>woman in the list
hard night lads
>kaino finally won a provincial rugby title
>as captain
nice
Sure looks like a solid thrashing
/rug/bro who was helping me 12-6 diet, is it normal to plateau? In the first few weeks I lost almost 4kg but for the past couple of weeks my weight hasn't shifted even by 0.1kg.
eat less.
or go keto for a bit.
*gets kiwi_swag in a headlock*
Heh nothin personnel kid.
Uhh why is my flag India
I'm not sure I can eat less, I'm having only 1 sandwich or 1500kj chicken breast and noodles/rice meal for lunch and less than 3000kj for dinner, with nothing except maybe a handful of grain waves in between. I havent eaten 6000kj in one day since I started, and nothing heavy in sugar either.
hacked by the paki's on /cric
Fancy a curry lads
blame the lions desu
crusaders would have had to play the chiefs if they didn't fuck up
/smug/
/fug/
can’t shleep bump
Inb4 still poo
Fuck nz
Based
Lads /rug/ will pick up around WC time w-won't it?
Probably. It’ll still end up being shit though. WC /rug/ is cazzie-central
I'm going to come back just like my Canes vs the blues
Hello i hear this is the new /cric/ thread now that >we got janny'd
>pick 100%
>still get the wooden spoon
Cricket is a joke sport lads
I swear to fuck if I'm still India
Seriously lads I can't smuggle myself into the anonymous brit flags now and talk shit about everyone.
Críquete
Ahh my little brown friend, hello.
poos OUT
>all four semis are at a watchable time
FUCK
YES
shall be missing them unfortunately
A bit, sure, but don't expect it to break Yea Forums or anything. The Jap victory over the boks gave /rug/ more life it ever had, and probably it ever will have
>we actually had multiple threads on Yea Forums like actually popular sports
good times
wtf I thought the RWC was the third biggest sporting event in the world
that doesnt mean its the third most popular sport on Yea Forums
>its the 3rd biggest sporting event to Aussies
Or would it be 5th?
>football
>something cricket
>league /state of origin
>probably some AFL thing
>then union
For us its
>sailing
>downhill mountain biking / enduro
>skiing /snowboarding
>curling
>rowing
>squash
>union
SHEEET THEY LIED
>4 billion people watching the RWC
lmao
Is Trump running their media campaign? 1/3 of the worlds population can’t afford a tv, let alone give a fuck about rugby.
Why is union so far down when it's your national sport?
simple typo: 4 million.
he's full of shit.
Based Mahe going back into the single and winning a gold next year would be a pretty big deal 2bh.
Except that’s never going to happen because the old cunt keeps getting btfo by Robbie Manson.
Eric Murray putting the boot in on Twitter is pretty funny though
I figured he just doesn't like union, considering your government is willing to change its laws to accommodate for the RWC.
I think it was a "joke"
Top viewership is rugby union tests, especially WC, followed by super rugby, Olympics and Americas Cup
you should've figured you were replying to a shitspouter shitpost, cazz
I was just joking about other sports we have top athletes in but get little coverage locally as well as overseas. Everyone knows unions our No.1
How pointless has SR become then you have 4 of the 8 playoff teams from NZ, 2 of which had a shit season?
It's always been stupid that most teams get into the finals. It should be reduced to 6 or even 4.
>rugby championship in A MONTH
>ONLY 6 games
ffs, why couldnt ye have truncated super rugby instead
alright see you then lads
Not quite as pointless as your opinion.
bye cazzie
8 is fine because you 3,4,5,6 seed are closely matched and the top teams don't have a full free ride to the final. This year would have been good without the confrences for that mid seeding matches
If you do 6 your top 2 teams skip to the semis for a rest before a home match and thats arguably more unfair than the confrence
Are tongan more crazy about league that for union?
Poos up thread
3 1/2 day old thread, 382 replies, not a single South African post. This really sums up how JUSTED SA rugby is, this is the power of corporate greed and politics in sports
Rúgbi
...
RESPECT
>who's
Based Izzy fucking gays and grammar.
Anyone watching the Ireland v England under 20s?
Seriously lads why the fuck am I still India?
>latest tweet continues assault on gays and transgender
>literally doesn't mention them at all
Honestly fuck our retarded media trying to be "woke"
Did you piss off a mod?
India strong in rugby when?
We don't have the athletes here. We're not fast, strong, athletic or agile. Cricket is not a real sport, which is why we do alright at it.
I guess I'm just India forever then. Bluhammed.
Based Tongans, making a field trip north to Penrose
*honk honk*
Armed forces can offer these athletes
/mug/
New conferences for the Pro14:
>Conference A
Glasgow Warriors (SCO 1)
Leinster Rugby (IRE 2)
Ulster Rugby (IRE 3)
Ospreys Rugby (WAL 1)
Dragons Rugby (WAL 4)
Zebre Rugby Club (ITA 2)
Toyota Cheetahs (SA 1)
>Conference B
Edinburgh Rugby (SCO 2)
Munster Rugby (IRE 1)
Connacht Rugby (IRE 4)
Cardiff Blues (WAL 2)
Scarlets (WAL 3)
Benetton Rugby (ITA 1)
Isuzu Southern Kings (SA 2)
On the face of it, Conference A seems like a done deal. Leinster, Glasgow and Ulster will hardly take the playoff spots and Ospreys will take the potential CC spot.
Conference B is looking really exciting though. The only non-runner team is the Kings and it should be a tight race for the playoffs.
If I were looking to make more balanced conferences I’d swap the Welsh teams as you’d end up with a 5-5 split on actually competitive teams.
>wallabies are dire
>3/4 super rugby teams are dire
>u20s are the best in the world
at least the future is bright
True, can't wait to see them in the NRL.
You're thinking of schoolboys. By the time they're in U20 they're set with union. You're more likely to see them in the English Premiership.
hes talking about pleasuring men desu
there's nothing wrong with pleasuring men
i choose to pleasure god user
what should you be?
>who is approval
what did he mean by this
>>latest tweet continues assault on gays and transgender
>>literally doesn't mention them at all
what 'fake news' are you quoting user?
>Israel Folau has taken to social media again in the wake of his controversial take on gay and transgender people, claiming he seeks the approval of God, not man.
-The Herald
>Israel Folau follows attack on gay and transgender people with new tweet
>Israel Folau has followed his sermon targeting the gay community with another social media post proclaiming he works for God, not man.
-Stuff
queefs beat the hags sadly
Threadly reminder NOT to report Queen of /rug/ Hannah Barrett's pictures without express permission.
>No Bastareaud or Parra in the French group for the RWC
oof.
And no Fatfuck Truck while we're at it.
Forwards : Bamba, Poirot, Priso, Setiano, Slimani ; Guirado, Chat, Mauvaka ; Gabrillagues, Lambey, Le Roux, Vahaamahina ; Alldritt, Camara, Iturria, Lauret, Picamoles.
Halves : Dupont, Machenaud, Serin ; Lopez, Ntamack.
Backs : Doumayrou, Fickou, Fofana, Guitoune ; Huget, Penaud, Raka ; Médard, Ramos
In case of someone being out in the next months before the RWC :
Falgoux, Ollivon, Cros, Willemse, Belleau, Rattez.
Rugby.
grim
Just spent the last 20 mins trying to flush my afternoon Welsh lads
The media and all of its agendas are collapsing and its fucking beautiful to watch
goodnight bump
whatever, not that it will change a lot of things in the end
>Machenaud
>Serin
>Lopez
>Alldritt
>Guirado
>Huget
>Le Roux
Wales-NZ and England-Ireland u20’s games are good watches
*saves /rug/*
Curry for all
Hoping rugby picks up here in India.
How do pakoras taste? There are no pakoras here.
Yeah those are imbalanced as fuck. Both finalist in the same conference seems wrong.
This is what you look like now btw
B isn't too bad. All mid-table teams, minus Kangz
A is a bit weird though, you've got the top teams and the shit teams together.
It's not my fault, I don't even know what the fuck is happening. Apparently I'm India now for the rest of time.
is rugby union very different from rugby league?
Not really. League is just a basic version without most of the technical stuff.
Not very different, but the differences make a massive difference to how its played. So kind of both, the more detail you give about them the more different they are, but to someone who doesn't know much the could probably confuse the 2.
League is for people who get a high paying contract in aussie and then piss in the own mouths, Union is for people who get high paying contracts in France and then do cocaine
when's the rugby I'd like to watch it
Friday 1935 Crusaders v Highlanders
Saturday 1005 Jaguares v Chiefs
Saturday 1935 Hurricanes v Bulls
Saturday 2205 Brumbies v Sharks
>League is for people who get a high paying contract in aussie and then piss in the own mouths, Union is for people who get high paying contracts in France and then do cocaine
can rugby union player equally successfully play in NRL?
please watch our sport
league is the retards version of union
all their players have double digit IQ's so they took out everything complicated like the ruck, maul, scrum, and lineout
i dont see why not, but in reality players go from league to union
don't they make more playing league since it's much more popular(?) on club level?
maybe, but I think union has bigger contracts plus a larger international presence
League is only really popular here and in the north of england, plus their world cup is pretty small comparably
A union player meanwhile can earn big money here, in England, France, Japan and the world cup is much bigger
what're the sheds like in india
Union is the real rugby simple as that
*saves rug*
*dabs*
>saving /rug/
League has more contracts because more teams but they're not as big usually and the game takes more from your body and you can't retire in millions in Japan or Europe.
Occasionally in the backs, but decreasingly so in the modern game as things get more competitive and everyone needs to be able to ruck and not tackle dangerously.
Not me lad.
go the Black Caps lads.
What happened and where are you supposed to be from?
League is the pussy version of union, simple as.
>ruck
You seem to be describing league to union rather than the other way round.
>League is the pussy version of union
wew
#backingblack
Cricket.
this is a sports board, please only talk about actual sports
Chess.
Champions and Challenge Cup pool draw on now
>youtube.com
Here's the pools for the Challenge Cup.
And here's the Champion's cup. Ridiculously soft pool for Leinster.
>Pool 1
Pretty handy pool for Leinster, especially considering Treviso should be hit hard by the World Cup just like Leinster, but it should weaken them a lot more. Northampton and Lyon are decent but just not as good as Leinster. All depends on what shape they're in after the World Cup desu.
Leinster and Lyon should progress.
>Pool 2
Sale will be the whipping boys in this but the the other three sides will be difficult to separate.
Think Exeter and La Rochelle will progress.
>Pool 3
A soft enough pool for Clermont and Ulster should be confident of being capable of a second best runner up spot.
>Pool 4
>Munster
Hahahahaha good chance they don't qualify from that pool at all. After the last World Cup Saracens strolled to the trophy but it's hard to know how both Munster and Sarries will bounce back after the WC this time. Reckon Racing and Sarries will qualify from that pool.
>Pool 5
Wasn't the worst pool for Connacht until the got Montpelier as that's two away games in France. Toulouse will qualify at a canter and that might be the pool that sees no second best runner up.
Could see Pool 4 being a crab bucket, like last season's Pool 2 (Exeter, Munster, Castres, Gloucester). Not enough between the teams for 2nd place to comfortably win games and make conference points.
I can see that happening. Pool 4 is definitely one of the pools that likely won't see a second qualifying spot other than maybe Pool 2.
I think Glasgow will probably struggle after the WC without Hogg tho and the other teams should run up points against Sale.
I just think Munster become an average side when missing a few key players or when those players lack form and they'll be struggling after the WC since those key players will either be flogged or injured and Ospreys will probably capitulate again. Racing take the CC seriously too and Sarries are just too good a side, and even if the WC affects them they'd still be good for a runner up spot.
In Pool 5 I think Toulouse will win every game and Montpelier are likely to win their two remaining home games and lose their two other away games and Connacht and Gloucester will find it difficult to scrounge up the 16/17 points they'd need at least from their remaining 3 games.
Enisej-STM shall win this fuck
For quarter finals:
A - Leinster
B - Exeter & La Rochelle
C - Clermont
D - Sarracenos & Munster
E - Toulouse & Connacht
The final shall be Clermont x Connacht, the best final ever of sport's history
Dont worry, you can wear your Munster Jersey to Leinsters knock out games and the Final seeing as Munster wont be in them anyway
Best Welsh backrow for the world cup?
Neck?
8- Faletau
7- Tipuric
6- Moriarty/Wainwright/Shingler/Jenkins
6 is dependent on how we want to play and injuries. Moriarty is probably the best option right now, to give us that aggressive edge and balance the backrow, but the others offer a more all-round game.
>World Rugby shelves Nations Championship plan
the42.ie
Thank fuck.
Elitism over economic survival of sport
I agree with Brazil. We deserve the profits from your crowds.
India in Six Nations when?
Anyone got any wet wipes?, World Rugby just came crawling back to the fans on their hands and knees and are looking very dirty and stupid
Is Navidi injured or something?
Dislocated elbow, not sure if he'll be fit for the world cup.
The number of games anyone in the southern hemisphere has at home goes from 3-4 plus NH touring down here for an additional 3-4 games to 2 total a year. It was a deal that was crafted by the elitism of the NH thinking that because they have the money they are the centre of the sport so everyone should play where they were available to play at that time of the year.
If they shifted the finals rounds down here and adjusted the rest of the comp to suit every 2 years it would have been at least agreeable from the SH countries.
The deal as it was structured prioritised NH over SH.
Look at the whole picture not just the few irrelevant teams that would be added to competition to get stomped year after year like Italy does in the 6N.
why are no fijians in /sp /?
Thank fuck for this.
REMAINING AUSTRALASIAN PRE-RWC /RUG/
>Super Rugby
4 QFs
2 SFs
1 GF
>Rugby Championship
Play each team once (3 games each)
>Tests
1 Bledisloe
1 Aus v Samoa
1 NZ v Tonga
>U20 Championship
Aus v France GF
NZ v Ireland 7th place playoff
why is New Zealand team is so powerful?
Culture. To be a bloke here you needed to love rugby as far back as when we were founded to as recent as when I was a kid.
jewish tricks
is rugby more popular among whitoids, maori population or equally popular among both?
I always knew that haka is a jewish trick
It actually is though.
>okay guys, I know you just warmed up and got pumped from belting out the national anthem but now you have to stand there in the cold for a few minutes while the best team in the world pumps themselves up even further and the crowd cheers them on
>no, you can't react or respond at all or you'll get a massive fucking fine
The jew cries out in pain as it strikes you.
all teams should just turn around until they stop this fine bullshit
can we get this bad boy to 500 lads?
we're just more manly and athletic than other "countries"
rugby on tomorrow, so I should think so
righto then
let's talk footy:
Crusaders v Highlanders
Jaguares v Chiefs
Hurricanes v Bulls
Brumbies v Sharks
poodictions?
Cumgayders
Chiefs
Hurrs
Sharks
Plainsmen
Hags
Hurrs
Bumboys
poosaders run a 30-point train on Landers
Jags in a close one
Hurrs by 12
brumbies in a close one
Thought I might pack a sad and not watch semis but I'm looking forward to the games now
Still reeling from a scoreless second half m8?
yeah took me a while to recover. what a shit finish to a cunt of a season.
there's always next year ahaha
Looking forward to RC actually. Gonna be a banger. Picking Argies to finish 2nd
This. As exciting as a WC is, the RC is shaping up to be a hottie this year.
r8 my post lads
/rug/ will be pumping that whole period
Missed a lot of last WC's /rug/ because of the grim timezone.
I stomped about the house for a good hour afterwards.
They ate Old Zealand thus doubling their power.
we absorbed Old Zealand.
...
Visited Old Zealand earlier this year, it was nothing special honestly. Prefer the new version.