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2 weeks to go lads.

M10 CUP Week 6

>Thurs 12 Sep
7:35 PM Waikato v Hawke’s Bay, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
>Fri 13 Sep
7:35 PMNorthland v Canterbury, Semenoff Stadium
>Sat 14 Sep
2:35 PM Taranaki v Bay of Plenty, Yarrow Stadium, Taranaki
5:05 PM Southland v Manawatu, Rugby Park, Invercargill
7:35 PMCounties Manukau v Auckland, Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
>Sun 15 Sep
2:05 PM Wellington v Otago, Westpac Stadium, Wellington
4:35 PMTasman v North Harbour Trafalgar Park, Nelson

**all times in official RWCT**

STREAMS
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significancemagazine.com/sports/633-who-will-win-the-2019-rugby-world-cup
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rugbyworldcup.com/bracket
airnewzealand.co.nz/wifi
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rugby365.com/countries/argentina/typhoon-warning-for-world-cup
youtube.com/watch?v=qxsBtLAbsNA
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What happened to the previous thread?

someone got banned kek

Rugby.

>v instead of x

Scotland

Goodnight sweet /rug/
God bless.

not long now

NRL

Super League is better tbqh

>semen off stadium
Never gets old.

How do you get semenoff?

No more internationals until the cup. I will NOT be watching mitre meme.

>mitre 10 meme
cazzie alert

NPC castoffs make up about half of the rest of the teams heading to the WC, it's worth at lest knowing who the players are.

Israel Folau

Literally who?

Got a feeling this will be a pretty forgettable WC lads. Predictable results in the pool stages, very little media interest over here compared to 2015, SA/NZ final. I can see it happening.

as long as it's more competitive than 2015 I dont care
after the group stages it was obvious NZ were going to win and everyone else was just participating

bump before I leave for a while and cant bump

Well 2015 was in the UK so obviously there would have been more coverage in the UK.

England finishing in 4th and being forced to play qualifiers for 2023 is clearly predictable. Thou have reason.

Are you saying USA will go FULL kinetic?

A special day. US of A too effective on tackles without indiscipline and England by this getting no chances to score by penalties.

US of A
Too effective on tackles
Without indiscipline
England by this

Saved to the hueisms folder.

>people of the lesser rugby nations posting in MY /rug/

Chester Williams - rekt
James Small - rekt
Joost Van der Westhuizen - rekt
Ruben Kruger - rekt
Tinus Linee - rekt
Andre Venter - rekt

Can you post your full folder?

yank ball time

Was at St James' park watching England v Italy on Friday. Was fucking boring state of play

Gonna be all blacks or wallabies winning this WC desu

You mean South Africa

NZ > SA > AUS > ENG >>>>> REST

All these teams are shit

PTSD from the Japan match will ruin South Africa.

Unless they come back like Punished Snake

Ireland number 1

All no 1 memes aside, who would you say is ahead between >us (Wales) and you?

The warmup games have very little bearing on the WC. I wouldn't give up hope just yet.

We are #1, not even memeing. Inferior rugby nations shouldn't annoy us with redundant questions.

All those teams you listed I'd have ahead of Ireland and Wales tbf apart from Australia

That football is skewed

Do you think any of the UK + Ireland teams will be able to survive Japanese humidity though?

It's quite humid at times in Dublin, our Leinster lads will be grand and actually thriving in the humidity.

But humidity in Ireland doesn't come with warm temperatures, over 25°C at least

That's true, we do keep our houses warm so I think the boys will be ok they'll feel like their playing in their sitting rooms.

they're, you know what I mean lmao.
Number #1

I will never acknowledge the Brazilian poster. fucking wanker

Sudacas are honorary Irish and you can go fuck yourself.

Stop trying to make this a thing

here's one:
fuckful insomnia

full kinetic

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Brazil you devilish cunt. Who are your top 5 players to look out for this world cup?

I'm not paying too many attention for english team and the preparation tests for WC don't help because the teams are keeping strategies and preventing injuries. On players, who I'm realizing shall be pillars of team are basicly the same than in 2015 like Farell, B. Vunipola and Youngs, but there are some young hopes like Francis and Cokasinaga. And waiting some better performances by Itoje.

Jordan Larmour
Ardie Savea
Kenki Fukuoka
Samu Kerevi
Alivereti Raka

James Ryan will be more important for Ireland. Larmour won’t feature as much if Earls and Stockdale avoid injury.

Not saying they'll be the best players, just exciting to watch.

Number #1 status: still

União de Rúgbi

Which team(s) are you supporting at the wc mate?

The south american teams plus Samoa and Japan

cool. For me it's us, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand and Argentina and France if I'm in the mood. Also whomever is playing against England and South Africa.

Nice. I'm also wait for good performances by Georgia and Fiji

both of those sides are fun to watch for different reasons. Georgia are a whole team of no necks shaped like boulders and Fiji are very entertaining when they run the ball in the open.
I like all the poly teams desu because of their war dances, I don't know why anyone has a problem with that I think it's great to see and something different.

The Leaf knows what the crack is

Its winter for the SH Countries so they have the bigger transition id say

RC sides play in japan regularly, when was the last time ireland played in japan?
And its spring, we are already hitting 20+ in some cities

we play anywhere, even in Chicago

>when was the last time ireland played in japan?

About a year ago but our lads have been mainly camped in Portugal for the last few weeks were its fucking scorchio so should be ok when we get there

Japan will be soothingly cool and refreshing and once the lads get a good breath in of the humidity they'll feel like they're home.

Good good, no excuse for a quarter departure then

>Ireland is World No.1
>But AB are gonna stroll to the win
Yawn.

New Zealand will win the final unless someone else does.

>world No. 1 training in heat and preparing well not favourites to win
THIS is irish heart

only if you're implying that heart is established by bookkeepers

>And waiting some better performances by Itoje.
He was out and out quality versus Ireland there a few weeks ago
Yeah larmour is a bit of a meme player at this point if we're being honest, would still hav ehim start over earls though

its basically a different team now
they wont choke with us in their group

lads, lads, lads

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Rúgbi

translation:
Rugby.

ruggy:DD

the ol' rugger

tbqh lads, it's going to be 4 SH teams in semifinals again

NZ SA AUS FIJI?

really sucks "we" can't face Ireland in the QFs, just to cuck them again while they are the 1st ranked team in the world LMAO

Rôguibi

If you learn to scrum Argentina will be hard to stop if fit but you can’t so.

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GOTTEM

Stop lying there’s a great big low pressure front over NZ now.

Ireland will win the Rugby World Cup

2019?

yeah, weird that a team with Ledesma as a coach and also a strong tradition of being good at the scrum sucks at it.
Also Sanchez is in poor form, but tbqh I believe in memes they never let me down and we are a big meme

Let's be honest, it doesn't really matter who wins, we'll just all enjoy the WC immensely if England bombs out again kek

Hansen may not be the ideal messenger, but this statement address a persistent problem.
news.com.au/sport/rugby/all-blacks-coach-steve-hansen-says-pacific-plight-world-rugbys-doing/news-story/0623ceafbb9fd8ef0abcf1bd52c3a130

Is there a realistic process of events for the Pacific nations to reliably field competitive teams? I imagine if they have a mature set of clubs, they'll be able to sustainably nurture and hold on to home grown talents. That said I don't know how they'll assemble the building blocks to support it

The team isnt in NZ right now they left this morning. Last week however for example in Auckland was like this all week, cant remember where the highs were from the news but probably hawks bay/gisborne/BOP were in the 20s last week.

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Rugby.

>Southland Stags player Manaaki Selby-Rickit is facing an assault charge and will appear in court on Tuesday after an incident where a man had his jaw fractured.
>A police spokesperson said a man suffered a fractured jaw after allegedly being punched and then kicked while on the ground about 3.15am on Sunday morning.
>The incident occurred outside the Night 'n Day dairy on the corner of Esk and Dee streets in Invercargill, police said.
>Selby-Rickit is facing an assault with intent to injure charge.

truest post itt

That and an irish quarter final tap out again for the meme and I'd be happy even if we choke and dont leave the pool

poo peelanders already forced to look for other avenues of enjoyment because they know their cheating team has been exposed

>All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has laid blame for the plight of Pacific Island rugby on the unwillingness of World Rugby to stand up to the Six Nations and institute a global season

This is fake/blatant lie news, the corporations/World Rugby who couldn't get their way in creating this globalist competition which would have wrecked Countries League Seasons and the World Cup itself are still at it in trying to force their scam competition on Players and Fans who didn't even want it and they'll use any excuse other than the truth to why it failed.

The PI's problems are down to the fact that Aus/NZ for years have been for years draining those islands of their best players and the Presidents and officials of the Unions of those Islands are corrupt as fuck and dont put the money where its needed.

Fuck em, glad that globalist scam crashed and burned

Basically this and they don't have any money to do anything with anyway. I remember watching Fiji in the Hong Kong sevens without boots because they either couldn't afford them or had no opportunity to buy some.

This. They’ve shifted to seething jealousy of based England now.

We need to guarantee the T2 sides more games against T1 teams. Hansen maligns the failure of the Nation’s Championship but it locked most of T2 rugby out of games with T1 sides. Georgia and the Pacific islands were against the competition from the outset. The 6N absolutely acted out of self interest, but that self interest just so happened to align with the correct course of action.
I would restructure the Summer and Winter tours to increase the number of games T2 sides get against T1 sides. I’ve thought about this a bit and I’d create a pool format for at least 2 tours in each window. I’ll give an example of what I’m talking about.
Let’s say Scotland tours South Africa. Instead of a 3 game series, we create a pool with 2 T2 teams, preferably 1 NH and 1 SH side. For argument’s sake, let’s say Canada and Uruguay. For the next 3 weeks they play each other in double-header’s across the traditional South African stadiums. Maybe there’s a 4th week where Scotland and South Africa play each other again, just to maintain the structure of a tour.
This would at least guarantee the T2 nation’s games against T1 opposition and would cut down on travel costs for the poorer unions.

I'm thinking going to a double-header at Lansdowne to see Georgia v Japan followed by Ireland v Australia sounds like a pretty good evening of entertainment.

Posting this for /rug/'s public record

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Like I said, I'm not endorsing the messenger, just fascinated by the problem underlying the message. And I'm not going to argue player drain isn't a problem. It is. As it stands, if not Oz/NZ, the PI players will just be drawn to the Top14 or Pro14 clubs. Which will probably displace the Oz/NZ players there from their cozy salaries, but that's another story.

If an ideal world where the PI players can enjoy the convenience of comfortable employment in their own countries, then I'll make do with the current world. Because frankly, them going to other leagues is a waste of their potential.

bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/49460343

>Like I said, I'm not endorsing the messenger, just fascinated by the problem underlying the message.

I have my doubts Hansen even said anything on the subject, The PI Countries have been in this financial situation for the last 100 years when it comes to funding their sports teams

Why now is it all of a sudden an issue with the "media"? Because the media are part of a globalist mafia looking to ring fence and monetize all major world sports at the detriment of Countries own domestic Leagues.

Its no coincidence that they only just brought in a "League of Nations" into Football last year which has resulted in half empty stadiums which the fans have no interest in watching and they were trying to pull the same corporate scam with Rugby.

The PI do have problems but they have always been there, people need to wake up to the manipulation that the media keep pulling day after day, theres nothing to be fascinated about, its quite obvious what they're up to and what its about.

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On that thought I think it would be good to have one of the double-headers in another part of the country where rugby is popular. The Italians and French do this already to an extent, with Padova and Marseille respectively. So Ireland could have one of the weekends where both T1s are taking on T2s in Limerick, using either Thomond Park or Páirc na nGeal if the GAA are up for it. The English could use the Ricoh in Coventry or try and use a big Football Stadium around Leicester or something. The Welsh could use the Liberty Stadium in Swansea. The Scots would have to use a football stadium probably.

um no sweetie

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I'm simply happy with more test matches and this is a fine idea. If say for example Ireland or France tours NZ/Oz and the Fijian team get to play them in Suva, or the Japanese gets a match - that will be great. The Japanese always fill their stadiums as well - so it's money to be made.

B A S E D
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absolute state of everybody else

This but in Salthill so I can stay the weekend somewhere nicer than Limerick. It's a comfy train ride too.

So here's what I'm thinking in terms of a full cycle of these alternate tours. 2 tours between T1 and T2 sides in both windows, and a 3rd tour where minnows play each other in a nation we'd like to see the sport grow in (so giving the host nation a shot at winning might be more appealing than watching them stomped by world cup contenders).
This all still leaves room for the nations not involved in those tours to run conventional tours with other non participating nations. But limited team availability would force T1 sides to tour T2 sides at home more frequently. So for example in the 2020 SH window, England might tour Argentina and France tour Australia, leaving Ireland and Italy to tour Japan and the pacific islands. In the NH window of the same year, the Saffer and Kiwis would probably play the British teams, leaving 1 slot for a T2 side to play each of the British sides.

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You actually made that yourself?

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Yup. I prioritised getting the Islands a run at a tour each year, seeing as they're the ones in the spotlight at the minute.

fantastic effort post you have my respect, user. It's a very good concept too.

>his cunt didn’t gain a position in the rankings over the weekend

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I don't get it

kiwi cope

It's a rating system based on actual performance and the ratings equal the likely margin of a game between the 2 sides
It's not a rating system where if you win 7 games vs the same opponent then lose 3 that you opponent will be higher than you on ranking points.
If you want to make a decent prediction use this ranking system

Who are you even gonna choke to in the pools? You'll reach the quarters at worst.

>actual performance
Very vague.

Holy fucking cope

Have been thinking about something there today, for 10 straight years NZ have been untouchable at the top of the rankings which is a fucking amazing record in a Professional Sport, I mean you'd expect at some stage the top team in the world would drop a few places, We're all only Human and all that. Was thinking what could cause a loss of dominance like that.

Then it occurred to me to me that in the last few years theres been a few stories about players in New Zealand being caught for doping.

the42.ie/new-zealand-players-banned-doping-4144308-Jul2018/

bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/42630419

For 111 years we couldn't beat the fucks once then we go beat them twice in 2 years, they barely managed to beat Scotland (who should have won) the last time they played, South Africa (who are still doped up to the tits) have been knocking them over in the last few games and Argentina could have and should have had their first win over them in the last RC game between them.

It looks to me like NZ players have had to change the "supplements" they take in the last few years leading to that untouchability they used to have disappearing and leading to other Countries like Ireland and Wales who never were ranked 1st having a go at being at the top, If NZ dont win the WC i could see England or South Africa topping the rankings after it.

Its just interesting to me that after seeing those doping stories in the last few years suddenly the top ranking Countries seem a lot more even and open.

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But how much does doping boost pure skill? ABs are rarely the biggest or fastest but when it comes to pure talent they dominate. Wales have been huge over the last few years but our players are/have been donkeys in comparison.

The points in the world ranking system are won and lost, that means that during the regular season they swap around in isolated pools until a tour or tournament let's the different hemispheres mix, the larger the tour or tournament the more accurate the ranking system is at the end of it. That is why its doubled for the world cup, to try get it to be relevant. Argies for example are hardly ever above all tier 2 nations but they are well and truly tier 1, because they are constantly beat down in the rugby championship they can never accumulate points to get to where they realistically should be on the rankings.
This means that the points for most the time the ranking dont actually mean anything and dont actually represent who is stronger in the world, just who is strongest in each hemisphere yearly comps. For the first match of a NH tour down here the points dont mean a thing at all, the two teams could be on identical points but the bookies and everyone witha brain would know one team is a larger favourite.

>But how much does doping boost pure skill?

It doesn't, but when mixed with "speed" and "Aggressiveness" it makes you untouchable, theres no doubt they have the skill, but how much more "skilled" can you be than the average pro player from another Country??

didn’t read lmao

NZ play the game at a faster pace, but honestly they approach and understand the game differently. It's no coincidence Wales & Ireland have improved so much under Kiwi coaches.

>beaten England once in 12 years
>beaten Ireland once in 10 years
>beaten Wales once in 12 years
>beaten Scotland twice in 10 years
Yeah totally the championship holding them back.

no, NZ are so good because of refball, cheating and doping. And stripping the islands of players.

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Fairplay France turn up well.

Unironically this

If the Irish on /rug/ weren't so insufferable, I'd like to see them do better. But they aren't so I don't.

You're not suggesting they're better at rugby than might Ireland are you?

How long have you had that saved?

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Irish lads why the fuck do Leinster want Robin Mcbryde? Our scrum/maul/lineout are absolute piss and have been for his entire career as coach.

screencapped it literally seconds before posting it, why do you ask. are you guys going to be like this for the next month?

wait where's world #1 Ireland

Right, so you lads are only on 2 WC wins then?

didn't even notice mate. NZ's wins weren't really the point.

gobshite

NZ exposed.

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so easy to wind up the kiwis

The quarter-finals-reaching World #1 Ireland.

>England ........ 7

And at the end of it all, you'll probably think we're actually mates and it's just "banter"

based Scotland kek

Fiji, Canada, Samoa, and Ireland.
All names you associate with high performance rugby. I wish NZ was down there rubbing shoulders with these teams.

based.

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Yeah that’s a bit of a mystery. I’m thinking they’re just sticking with international coaching staff because it’s worked out so far.

Have Howley too so he doesn't try and weasel into one of the regions. We'll take Contepomi off your hands.

>world cup rolls around
>irish get uppity
time for based argies to thrash you lads again

Both league and union destroy aussie rules. The sport of kings.
More enjoyable than 'murican footy.

Based.

most of you are and mostly it is. I know kiwis, I went to see Neil and Liam Finn last year in Dublin.

Adam Jones carried our scrum for so many years, even with Jenkins doing fuck all on the loosehead.
Our lineout is woeful despite having some great lineout operators over the last 10 years.
We have no maul, I don't think I've ever seen us shove over a tier 1 team without using that meme 12 man maul thing.

Tbh Gatland and Edwards have carried us. Mcbryde and Howley are utterly shit coaches.

But where's Ireland???

Ranked number 1 in the world.

Reminder to keep an eye on our media building us up to win it all then we lose in the quarter final and then next year we'll moan about arrogant England thinking they'll win the Euros

Hi guys, I'm new to watching rugby but thought I might get an interest for it since my female co-worker told me there's a world cup on and Ireland have qualified.
So, I was wondering which team is the number #1 ranked in the world right now?

Thankyou in advance for helping.

Brazil are currently ranked number 1, a position they've held for around 3 years after their impressive unbeaten run in 2017/18.

From what I have seen media over your way is hyping up SA

NZ going into this World Cup a little under the radar do you think?

*returns*

When you see how roided up they are its hard not to think they can win it

Most kiwis dislike the Irish 2bh. Sorry to burst your little bubble. The main problem is your delusion that the rest of the world thinks you're charming and funny, when in fact you're obnoxious big mouths, similar to Americans.

Except Paddy in Oz of course, who is based af.

Nah I think NZ wont be underestimated at all they are just talking up who they think are most likely to top NZ
Some serious units in their team

Argentina or Uruguay?

we just drubbed samoa by a fuck load so no i dont think we are under the radar

based post

Tonga I think.

obsessed

channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/a-tropical-subject--could-typhoons-hit-rugby-world-cup--11887098

>sebbesity posting on rug now
Fucking great.

holy seethe, you can @me when your cunt actually gains a rank instead of losing ok?

Alright, Argentina complete. With that, I've done all the SANZAAR nations and the Six Nations

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Awesome m8, truly awesome

Please do USA in a mobility scooter

kiwis worked into a seethe by the BSAs again

*sharts in a mart*

The Kiwi upset at the decline and impending irrelevance of his team lashes out at the surging two-time Gold medal winning USA Eagles

Kiwi Status: Rattled

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I enjoyed this jeopardy

I can't find the original in the archives.

I might've kept it. will need a new one for WC

hmm

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Uruguay complete. I've got 7 more to go and 9 more days. I'm gonna try and make it.

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Just want to die lads

Same. But there’s rugby on in a while so I might hold off.

>England have to play five tier 1 teams in a row if they want to win the world cup

WR are ABE cunts

>France in a WC
Yeah mate, RIP your first choice lineup.

>irish flags everywhere
oh no no no no

t. not sebbo

south african migrant hands typed this post

>The 2020 draw unveiled on Tuesday features the competition’s first-ever January fixtures and an uninterrupted schedule which finishes in mid-June, catering for the inter-hemisphere Test window being pushed back to July.
>In a bid to boost live and television audiences, night matches in Australia will kick off at 7.15pm, which is about 25 minutes earlier than in recent seasons. Games in New Zealand will also kick off earlier, at 5.05pm (AEDT).
>The format otherwise mirrors this year’s competition, with 15 teams playing 16 regular season matches, including eight against teams in their own conference before an eight-team, three-week finals window.

do aussies go to bed early or something?

Is Super Rugby only on pay wall channels or free to air channels in NZ, Aus, SA and Argentina?

According to my sister who went to Oz for some anime convention, Aussies close shop really early so that might be the case.

thats not a problem for me it's literally only a problem for you lmao you sad freak youve been on here saying the same sort of stuff before you obsessed whingebag

Gonna try and finish the three Pacific nations next

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Besides the islands and Georgia, who else is left to do?

Canada, Namibia, and Russia. Canada is a slight headache for me, I have yet to come up with something decent after several drafts. If I got nothing else, I'm just gonna draw a moose as a candian mountie

You are very skilled (and cute!)

The 2 animals that come to mind when I think of Canada are moose and beavers. Mountie moose would work grand.

Thats gay lad, take that shit out of here

Thanks mate.

Mountie moose it will likely be, there's only 9 days left so I can't afford to fluff around.

I've grouped the ones I've completed so far together.

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Where is the American one?

Nice.

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Found it a couple threads back.

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Truly, Ireland is our greatest ally

Russia is bear, Namibia is some kind of walking plant from Tatooine

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Australia is, but we're your best friend

Does the Pacific have their equivalent of the Six Nations?

There is the equivalent indeed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Rugby_Pacific_Nations_Cup
All 3 islander teams, Japan plus Canada and the USA are playing this thing.

>plus Canada and the USA
that makes no geographical sense

pacific ocean

Argentina travel further for the rugby championship I think.

It makes enough sense.

Touched a nerve here lads.

good stuff mate

yes

If poo peelanders spent as much time practicing rugby as they did seething on the internet you might still be ranked #1

he's either a white south african political refugee or a literal bonfire enthusiasts son, haven't pinned it down yet.

very nice

>fatguts proxying in /rug/
Truly grim days.

we know for a fact there is at least 1 saffer who migrated to auckland who was not very fond of irish or australians, so it could be him

not as grim as the future of poo peeland rugby

>not very fond of irish or australians
describe half the world 2bh

you're responding to i.e. rewarding a known proxy-suing shitposter from cric. please stop immediately.

>been on /rug/ since 2011
>clearly a kiwi
WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS NEW IRISH-HATING SAFFA
fucking blow-ins I swear to fucking god

grim

>le proxy boogeyman
NZ Status: Paranoid

>posting in the same general for nearly a decade
get a life dork

I like the irish they are good lads

I’ve missed World Cup /rug/ and the random autism it induces.

>9 days until the RWC
gonna be a long wait

Australians have been suspiciously reserved.

Who /hopingfor3rdinthepool/ here

This is the post

Seen those Heineken magnums they have on sale, tempted to get one for the first game as a laugh

Get one mate world cup opening match is not for another four years, no regrets

based blowies shitting up the place already

I honestly cant tell of your pretending to be retarded or just a cazzie that's blown in

apply occam's razor

Big Financial Crash Coming up Lads, Buy Gold and Silver (Physical)

>accuses people of being blow ins
>he himself admits starting posting in a WC year
big think.png

check the flag and tell me what you reckon

there's only 2 active Aussies on rug and ones irish ya fucking blowie

be funny if one of the Irish posters was an Aussie

hopefully Joshy pulls a number on WC rug again and drives out the seething cazzies

one of you's a septic
but it's not that funny

poo peelanders are extra seething tonight

They've been cunty as fuck since yesterday, have no idea why

can't stand Irish is why.
simple as.

It’s clearly 1 lad.
This one, to be exact

Regby

I've just bought a house. Cant live in gold or silver, lad.

Buy property

>Buy property
This or land.

Ir*sh out

Cope harder, m8

Think this poo peelander needs to be institutionalized for excessive seething

>cope
/pol/ blowies out

Sept*cs out

Is he gonna be ok?

I'm fine
Ir*sh out

got em

thought you said youd just bought a horse and was impressed with your hubris

buy property in Ireland without internet access and stay there.

He’s still going

oh hey same monotonous "banter" as the yank flag bullying the Kiwi lad yesterday. fancy that.

Just filter US and Ireland. It'll improve your experience immensely.

this kiwi sure is obsessed with blowies, must not be getting enough from the local sheep

fatguts actually thought that was a funny joke lads

baited

>I was only pretending

Australian worked into a seethe

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might check out until the 20th if this is the quality of posting we're going to get lads

It won’t get better with the WC, if that’s what you’re hoping

no, I remember 2011 and 2015 well, but at least there will be rugby to watch other than the M10

Fair enough.

Thought I was in the wrong thread, it looks like cric. Can you guys fuck off back there please? Cheers.

just exploded a morning runny coffee pre-RWC /rug/ lads

care to elaborate? Or should I just ignore your incessant ranting, if I can help you I will.

rotten

Cup hasn't even started.

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for me its making all my bru picks while drunk

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what happened to the coin lad, still flipping?

this is the only correct way to do it

Math
significancemagazine.com/sports/633-who-will-win-the-2019-rugby-world-cup

>4th
grim

For me it's anyone but England or Ireland. Would simply be intolerable. Would be nice if an Argentina or a Wales won their first 2bh

but Ireland are the best team in the world

funny how the septic and Ir*sh shitter floated off at the same time.

No rugby tonight lads.

Agreed. Would also be absolutely fine with France or Australia memeing their way into a win.

>>France
Hell no. If it has to be an European team to win it, the only one who deserves it is Wales

>France

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PERSONAL RWC NATION SUPPORT RANKINGS

1. NZ

power gap

2. Scotland
3. Aussie
4. Japan
5. Pacific teams

power gap

6. Argentina
7. Wales
8. Canada
9. all those other shitters

power gap

90. France
91. RSA

power gap

9000. England
9001. Ireland

Hasn't been any Wednesday rugby this year, what the fuck?

where you from m8, you on tour?

Sheddy at work on proxy (defaults to Japan or USA) to bypass authoritarian web blocking. This is the price I pay to stop foreigners and shamsters from getting my sweet tax dollars.

Super Rugby next year starts in late January. Evening games will now start at 7.05pm in NZ and 7.15pm in Oz. conferences are scrapped and it's now round-robin with 14 teams.

nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12266767

Fair. I had some fanciful idea it was one of the lads following their dreams and going to the RWC

see
I'm following my dreams of owning a home and giving my children a proper education.

How many children do you have

3-4, currently aged approximately -2 to -5.

Is that their mental age

No its your IQ.

been quite the stroppy cunt since you left your grim little shed haven't you.

Now that there are other aus flag posters who are fucking retarded, I sympathise with the kiwi flag posters who have long had to share with humourless little bitches.

There's a place called Slab in Tauranga that does 1L cans for pretty cheap. The beer's not the greatest but the gimmick is nice. Also if you head to their brewery they'll pour straight out of the vat sometimes.

what's shedcunt rambling about now

possibly the worst ever /rug/ thread I must say

based newcunt

Might get one.

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youtu.be/H4cLN4-gLPg?t=190
What is it with All Black halfbacks and public toilets? Reckon he was trying to show her how it works?

Just gonna say, this World Cup is as pointless as 2015. All Blacks walk it. SA vs AB final.

This is just simply not true.

Disagree, I reckon this one is wide open. Not at all convinced by this ABs side - SA, Eng, Ire and even Wales have a very decent shot and Aus, France and Arg could pull some upsets.

2015 RWC was epic you barmy pleb

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It's Japanese toilets bro, they probably come with jacuzzi and scented candles functions

When I said pointless I meant that you knew New Zealand were gonna win. Don't be a plank.

Prove otherwise.

Nah. England has too many injuries and weak spots. Wales and Ireland could do it though. But it'll be AB or SA.

>>NZ is going to win
First time watching RWC? I've lived through 2003 and 2007.

High quality post

>England has too many injuries and weak spots
They're in good form though. Add in Owen Farrell's card immunity and they should go most of, if not all the way

based gutless pom

delicious pommy sour grapes

it'll be so fucking amazing if they bomb out again though.

Don't buy the 5L kegs, they're a fucking mission to get pouring properly without 60% head in the glass. DB did us a deal for the 2007 Cup on a hundred of the fuckers, we ended up practically giving them away for $30 each.

Imagine hosting the tournament, only to be eliminated in the groups!

Don't. Heineken has no place in NZ rugby.

might have the lads over for the NZ v RSA opener and get the barbie going if anyone wants to come

Pretty grim

Many such cases.

>prove otherwise
alright cazzie, I'll bite.
RSA have a VERY good chance of beating us in the opener, and that will make NZs path to the final VERY difficult. the wheels falling off this RWC is far more likely than 2011, our best squad ever and 2015, when we were lucky to scrape past RSA.

FIFA 2014
RWC 2015
CWC 2015
Good times.

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where you at mate

>RSA have a VERY good chance of beating us in the opener, and that will make NZs path to the final VERY difficult
The only positive I can see for ABs if SA beats them in that one is if they somehow make it to the final and have to face SA again they'll be hungry for revenge. It's an absolutely monumental opening game for both teams.

not straya

Come back and post in /cric/, you seething casuals.

rugbyworldcup.com/bracket

if RSA beat us, it'll be Ireland in quarters instead of Scotland and Wales in the semi instead of England, following the likely course of events

you have no idea what a Joshy post looks like do you

>> 2011 the best NZ squad ever.
You mean 2015? That was the best AB squad in recent decade

Welsh attack is gash, they face the all blacks they'll get hammered

No I mean
McCaw, Read, Woodcock, Mealamu, Franks, Kaino, Whitelock, Carter, Nonu, C. Smith, SBW, Dagg, Jane and Muliaina all at their peak.

If anything, the 2015 squad was the best, and the semi final against South Africa was close, but at no point did it feel like the AB's were going to lose it. More of a final than the actual final.

Hope so.

>England has too many injuries and weak spots.
elaborate
this is the strongest english side since 2003 and i cant think of anyone who's injured

This 2bh.

If England flake, it's through lack of heart, not lack of talent.

he always had a little bit of an undeserved edge to him

thankfully Paddy is here to add balance

Product of no father and an alcoholic mum.

And being locked in a shed.

Not taking anything away from the 2011 squad - even now many test sides will be envious of the names on that team. But the 2015 squad easily outclassed them.
>>Aaron Smith (the best halfback in 2015), along with TKB and TJP
>>Mealamu, deputised by LFWRLBM
>>Franksx2
>>Whitelock + Retallick
>>McCaw and Kaino with Read in his prime
>>Carter, who played the entire tournament uninjured. An in-form Colin Spade. Barrett to provide cover.
>>Nonu was in his career best form in 2015, and his centre combination with Smith was the best in the world. SBW
>>In-form Julian Savea.
>>Ben Smith
If Henry had a hand in developing these players ready for Hansen to taken with him in 4 years' time, then I have even more respect for him.

yeah I know lol

Do they have internet on planes yet? like can I pull out the Samsung and rugpost with the lads while flying?

i’ll always be here
grim stuff

Yes, but not on your own phone and you'll have to pay for it. They're in-flight purchases you can make once on board. I only fly economy so I don't know what they get in business.

do they give you a tablet or something

just got off a plane, the in-flight wifi didn’t load shit but also didn’t try to charge me (which i thought might be the cause) and the airport wifi’s had it blocked and i imagine the in-flight one would too

LOL no, you use your own device airnewzealand.co.nz/wifi

Well damn, the airlines I've been flying with are living in the stone age.

nice quads
is the wifi slow af?

it's my fault for not specifying I was addressing first worlders

Emirates runs an hour free on some of there longer flights. Only facebook and some other basic sites

4channelは?

You can watch netflix on it. Long haul 777 for reference.

Netflix is shit though.

I'm just giving you a speed reference you don't need to sperg out about it mate.

Wales are terrible winners, and losers. Fuck off cazzie.

DOES IT HAVE 4CHANNEL OR NOT YOU CUNT

I've always found them to be very gracious and sporting, unlike the Engl*sh

Englands got the hardest run in but their squad is probably the strongest in the comp. big boppers everywhere. 1014 underestimate Eddies conditioning prep.

C. Smith was the best player in the world.

>Wales
>very gracious and sporting
How old are you?

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Probably older than you, why

Want some rugby.

here m8
*spins it out to you*

To watch, not play. I'm fat, slow, and unfit.

*bounces off your gut*

Wales are the biggest ABEs going. Bigger than Scotland and Australia.

I don't see the problem.

The complete lack of self awareness from pomgolians is staggering.

The problem is that being ABE is inherently ungracious and unsporting.

No mate it's only natural. Everyone hates England.

Not true, I've traveled the world, people in every country love us.

@95379416
Freshcunt.

Was watching the final round of the last six nations in a pub in Rome earlier this year with a pom mate and a bunch of frenchmen. When they first heard his accent one of them walked up, chest puffed out, and the conversation was
>you are english, yes?
>....yes
>FUCK YOU

Your tourists are generally as second only to the Chin*se as the world's worst tourists.

Every tourist thinks this about their country because they’re interacting with people who’s job it is to be hospitable.

Gibraltar and Las Malvinas don't really count as other countries though

did you coward punch him lad

How the fuck are Ireland number one? What have Ireland done of relevance lately other than beat the team that happen to be top becasue of timing? Got absolutely battered by England literally a week or so ago.

Sitting in a pub in Taupo for the France v England quarter final in 2011 and the five english lads in the pub all dressed up in their kit could absolutely dish it out, but not take any banter whatsoever. I had tickets to the Semi Final the week after and I started offering to sell them mine at half time, and for increasingly cheaper sums as the second half progressed.

You forgot the part where they kicked your head in later on.

Well that's exactly how you get no.1 on how rankings work. If the Wallabies won bledisloe 2 weeks ago the rankings would look very interesting now

>If the Wallabies won bledisloe

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One of the doormen did tell me I was on my own if they kicked off outside haha. Once the game was over everyone was friends again, just a game lad.

Every. Single. Time.

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>the only one who deserves it is Wales

>Defends their way to wins
>Literally has no attack
>Coach has the stupidity to criticize other Countries attacking

Fuck Off

Id rather lose games/tournaments attacking and scoring try's than winning it by defending and playing Gatland ball, Fucking despicable way to play the game

>Pic sideways
>Contrast on 1000%

What are you showing us?

So fucking hype for the RWC desu. Really just hoping a bullshit accidental red doesn't ruin it.

I had a father and my mum wasn't alcoholic until he left well after I was an adult. Any "edge" is just a result of being on this site for 13 years, though unlike poltato I do my best not to drag shit from other boards in here.

*thinks about the quarter final*
youtube.com/watch?v=xZc9uuHfJYU

wew lad didn't you admit to coming from r/edditunion? You even had the nerve to tell us we were too cliquey for you. Get your story straight.

grim

my dad saw Eddie Jones out in the surf at Burleigh once. dad said he absolutely heemed the cunt.

based dad, Eddie is a cunt

Nice false flag faggot I've never been on reddit. My lore is simple, I'm a rags to riches success story.

Oh you you're a liar as well. No wonder you did a law degree.

Gotta be Scottish, only team that bitter towards us are Scotland. England and Ireland can be bitter but at least they win things. Scotland lose everything and still act entitled.

Where were you on the day that /rug/ exploded?

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In your house with my tongue up your sisters anus

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Defence wins championships la

>fat, slow, and unfit
You'd be the perfect prop lad

watching the rugby

Argentina shall win this WC

They're dark horses, stand a good chance against any NH side. But could also get blown out.

It will be close, I reckon the refs will be the deciders tttt

I was too entertained by the game to post

The world cup LITERALLY starts next week lads.

Have seen a few stories flying around (pun intended) about typhoons being a risk and games getting canceled

Kiwis running scared more like and putting out false headlines.

It was a Saffa website actually

rugby365.com/countries/argentina/typhoon-warning-for-world-cup

I hope so.
Also, kiwis are up.

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>I want SA to win so England don't have to face them in the quarters. Anyone else with me?
oh nononono

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They won't come close so it doesn't matter. But you're right, they're famous for negative rugby.

Eddie mentioned it in an interview saying that's why their base has a gym inside because you cant go outside during a storm

Yep, September is typhoon season lads.
It's also hot as fuck, the'll get some games in 30° weather.

based honoburu typhoon blowing away the cazzies

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I hope we get yous in the quarters, massively easier game than Seth Efrika

Anyone else gone full /^Ireland$/?

just seething peelanders who shitpost 90% of the time but cannot handle it themselves

yep over here

Chuck /^United States$/ in there too now that fatguts' new thing is larping as a septic rugger. Pity you can't do /^United Kingdom$/ as you'll miss all the Welsh and Scottish posts.

France kicking England out in the pool stage (AGAIN) would be epic. They should be awarded two world cups if they manage to do it.

To be honest if there's any country that really should have won the world cup by now it's France. Absolute giant-killers.

Most lost finals than any other country - not to mention 1995 semi Benazzi try and other semifinal losses. It's all very... French. You know.

France winning the Cup would be neat. Imagine the seethe from poms if they won FIFA then RWC back-to-back

does chile rugby team competing?

In Americas Rugby Championship

thank you!

Figure out how to fire up a proxy did you?

i am READY

Last football WC wasn't France but their African mercenaries that won it, the one in 98 (i think it was) they pulled a South Africa and spiked Brazils food/water, remember reading about it at the time about Ronaldo being seriously sick the night before the Final and all the other team members being badly affected by it

I have my worries about this Rugby WC and the dirty shit that will get pulled behind the scenes, poisoning tactics and far more covert now than they were 20 years ago

if anyone can pull out a bunch of meme wins it’s France

Saffers are such a bunch of pussies

scrambled eggs for brekkie

Their group is the group of death, I've a feeling there'll be an upset in there like one of the top three drawing with Tonga or the US.

Well he wasn't wrong. In the end England didn't have to face SA in the quarters.

Just thinking about memeing on Argentina or France makes me hard, even as unlikely as it is

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that's the joke genius

Footy on tonight lads. Nothing to get to excited about though.

me? shall be watching the ashes

yeah it's on a bit late for me, bit of a grandma Mon-Fri lately

Let's get this bad boy to 500

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What happens when we have Dmac, Mounga and Barrett?

What happens when we have Dmac, Mounga and Barrett? I punch you in the throat

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would coward punch Gayrold down some stairs without hesitation

>samantha hayes is pregnant
lucky fucker

Who did the deed?

>she's a saffa
>he's Dutch
I feel ill.

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>Sapckenzie
I honestly don't see how he fits in anymore. He is reserve first five while Barrett is over seas I guess? He doesn't perform how our outside backs do atm and he doesn't do as well as richie in control of the back line.
That experiment failed and he doesn't perform well enough in a single niche to command a non utility spot.

BENCH IMPACT PLAYER

Jordie outplays him easily back 3, he's not reliable at first-five. Onto the trash heap he goes.

That's probably how he'll be most effective anyway. Play him in the second half off the bench against slowed opposition

Not currently, but likely in the future. Jordie's still far from a finished product.

Jordie and/or Bridge Reece depending on how the starting line up looks like.
That's the only situation he was good from. When he started tests he kicked the ball put on the full and was tackled so hard we lost possession and then threw wild hospital passes to not get heemed
We have better players that can come off the bench earlier if needed and not be liabilities.

Who's the next best first five in NZ after BB and Richie? If that's Dmac that's the only way he gets into a black jersey again 2bh

The RWC-winning NZ
1. Moody
2. Coles
3. Laulala
4. Retallick
5. Whitelock
6. Savea
7. Todd
8. Read
9. Smith
10. Barrett
11. Ioane
12. Crotty
13. Goodhue
14. Reece
15. Smith

16. Taylor
17. Tuungafasi
18. Ta'avao
19. Tuipulotu/Barrett
20. Cane
21. Perenara
22. ALB
23. Bridge

Josh Ioane

Harden Parker.

me

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That settles that then.

I'd start Cane over Todd. Mo'unga should be on bench so there's option to shuffle Barrett to full back later.

>Retallick
Heh

?

what

ah yeah forgot Mounga.
Bridge can fuck off.

moo in loos

BANGER of a try

Josh Ioane is not ready to replace Beauden Barrett when the ABs want to play dual playmakers. McKenzie may still be the first choice fullback in those circumstances.

>McClutchy
>spills it
more like McDropsey kek

Great game already

Guess I'll just post by myself to 500.

Was watching the game with dad but he kept napping off so mum stole the remote.

what'd she switch to

Just finished my morning Welsh lads

Backlogged recordings of Say Yes to the Dress UK.

fucking hell

youtube.com/watch?v=qxsBtLAbsNA
>No Japanese are interested in rugby, so Abe and Gov forced local elderly persons, children to cuck whaito piggus
I am embarrassed about my country

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Yeah so I don't really see what there is to laugh about. What he wished for came true.