*Gullsworth*
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Australia & New Zealand withdraw from the Rugby World cup in the UK. Apparently they are not trusting the UK methods of containing the Pandemic.
[Other Sport] Rugby World cup.
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crodonilson
He/Him
Gutted, the Rugby World Cup would have been a huge boon for the nation post pandemic and I'm sure audiences in stadia, covid permitting and on TV, would have been huge. They are right though their governments have done a much better job of containing and controlling the pandemic, much of Australia is currently in lockdown with in the low hundreds of daily cases so they must see us as a basket case with 50,000+ daily cases and a free for all.
studio150
Well-known member
Sensible given the way the numbers are going to go and combined with positives on athletes in Japan.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
We might win the thing now 
HH Brighton
Well-known member
- Jul 25, 2003
- 1,576
Unfortunately every country in the world sees us a complete basket case now.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Oh. The interesting one. Not 'kick and clap, then off to the bar for a game of soggy biscuit'.
Weird, we have shown with hosting Cricket, football and Tennis we can do it safely.
It sounds more like Australia/NZ carrying on the zero covid plan.
I dont see how Australia can host the T20 world cup this year.
Pfffff, having been to watch the Rhinos it pisses all over Union.
Not our rugby club, everyone's too busy scoffing bacon butties post game
(my tongue was firmly in my cheek BTW, I used to watch Bradford Northern regularly when I lived there)
- Apr 5, 2014
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We might win the thing now
My thoughts exactly.
Sadly, this isn't the proper rugby tournament. It's the one for those there northern scruffs.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
It's already been switched to India, then switched again to UAE/Oman. Australia are due to host it next year.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
…also emerging some players in doubt for the ashes tour if their families aren’t allowed during the three month stay according to TS
crodonilson
He/Him
The Ashes must be in grave danger, I highly doubt there will be full capacities, and a very fair chance they will all be behind closed doors and I expect the teams will have to stay in bio secure bubbles after a strict 14 day quarantine for the England players. It will be a tough, tough time for them.
We might win the thing now
Absolutely! This is excellent news. I didn't realise that the England side was so strong if both the Aussies and the Kiwis are having to hide behind the 'Covid' excuse rather than risk losing.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Yes…although there is still a fair time to go…a fair amount of disruption seems inevitable ..more than anything over how things evolve in Oz over the next few months
Rugby League? All I can remember about this game is endless, tedious wet Saturday afternoons when I was younger
listening to Eddie Waring talking about a game that seemed to come from a distant land somewhere. And the BBC showing
it because, apart from horse racing from Haydock Park, that was all that was available.
listening to Eddie Waring talking about a game that seemed to come from a distant land somewhere. And the BBC showing
it because, apart from horse racing from Haydock Park, that was all that was available.
And Scambling! Don't forget Scrambling! Arthur Lampkin was one of my first sporting heroes.