The Wednesday Rugby World Cup thread

[Easy 10]

As a supporter who has watched his club win the Aviva Premiership Final, I can promise you is does not feel AT ALL hollow.

But did your team finish top of the League ?

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

What a tackle - kept them in the match.

 

[Simster]

12-7 half time then. And just like Saturday, Japan repel a real try scoring opportunity at the end of the first half.

Tight game with Japan playing most of the rugby but being undone by ill-discipline and some silly mistakes.

 

[Jimmy Come Lately]

This is doing my blood pressure no good at all. Was hoping that Scotland would have a comfortable lead before I have to get back from the pub for a 4 o'clock meeting. Now I'll have to avoid all contact with the internet while I try to Likely Lads it home.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Game over. Shame

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

this scoreline just compounds the south african humiliation

 

[Questions]

Japan battle it out with the side ranked no 2 in the world on the Saturday and then play 4 days later and England start with one of the outsiders ant then get 8 days rest for what will almost certainly be their group decider. There is a problem there.

 

[symyjym]

Love the fact Japan fancy themselves to score trys rather than kick at goals.

Although if they used that tactic today everytime they had the chance, the score could have looked a lot different. Scotland sort of parked the bus and countered effectively whilst it looks like Japan expanded too much energy and the odds of mistakes going for the try rose. Dead on their feet now.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

ignore

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I do agree, but this isn't a problem of the sport as much as the competition. A-League and MLS football leagues do the same. I think J-League and K-League might do too. In all cases, it is purely down to making the competition more attractive to fans - maintaining relevance to the season for teams not quite challenging for first place, and to make it more appealing to television companies.

I still maintain there are far bigger issues in rugby than this.

Talking of competition lunacy, whose idea was it to have four groups of five teams in this rugby world cup? What a stupid idea that is. I understand that limits on the talent pool and global reach of the game prohibits more teams from playing for now, but surely five groups of four would have been better, with five group winners qualifying for the last 8 and have a week off while the five second place teams and one third place team play-off for the other three quarter-final spots?

They did that before an it was terrible.

I believe in 99 we came second in our group then to play Fiji on the Wed and SA on the Sat in the 1/4 final - we got hammered as all our players were shattered from playing 3 games in 10 day as the last pool game was a few days before PO

 

[Icy Gull]

Having listened to the Scots co commentators raving about the quality of the Scots performance I am fully expecting them to go all the way to the final

 

[Simster]

They did that before an it was terrible.

I believe in 99 we came second in our group then to play Fiji on the Wed and SA on the Sat in the 1/4 final - we got hammered as all our players were shattered from playing 3 games in 10 day as the last pool game was a few days before PO

But that's just an error with the fixtures. The way it's currently set up, one team sits out the final round. Ridiculous.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

But that's just an error with the fixtures. The way it's currently set up, one team sits out the final round. Ridiculous.

I would have 18 teams

3 groups of 6

Top 2 go through and the best 2 third places.

 

[ExmouthExile]

Another major World Cup upset, Scotland beat Japan!

 

[BHAFC_Pandapops]

Gutted really, damn Scots! Haha, good victory though.

 

[nicko31]

Scots played well, will probably go through now they have the bonus point. Apparently their biggest win since 2004, shows how crap they have been the last decade

 

[Easy 10]

Japan battle it out with the side ranked no 2 in the world on the Saturday and then play 4 days later and England start with one of the outsiders ant then get 8 days rest for what will almost certainly be their group decider. There is a problem there.

Yup, totally agree.
The Scotch took advantage of a seriously fatigued team there. Farcical schedule that totally undermines the integrity of the tournament.

 

[TomandJerry]

France v Romania now ITV4

 

[Icy Gull]

Maybe this has already been covered but how the hell have South Africa got two bonus points having lost a game?

Wales who scored way more points and won have only got the one bonus point

WTF?

 

[TomandJerry]

Maybe this has already been covered but how the hell have South Africa got two bonus points having lost a game?

Wales who scored way more points and won have only got the one bonus point

WTF?

You only get one bonus point for scoring 4 try's or more. I think if you lose by less than a certain amount you also get some points