Rugby World Cup 2023
1Flip me! Wales battered the Aussies - flattering to deceive or real contenders?
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2Wales were excellent, BUT, that has to be the worst Australian side I have seen in my lifetime.
That said, it was great to watch and to get out of a tricky looking group with a game to spare is great.
That said, it was great to watch and to get out of a tricky looking group with a game to spare is great.
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3CathedralCounty wrote: September 25th, 2023, 9:30 am Flip me! Wales battered the Aussies - flattering to deceive or real contenders?
As well as Wales played against one of the worst Australian sides I can ever remember watching in my Lifetime...( Eddie Jones strikes again - how does that clueless guy keep getting jobs is beyond me) they will be / are miles behind Ireland and South Africa.
As an Englishman it pains me to say Wales would probably beat England at the moment but get nowhere near winning it even if the draw favours them.
They would need to step up one or even two levels to get anywhere close.
Semi Finals at best I fear....
At least that's one stage more than England will get too as it looks like we will have Figi in the Quarter Finals . Can't see us beating them.Borthwick still thinks 90's style Rugby is the way forward...
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4You don't become a rubbish coach overnight - its taken Eddie Jones 8 years! Pugnacity will only get you so far and rugby union in Oz is 4th or 5th placed sport possibly 6th or 7th if one takes netball into account.neilcork68 wrote: September 25th, 2023, 9:56 amCathedralCounty wrote: September 25th, 2023, 9:30 am Flip me! Wales battered the Aussies - flattering to deceive or real contenders?
As well as Wales played against one of the worst Australian sides I can ever remember watching in my Lifetime...( Eddie Jones strikes again - how does that clueless guy keep getting jobs is beyond me) they will be / are miles behind Ireland and South Africa.
As an Englishman it pains me to say Wales would probably beat England at the moment but get nowhere near winning it even if the draw favours them.
They would need to step up one or even two levels to get anywhere close.
Semi Finals at best I fear....
At least that's one stage more than England will get too as it looks like we will have Figi in the Quarter Finals . Can't see us beating them.Borthwick still thinks 90's style Rugby is the way forward...
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5Disappointing result of course, but no doubt beaten by the better team on the day. Argentina finally performed close to their potential today, after underperforming previously.
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6Too many handling errors ....your boys just looked disjointed apart from the two good tries....still a good entertaining match, and yes the Argies deserved the win
Anyway you will have to wait 'til tomorrow to watch England and see how bad they are
Anyway you will have to wait 'til tomorrow to watch England and see how bad they are
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7AND... What an awesome game of rugby. ,Ireland v All Blacks
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8Agreed. Think too many people wrote off the All Blacks after their opening game defeat. Could that game be replayed as the last game in the final.?mad norm wrote: October 14th, 2023, 10:59 pm AND... What an awesome game of rugby. ,Ireland v All Blacks
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9Disappointing as it was to see Wales lose yesterday, at least we're spared a huge defeat against the All Blacks.OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote: October 15th, 2023, 9:24 amAgreed. Think too many people wrote off the All Blacks after their opening game defeat. Could that game be replayed as the last game in the final.?mad norm wrote: October 14th, 2023, 10:59 pm AND... What an awesome game of rugby. ,Ireland v All Blacks
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10As a Wales fan, it was inevitably disappointing but not unjust. However, I am heartened by the big overall improvement, since the 6N, in the way Wales played in the qualifying rounds. Our final, in reality, was the rout of Australia. And thank you to Dan Biggar for his exemplary service.
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11NZ, Ireland, France and the Boks are head and shoulders above every other team. Watching those lot play after watching the likes of Wales and England, it’s like watching a different sport.
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12The worst of the 4 home nations ( on recent form )have made the semis..Who would have predicted that.
Even though we have a very small chance of beating South Africa, let's hope we can drag them down to our level. County did it against much superior sides so why can't England ?
We have come through some very hard games over the last two weeks against Tonga and Figi through hard graft.Its not pretty to watch but effective.
Even though we have a very small chance of beating South Africa, let's hope we can drag them down to our level. County did it against much superior sides so why can't England ?
We have come through some very hard games over the last two weeks against Tonga and Figi through hard graft.Its not pretty to watch but effective.
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13Good performance of ‘anti rugby’ by England to negate the Boks but SA had just enough nous to win it late.
The final should be a cracker between two sides who love to play.
The final should be a cracker between two sides who love to play.
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14you play to your strengths when your the UNDERDOG
As a County fan you should appreciate that theory.
Everyone , including myself expected a one sided game but at least we got there and put on a good performance.
How did Wales get on in their Semi Final....I missed that result ?
#Bittertaffy
As a County fan you should appreciate that theory.
Everyone , including myself expected a one sided game but at least we got there and put on a good performance.
How did Wales get on in their Semi Final....I missed that result ?
#Bittertaffy
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15I think it was Sid Going who said of Welsh rugby, "You can never beat Wales, you can score more points than they do, but you can never beat them".neilcork68 wrote: October 22nd, 2023, 12:45 pm you play to your strengths when your the UNDERDOG
As a County fan you should appreciate that theory.
Everyone , including myself expected a one sided game but at least we got there and put on a good performance.
How did Wales get on in their Semi Final....I missed that result ?
#Bittertaffy
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