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Shaggy
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 Posted - 11 September 2007 : 08:26:03
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New Zealand've just announced their team for Saturday.
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Podge
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Shaggy
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Posted - 11 September 2007 : 09:34:30
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Heh-heh! Saw him walking past the RDS last night!
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Shaggy
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 06:33:50
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Christ, this is the most screwed up World Cup ever!  And it rocks!  Anyone see Georgia on Tuesday? And Romania coming within pissing distance of beating Italy last night?
Portugal've announce their team for NZ, by the way, Rui.
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HuwR
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 06:43:13
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yep, we've had some great rugby so far, Japan almost beat Fiji yesterday too.
One thing though, has any one looked at the Pool tables ? why have France got 1 point ??????? |
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Shaggy
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 06:52:57
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Bonus point from the Argentinian match.
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HuwR
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 07:09:32
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Originally posted by Shaggy
Bonus point from the Argentinian match.
for what ? they only scored 12 points |
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Shaggy
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 07:10:54
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They lost by less than 7, though.
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HuwR
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 07:13:07
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| oh right, just found that stupid rule. |
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Shaggy
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 07:17:10
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Yup, bonus points in a 5 team group are a bit ridiculous, alright.
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Shaggy
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 07:41:06
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Problem with it is, say Argentina win all their matches with no bonus points, they finish the group with 16 points. If we also win all our matches, except for Argentina, of course, and manage to get bonus points from them all then we also finish the group with 16 points, which means we could win the group on points/try difference despite Argentina winning all their matches. Just doesn't seem fair to me. In larger leagues, it's not as big of a problem because everyone has ample opportunity to build up a decent stash of bonus points.
Welsh Team's just been announced, Huw.
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HuwR
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 08:04:31
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| I don't mind the bonus point for scoring more than 4 tries, since that encourages an open game, but a bonus point for losing ???? |
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HuwR
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Posted - 13 September 2007 : 08:08:12
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Welsh Team's just been announced, Huw.
pretty much what I expected, although I'm a hook fan so would have preferred to see him in the start-line, but I still have my fingers crossed and my Wales shirt ready for saturday |
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Shaggy
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Posted - 18 September 2007 : 11:10:44
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Finally come out of by post-Georgia sulk long enough to once again laugh at 36-0! Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Only 4 other teams have achieved the impressive feat of scoring no points in a world cup match:
- In 1995 South Africa defeated Canada 20-0 in their group match.
- Also in a 1995 group match, Scotland defeated Ivory Coast 89-0.
- In the 1999 group stages, Scotland beat Spain 48-0.
- And, in the group matches of the last world cup, Australia destroyed Namibia 142-0.
So, it looks like England are in good company, then! 
Fair play to Portugal, though, managing to hold their own against New Zealand for a good 10 minutes 
Now, back to crying over the fact that the second most capped team in the history of international rugby failed to put away the Georgians 
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