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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    What's the highest score in competitive international rugby?
    Google says - The record for biggest winning margin is held by Australia, who hammered Namibia 142-0 in Adelaide in 2003.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    Seems to have tailed off a bit
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    Yeah, it's not got that "anything can happen" appeal any more.
    Just going through the motions.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    edited September 2023
    Somebody must have told them to up the tempo.
    #replacements
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    There seemed to be definite head contact from the shoulder of the Romanian 15 why he made the try saving tackle a few minutes ago but it got totally ignored by the officials.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    Crucial match in our group about to start.
    Yesterday Wales “B” played like Wales “D”. Flipping awful but credit to Portugal. Always nice to see major improvement among minor nations.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    I only saw the first half and listened to the first 15 minutes of the second half. Portugal surprised me by the quality of their play with ball in hand, they looked really dangerous. Wales really played into their hands though, with a team like that surely you just keep the ball tight and use what should be superior power and fitness to grind them down.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Pross said:

    I only saw the first half and listened to the first 15 minutes of the second half. Portugal surprised me by the quality of their play with ball in hand, they looked really dangerous. Wales really played into their hands though, with a team like that surely you just keep the ball tight and use what should be superior power and fitness to grind them down.

    A lot of experiences sevens players in the Portugal team.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    No way should that Aussie try stand. Aussie off his feet pushing the ball out.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    Thought they got lucky with the arm hitting the head in the high tackle. The tackled player was stumbling but hadn’t really lost any height.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    Fiji have found a class goal kicker here. They’re starting to look like a complete team.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    Getting interesting...
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  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,152
    very interesting
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Fiji were the higher ranked team coming into the tournament.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Fiji were the higher ranked team coming into the tournament.

    That does surprise but I don't watch much southern hemisphere. The Fijians did tell me there could be a surprise when I was there. They'd be disappointed by last week.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    This is going to make Wales v Australia intresting!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    Group gets interesting!
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Well done Fiji.
    such a shame they were robbed last week.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    And if Fiji had a functioning lineout...
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    edited September 2023
    Bonus points could be crucial in the Wales group.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    England v Japan summary - Knockon.
    Quite amateurish at times.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    England are so dull.
  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 723
    I think the better teams will rip England apart, if they play this way
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    England are terrible - the game plan is dumb and dull. Even naturally attacking players seem terrified to do anything other than kick it.
    Borthwick and co clearly don't have a clue.
  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 723
    Ha, I never knew heading a ball was part of rugby :D
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    How lucky was that?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    A win is a win, but this is dire.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,844
    diplodicus said:

    Ha, I never knew heading a ball was part of rugby :D

    If you deliberately head it forward is it still not a knock on? Seems like it could be an underused tactic!

  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 723
    mrb123 said:

    diplodicus said:

    Ha, I never knew heading a ball was part of rugby :D

    If you deliberately head it forward is it still not a knock on? Seems like it could be an underused tactic!

    South Africa will be heading the ball every 5 minutes in the final ;)
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,738
    Starting to think this ball's got something wrong with it. Neither team can hold on to it...
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