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Post by Panda on Oct 12, 2019 22:54:36 GMT 1
Pool B: NEW ZEALAND V ITALY CANADA V NAMIBIA Matches cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis. Both will officially be recorded as 0-0 draws with teams awarded 2 points each. Table: 1. New Zealand (Q) 4-16 (+135) 2. South Africa (Q) 4-15 (+149) ----------------------- 3. Italy 4-12 (+20) 4. Namibia 4-2 (-141) 5. Canada 4-2 (-163)
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Post by Panda on Oct 12, 2019 22:57:10 GMT 1
Pool C: ENGLAND V FRANCE Also cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis. Both teams were already through to the quarter-finals. England are confirmed as pool winners. Table: 1. England (Q) 4-17 (+99) 2. France (Q) 4-15 (+28) --------------------- 3. Argentina 4-11 (+15) 4. Tonga 3-1 (-50) 5. USA 3-0 (-92)
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Post by Panda on Oct 12, 2019 23:01:53 GMT 1
Pool A: IRELAND 47-5 SAMOA Ireland confirm their place in the quarter-finals with a bonus point victory, despite playing most of the game with 14 men after Bundee Aki was shown a red card. Scotland face a nervous wait to see if Sunday's game against Japan goes ahead. If it does, they must win and at least match Japan in terms of bonus points. A draw (or cancellation) would see Japan through as pool winners. Table: 1. Ireland (Q) 4-16 (+94) 2. Japan 3-14 (+46) ------------------------- 3. Scotland 3-10 (+71) 4. Samoa 4-5 (-70) 5. Russia 4-0 (-141)
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Post by Panda on Oct 12, 2019 23:06:19 GMT 1
Quarter-finals as it stands: England v Wales New Zealand v Japan Australia v France Ireland v South Africa Wales will finish ahead of Australia and therefore swap places in the draw if they avoid defeat against Uruguay. Ireland will win their pool if Scotland qualify ahead of Japan. A Japan win, draw or cancellation would mean they top the pool and avoid the All Blacks in the quarter-finals, instead setting up a repeat of the famous match against South Africa four years ago.
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 13, 2019 13:53:45 GMT 1
Wow,
So its going to be:
ENG v AUS NZL v IRE WAL v FRA JPN v SAF
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2019 18:42:43 GMT 1
Wales and France lucky to be there - shame one of these weak teams will get to the semis. Other matches are hard to call.
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Post by Panda on Oct 13, 2019 22:17:36 GMT 1
Pool C: USA 19-31 TONGA Tonga come from behind to earn a deserved win after their near miss against France. The USA finish without a win for the second World Cup in a row. Table: 1. England (Q) 4-17 (+99) 2. France (Q) 4-15 (+28) ---------------------------- 3. Argentina 4-11 (+15) 4. Tonga 4-6 (-38) 5. USA 4-0 (-104)
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Post by Panda on Oct 13, 2019 22:23:39 GMT 1
Pool D: WALES 35-13 URUGUAY An unconvincing performance by a much-changed Wales team who struggled to shake off Uruguay until the last few minutes of the match. It was enough, however, to confirm their place at the top of the pool Despite finishing bottom, Uruguay should see their campaign as a relative success with the excellent win over Fiji the clear highlight. Table: 1. Wales (Q) 4-19 (+67) 2. Australia (Q) 4-16 (+68) ---------------------------- 3. Fiji 4-7 (+2) 4. Georgia 4-5 (-57) 5. Uruguay 4-4 (-80)
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Post by Panda on Oct 13, 2019 22:30:31 GMT 1
Pool A: JAPAN 28-21 SCOTLAND Japan win a thriller to finish top of the pool and send Scotland out in the pool stage for only the second time. The Scots took an early lead but Japan soon took control of the game with the same flamboyant, energetic style of rugby that has set the tournament alight. They were 21-7 up by half-time and scored another try early in the second half before Scotland launched a comeback. Two tries reduced the gap to 7 points, but needing to win by 8 or more, their task was too tall and the Brave Blossoms showed some excellent defence to not only seal their progression but hold on to win the game too. Table: 1. Japan (Q) 4-19 (+53) 2. Ireland (Q) 4-16 (+94) ------------------------- 3. Scotland 4-11 (+64) 4. Samoa 4-5 (-70) 5. Russia 4-0 (-141)
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Post by Panda on Oct 13, 2019 22:37:55 GMT 1
Quarter-finals: Saturday, 8:15: ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA Saturday, 11:15: NEW ZEALAND V IRELAND Sunday, 8:15: WALES V FRANCE Sunday, 11:15: JAPAN V SOUTH AFRICA
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Post by Panda on Oct 13, 2019 22:43:39 GMT 1
Ranking of teams eliminated in the pool stage: 9. Italy 10. Scotland 11. Argentina 12. Fiji 13. Tonga 14. Samoa 15. Georgia 16. Uruguay 17. Namibia 18. Canada 19. USA 20. Russia
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Post by Paddy on Oct 14, 2019 7:27:19 GMT 1
Just proves the rankings don't lie in rugby union. Top 8 get through to the last 8?!
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Post by Panda on Oct 14, 2019 11:28:59 GMT 1
Those aren't the world rankings Paddy, those are the rankings for this tournament based on the teams' pool stage record.
That said, the world rankings are being updated during the World Cup and as such, the 8 teams who have progressed are now the top 8 in the rankings, with Japan up to 7, ahead of France. The pre-tournament rankings would have had Scotland progressing ahead of Japan.
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Post by Panda on Oct 20, 2019 23:31:31 GMT 1
Quarter-finals: ENGLAND 40-16 AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND 46-14 IRELAND WALES 20-19 FRANCE JAPAN 3-26 SOUTH AFRICA Dominant wins for England and New Zealand on Saturday to set up a repeat of the 1995 semi-final. England haven't lost to Australia in the knockout stages since the 1991 final. Ireland still haven't reached a World Cup semi-final. On Sunday, France threatened to produce another shock as underdogs with Wales threatening to crack under the pressure of favouritism again, but with France reduced to 14 men, Wales found a way to win thanks to Ross Moriarty's late converted try. The Japanese fairytale came to an end against South Africa. The Springboks only led 5-3 at half-time, having spent 10 minutes a man down, but their quality told in the second half with three tries.
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Post by Paddy on Oct 21, 2019 7:08:14 GMT 1
Those aren't the world rankings Paddy, those are the rankings for this tournament based on the teams' pool stage record. That said, the world rankings are being updated during the World Cup and as such, the 8 teams who have progressed are now the top 8 in the rankings, with Japan up to 7, ahead of France. The pre-tournament rankings would have had Scotland progressing ahead of Japan. I believe Japan are now #6.
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 21, 2019 23:23:57 GMT 1
This means that England are still the only nation to have won both the Football and Rugby World Cups.
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Post by Panda on Oct 27, 2019 22:48:24 GMT 1
Semi-finals: ENGLAND 19-7 NEW ZEALAND England produced a magnificent performance to reach the final for the fourth time, matching the record held by New Zealand and Australia. Eddie Jones' team played a near perfect game, with the overthrown line-out which gifted the All Blacks their only score the sole blemish across the 80 minutes. England dominated the world champions from start to finish in the first half in a way no other team has in recent memory and the All Blacks struggled to find any solutions in the second half with England rock solid. After 12 years without a defeat at the World Cup, New Zealand were outclassed, outfought and outsmarted. WALES 16-19 SOUTH AFRICA A game low on quality but high on nerves and tension as a late penalty saw the Springboks secure a third World Cup final appearance, having won their previous two in 1995 (against New Zealand) and 2007 (against England) and deny Wales a first final. South Africa were many people's picks to reach the final and have shown solid form after their opening defeat to New Zealand. Wales fall at the semi-final stage for the third time but despite winning 5 in a row to get to this stage, they've never looked like potential world champions in this tournament, battling and scraping their way to wins, sometimes falling over the line and Warren Gatland's final game in charge will be the bronze medal match against the All Blacks rather than the elusive final every Welsh fan and player was hoping for.
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Post by Shireblogger on Oct 28, 2019 8:52:38 GMT 1
^^^ A great summary of both matches Panda.
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 29, 2019 0:38:51 GMT 1
Curiously, every World Cup final with the exception of 1999 (Australia v France) has featured exactly one of England and New Zealand. Also, every team to have reached the final (Australia, NZ, England, South Africa, France) has done so either 3 or 4 times.
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Post by o on Nov 2, 2019 11:54:02 GMT 1
Battered like a sausage, done like a kipper, they worked us out, or was it a game too far?
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