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[Danderhall Hibs]

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Surprised they don’t use lines on the screen like VAR

I know. If the ref had said on field decision was forward it’d have been no try.

[hibsbollah]

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Surprised they don’t use lines on the screen like VAR

The 5 metre line was right there, a perfect point to see it. Can't believe it wasn't called forward.

[cabbageandribs1875]

sometimes it's better being lucky than good, the french can take all the credit in this game



except the dafty on the bad boy bench

[Danderhall Hibs]

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sometimes it's better being lucky than good, the french can take all the credit in this game

Squandered 5 points, threw a couple of stray passes that cost them and lost control of the ball at the back of a scrum. Red card was costly as well.

Much better side but indiscipline and not doing the basics has cost them.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Wales 20- 19 France. Superb game; Wales showed real grit to come through. France will be kicking themselves, they should have won that match.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Could’ve easily been called forward.

I thought that too, in my opinion it's happened a silly amount of times in this competition.

[hfc rd]

What a pulsating game that was! France were the better side and had the game in the palm of their hands. However same old, French story - throwing away a comfortable lead with indiscipline and poor decision making. The red card changed the complexion of that game and Wales score the winning converted try at the end from a French scrum. It may have gone forward but the camera angle the TMO was showing was hard to tell.

Now it’s time for the one I’ve been looking forward to all week and the pick of the ties - Japan vs South Africa

[Hibeesmad]

the welsh just keep on going

[Danderhall Hibs]

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the welsh just keep on going

They got away with that one. If SA can get past Japan I can see wales getting a doing next weekend.

[cabbageandribs1875]

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Squandered 5 points, threw a couple of stray passes that cost them and lost control of the ball at the back of a scrum. Red card was costly as well.

Much better side but indiscipline and not doing the basics has cost them.

i know you said yesterdays game about keeping the scoreboard ticking over but again today i thought it was a terrible decision just before HT when the french took a kick at goal from out wide, which of course was missed,i just can't understand why on earth they didn't go for a lineout, fair enough if the kick is in front of the sticks but over at the touchline just didn't make sense, well on top at the time and wales down to 14, it was a baffling decision and i suspect the french crowd didn't understand that either, maybe if they didn't have so much time to think about the decision they would have done just exactly what i was yelling at them to do straight away

[hfc rd]

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the welsh just keep on going

Can’t complain you got the win.

But they were so poor today. Personally, I don't find them particularly pleasing on the eye, I find them more a functional and extremely well disciplined side but today they were shocking and only won that due to France’s poor decision making and indiscipline. Surprisingly their defence was terrible. Not something you normally say about Wales.

Need to step it up big time next week or they will get hammered by the South African’s or even the Japanese If they play at their very best.

[cabbageandribs1875]

south african try in the corner after 3 mins

[Danderhall Hibs]

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i know you said yesterdays game about keeping the scoreboard ticking over but again today i thought it was a terrible decision just before HT when the french took a kick at goal from out wide, which of course was missed,i just can't understand why on earth they didn't go for a lineout, fair enough if the kick is in front of the sticks but over at the touchline just didn't make sense, well on top at the time and wales down to 14, it was a baffling decision and i suspect the french crowd didn't understand that either, maybe if they didn't have so much time to think about the decision they would have done just exactly what i was yelling at them to do straight away

Looked a fairly easy 3 points and ultimately it’d have won the game but that example is one where the kick to corner was tempting.

Yesterday’s one was a no brainer to take the 3.

[cabbageandribs1875]

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Looked a fairly easy 3 points and ultimately it’d have won the game but that example is one where the kick to corner was tempting.

Yesterday’s one was a no brainer to take the 3.

south african player just missed the conversion from the same position :)



great just about to put a couple of £ on being a yellow card...too late

[CloudSquall]

Ooft, lucky not to see a red for that tackle, just a yellow, South Africa down to 14 for the time being..

[Hibeesmad]

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Can’t complain you got the win.

But they were so poor today. Personally, I don't find them particularly pleasing on the eye, I find them more a functional and extremely well disciplined side but today they were shocking and only won that due to France’s poor decision making and indiscipline. Surprisingly their defence was terrible. Not something you normally say about Wales.

Need to step it up big time next week or they will get hammered by the South African’s or even the Japanese If they play at their very best.

The best teams are the ones who can win a game even when playing bad. Certainly been many better performances from this Welsh team, especially when winning the Grand Slam a few months ago.

Gatland will have this team ready for next weeks game, having the same amount of rest time as their opponent will also be a positive.

New Zealand v Wales final for me.

[Danderhall Hibs]

Do Japan ever pass the ball backwards?

[Danderhall Hibs]

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The best teams are the ones who can win a game even when playing bad. Certainly been many better performances from this Welsh team, especially when winning the Grand Slam a few months ago.

Gatland will have this team ready for next weeks game, having the same amount of rest time as their opponent will also be a positive.

New Zealand v Wales final for me.

I think the “real” final is next Saturday - winner takes all.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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south african player just missed the conversion from the same position :)

Looked fairly easy as well - top goal kickers rarely miss those.

[hibsbollah]

I think South Africa will be too much for Wales. They are physically frightening.

[cabbageandribs1875]

what a brilliant try


rugby purists,like myself :0 will want an all-blacks v south africa final

[Hibeesmad]

Next Sunday will be a good viewing for Welsh sport-

Wales v SA @ 9am
Swansea v Cardiff @ 12pm

[Danderhall Hibs]

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I think South Africa will be too much for Wales. They are physically frightening.

Same. They pummelled Japan.

[hfc rd]

Hearing that Michael Cheika has quit as Australia head coach

[hfc rd]

Great defending from South Africa in the 1st period which reduced Japan’s flashy play to ineffective play. Despite Japan having all that possession, they didn’t really look like scoring a try. However the second half is about as good as the Springboks get. Nothing flashy but absolute dominance up front. Japan struggled to build any sort of a rhythm in that 2nd half and that resulted in the atmosphere going very flat as Japan had ran out of steam and ideas. A thorough professional job by the Springboks and into quarters against Wales.

Stuck money on a New Zealand vs South Africa final before the tournament began and I reckon that’s what it is gonna be.

[Golden Bear]

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Hearing that Michael Cheika has quit as Australia head coach

And Dave Rennie, the Warrriors Coach, is favourite to replace him.

[hfc rd]

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And Dave Rennie, the Warrriors Coach, is favourite to replace him.

Interesting.

I personally thought they’d go for either Gatland or Schmidt.

[hfc rd]

The French lad who elbowed the Welsh player at the weekend and rightly so was red carded has know officially retired from international rugby

https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby-world...al-retirement/

Some way to exit

[McD]

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The French lad who elbowed the Welsh player at the weekend and rightly so was red carded has know officially retired from international rugby

https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby-world...al-retirement/

Some way to exit

jaco peyper has been excluded from officiating either semi final after a picture of him with welsh fans posing in a way replicating the french players elbow action

[hfc rd]

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jaco peyper has been excluded from officiating either semi final after a picture of him with welsh fans posing in a way replicating the french players elbow action

Yeah I seen that. Stupid idiot.

Reminded me of the picture of Craig Thomson posing with a group of Hearts fans doing the 5-1 hand gestures