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[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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i thought this was a strange ko time for South Africa v New Zealand before realising it was at Twickenham



South Africa streets ahead here 14-0, had NZ penned back for i think the first 18 mins with NZ giving away penalty after penalty so scott barret finally getting the sin-bin, then on 38 mins given his 2nd sin-bin and therefore a red card, TMO will decide if it stays Red

HT 14-0

SA with their biggest ever win v NZ and their biggest since 1928 FT 37-7

commiserations to the first side they face in the WC





that'll be us unfortunately :(

South Africa completely overpowered them, don't think I've ever witnessed a more disjointed performance from New Zealand.

[McD]

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South Africa completely overpowered them, don't think I've ever witnessed a more disjointed performance from New Zealand.

Yeah I thought New Zealand looked very poor, albeit some credit goes to SA for that.


I love watching New Zealand play, but I think the quality of their forwards has been in decline for a few years, which is affecting their set piece abilities and to a lesser degree their breakdown work. That said, their backs are magnificent, Will Jordan is in the conversation for best winger in the world at the moment, Beuden Barrett, Jordy Barrett, Damien Mackenzie is electric (but rarely gets on the pitch for some reason), Rieko Ioane.

[cabbageandribs1875]

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South Africa completely overpowered them, don't think I've ever witnessed a more disjointed performance from New Zealand.

looks like SA peaking at just the right time


i'm going to watch the England v Fiji game later tonight, hopefully it was a good game :)

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Excellent crowds at Murrayfield for these warm-up games. Have they been well priced?

[Sylar]

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Excellent crowds at Murrayfield for these warm-up games. Have they been well priced?

I think so - based on my season pass, it worked out about £30 a game (which includes the 6N games vs England and France).

Another game of 2 halves today - we were shocking first half, and relentless second half. We cannot start that slowly against the Boks (who looked scary last night).

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Ben Healy looks a very decent player.

[cabbageandribs1875]

FT France 41 Australia 17, easy enough

[cabbageandribs1875]

so here we are, the WC begins tonight

France v New Zealand

[weecounty hibby]

Really looking forward to this. The draw made years ago has shafted Scotland unfortunately. South Africa or France the winners for me

[Jones28]

These anthems are AWFUL.

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so here we are, the WC begins tonight

France v New Zealand

Cracking game so far. Could go either way but I'd like to see the French win.

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These anthems are AWFUL.

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La Marseillaise is arguably the world's greatest anthem. Everything beats God Save the King and Flower of Scotland.

[Just Alf]

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La Marseillaise is arguably the world's greatest anthem. Everything beats God Save the King and Flower of Scotland.

Not sure about the "everything"!

But I sort of agree

[Lancs Harp]

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La Marseillaise is arguably the world's greatest anthem. Everything beats God Save the King and Flower of Scotland.

Italys for me but have always found it a bit odd that teams in whatever sport and line up to a usually particularly crap piece of music apparently reoresenting their country. Im sure if you arrived from out of space youd be thinking wtf are they doing. 😀

[greenlex]

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La Marseillaise is arguably the world's greatest anthem. Everything beats God Save the King and Flower of Scotland.

It’s a toss up between La Marseillaise or Old Land of my Fathers with, the Welsh one just bettering the French one. Such a stirring sound and sight pre game.

[J-C]

Watching this on delay, disappointed by the NZ display, apart from their 2 tries they've been very meh! Scotland had 2 very good ganes against the French recently, look like nothing to fear from these 2 teams.

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It’s a toss up between La Marseillaise or Old Land of my Fathers with, the Welsh one just bettering the French one. Such a stirring sound and sight pre game.

Yes, the Welsh support in full voice takes some beating.

Terrific performance by the French. Under a lot of pressure to get off to a good start and they came through a really tough test in a game that was for a long time much closer than the final scoreline might suggest.

[Just_Jimmy]

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La Marseillaise is arguably the world's greatest anthem. Everything beats God Save the King and Flower of Scotland.

FOS at a packed Murrayfield absolutely destroys Hampden.

Fans of other countries regularly comment on it.



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[McD]

France deserved the win, thought the all blacks looked disjointed and couldn’t get any foothold really. After the defeat to South Africa in the warm ups, you wonder if they’ve lost form at the worst time.

[Sergio sledge]

Do referees actually look out for forward passes any more? There were at least 4 obvious ones not called last night, with the NZ 2nd try the worst. How the TMO didn’t give that I don’t know.

Of course despite the fact that it was clearly forward and didn’t reach the player it was intended for ITV’s pundits decided it was a brilliant pass and “absolutely spot on”.

[JimBHibees]

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FOS at a packed Murrayfield absolutely destroys Hampden.

Fans of other countries regularly comment on it.



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Yep it is brilliant when they stop the music and let the fans sing alone. Very moving.

[cabbageandribs1875]

watching Italy/Namibia wtf is going on with these national anthems, laughable

[Sylar]

It's not that the anthems themselves are bad, it's this abysmal choral thing they're doing with them. I've never not enjoyed La Marseilles before but last night was painful.

That was a really poor game of rugby - Italy looked good, but so completely imbalanced. Other than take another 3 thumpings, what are Namibia actually going to do?

[heretoday]

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watching Italy/Namibia wtf is going on with these national anthems, laughable

It'll carry on throughout the tournament. They never learn.

[Jones28]

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La Marseillaise is arguably the world's greatest anthem. Everything beats God Save the King and Flower of Scotland.

The anthems are fantastic but they were done terribly.

What’s the weird singing going on in the background?

I can’t believe you put FOS in the same league as GSTK? Are you ok?

[cabbageandribs1875]

ah well bang goes my Romania +52, huddies

[cabbageandribs1875]

this is what the groups would have been if the draw had been done using common sense just several months ago and not over three years ago

Group A
South Africa
Fiji
Japan
Uruguay
Namibia

Pool B
Ireland
Scotland
Australia
Tonga
Romania

Group C
New Zealand
Argentina
Italy
Georgia
Portugal

Group D
France
England
Wales
Samoa
Chile


yep good work Beaumont ridiculous doing a draw away back then

i would have fancied us against the Aussies, as it is we have no chance going through and plucky wee England have a great chance of making it right through to the SF, imo


instead we will lose two from New Zealand, France, Ireland, South Africa in the QF, grrrr

[cabbageandribs1875]

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It'll carry on throughout the tournament. They never learn.

for the Italian one we had the choral singers/whatever, then the players out of sync with them, then the fans out of Sync with both



i'm convinced the Irish players were just miming :)

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The anthems are fantastic but they were done terribly.

What’s the weird singing going on in the background?

I can’t believe you put FOS in the same league as GSTK? Are you ok?

As national anthems I think they're both slow, dull, depressing dirges. We should have Scotland the Brave instead.

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this is what the groups would have been if the draw had been done using common sense just several months ago and not over three years ago

Group A
South Africa
Fiji
Japan
Uruguay
Namibia

Pool B
Ireland
Scotland
Australia
Tonga
Romania

Group C
New Zealand
Argentina
Italy
Georgia
Portugal

Group D
France
England
Wales
Samoa
Chile


yep good work Beaumont ridiculous doing a draw away back then

i would have fancied us against the Aussies, as it is we have no chance going through and plucky wee England have a great chance of making it right through to the SF, imo


instead we will lose two from New Zealand, France, Ireland, South Africa in the QF, grrrr

Argentina's a tough opener for England tonight for all that the draw's relatively favourable to them.