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Rugby Union 21/22/23 Discussion | RWC time!
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I didn't think it was going to be that easy either
Ah damn it.
We will lose by our own fault. A moral victory I guess.
Heartbreaking
MISSED.
Twist!
Last minute pen 
TURNOVER. PEN CMONNN
Come on Portugal!!
Portugal have a kick to win it!!!
Come on Nuno!
Sousa Guedes whole country on you. No pressure
whole country on you. No pressureJesus Christ what a steal. The pressure on this kick!
feck me
Oh dear
Ah damn it. What a game!!
End on typical portuguese fashion. Samuel Marques wouldn't miss that. Guess the pressure for the first WC win ever was too much to handle.
Good effort from the boys nevertheless. Proud.
Good effort from the boys nevertheless. Proud.
What an anticlimactic end to an excellent game.
Unlucky! What a game! World Rugby needs to work it's ass off to develop these nations. Give them a proper tournament with good money, give them guaranteed matches each year against tier 1. Just do something.
Respect to Portugal rugby. In a football centric country, their performances have been outstanding.
They show a lot of promise if the game picks up over there. Their second half was real good against a tested Georgian side.
Prediction time: No red cards for England against Chile and the Boks to beat Ireland in a very close match at the Stade de France.
Isn't there already an European Tier 2 tournament (that Georgia has been bossing for a while) ?
But yeah the RWC is basically the only place all the "small" nations get to play top tier opponents with any stakes. And it's not instant development either, as shown by Italy. Probably need to find a way to direct more money to those countries. As I understand it Romania was a fearsome opponent when they had strong institutional backing under Ceausescu and played France every year.
England vs Chile
England smashing it
It’s coming home
So the rest of us will endure the usual media wankathon of England smashing Chile, talk of World Cup glory and how far they can go.
Will Borthwick be knighted? Who knows!
Will Borthwick be knighted? Who knows!
The red tops will probably go overboard…..that’s their only move anyway. I doubt any serious rugby media will get carried away
Wish they had stuck the Georgia or England game on at 8pm rather than the Ireland vs South Africa match. Was looking forward to it only until recently realising it’s kicking off at the same time as the Utd game 
Can we just gift New Zealand Smith? Instead of wasting his absurd(at least for an English player) talent mostly being a replacement player when it comes to key games for England.
Watching College Football here to distract myself from the nerves of the match later.
Think it, don't jinx it....
Think it, don't jinx it....
It's ridiculous. When are PL games every on Saturday night?Wish they had stuck the Georgia or England game on at 8pm rather than the Ireland vs South Africa match. Was looking forward to it only until recently realising it’s kicking off at the same time as the Utd game
< Insert weekly rant here about the strong teams on England’s half of the draw playing pub teams every week >
Honestly can’t remember this happening before? Had to happen today, of all days. Of course it did.
South Africa vs Ireland
Siya is such a fecking dude
Here we fecking go
Here we fecking go
Oh massively. I've been on the whiskey and watching College Football to distract myself from the nerves.I’m nervous ffs!
Big game feels
No distractions now.
Bring on you Irish feckers
Hoping for a great game. Ireland play some lovely stuff now they have an English coach.
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