2019 Rugby World Cup

coyne wrote:

Roberto Baggio wrote:

Maybe those gurning about the forum not being what it used to need to contribute a bit more in other threads. And if they still don't like it they can always stop logging in

I’m sick of reading your sh*te. <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba0, 0, 0, 0;">Nothing but verbal diarrhoea </span>

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When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
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Roberto Baggio wrote:

Maybe those gurning about the forum not being what it used to need to contribute a bit more in other threads. And if they still don't like it they can always stop logging in

I’m sick of reading your sh*te. Nothing but verbal diarrhoea

South Africa superb today. I fancy them to go all the way.

"I called him an embarrassment to FIFA and to himself," .... He said 'No-one speaks to me like that'.... and I said, "well I do' and that was that."

Maybe those gurning about the forum not being what it used to need to contribute a bit more in other threads. And if they still don't like it they can always stop logging in

Only if they give the Tualagi brothers food poisoning and restart the Falklands war overnight to distract them.

Most of the 5 live rugby pundits reckon New Zealand would rather play Ireland than Japan.

Absolutely unthinkable last November when NZ and Ireland were the top two in the betting.

Has Argentina any chance of beating England? Would set things up nicely for the last round of games.

I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.

Nah, Italy are going to beat the Saffers.

*note; they aren't.

Given that there is no guarantee of Ireland getting a bonus point win v Samoa, they want to be sure of topping the group if they end up on 15 points (assuming Scotland can beat Japan).

Given that it is decided by points difference first in the event they all end up on 15 points, Ireland obviously want Japan not to beat Samoa by too much (assuming Japan do beat Samoa, of course).

Ireland are +52 and will improve on that if they beat Samoa. Japan are on +27 and will improve on that if they beat Samoa on Saturday.

Ireland obviously don't want a situation where they need Japan to lose by a certain number of points to Scotland, if it comes to it.

What Ireland want to see now, if Japan beat Samoa, is that Japan do not win by 27 points or more, even if they get a bonus point. If Japan win by less than 27 points against Samoa, and they all end up level on 15 points (along with the Scots), then Ireland should top the group, assuming the Scots don't improve their points difference too much either.

Obviously a lot can change and Ireland could end up in a situation whereby they need a Scotland bonus point win over Japan but, for the time being, in the next two matches, the smaller the wins, the better. However, Scotland bonus point wins are not the worst, seeing as it is actually better for Ireland to be joint with Japan and Scotland on 15, rather than level with just Japan.

Arguably, Japan are closer to overtaking Ireland on points difference than Scotland are (thanks to Ireland having hammered Scotland), so if Japan don't beat Samoa handsomely, Ireland still have a chance at topping the group. Of course, both Japan and Scotland know that it could come down to points difference, so they will likely be going hard against Samoa and Russia.

None of this matters if Ireland can get a bonus point win over Samoa but it is good to have the safety net in the event they don't, so the smaller the wins the better.