Seabhac
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Big Year for Rugby about to begin...
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EmbattleTheeHawks":3vde41hs said:Not a bad little clip to get you pumped up, wheres the AB's? Must be on the other team.
Seabhac":2wfi4aaw said:EmbattleTheeHawks":2wfi4aaw said:Not a bad little clip to get you pumped up, wheres the AB's? Must be on the other team.
Centers and Wings to that work in Rugby - Smaller faster players
Hawkspur":jyep3bfk said:It'll be an interesting tournament.
I predict New Zealand over Ireland in the final, which is fitting as I think they are the best team of each hemisphere. If it all plays out as I think it will it will be a tough knock out stage for the ABs, with games against France in the quarters (never a confidence-inspiring match up for us All Blacks fans) followed by the Springboks in the semis.
Group A looks the most interesting. Australia is a shambles but has good players. If the coach is any good thry'll be the best of the group. Wales and England are very similar but I think England will benefit from playing at home against Wales. Neither team is great, mostly slightly above average players but I think England has the most talented players of the two. Of the rest, NZ is the form team and I think Ireland aren't that far behind. South Africa are also very good, as usual.
Anyway, here's my prediction:
Group A
winner: Australia
runner up: England
Group B
South Africa
Scotland
Group C
New Zealand
Argentina
Group D
Ireland
France
QFs: NZ beats France; South Africa beats England; Ireland beats Argentina; Australia beats Scotland.
SFS: New Zealand beats South Africa; Ireland beats Australia
Final: New Zealand beats Ireland.
Hawkspur":2qzof73r said:It'll be an interesting tournament.
I predict New Zealand over Ireland in the final, which is fitting as I think they are the best team of each hemisphere. If it all plays out as I think it will it will be a tough knock out stage for the ABs, with games against France in the quarters (never a confidence-inspiring match up for us All Blacks fans) followed by the Springboks in the semis.
Group A looks the most interesting. Australia is a shambles but has good players. If the coach is any good thry'll be the best of the group. Wales and England are very similar but I think England will benefit from playing at home against Wales. Neither team is great, mostly slightly above average players but I think England has the most talented players of the two. Of the rest, NZ is the form team and I think Ireland aren't that far behind. South Africa are also very good, as usual.
Anyway, here's my prediction:
Group A
winner: Australia
runner up: England
Group B
South Africa
Scotland
Group C
New Zealand
Argentina
Group D
Ireland
France
QFs: NZ beats France; South Africa beats England; Ireland beats Argentina; Australia beats Scotland.
SFS: New Zealand beats South Africa; Ireland beats Australia
Final: New Zealand beats Ireland.
EmbattleTheeHawks":j07lqdtg said:Seabhac":j07lqdtg said:EmbattleTheeHawks":j07lqdtg said:Not a bad little clip to get you pumped up, wheres the AB's? Must be on the other team.
Centers and Wings to that work in Rugby - Smaller faster players
I can't decipher what this means, probably just being thick. That Guiness ad is pretty cool, so was that tackle!
Seabhac":2e1w7kgj said:I was at that game - long long time ago.
Only time that an Irish team has ever beaten the All Blacks. Munster are a club team and at the time it truly was an amazing result given that that was the only game that All Blacks team lost out of 18 on that tour.
For the record - Ireland have played New Zealand 28 times and lost 27 drawn 1.
Current Irish team is probably the best ever... but the WC is still 9 months away and form can dip.
I would be happy to make it to the semis - but a final with NZ would be a dream come true.
Sorry about the f*ed up answer, I thought you were making an American Football reference to Slot Backs. Im a dumbass
sammyc521":z2wi5nwd said:Hope the ABs send Dan Carter off in style.
Hawkspur":8gspkcyu said:It'll be interesting to see the England v Ireland match on March 1st. That match should give us a good indication of how strong England are looking.