Rugby World Cup 2015

We have pool here at the office where we each had to draw a team form an envelope and i got NZ.(first prize is R2k)

i also dont think we will win the world cup but i also dont think NZ will. im actually thinking that Ireland is standing a very good chance to win.

i will however still be supporting SA until we get kicked out then im supporting the Irish
 
Well i'm a huge irish fan but some of their games have not been convincing this year i peg England, NZ and outside chance the Leprechauns :p

And to be Honest i''l be a south african but when politics come mess something up so much that there is no pride in it and what it stood for anymore then what's the use.

Watch us drop down the rankings to 10th before this WC is over with the way the Politics are wrecking our beloved sport. Merit my People Merit that is what a team should be chosen on.

I have bought every springbok jersey for every year for the past 10 and this is the first year i won't cos i don't feel proud of wearing it and it's ugly as hell :p

And i'm prolly stepping on some toes here but that's me and freedom of speech

(Maybe i should get it over with and support OZ) :p
 
AlienTaker said:
Well i'm a huge irish fan but some of their games have not been convincing this year i peg England, NZ and outside chance the Leprechauns :p

And to be Honest i''l be a south african but when politics come mess something up so much that there is no pride in it and what it stood for anymore then what's the use.

Watch us drop down the rankings to 10th before this WC is over with the way the Politics are wrecking our beloved sport. Merit my People Merit that is what a team should be chosen on.

I have bought every springbok jersey for every year for the past 10 and this is the first year i won't cos i don't feel proud of wearing it and it's ugly as hell :p

And i'm prolly stepping on some toes here but that's me and freedom of speech

(Maybe i should get it over with and support OZ) :p
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Old Zealand? :D

I am not hyped for this RWC at all. I just don't have confidence in our team and I feel some promising players were left out. I'll probably still watch the springbok games but I don't think we'll win it; but who knows, perhaps I'm wrong.
 
AlienTaker said:
Well i'm a huge irish fan but some of their games have not been convincing this year i peg England, NZ and outside chance the Leprechauns :p

And to be Honest i''l be a south african but when politics come mess something up so much that there is no pride in it and what it stood for anymore then what's the use.

Watch us drop down the rankings to 10th before this WC is over with the way the Politics are wrecking our beloved sport. Merit my People Merit that is what a team should be chosen on.

I have bought every springbok jersey for every year for the past 10 and this is the first year i won't cos i don't feel proud of wearing it and it's ugly as hell :p

And i'm prolly stepping on some toes here but that's me and freedom of speech

(Maybe i should get it over with and support OZ) :p
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i stopped buying the shirts ever since canterbury stopped making them... i had high hopes for asics but then i saw the release of the "t-shirt"...
 
This team pick game looks like fun. I'm in. I'll pm my picks after I've had a look at the internationals being played this weekend.

And while I'm here: What do you guys think of Samoa's chances to progress past the pool stages?
When the draw happened they must have been ranked higher than Wales and Scotland but I don't rate them at all.
 
Mister 44 said:
This team pick game looks like fun. I'm in. I'll pm my picks after I've had a look at the internationals being played this weekend.

And while I'm here: What do you guys think of Samoa's chances to progress past the pool stages?
When the draw happened they must have been ranked higher than Wales and Scotland but I don't rate them at all.
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After watching that Barbarian game I also don't rate them. Maybe they just had a bad game but they didn't look good at all. But then I think Scotland is way overrated at the moment. I've watched a lot of their games over the last year and it's only in their last where they looked good. Or where Italy didn't pitch for the game. Much how the Springboks didn't pitch for that game against Argentina.
 
Solitude said:
After watching that Barbarian game I also don't rate them. Maybe they just had a bad game but they didn't look good at all. But then I think Scotland is way overrated at the moment. I've watched a lot of their games over the last year and it's only in their last where they looked good. Or where Italy didn't pitch for the game. Much how the Springboks didn't pitch for that game against Argentina.
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I can't help but feel that the draw for the pools in rwc's are done too early. It should be done a month or even 3 weeks before the opening, imho. Then you won't get the slightly lopsided pools as they stand atm.
 
Mister 44 said:
I can't help but feel that the draw for the pools in rwc's are done too early. It should be done a month or even 3 weeks before the opening, imho. Then you won't get the slightly lopsided pools as they stand atm.
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I agree. Apparently they are going to do the draw closer to the next World Cup which will be much better!
 
Solitude said:
I agree. Apparently they are going to do the draw closer to the next World Cup which will be much better!
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I was not aware of that. Happy to hear that the IRB (after numerous board meetings, I suppose) eventually came to the same conclusion that you, I, and every other fan figured out many cups ago.

AlienTaker said:
No not old new Zealand but Australia just to piss people off :p
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Consider your mission accomplished.
 
Mister 44 said:
I was not aware of that. Happy to hear that the IRB (after numerous board meetings, I suppose) eventually came to the same conclusion that you, I, and every other fan figured out many cups ago.



Consider your mission accomplished.
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Bwahahahahahaha jsut had to Misyer 44 :p
 
I see Wales have lost two influential players due to injury after playing against Italy last weekend. Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb will both miss the World Cup.

One great thing with South Africa having an easy couple of games to start with is that it makes for the ideal warm-up games. We don't have to play any games before the actual World Cup starts.
 
I logged my picks for the MyG/MyBB RWC competition after a lot of mental arithmetic. There may have been some Excel spreadsheets, with weighted averages, involved as well, but you will never hear the truth from me :D

So you guys and girls that picked your teams already, how much thought did you put into your picks? Did you go with gut feel or did you analyse previous results, logged possible outcomes and figure scoring margins into your picks?

tl;dr (honestly? Was that too long for you? Pffft!): Did you pick with heart or brain?
 
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Mister 44 said:
I logged my picks for the MyG/MyBB RWC competition after a lot of mental arithmetic. There may have been some Excel spreadsheets, with weighted averages, involved as well, but you will never hear the truth from me :D

So you guys and girls that picked your teams already, how much thought did you put into your picks? Did you go with gut feel or did you analyse previous results, logged possible outcomes and figure scoring margins into your picks?

tl;dr (honestly? Was that too long for you? Pffft!): Did you pick with heart or brain?
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I went with my heart. :) I decided to take a chance and picked South Africa instead of New Zealand. If they do well then so will I. :) My other choices I mostly went with gut instinct.
 
I wen't somewhat with my heart, and somewhat with knowledge of past outcomes and current team form; however I am not super knowledgeable about the composition of all teams, player stats, etc.

I just like rugby and follow the game semi casually :)
 
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