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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:29 pm  
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Today I'll go with:

Ireland by 3
Kiwi union side by 15
Australia by 6


Enjoy Cats...

I'd go with extracting my pubes with pliers before watching all of those games.
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:36 pm  
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:18 pm  
Why was there a game between two foreign teams on BBC 2 prime time? :THINK:

Only 35,000 (exactly 35,000? ... really?) for the Ireland v South Africa game today.
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:14 pm  
All the doom and gloom surrounding England's performances in the 4 Nations got me wondering. Have Ireland or Scotland EVER beaten the All Blacks?
Wasn't yesterday the ninth (9th!) game in succession England ru have lost against the All Blacks ?
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:43 pm  
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Wasn't yesterday the ninth (9th!) game in succession England ru have lost against the All Blacks ?


Yes, but this was the one where all the excuses were going to stop.
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:37 pm  
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All the doom and gloom surrounding England's performances in the 4 Nations got me wondering. Have Ireland or Scotland EVER beaten the All Blacks?
Wasn't yesterday the ninth (9th!) game in succession England ru have lost against the All Blacks ?

No, never... and Engalnd have beaten them 6 times out 34 game and Wales a massive 3 times out of 27!

Still, as someone has already posted in this thread "International RL isn't a great product. Why is there a comp every year? It should be Four Nations every four years, World Cup every four years. Then we can expand our core product, the club game."

No like Union eh?
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:59 pm  
I watched All Blacks V England today (Sky+ it) and I must say I did enjoy watching it.

I like watching Australia/NZ RU as they play exciting rugby all round - however I wouldn't watch England v Scotland/Wales/Ireland as I do find those games painfully boring.

SA can be ok to watch though.
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:05 pm  
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Why was there a game between two foreign teams on BBC 2 prime time? :THINK:


Partly because Ireland draws on players from North and South of the border for the RU team so it represents a percentage of the UK population so is not a foreign team.
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:13 pm  
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I watched All Blacks V England today (Sky+ it) and I must say I did enjoy watching it.

I like watching Australia/NZ RU as they play exciting rugby all round - however I wouldn't watch England v Scotland/Wales/Ireland as I do find those games painfully boring.

SA can be ok to watch though.

I watched most of that game (was interested in SBW playing as well as the other League converts)

What strikes me most about Union is how the rules stifle the best teams and bring the teams much closer – the All Blacks were so superior to the English team it was untrue and yet the score line ended up pretty close. As far as I can see that is because the rules at the breakdown make it very difficult to develop structured attacking plays

What I would say is that if those two teams were playing League, the All Blacks would have won by 50+... Union must be such a frustrating game to play if you are a talented rugby player
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Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:00 pm  
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Partly because Ireland draws on players from North and South of the border for the RU team so it represents a percentage of the UK population so is not a foreign team.

Britain does not include Ireland.
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