Bad Things Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) The 2019 Rugby World Cup begins tonight in Tokyo. Will you guys be watching? Do you have a favourite to win? Will the mighty All Blacks make it a 3-peat? (Of course they will!) Behold... the mighty All Blacks. Edited September 19, 2019 by Bad Things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) I kinda feel bad being an All Blacks fan. Like Im cheering for the Patriots. But as an American who picked up the sport in the 90s, I didnt have much of a choice. I'll tune in if I can find any streams. Any idea if FoxSports or anyone is carrying it? edit: Did my own googling and it looks like NBC is carrying a lot of them. https://www.nbcsports.com/rugby/rugby-world-cup Edited September 20, 2019 by DrDawkinstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Hmm, New Zealand v South Africa showing at 5:30am here tomorrow. Wonder if I can pull off starting that at 5:30am, roll into College Gameday at 9am, Migh/Wisc at Noon, Auburn/TexasA&M at 3:30pm, and Georgia/NotreDame at 8:30pm... My wife is going to LOVE this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 i will tape it all and while through it at my leisure does Canada have a chance to win it all??? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 38 minutes ago, row_33 said: i will tape it all and while through it at my leisure Beta or VHS ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 44 minutes ago, row_33 said: i will tape it all and while through it at my leisure does Canada have a chance to win it all??? I think our Womens team is better than our mens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 46 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: I think our Womens team is better than our mens has to be better than getting mowed down in about 30 minutes in international test cricket, even with stall tactics has to be better than our National Team of NHL stars completely dog****** the first game of the Olympics or Big Tourney and losing to France or Azerbijan and then playing the scrappy underdog card the rest of the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Israel Folau not playing may come back to hurt Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 France/Argentina the hi-lite so far, nice to see Argentina carries the fisticuffs to rubgy that they like in soccer. England and these two will leave a good team on the plane going home early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 ------------------------------ so much for Canada and the US teams. that was some serious garbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagetime after 15 minutes for both matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 11:07 AM, DrDawkinstein said: Hmm, New Zealand v South Africa showing at 5:30am here tomorrow. Wonder if I can pull off starting that at 5:30am, roll into College Gameday at 9am, Migh/Wisc at Noon, Auburn/TexasA&M at 3:30pm, and Georgia/NotreDame at 8:30pm... My wife is going to LOVE this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 it's only 80 minutes plus extra time you can fast forward through 1/3 of it waiting for action to resume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 ----------------------- round two didn't find the gods smiling on the North American teams Canada was giving up a point a minute for the first half in a drubbing the US held tough with France until the 68th minute... then the maelstrom and deluge was unleashed on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 I’m currently sitting in a beachside hut on the island of Rarotonga, watching Namibia put up a helluva fight against the All Blacks. I haven’t been able to watch much of the World Cup while I’ve on my diving trip, (3 weeks in Rarotonga and Aitutaki) so it’s fantastic to find a place showing the game. Let’s go All Blacks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 I watched two entertaining matches tonight. USA v Argentina and Scotland v Russia. Neither game was close in score, but they were both hard-fought and really fun to watch. Scotland was just scoring and scoring. Fun fact... following the All Blacks game a couple days ago, the announcers were interviewing All Black lock, Sam Whitelock and told him that the game was his 100th victory with the ABs. That's impressive enough, but then the announcer said that it was in only 115 total games played. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 good to have a real fan with a real country to cheer for on here i can't watch a drubbing of a mismatch, especially Canada giving up a point a minute... the well fought matches are enjoyed, hopefully a few of them to go in this round and 7 of them in the playoff (or whatever they call it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 So, I went on this little expedition yesterday. (Still on the island of Rarotonga, in the middle of the South Pacific.) There was a younger couple there on their honeymoon, who live near where I used to live, so we struck up a conversation. When they heard I've lived in NZ for the last 15 years, the guy began asking me all of these questions about how the game of rugby is played. I could answer the vast majority of them, but after a while, I kinda stopped him and said that "American Football" is still my #1 sport and that I was a member of bills Mafia a Bills fan. The guys wife looks up at me and said that her best friend used to date Trent Edwards in high school. Friggin' small world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bad Things said: So, I went on this little expedition yesterday. (Still on the island of Rarotonga, in the middle of the South Pacific.) There was a younger couple there on their honeymoon, who live near where I used to live, so we struck up a conversation. When they heard I've lived in NZ for the last 15 years, the guy began asking me all of these questions about how the game of rugby is played. I could answer the vast majority of them, but after a while, I kinda stopped him and said that "American Football" is still my #1 sport and that I was a member of bills Mafia a Bills fan. The guys wife looks up at me and said that her best friend used to date Trent Edwards in high school. Friggin' small world. Was she hot? p.s. go All Blacks Edited October 10, 2019 by KD in CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 hour ago, KD in CA said: Was she hot? p.s. go All Blacks Eh... kind of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 did Japan allow all the boisterous fans into the country to drink and do their thing? best of luck to All Blacks 7 games to enjoy still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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