/rug/ - Six Nations Week 1

>le made of glass man
RIP

>>73990496
Sexton or North?

>>73990510
Ngatai

He's gonna go Chris Benoit on his family in no time.

Based Paddy making a quality thread

>>73990461
Another Grand Slam it is then.

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Can't wait to see this guy school Hogg on Saturday tßh

George 'Living On A Meme' North

>>73990496
What got you thinking about Tuilagi?

>>73990614
>George "early onset Parkinsons" North.
Unironically hope he retires soon for his own good.

>>73990653

Brian O'Driscoll got knocked out multiple times every single game

Who's the next Rugby Player to pick up too many concussions & be Daniel Bryan'd?

>>73990771
Faf De Klerk, his size and the way he plays.

>>73990721
I know. That started after the attempted murder in 2005. It's a miracle he never doyd.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/38818082

Scotland's best 10 tries ever in the Six Nations.

They fucking suck

>>73990579
He looks like a pikey cronaldo

>>73990844
Your mum must be Scottish then, she was sucking up a storm last night, son.

>>73990771
That spindly-necked weakling Henshaw probably.

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>>73990844
>Scotland's best 10 tries ever in the Six Nations.
>They fucking suck

Thats because Scotland have only ever scored 10 tries in the 6 Nations, Ever

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>>73991076
Fuck off sam ya cruel bastard ya

>>73991285
Who the fuck tackles with a closed fist?

Ban the cunt for life, he knew what he was doing.

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>all this smug Irish posting
We're going to lose on Saturday, aren't we?

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>>73990771

>>73991305
Obviously.

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>>73991298
wan't a tackle mate, straight up assault

>>73991305
wouldn't surprise me, scotland actually look good and since we are favourites we probably won't turn up, should be a good tight match in any event

Irish people don't deserve to live

>>73990844
it's not like there's a lot of material to pick from in the first place

>Kind of excited for U20 6N to see which players get the hype train going
>Realise you've become that creepy old guy who spends way too much time thinking about teen athletes and you're not even that old

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>>73991319
>>73991285
Canes gonna have to step it up this year. Savea and Todd were way better in 2016 and he threw an intercept to Barrett which knocked them out of superugby

he is a tough fucker though

>>73991298
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsQ_Gg4tik

>>73991311
This

Sexton has never been the same since coming back from Racing

I dont know what they did to him over there but they didn't use any lube

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>>73991345
comes a time in every young lads life when he sees a guy younger than him being the next 'stunning young talent'

then the next year theres a few more

then the year after a few more

then you get to the age where every single prospect is younger than you and you give up on your dream of being a pro. such is life

>>73991330
Ah Here

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>>73991305
Not a chance

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>>73991400
It's just not fair

>>73991305
N.. no!
DON'T UNMEME THE WIN YE EEJIT

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>>73990985
If you think THAT's bad

>>73990844
Hogg's try against Ireland last year was excellent to be fair

will England choke?

yes or

of course

>>73991328
>since we are favourites

Who is actually calling Ireland favourites? Show them to me so I can laugh at them.

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>>73991627
youll choke on my dick

>Irish trying to change the narrative towards hating the jocks
Newfag may fall for it but you're still the worst fucks. At least the English disappeared.

>>73991514

Nothing to say
And no one to say it to
Nothing has changed
You still got it all to do
Surely you know
The chance has gone by

Think of the boy with the stars in his eye
Longing to reach them but frightened to try
Sadly
You'd say
Someday
Someday

>>73991604
It was good, but you could tell Ireland didn't have a defence coach. Kicking to Hogg with three front rows beside each other in midfield and most of your backs committed to rucks? Literally worse than Italian tier.

>I'm actually Irish and I'm in/was in the same class as Robbie Henshaw in college.
Cunt's big.

>>73991948
Also sxc ;) xx <3

>>73991690
that's irrelevant to the question

>>73992371
Will Tom "Irish Lady" Brady choke?

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>>73992432
>he didn't read the OP

>>73992556
From my limited knowledge of American Football I can see them losing

>>73992692
Atlanta are favourites, but if Pats are losing they'll just cheat. The NFC teams in general have poorer defences and this is making Falcons look better than they are.

Yes, the Packers result was impressive, but it can't be overstated just how bad Green Bay were, yet they still wound up with 21 points.. Pats meanwhile have absolutely walked the playoffs so far, but people are ignoring it because the Pats are always impressive.

I don't even like the Pats, but it's just formulaic at this point
>pats win lol
>belichick wins lol
>brady wins lol

Just did a steaming shit that would be a starting pick in any northern hemisphere countries XV lads.

When is the owl, and more importantly who is going to be on /heart/ watch to make sure /rug/ doesn't get blown away by the wave of autistic Americans opening a million threads all saying the same thing?

>>73993193
It's Monday and we (NZ) are on holiday, so the brave Kiwi lads will keep it up as usual.

>Northern Hemisphere rugby
>International rugby

*sighs*

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>>73991400
I TRIED SO HARD

>>73993267
What's the occasion la? Celebrating a belated Australia Day?

>>73993317
celebrating the day the Crown signed a document to say "we wont eradicate you locals"

>>73993335
Ahh, saint cuckold's day.

>>73993380
its "we literally cant be bothered sending an army the whole way round the world" day

>>73993567
>we

Which position did you play in the invading British forces hohepa?

>>73993647
Hohepa is a disability service provider, catering for special needs children, and adults with an intellectual disability, where respect, personal development and caring go hand-in-hand.

>>73993647
>"we"
i wasn't there lad i was quoting some blokes that were
you might need to ease up on the turps your vision seems to be failing

>>73993291
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcwol5N7dqs

tried to drop an elite truthie on a yank but it bounced right off
must be the blubber

>>73993707
Hohepa is the kid from 6 period with Mr Grimsby which is the only funny thing to ever come out of NZ.

>>73993796
Hohepa is the son of the local Mayor and is an outstanding example of what a Maori could be when raised in a stable household

>>73993849
https://youtu.be/qxhIL4RqaDA

Everything I learned about respect for maoris I learned from Mr Grombley

who /brotown/ here?

>>73993791
yanks are so used to dropping bombs that truthbombs just bounce off of them

Bar a got $2.5m to go to Toulon lads for 2.5 years lads.

How long until the western suburbs of Sydney are a barren wasteland and the French Riviera is nothing but bogans?

>>73994058
>never played rugby
>gets paid 165,000 more per season than Sexton

Lads, I think it's time to get this started

>the absolute fucking state of NH rugby.

>>73994002
>typical american family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaPzN2gD3PQ

>>73994090
Where are their motorised carts?

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>be Ben Barba
>get suspended from NRL several times for different reasons
>never even make the state rep side
>never even played rugby union
>is one of the highest paid players in rugby union history

How the FUCK do the league boys keep getting away with it?

>>73995013
Poorthern hemisphere cucks are a special breed of retarded. Thats how

Yawn wake me up when the based Blues are top of Super Rugby

>>73995240
>on literal comatose watch

>>73995240
>Poomunga Ltd

Are some of you lads doing this?>>73995184

>>73995333
yeah lad ama

>>73995333

All me lad.

>>73995013
wasnt this guy once league's best player?

how many points are >we going to concede this year?

>rugby casual here

>>73995371

What position do you play in the Irish squad lad?

>>73995371
~200

>>73995367
He won the dally m one year which is for best player in the final. And was in the side that won last year but has been bumped around from team to team like crazy and has had behaviour issues - classic islander shit.

The interesting thing will be seeing the effect this has on kids. If you're a gun junior player and someone says to you "you can either play league, live in the western suburbs and make 200k per year for the rest of your career or you can move to France, get 100k now and make 1m in 5 years time while being a god and you can maybe come back to Australia at some point and play in the international team if you want" what would you say?

Trick question, a leaguie would say "can I have the 200k in cash? I want to play the pokies".

>>73995412

Kek

Fuck there are some thoroughly autistic kiwis on this board.

>>73995563
Example? I want to laugh at them

>The Sharks do not play a single team from New Zealand the entire fixture list.

I sincerely hate this new format lads, I know they usually beat us, but still, it's at least a spectacle to watch.

Fuck this format

>>73995619
blues v sharks is usually a goodie.

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>>73995619
This format will kill super rugby imo

>>73995644
Heart attack time?

>>73995651
Time to get your blood pressure checked you uncaring bastard

>>73995644
falling out of a wheelie bin time?

Rank the most popular tournaments?

>>73995751
1. Rugby World Cup
2. Rugby championship
3. Super rugby
4. Schute shield
5. Hospital cup
6. Whatever they call the ITM cup now
7. Torneo del Litoral
8. Japanese rugby championship
9. Hong Kong 7s
10. Six nations

>>73995751
I'll only rate the ones I watch
1-World cup
2-Rugby championship
3-Super rugby
4-Six nations
5-rugby 7's
6-whatever the ITM or Mitre 10 cup is called (NZ domestic league)

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SOON

>3 February
Brazil x Chile

>4 Febriary
US of A x Uruguay

>5 February
Canada x Argentina XV

>>73996077
I wonder who will win this year's Big Slammer™

>>73995624
Yea, usually when Sharks play New Zealand opposition there's also a tonne of cards that get issued, reds seem to happen a lot between them.

>>73995628
It needs to revert, and the deadweights need to be axed, imo.

Maybe introduce a promotion/relegation aspect to it?

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>>73996188
Promotion/relegation would be interesting.
I liked the idea of an American style conference system. Not sure how you would divide up the teams to make that work in a way that means that NZ(or whatever the strongest region happens to be) teams don't get shafted.

For example last year NZ should have had 2 teams on the top of the finals brackets not just the Hurricanes

>>73996244
Actually you could almost argue 3 teams in the top of the bracket if you count back to most wins in the tie for 4th

>>73995240

You heading to Pauanui for the long weekend lad?

>>73996244
The problem that I see with introducing an American styled one is you would have to find a really smart way to divide the teams up accordingly.

As it is now, it's not a fair representation of how a team performs. It's no secret that the New Zealand conference is definitely the strongest, and with how it's structured, they will have to play each other more than the fodder teams (Sunwolves, Kings, etc), which, when it comes to time for playoffs, puts them at a direct disadvantage due to fatigue and what not.

I would honestly prefer if it went back to Super 15 and then at the end of the season, the lowest performing team of that conference would play against the most achieving domestic team. It will encourage the lower teams to really give it their all.

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>>73990461
Premium Sports is a pay service offered only to pubs and Bein Sports Connect doesn't even run on Chrome. There's basically no way to follow the sport here other than searching for streams on gameday, and whose that dedicated other than expats. At least Super Rug is free to watch on ESPN3.

>>73996331
There is bound to be other ways lad
Just a quick Google and 2 or 3 promising websites popped up, didn't look into them though.
I'm sure you can find something that works for you

>>73996331
>Bein Sports Connect doesn't even run on Chrome

use a different web browser you literal autist. this is why seppos dont deserve to live desu

>>73996331
>using google is hard

just get good

>youre now aware if England win every game they will tie with New Pooland with the most amount of consecutive games won

>>73996385
Pay for a service that's only streaming and requires you to install a new browser and only has one game from every round? World Rugby needs to make these games more accessible to the US market. I would gladly pay if it meant watching on live tv (and alternately recording to dvr) instead of streaming through my laptop hdmi like some autist.
>>73996382
Looks like acesoplisting has the games. I'll try to catch the best game from every round or give it a download from acrossthetasman.

>>73996428
Actually they'll surpass it. Currently on 14 on the bounce and PP's record is 18. Probable at least guaranteed to match it

Ireland and Poo Peeland have a pooicide pact if England win the final game in Dublin

>>73996428
Somebody please beat the English

Both English and ABs on top of the world is too much to stomach

>>73996459
learn how to use acestream

>>73996428
Literally peaking to early.

>>73996331
Use a VPN and watch them on iplayer or I TV player

>>73996472
losing your record to poms good job

>>73996468
but wen can use it against poo pealand

>>73996493
Meaningless number really.

Consistency is more important than one statpadding era. And does it really mean anything if most of the wins are against yuro teams? Do you really take Cyprus' win streak seriously?

England's matches havent been much more difficult.

>>73996504
>
they beat us 4 times

>>73996504
Yeah cos Argentina and Saffers are fucking terrifying right? And the Aussies keep getting exposed by the jocks as mediocre as fuck.

>>73996508
Australia is fucking horrendous m8, doesn't count

>>73996520
Then who exactly makes your record more legitimate?

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>>73991298
Only other two "tackles" i can recall where the "tackler" had a closed fist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VTDdrcAg8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUUW7NeiUQ

>>73996527
NZ super Rugby teams

>>73996520
hurrrr durrr doesnt counttttttt pplayyyyyyyy reallll teammsss

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>>73996531

>>73996463
This. If they win their first 4 then lose to Ireland they'll have matched NZ's record. If they win all 5 they'll have beaten the record.

Looking forward the the new memes about England's record streak compared to number of world cups won, lads.

>>73996533
>>73996537
>aussie and welsh bandwagoning england to get back at New Zealand
New levels of pathetic here.

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>error404 Englol not found

>zero (0) new caps in the Wales 23
WAKE ME UP INSIDE
(CAN'T WAKE UP)

>>73996556
>Welsh
Better dead than red

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11792556

>nothing between England and Poo Peeland - Richie McCuck

Is this one of those elite truthies?

>>73996579

>not picking a winner and thus keeping his bread buttered from sponsors in both hemispheres.

Lift your game son.

>>73993921
kek this is pretty good.

>>73996565
Italy to win desu

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>>73996666
As much as I'd love to see it happen you're deluded if you genuinely think italy will win, they'd be doing well to finish within 10 points of wales.

England, Wales and Scotland will all kick off the 6N with a win.

After much statistical analysis I have created objectively the greatest XV of all time
Thoughts?
1 Martin Castrogiovanni
2 Keith Wood
3 Kees Junior Meeuws
4 Mark Andrews
5 John Eales
6 Colin Charvis
7 Richie McCaw
8 Kieran Reid
9 Greg Laidlaw
10 Dan Carter
11 Bryan Habana
12 Stirling Mortlock
13 Matt Giteau
14 Shane Williams
15 Chris Patterson

>>73996710
seek medical help

>>73996710
>Lomu can't make it into the GOAT XV
Hmmm

>>73996737
Not prolific enough, a mere 37 tries vs 66 (Habana) and 60 (Williams)

>>73996710

>Reed

LOL

Elite call for Meeuws though

>>73996767
He'd have scored a lot more if not for his kidneys 2bh

>>73996710
>mortlock instead of Horan
>Giteau instead of literally any player who's proven themself on the international stage

>>73996799
Gits has the second most points of any center, and Mortlock has the most, obviously the best center pairing.

http://www.strawpoll.me/12253030
http://www.strawpoll.me/12253030
http://www.strawpoll.me/12253030

>>73996823
They were both kickers you fucking pleb.

Did you just select your entire team based on points scored?

>>73996565
Really don't see the point of having Roberts on the bench, it's not like he gives any proper cover for the backs.
Its basically the same team that scraped us through the autumn. We'll win but it won't be convincing

>>73996828
aren't enough options PEH. I need one that says "I run /rug/"

>>73996830
Yes, the aim of rugby is to score more points than your opponents, so ergo pick the players who have scored the most points. The only other alternative choices for center are BOD and Greenwood (Most tries)

>>73996837
Great, so all 6 kickers that you've selected will all be scoring bulk points then.

>>73996845
Yes, it's a little known rule that if you nominate more than one kicker, you get to take any kick multiple times, and get points for each successful one.

>>73996845
Rugby is a dangerous game, injuries are very common, you need backups.

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scotch taem laeds

>>73996865
Ireland by 15

>>73996865
Not enough kickers PEH.

when do the jags/pumas play lads

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>>73996865
>make fun of scotland for years because they had shit backs
>finally get good backs
>their forwards are now shit
Ironic isn't it?

>>73996865
>Should we maybe photoshop Gray's black eye out for the team photos?
>Nahh fuck it

Also that backrow is awful.

>>73994069
>the absolute fucking state of french rugby
ftfy

>>73996933
>Brown
>Fagerson
>Gray the Younger
>Gray the elder
>Wilson
>"shit"

No

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>>73996666
noice

>>73996677
double noice

>>73996688
taking the piss

>>73997041
At best two of those guys are international quality

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>>73997066

>>73997069
Jackson is better than Russell and will demonstrate that at the weekend

>>73997086
Russell is better than Jackson and will demonstrate that in every game

>>73997069
I'm literally right lad

Can't wait for the Scotcuck salt when they get another wooden spoon desu

>>73996710
>points/tries/appearances are everything
>playing people in their actual positions is pointless
End yourself

Best pro era team coming through
15. Jenkins
14. Habana
13. O'Driscoll
12. Nonu
11. Lomu
10. Carter
9. Gregan
1. Woodcock
2. Wood
3. Vickery
4. Johnson
5. Eales
6. Dusautoir
7. McCaw (c)
8. Parisse

16. Mealamu
17. Jenkins
18. Castrogiovanni
19. O'Connell
20. Read
21. Pichot
22. Wilkinson
23. Williams

>>73997183
>More Italians in the team than South Africans

Really gets that cerebral cortex stimulated.

IMPORTANT POLL EVERYONE
http://www.strawpoll.me/12253419

>>73997183
>Jenkins fullback
As in Neil Jenkins?

>>73997183
>15. Jenkins
>17. Jenkins
Mate I think you'll need to use everyone's full names there.

>>73997200
Saffers don't tend to have outstanding players, but at their peak had a outstanding team systems. An awful lot of them were second or third best though. Debated throwing in de Villiers, but Nonu was better.

Most of the French that didn't make were left out because of inconsistency.

>>73997222
Yes, I don't care what anyone says, he's criminally under-rated. Starting fullback in the best Lions team since the game went professional.

>>73997210
>Handsome, well spoken Irishmen

How can people that don't exist run a poomunity?

>>73997249
Jenkins is hands down the best goal kicker ever IMO but the best fullback? That's pushing it faam.

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>>73997252
>literally the sexiest men in the world with the best accents
http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/congratulations-irish-men-youve-been-voted-sexiest-in-the-world
https://www.joe.ie/news/good-news-the-irish-accent-has-been-ranked-as-the-sexiest-one/508484

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ROB KEARNEY AT FULL BACK
I REPEAT
ROB KEARNEY IS IN BOYS

>>73997210
>captcha
no

it's BRbro btw

>>73997041
>can't even hold down his warriors place
>le i have 4 caps and have literally been outscrummed by dave fucking kilcoyne man
>actually unironically a top quality player
>le tall & blonde man
>literally who
>''''''top quality international pack''''''

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>>73997293
>bowe ahead of o'halloran
>john ryan ahead of bealham
Holy shit, I thought Schmidt hating Connacht lads was a meme? Bowe is literally not even making the Ulster team anymore.

>>73997327
yeah bowe is shite, living off of past glories, I'm hoping earls proves my negative opinion of him wrong too

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IRELAND
15. Rob Kearney, 14. Keith Earls, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Robbie Henshaw, 11. Simon Zebo, 10. Paddy Jackson, 9. Conor Murray, 1. Jack McGrath, 2. Rory Best (c), 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Iain Henderson, 5. Devin Toner, 6. CJ Stander, 7. Sean O’Brien, 8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:16. Niall Scannell, 17. Cian Healy, 18. John Ryan, 19. Ultan Dillane, 20. Josh van der Flier, 21. Kieran Marmion, 22. Ian Keatley, 23. Tommy Bowe

Forget targeting Murray, Scotland need to target Zebo. Sure Kearney, Bowe, Earls was a really good back three at the 2011 World Cup, but fucking hell. They won't score a try between them, unless they're just standing there to fall over the line after someone else does all the work (I call this the Keith Earls special).

>radio commentators talking about bowe having "credit in the bank"
Last time money rested in an account for this long was on fucking Father Ted

>>73997362
Bowe is obviously to cover 13/14/15, still fucking dire

Scotlands back three could cut him and Kearney apart

I'm worried about our line-out desu, can see Scotland aggressively targeting us there

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>>73996710
The only reason i watch Rugby today is because of Jonah The English Smasher Lomu and you dont even include him your "Greatest" side?

Leave the Thread

>>73997362
>I call this the Keith Earls special
Lets be honest now, he'd probably knock it on before touching it down.

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>>73997362
>22. Ian Keatley, 23. Tommy Bowe

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>>73997392
>somehow hadn't even noticed that donnacha ryan wasn't there

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IF we beat scotland
and
IF we get lucky with inuries
I think we can make it to the final day against england unbeaten, one or two key injuries and we are fucked though

>>73997426
>Ireland makes it through to the last day with 4 wins
>so does England
>the final showdown determines who wins the Grand Slam
>yfw it's a draw

The Irish are a bunch of fat inbred spacker cunts

Scotland by 50

>>73997426
Could someone give me a quick rundown on these two?

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>>73997554
-IRFU bow to Kearneys
-In contact with kiwis
-Possess god-like rugby abilities
-Control Leinster with an iron but fair fist
-Own rugby clubs globally
-Direct descendants of the ancient irish potato farmers
-Will bankroll the first intergalactic rugby tornament
-Own 99% of sports brands globally
-First designer babies will in all likelihood be Kearney babies
-Both brothers said to have 215+ rugby IQ, such sporting prowess on Earth has only existed in movies and novels
-Ancient Indian scriptures tell of two angels who will descend upon Earth and will spread the sport of rugby to the masses making it the world's most popular sport
-They own most profitable sporting organisations around the world
-You likely have KearneyBros merchandise in your wardrobe right now
-They learned fluent French in under a week
-Top rugby nations entrust their rugby strategies for analysis and critique by the brothers.
-The brothers are about 7 decades old, from the space-time reference point of the base human currently accepted by our society
-In reality, they are timeless beings existing in all points of time and space from the big bang to the end of the universe. We don’t know their ultimate plans yet. We hope they’re benevolent beings.

If Jacko has an outstanding 1st 2 games for Ireland do you think Schmidt will still start Sexton for the 3rd game?

>>73997587
would hope not, almost feel as though we need to cut sexton out of the setup asap due to his propencity to get injured, jacko deserves a good shot at this stage

>>73997587
Undoubtedly

>>73997587
Need to put in a Connacht FH

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Looking forward to the Italian victory lads.

>>73997722
Based r/rugbyunion

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>>73990614
general kek there.

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>>73991243

>Said the increasingly nervous potato

Looking forward to the match Paddy.

Just had a look at the Irish team and I think that's it lads, we're done for.

I might as well not watch the game on Saturday; we've pretty much lost already :(.

>>73997922
Are you Norn Irish or Scottish? Either way you're an idiot. Ireland were favourites, but with that team selection, it's anyone's game.

1. England
2. Ireland
3. Wales
4. Scotland
5. France
6. Italy

Is this correct lads?

>>73997362
>the last time bowe, kearney, earls could legitimately be considered ireland's best back three was 2011
>things that also happened that year
>arab spring
>enda kenny became taoiseach
>royal wedding
>london riots
>skyrim came out
>the artist (remember that overhyped shit?) came out
>game of thrones started

>>73997955
Not him but look at the back rows. No contest.

>>73998028
1. Irelands
2. Wales
3. England
4. France
5. N. England
6. Italy

>>73998028
Looking at how the fixtures and likely bonus points stack up, France will probably finish fourth, with 3rd and 5th being decided by the Scotland-Wales game.

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>>73998144

>Wales 2nd

My sides

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>>73997362
SCOTLAND
15. Stuart Hogg, 14. Sean Maitland, 13. Huw Jones, 12. Alex Dunbar, 11. Tommy Seymour, 10. Finn Russell, 9. Greig Laidlaw (c), 1. Allan Dell, 2. Fraser Brown, 3. Zander Fagerson, 4. Richie Gray, 5. Jonny Gray, 6. Ryan Wilson, 7. Hamish Watson, 8. Josh Strauss

Replacements: 16. Ross Ford, 17. Gordon Reid, 18. Simon Berghan, 19. Tim Swinson, 20. John Barclay, 21. Ali Price, 22. Duncan Weir, 23. Mark Bennett

>>73998028
1.England
2.Ireland
3.Scotland
4.Wales
5.France
6.Italy

first and second could change and third - fifth could change.

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>>73998189

How can the Irish even compare lads?

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>>73998189
>Hamish Watson

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>>73998203

Engalel
Scotalel
Potato
Le smelly Frenchmen
The Flippers
Walelelel

>screen cap this

>>73997362
>>73998189
Who has the better player, position by position?

15. Scotland
14. Scotland
13. Scotland (sorry Memerose fans)
12. Ireland
11. Even
10. Scotland
9. Ireland
1. Ireland
2. Ireland
3. Ireland
4. Ireland
5. Scotland
6. Ireland
7. Ireland
8. Ireland

Ireland 9.5, Scotland 5.5

1.Wankers
2.Bastards
3.Cunts
4.Smelly faggots
5.Knobheads
6.Jizz stains

>>73998229
Accurate

>>73998214

He's pretty angry lad.

>>73998229
Yes, we're gonna win. I don't know about England last, and France fourth seems a bit high.

>>73998228
>Seymour and Zebo Even

Thought this was a mostly fair post until I saw that utter delusion

>>73998247

It's pretty subjective

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>tfw Irelands don't play separately in rugby like in football

>>73998266
N.I. got grand slammed into the Irish union

>>73998222
muscular post

>>73998258
I was gonna put Zebo first, but I had to take Seymour's try stats into consideration. Zebo has been excellent this season, dominated Glasgow in Thomond, was top drawer against New Zealand in Chicago, and almost single-handedly dragged an Irish backline including Carbery and Marmion in the back three, Earls at centre and Memerose out of position to a victory against Australia. I called it a draw to be nice.

No matter what way you slice it though, Ireland have the better forwards, Scotland have the better backs.

>>73998222
Thicc post

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>>73998222
>even in their own wildest dreams, scots still only put themselves 2nd

>>73998302
>Hurrdurr he had a meme performance once or twice so he's clearly better

Seymour is deadlier than Hogg going forward. Very rarely does he not make a meaningful gain/line break when he has the ball. I'm willing to concede most of your forward picks but that's fucking retarded to think theres even a discussion on Zebo/Seymour.

>>73998369
>scots think it's comfortably seymour
>irish think it's comfortably zebo
Hmmm

>>73998343
>Wildest dreams
Not the guy you replied to but its just us being realistic. If we were to sneak a victory against Ireland (unlikely) then 2nd place is easily achievable. Better than being a deluded potato that genuinely believes that they could win the WC.

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>>73998343

>Thinking I'm a Scottish haggis sniffer.

I'm English mate. You know, the country keeping you guys from eating nothing but potatoes again.

>>73998384
Difference is Zebo has been considered a meme for years and Seymour is in contention for the Lions.

>>73998388
If it hadn't been for Sexton, O'Connell and O'Mahony coulda doying against France, we would've walked it.

>>73998393
You have that all backwards lad

>>73998403
Didn't Argentina knock you out lmao

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>>73998343
>Irish and wild dreams

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>>73998448

Quality post lad

>>73998448
>never ever believe in yourself and you'll never have to deal with being wrong
What an empty way to live

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>>73998475

There's aspirations and then there's delusion. Know your limits Ireland.

>>73998475
If you could believe in your ability to fly that'd be great senpai

Imagine being so obsessed with Ireland that you'd collect all their posts and then glue them together.

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>>73998521

>Almost as bad as losing to a team that's never got out of the quarter finals of a world cup.

wew lad.

>>73998521
Wouldn't go there Chicago

Imagine thinking that your team's GOAT moment was winning an exhibition match in a foreign country.

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>>73998561

>This damage control

The Ref ball wasn't working so well that day, was it.

Imagine the greatest moment in your life being another country beating NZ once.

>>73998533
At least they made the quarters tßh.

Imagine paying large sums of money to host a tournament and then not making it out of your pool

>>73998600
KEK this
utterly pathetic

*gets repeatedly BTFO just for existing*

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How sick of Irish teams are Scottish people at this point?

Go italy!

Reminder that European "pro" rugby is literally a retirement home for NZ players, where they can have a few easy games and earn ridiculous amounts, simply because they're kiwis.

Reminder that the Lions will not win a single game versus NZ in 2017; in fact, they'll probably lose against Super teams too.

Reminder that the average British rugby fan DESPISES New Zealand based solely on the decades of embarrassing defeats at the hands of the All Blacks.

Reminder that the greatest achievement in NH /rug/'s lives was Ireland going 1/29 against the All Blacks.

>>73998651
Cheering on the underdog sounds fun, but they're honestly Browns tier. Would love to see them get a result against Wales though.

>>73998502
kek

I can watch this on BBC iPlayer if I have a VPN right?

>>73998755
possibly

>>73998766
Good. Last year beIN Sports broadcasted all of the games but this year they're only doing six.

>pandering to refball
https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/status/827175909941731328

>>73998789
>but this year they're only doing six.

Sounds like the higher ups in American Football are throwing a wank over Rugby starting to move in on its corporate sport and putting it into the grave were it belongs

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>>73997955
>Either way you're an idiot.
>it's anyone's game.

>>73998395
Difference is Zebo is a Lions tourist and Seymour is literally just an Irish tourist in Scotland lamo

>>73998969
Zebo is as much a Lion as Billy Twelvetrees

>>73998668
Reminder that Super Rugby is falling apart with idiotic restructuring
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/opinion/wayne-smith/super-rugby-teams-pay-price-for-overzealous-expansion/news-story/4cee3ec6dd14beab2aef269fa88b9260

Reminder that its viewership and therefore sponsorships are plummeting
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/super-rugby-tv-fan-viewership-plummets-20160704

Reminder that SANZAAAAR are desperately trying to figure out how to get Americans into the sport so they can squeeze shekels from an already sport-saturated market
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11713051

Reminder that the Tri Nations + Argentina is struggling to generate interest and has to move games to Twickenham
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2016/04/05/twickenham-to-host-first-ever-rugby-championship-test-match/

Reminder that more New Zealanders are moving to Europe in their prime than ever before
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/88117844/Charles-Piutau-is-still-the-king-of-the-ones-that-got-away

Reminder that NZRU are so desperate for money that they're charging other unions extortionate prices to play against them, which they will soon refuse to pay
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/27/england-twickenham-cash-australia-new-zealand

Remider that rugby has all but fallen apart in South Africa
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/85014912/Springboks-legend-Victor-Matfield-bemoans-state-of-South-African-rugby

Reminder Australia are not far behind
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1012370.shtml

Reminder that 10-15 years from now NZRU will be bankrupt all New Zealand starters will be European-based

>>73999143
>some day you will tell a child that new zealand were the premier superpower in rugby and they will look at you with a mixture of confusion and amazement
Not sure how I feel about this

>>73999143
t. "Home" game vs the All Blacks in Chicago

Buyers remorse mate?

>>73999224
As Kiwis are so insistent on pointing out, that was a one off friendly. Ireland would never talk about moving a Six Nations game, especially against England, to America.

>>73999260
New Zealand are actually required by their sponsor to play a game in North America every year.

We didn't move the game, we were just their opponent that year.

>>73999143
Holy fuck NZ will N E V E R recover

>>73999381
>home side
>not deciding where to play
Shiggy lad

>>73999224
>t. "Home" game vs the All Blacks in Chicago

Pal, that was your Home Game, the only reason the match was held there was for your sponsor that required you to play a game over there

Can we stop fighting with the Kiwis? They're our friends now. C:

>>73999548
I'm not fighting with them, I'm just trying to warn them what will happen if they're not careful.

>>73999527
>Ireland vs New Zealand
>Home vs Away
>somehow NZ's home game

Either you cucked yourself by moving the game away from your fans or cucked yourself by letting the away game choose the location

S A D
A
D

>>73999143
inb4 autistic and bait

>Reminder that Super Rugby is falling apart with idiotic restructuring
Every supporter hates the changes
>Reminder that its viewership and therefore sponsorships are plummeting
Yep teams are selling naming rights as well which is sad, nature of progression though
>Reminder that SANZAAAAR are desperately trying to figure out how to get Americans into the sport so they can squeeze shekels from an already sport-saturated market
Yep including more big nations is good for the sport. SANZAR is trying to further the sport, no qualms here
>Reminder that the Tri Nations + Argentina is struggling to generate interest and has to move games to Twickenham
Pretty sure that was because Argentina was hosting the under 20 football world cup or something. I remember talking to Argie bro and the reason made sense
>Reminder that more New Zealanders are moving to Europe in their prime than ever before
They want to make a living playing rugby. NZ (SH in general) is very competitive and they are moving to a less competitive region so they have a chance of making a living playing rugby. More older players than ever are going over that way too.
>Reminder that NZRU are so desperate for money that they're charging other unions extortionate prices to play against them, which they will soon refuse to pay
Supply and demand. We are one team and everyone wants to play us. Crank up the price to play us and make money off of them. If you think teams that host NZ rugby don't make money off having us you are retarded, we just want a slice of our own pie
>Remider that rugby has all but fallen apart in South Africa
True
>Reminder Australia are not far behind
Potentially
>Reminder that 10-15 years from now NZRU will be bankrupt all New Zealand starters will be European-based
Doubtful but that is a long way in the future. Rugby could be banned from concussions and other injuries by then.

>>73999697
On the viewership point again, there is just too many games. To watch so you just watch the game of the week and your team.
Pretty much everyone I know only watched whatever the ~7pm game is both days and then their teams game if that isn't one of those two games.
Splitting it into smaller conferences could help by increasing how many "good" games there are.

Again this stems from the new restructuring that almost everyone hates

>kiwis digging themselves out their rubble to poo post

>>73999829
Pretty uncool 2bh.

>>73999829
>tfw almost every part of NZ has had earthquake damage at some point in time

Is Britain on a fault line?

>>73999697
>Pretty sure that was because Argentina was hosting the under 20 football world cup or something. I remember talking to Argie bro and the reason made sense
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/21/twickenham-australia-new-zealand-bledisloe-cup-rfu-new-york

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Oi Sheepfuckers
O'shea isn't exactly le mastermind but prepare your anuses for sunday
Your team has no confidence in howley (who is shit) and will be cuckolded at home by the international masters of cuckolding

ravioli ravioli give me the grand slamuoli

>>73999993
sextuplets and this happens

>>73999983
>exploring options to take the match abroad while Sydney’s ANZ Stadium undergoes redevelopment.
Hmmm

gonna be upset for the rest of the night now -_-

>>73993921
Just like to thank this muscular australian for introducing me to this muscular NZ comedy.

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga should play Bledisloe Cup

>>74000001
>>74000001
>>74000001
>>74000001

So Close

>>74000104
You know the Bledisloe is the NZ v AUS cup right?
The Rugby Championship is the company they could join

>>74000119
Competition not company

>>74000027
>not just playing in Brisbane where you're guaranteed a strong and knowledgeable crowd

Got fucking dammit the ARU are such Mexican Jew lizards.

>>74000076
It's pretty funny. There's one episode where they play rugby.

>>74000104
>Fiji: Henry speight, tevita kuridrani
>Samoa: jerry Collins, Christian Cullen, tana umaga, Jerome kaino, ALB
>tonga: malakai fekitoa, George moala

They already do. The Fijians play for Aus and the rest play for NZ

Whats more likely to happen in this 6N

A try bonus point actually being awarded (vs Italy doesn't count)
A pitch that doesn't churn up after 10 minutes

Brazil's rugby knowledge is giving me brain cancer lads.

>>74000390
But why isn't Fiji in the Bledisloe?
Do we not want them to get the grand slam?

Seeing Ireland's flag resurface in /rug/ is giving me acute casualitis lads.

>>73998448
kek, literally 4 of those were all me

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>>74000347
>tfw not drinking in feb

>>74000347
Bonus point is guaranteed
I'm not too knowledgeable on your pitch conditions so I couldn't tell you lad

>>73999993
>oi sheepfuckers
You're going to have to be more specific.

>>74000444

Or I could drink when I feel like it

>>74000426
please don't commit suicide

>>74000487
I'm a tall, handsome, well-educated white male from the greatest rugby nation on earth. Why would I commit suicide.

>>74000474
Of you could respect my fucking dub trips and drink when I tell you to faggot.

>>74000508
>maori negating your maoriness
>NZ is White

>>74000508
true lad :) keep strong

>>74000444
>no "Sexton concussion" in incidents
>no "French being predicably unpredicable" in commentary

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>>74000444
Official drink of 6N drinking game