Guest allyc Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstevie007 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Heart-pounding stuff. The tournament won't produce a better game or finer performance. I'm now shitting it for Scotland...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Good God. Didnae see that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Christ was that unexpected, I thought they should have went for 3 points to get a draw, what a show of team spirit and massive bloody balls to do what they did. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Christ was that unexpected, I thought they should have went for 3 points to get a draw, what a show of team spirit and massive bloody balls to do what they did. Amazing.Exactly what I was thinking. Cheered when they scored though as you could see what it meant to the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Don't follow rugby at all, but that was bloody brilliant and miles better than anything we've been served up by the Scottish team in recent years. Wouldn't mind if they beat us again on Wednesday. Fantastic and seeing those stewardsin the stadium going wild as well was fantatic. The fans living the dream too. South Africa-42 was 10/11 odds pre kick-off. A mental result, but credit to them going for it when they could've settled for the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bino's Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 we can win the group now wide open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Exactly what I was thinking. Cheered when they scored though as you could see what it meant to the players. Same here. Quite incredible but well done to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 we can win the group now wide open! I'll be happy if we don't come last now!We've got to beat everyone bar South Africa if we want to qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Q Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 we can win the group now wide open! Makes it easier to win the group; or come third or even fourth. Brilliant performance by Japan, but it also looks like this South Africa side is very ordinary indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 What a game - but that was mostly to do with south Africa being garbage. Japan did nothing exceptional for the most part. They defended superbly to be fair, but south Africa were absolutely dreadful. We can beat both those teams on the evidence of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Im in no way a rugby efficianado however - Do our group winners not go into the half of the draw that contains New Zealand ? Does this maybe partly explain South Africa losing ? (not to mention i heard they made wholesale changes in the 2nd half ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Im in no way a rugby efficianado however - Do our group winners not go into the half of the draw that contains New Zealand ? Does this maybe partly explain South Africa losing ? (not to mention i heard they made wholesale changes in the 2nd half ?) NZ are in a different draw and the runners up of that other group would play NZ (assuming NZ top their group). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Im in no way a rugby efficianado however - Do our group winners not go into the half of the draw that contains New Zealand ? Does this maybe partly explain South Africa losing ? (not to mention i heard they made wholesale changes in the 2nd half ?) No. Our group winner plays the runner up from NZ's group so avoids them until the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 NZ are in a different draw and the runners up of that other group would play NZ (assuming NZ top their group). No. Our group winner plays the runner up from NZ's group so avoids them until the final. Tony Calvin would seem to disagree and as a professional punter i doubt he is wrong http://www.sportinglife.com/rugby-union/news/article/2/9992076/rugby-world-cup-2015-betting-preview-tips If Scotland do win all their games, including against South Africa in Newcastle on October 3, then that pitches them against the runner-ups from Pool A (probably either England or Australia, now that Wales have lost their points machine in Leigh Halfpenny) in the quarters before New Zealand lurk in the semis. Not great. But, clearly, Scotland are the likeliest runner-ups in Pool B - South Africa are as short as 1/16 to win it, even if they would probably rather not, given the draw, and that is something you have to bear in mind as the pool plays out - and that would enable them to play England or Australia in the quarters at Twickenham, and Ireland or France/Argentina in the semis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Tony Calvin would seem to disagree and as a professional punter i doubt he is wrong http://www.sportinglife.com/rugby-union/news/article/2/9992076/rugby-world-cup-2015-betting-preview-tips If Scotland do win all their games, including against South Africa in Newcastle on October 3, then that pitches them against the runner-ups from Pool A (probably either England or Australia, now that Wales have lost their points machine in Leigh Halfpenny) in the quarters before New Zealand lurk in the semis. Not great. But, clearly, Scotland are the likeliest runner-ups in Pool B - South Africa are as short as 1/16 to win it, even if they would probably rather not, given the draw, and that is something you have to bear in mind as the pool plays out - and that would enable them to play England or Australia in the quarters at Twickenham, and Ireland or France/Argentina in the semis. Sorry I misunderstood your original question. I thought you meant in the next round after the initial group stages. Hadn't given it much thought beyond getting out of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Sorry I misunderstood your original question. I thought you meant in the next round after the initial group stages. Hadn't given it much thought beyond getting out of the group. Dont worry - me neither. Quarters and Semis are alien to us However Tony has actually tipped us as worth a bet to win it - and he is not a mug punter by any means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Japan's players have certainly bulked up. Some looked like sumos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Japan's players have certainly bulked up. Some looked like sumos! And half of them aren't Japanese either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittymeister Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 And half of them aren't Japanese either. The only team with all its players being born in the country they are playing for is Argentina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Japan's players have certainly bulked up. Some looked like sumos! Aye, but in the main they were solid. A fair amount of the SA players (i.e. Burger), just looked like fat bastards, which is a disgrace at that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBFup2hEcAo&app=desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 The only team with all its players being born in the country they are playing for is Argentina. Bloody hell. Didn't realise it was that bad. Rugby led the way in stretching/bending the eligibility rules to ridiculous extremes and Japan seems to have been one of the biggest exponents of this as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBFup2hEcAo&app=desktop Brilliant. A shame Clive James isn't on telly any more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan_Don Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Was at the Japan game yesterday... Absolutely incredible day, great stadium, great atmosphere and a monumental result Unbelievably heart fae the Japanese Sets up the group now, huge opportunity tae take control early...will nae be easy mind Bring on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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