Rugby Championship in an Aussie bubble?
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David Wilson (68)
And what's with the commentator calling Neville "Hosea" and Hosea "Neville" the whole game. We should expect more.
Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
They look similar.....
Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
Pretty good hit out for a mish mash team. Starting front rows were effective at scrum time and around the field, Isi had some good carries, in fact the forwards held their own against a more experienced pack. Halves were good. Simone bounced back. Tristan Reilly’s chase at the end was impressive. With Rennie searching for the perfect combination you’d think a few players put their hands up.
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David Wilson (68)
I'd expect Hosea to again come close to a test spot against Argentina. HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) a bit quiet but could come in for Slipper if he's out with injury. Interesting that he played LHP this game. Conal McInerney had a very strong game but I don't expect him to force his way into the test side. Naisarani was about the best of the Aussie players and could be considered at 8 in the test side.
Interesting that Valetini was used as one of the main lineout jumpers and did the job quite well, but can't see him displacing Swinton or Wilson from the test side. Simone had a strong game in both attack and defense in the 13 jersey, but actually spent quite a bit of time as first receiver. Set up a nice break for Harrison which should have resulted in a try early on but Will held the ball much too long and then threw a desperate pass under pressure and a try went begging.
Interesting that Valetini was used as one of the main lineout jumpers and did the job quite well, but can't see him displacing Swinton or Wilson from the test side. Simone had a strong game in both attack and defense in the 13 jersey, but actually spent quite a bit of time as first receiver. Set up a nice break for Harrison which should have resulted in a try early on but Will held the ball much too long and then threw a desperate pass under pressure and a try went begging.
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David Wilson (68)
Yeah, his try off the back of the scrum/ruck? was vintage Isi. I am convinced no other No 8 in the country would score there.
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Bob Loudon (25)
It’s pretty similar actually, games were due to be played and one side was unable to meet their contractual obligations. I don’t care whether they call it a cancellation or a forfeit but either way it needs to be consistent. Poor Fiji copping a bonus point loss isn’t consistent
South Africa withdrew from the tournament so the tournament was changed to four teams.
Fiji haven't.
It will be incredibly unfair if the 28-0 result counts towards World Rugby Rankings but I can't imagine it will. It just counts towards the ladder of that tournament to help produce an overall result.
They are also different bodies making the decisions. This isn't World Rugby.
sendit
Bob Loudon (25)
Because no one team was deemed to be at fault. In this scenario Fiji is at “fault”, it’s more logical that their world rankings would be affected than not
I guess Fiji should just withdraw from the comp now, with the amount of players that have covid I can’t imagine they’ll recover in time to play
I don't think it will have anything to do with World Rugby rankings.
The decision wasn't made by World Rugby to my knowledge.
sendit
Bob Loudon (25)
Does it matter who it was made by?
Yes. From my understanding the decision by the tournament organiser is based on their tournament and isn't an official result.
World Rugby will treat the match as cancelled with no result in terms of rankings rather than the the scoreline decided. I.e. The World Cup matches were declared 0-0 draws for the purpose of the group tables but were considered not to exist as far as rankings points go and aren't a match.
