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Aug 2019
9:05am, 19 Aug 2019
15,416 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
I predict Scotland will be on an early flight home, having gifted their place out of the pool to Japan. 
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Aug 2019
10:42am, 19 Aug 2019
19,419 posts
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TRO Saracen
Flanker on rugby thread = TRO on cricket thread.
Most open WC ever IMO. 5 or 6 teams have a shout and it’ll really be about who can arrive at the sharp end with key players fit, with form set to peak and then luck/smarts on the day.
Eddie has history of keeping something under the table at WC’s, remember the 2003 Wallabies ambushing the ABs with a performance and game plan unlike anything they’d showed in the tourno before then, and Japan surprising the Saffas.
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Aug 2019
11:08am, 19 Aug 2019
18,497 posts
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flanker
Am I that bad??
Hopefully you're right and he has a secret plan. Maybe Cipriani is his first choice fly half and he's going to draft him into the squad last minute?
The one positive I take is that we've not been playing the A team in these warm-up games. Bring back in Cohen, Mako, Underhill, Curry, etc and we'll address some of the skills gaps, but I still worry about our lack of creativity and how we seem to doggedly stick to a plan when everyone can see it's not working.
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Sep 2019
11:24pm, 10 Sep 2019
19,582 posts
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TRO Saracen
10 days....
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Sep 2019
8:42am, 11 Sep 2019
15,495 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
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Sep 2019
1:05pm, 15 Sep 2019
12,098 posts
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richmac
Relay good piece about EJ in the observers WC guide by the co writer of his biography.
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Sep 2019
1:40pm, 17 Sep 2019
5,167 posts
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Dai Bank
With the views that the Japanese have garnered singing Mae hen Wlad Fy Nhadau I guess I had better get on and learn the japanese anthem ready for their next visit.
The death knell of the 6 Nations has been sounded with the sellout to CVC. F1 was never the same after they grabbed hold of that "sport".
That is for the future, getting ready for Japan v Russia on friday, have a youtube version of the anthem so might have to sing phonetically if I can't find phonetic written lyrics, that's my next job.
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Sep 2019
2:20pm, 17 Sep 2019
15,508 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
Here you go Dai
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Sep 2019
2:20pm, 17 Sep 2019
56,966 posts
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swittle
Could always do a Redwood....
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Sep 2019
2:29pm, 17 Sep 2019
19,607 posts
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TRO Saracen
Looking forward to it. Couple of biggies over the w/e and Japan should be fun to watch. Morning fixtures is a bit of a mind-f&@k, I remember the footy WC in 2002, spilling out of pubs at 9am, hammered, and having to go to work.....
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