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Another bumper Saturday of rugby:

Game 1 - New Zealand vs. Fiji
Kick off: 08:05
Has it's own thread https://www.notplanetrugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1501

Game 2 - Wales vs. Argentina
Kick off: 13:00

Game 3 - England vs. Canada
Kick off: 15:00

Game 4 - British & Irish Lions vs. Sharks
Kick off: 17:00
Has its own thread https://www.notplanetrugby.com/viewtopi ... &start=320

Game 5 - Ireand vs. USA
Kick off: 19:15

Our junior club here in Singapore has two representatives in the England/Canada game today:

Marcus Smith: 2006-2011
Will Percillier: 2005-2011

Also games for RWC qualifying

Africa Cup: Uganda vs Ghana (10th), Cote'd'Ivoire v Madagascar (11th)
South America: Brazil vs Chile (11th)

tabascoboy wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:07 am Also games for RWC qualifying

Africa Cup: Uganda vs Ghana (10th), Cote'd'Ivoire v Madagascar (11th)
South America: Brazil vs Chile (11th)

Tonga vs. Samoa was also a qualifier apparently. Finished up .

Looking forward to Wales v Argentina.

What’s the status of the teams?

How depleted are each team?

Ymx wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:28 am Looking forward to Wales v Argentina.

What’s the status of the teams?

How depleted are each team?

Wales look at reasonable strength given who is unavailable
Wales: Hallam Amos; Jonah Holmes, Willis Halaholo, Jonathan Davies, Owen Lane; Callum Sheedy, Kieran Hardy; Nicky Smith, Elliot Dee, Dillon Lewis; Ben Carter, Will Rowlands; Ross Moriarty, James Botham, Aaron Wainwright.

Reps: Ryan Elias, Gareth Thomas, Leon Brown, Josh Turnbull, Taine Basham, Tomos Williams, Jarrod Evans, Nick Tompkins

Recognise a few of the Pumas but not sure at what strength they are? Will always be competetive up front
1- Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2- Julián Montoya (C), 3- Francisco Gómez Kodela, 4- Marcos Kremer, 5- Guido Petti, 6- Pablo Matera, 7- Facundo Isa, 8-Rodrigo Bruni, 9- Tomás Cubelli, 10- Nicolás Sánchez, 11- Santiago Cordero . 12- Jerónimo de la Fuente, 13- Matías Moroni, 14- Santiago Carreras, 15- Juan Cruz Mallía
Reserves:
16- Facundo Bosch, 17- Facundo Gigena, 18- Santiago Medrano, 19- Tomás Lavanini, 20- Matías Alemanno, 21- Gonzalo Bertranou, 22- Domingo Miotti, 23- Santiago Chocobares

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:47 am

tabascoboy wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:07 am Also games for RWC qualifying

Africa Cup: Uganda vs Ghana (10th), Cote'd'Ivoire v Madagascar (11th)
South America: Brazil vs Chile (11th)

Tonga vs. Samoa was also a qualifier apparently. Finished up

Spoiler

Show

42 - 13 in Samoa's favour

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Thanks, think the time zone difference caught me out on that one!

Also forgot on the 11th Kenya vs Zambia

Which channel is it on? Just s4c?

Ymx wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:08 pm Which channel is it on? Just s4c?

Couldn't find it on the Beeb or Channel 4 which is where most of the UK matches have been so far. My stream says Premier Sports. George Robson and an ex-Wales women captain whose voice I recognise, but name escapes me, on comms.

Ive only got s4c (which is beeb) but with Welsh commentary.

Ymx wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:13 pm Ive only got s4c (which is beeb) but with Welsh commentary.

It said at the start of the match that pressing the red button gives you English commentary with Eddie Butler, but my red button does fuck all.

Oxbow wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:19 pm

Ymx wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:13 pm Ive only got s4c (which is beeb) but with Welsh commentary.

It said at the start of the match that pressing the red button gives you English commentary with Eddie Butler, but my red button does fuck all.

https://www.viprow.me/wales-vs-argentin ... e-stream-1

Scrappy game so far

I sympathise with the frustration over scums being a shit show, but I never like the "I don't know what's happening, so you're both going off" yellow cards.

ASMO wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:22 pm Scrappy game so far

Won't be helped that Carley is reffing

Might get off with a yellow because the Welsh player was dipping a touch?

Doesn't look good and the Argie should've gone in lower.

Edit - red. Can't really argue. Arg down to 13 for a bit while both teams have players in the bin.

Ironic that Dickson called that when he's let far worse go this season.

Oxbow wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:37 pm Ironic that Dickson called that when he's let far worse go this season.

Maybe someone in the RFU reffing structure has given him a deserved bollocking and reiterated how the framework is actually supposed to work.

SaintK wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:34 pm

ASMO wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:22 pm Scrappy game so far

Won't be helped that Carley is reffing

......and a high tiackle red card
Welsh 9 should be off for HIA but Carley letting him stay on

It was red all day for me, game probably ruined as a spectacle now though.

I'd be more interested in 9's attempted rip going across the Argentina player's face than 7's tackle.

ASMO wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:40 pm It was red all day for me, game probably ruined as a spectacle now though.

Yep!
Carley comes over like an old Victorian schoolmaster without the empathy

Good effort to establish a lead and a good time to score.

Wales very ordinary, Argentina not really having to try too hard. I suspect a half time bollocking on the cards

Wales again getting their red card bonus I see.

A shame the 20 min replacement thing got vetoed by those who never trialled it themselves.

Ymx wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:56 pm Wales again getting their red card bonus I see.

Only just caught up with this. What is it with Wales? That's a joke red card.

Wales player goes for ball one handed and prevents pass wide. Ref: "just a knock on". FFS

Rowlands is the Welsh Jonny Hill

That was very pretty

ASMO wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:10 pm Rowlands is the Welsh Jonny Hill

He was very, very good for a few seasons at Wasps before his call up. Never quite been the same since.

Wrong call. Shoulda gone for the corner+lineout.

LOL. ABs go 8 phases this morning and keep advantage. Welsh commentator says adv over after 1 kick.

Sanchez's sh*t dead ball kicking will cost them this game.

Thomas "tarjeta amarilla" Lavanini now on, Expect Argentina to be playing with 13 men anytime soon.

Kick it down the middle you retard. Arg kicking game is dogsh*t.

Argentinan kicking has been woeful

Kerrrist Sanchez. Having a shocker. And why did the SH remove the ball from a driving maul going fwds?

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:25 pm LOL. ABs go 8 phases this morning and keep advantage. Welsh commentator says adv over after 1 kick.

Sanchez's sh*t dead ball kicking will cost them this game.

The point of advantage is that you shouldn’t end up worse off by the end. Hence the name advantage!!

If you get advantage whilst kickable pen, it should always at the very least go back to that. Perhaps and IMO it should go back to that pen well before 8 phases.

However it should never just finish in mid play, where there was a point gaining opportunity like a pen kick.

Ref desperate to find a deliberate knock on having totally ignored the one from Wales earlier

Wales just went 6 phases in advantage. Should that have just stayed as knock on against Wales ?? Of course not.

Blood hell
Wales are poor from 5m out