I just couldnât call it at this stage, thirteen days out. Maybe the forums most astute observer of rugby @gilgamboa will be able to make a call on it.
The 4 day turnaround will do for the scots. Japs eye the quarters
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Might Scotland run the risk of fielding a depleted team against Russia ahead of the Japan match four days later?
They are playing pool cannon fodder Russia though in that game. Youâd imagine theyâll throw out the B Team. Iâd have fancied the Japs to bate the Scotch before the tournament but the Scotch are forewarned now.
Would be ballsy. There will still need to be minimum 8 fellas benching who will be involved in both games
Scots were pathetic this morning IMO
Conditions were very difficult.
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Didnât see it. This whole working lark is a pain. Iâd better forward on Joeâs letter to the bossman ahead of Thursday.
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Their last two tries were penalty tries. They struggled to breakdown the samoans big time.
And theyâll need the owl bonus point
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You cannot underestimate the value of a BP in this group. You really canât
Great banter from Coach Schmidt.
Fred Cogley
It was humid as fuck
Is Samoa a savage humid country I dont know much about it? The roof was closed as well for some reason
Can you get two bonus points for a narrow loss with 4 tries?
Yes. But youâve to drink with you left hand and not use the word âyesâ or ânoâ.
Yes
Yes. If you score four tries and lose by 7 or less, two bonus points. Itâs a real incentive to play attacking, offensive rugby.
So if we went balls out attacking against Japan, didnât bother defending, scored four tries and lost by 50 points, we would have ended up with the same number of bonus points (1).
Fascinating.