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That's great, hopefully this will give the sport a boost in South Korea and they can kick on from here and follow in Japan's footsteps. Interestingly they won both the semi final against China and final against Hong Kong in extra time. I don't think China were anywhere near either a couple of...

I would consider myself a casual EPL supporter, I used to watch some of the big games on Fox Sports - maybe 2-3 per month, but I never watch it anymore as it wasn't worth it for me to get Optus for a couple of games per month. If rugby goes to Optus then I'll get it so from a personal...

I can't see moving to Optus being a good thing unless it also means getting some Super Rugby games on FTA. While Fox Sports has limited reach it's far greater than Optus Sports - there's still the potential for NRL and AFL fans, and more casual sports fans to watch some games of rugby. With...

I'm all for it so long as New Zealand also splits into two test nations.

So glad this looks like it might finally happen. I think the biggest challenge will be ensuring Fiji have access to their best players. That will be important as we've seen in their loss to Uruguay that there is currently a bit of a gulf between Fiji's 1st and 2nd XV. They were complacent in...

I think you're not giving enough credit to South Africa for how boring that game was. They passed the ball even less times than Wales did, and kicked the ball about the same number of times. I'd like to see a rule variation trialled where a mark can be called up to the 10 metre line within...

What a terrible game of rugby. Reminded me of a lot of the 2007 world cup and now we have the same two teams in the final. Please don't let this final be as boring as that one was!

On that front I think Portugal and Spain have a lot of potential due to the strength of their juniors over a number of years. Portugal's u-20's have finished 2nd, 3rd and 2nd in the last 3 World Rugby Trophy's u-20's. If those players had professional opportunities the Portuguese test team would...

I think we can include Japan in tier 1 now. Georgia and especially Uruguay probably need to boost their playing numbers to get there. Georgia have great resources and a wealthy benefactor so they seem more likely to get to tier 1 level to me. Uruguay only have something like 6,000 registered...

I'm more in favour of expanding to 24 teams with 6 pools of 4 and a round of 16 (top 2 in each pool, plus the 4 best 3rd place finishers). It would eliminate the short, unfair turnarounds between matches and add more knockout games, plus help rugby grow in new markets. There'd be more...

Yeah I don't think that would work for us. Japan should be added to the Rugby Championship, but I don't think the window for the tournament can change much. Hopefully the new / revamped Japanese league could start in October instead of September.

Good stuff from Uruguay, I definitely think they're the most improved side from last world cup to this one.

Do you know which countries will be involved?

Saw this on reddit, showing the size of the typhoon

I didn't mention any of the complexities, just that cancelling a match doesn't necessarily make the pool result unfair. But I don't think it's as simple as you say. The games have been cancelled because it's obviously not that simple. And those of us not involved in the planning and running of...

Agreed with this. I also think that while it is obviously really unlucky for the teams that miss out over these cancelled matches that it's not necessarily unfair. For any cancelled match those two sides have both played the other 3 teams in their pool so they've had the exact same chances to...

I think players basically have to start trying to tackle underneath chest height at all times. You're never going to get your timing perfect every tackle, and a slight misjudgement when attempting a ball and all tackle can easily end up hitting the head. That said, I wouldn't be against a...

If they beat Samoa they could still miss out if they lose to Scotland (and both Scotland and Ireland also beat Samoa). All teams would have 1 loss so it would come down to bonus points and potentially points difference. Ireland would be pretty much certainties to make the quarters in this...

It was from the opening kick off! Players will start staying down anytime they get hit on the head (even if they're not badly hurt) so these things definitely get checked. But in the TV coverage they showed a close up replay of it straight away, so I assume the TMO would have seen it. And they...

Amazing result. Uruguay have come a long way in the last year, though Fiji (even with the same starting 15) would win that match probably more than 95% of the time so it's definitely one of the bigger upsets in world cup history. I think this result should make World Rugby think very...