Match thread

Bones

Halarrnoogarrnoogarr 😂

African Monkey

@Bones He's like the Aussie Ken Laban.

Stargazer

Oh, no, he drops it! :fearful_face:

Bones

Oh shit. Takalua actually passes and look what happens. Great, now he'll never pass again.

African Monkey

@Bones There's nothing better than watching a Takalua box kick.

African Monkey

@Bones Sorry haha just assumed we had the same coverage. I'm listening to Sean Moloney and Mehrts.

African Monkey

Another blown Tonga try!

African Monkey

FFS this is frustrating from Tonga.

NTA

This is the least dynamic Tonga team I can remember

African Monkey

Great Tongan try against the run of play!

NTA

Yanks look knackered

NTA

Commentators just mentioned that Canada, having had their match cancelled, headed into Tokyo to see about helping out with recovery and cleanup.

Top stuff

NTA

Yank scrum under huge pressure now

NTA

Yanks give up the turnover after not supporting their player

antipodean

Smart try by USA against the post. All to play for in the dying minutes.

Stargazer

I thought it was a stupid decision to go for the scrum, but it paid off! Great try from Veainu!

Stargazer

Great sent-off for Piutau.

Edit: and a great birthday present, as well. He turned 34 today.

Bovidae

Was Tameifuna injured in the Argentinean game? He never played after that.

booboo

@Stargazer said in RWC: USA v Tonga (Pool C):

Good quiz question: which wings have captained the All Blacks.

I don't have the answer.

Stu Wilson for starters.

Was Elvidge a winger?

booboo

@Stargazer said in RWC: USA v Tonga (Pool C):

Good quiz question: which wings have captained the All Blacks.

I don't have the answer.

According to http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/list_of_captains.html?id=8;type=team it apears only Wilson.

They've sort of listed Umaga, but don't think he ever started as captain on the wing.

And they've got Ben Smith as FB,W .
But only one match as captain. So again not a starter as captain on the wing.

Bovidae

Stu was the AB captain by default on that tour. One to forget too.

I thought BFA might have captained from the wing but he was at fullback.