@nostrildamus Of course it happened with Wayne Barnes as ref 
@Fale009 said in Nations Championship:
@nostrildamus Of course it happened with Wayne Barnes as ref
Tolu Latu has serious form in terms of doing stupid shit
@SouthernMann said in Nations Championship:
Zimbabwe playing a great brand of rugby against Tonga. Up 24 - 19 with 15 minutes to go. Patrick Pellegrini currently in the bin.
Tonga have butchered three easy tries.
And Tonga scores two quick tries shortly after your post SM, to steal the win.
That second try by Zimbabwe was sweet. The left wing had the low centre of gravity was tough to get down.
@Canes4life said in Nations Championship:
Who’s everyone picking over the weekend?
I’m going
- ABs by 20 over France.
- Italy by 10 over Japan
- Wallabies by 7 over Ireland
- Springboks by 13 over England
- Scotland by 3 over Argentina
- Fiji by 3 over Wales
Hmmm, you are not very good at picking scores, aren't you ?
I was working in Cardiff Central train station last night
Lots of Fijian supporters heading back to England and to a man and woman happy, huge humans
@cgrant said in Nations Championship:
@Canes4life said in Nations Championship:
Who’s everyone picking over the weekend?
I’m going
- ABs by 20 over France.
- Italy by 10 over Japan
- Wallabies by 7 over Ireland
- Springboks by 13 over England
- Scotland by 3 over Argentina
- Fiji by 3 over Wales
Hmmm, you are not very good at picking scores, aren't you ?
Way to rub it in mate.
Samoa are a frustrating team to watch. Georgia had a well-deserved win but Samoa created enough chances to beat them. Mistakes and poor options.
@Bovidae said in Nations Championship:
Samoa are a frustrating team to watch. Georgia had a well-deserved win but Samoa created enough chances to beat them. Mistakes and poor options.
Yeah, they have talent, but make silly decisions in the game.
What did Umaga-Jensen say to get penalised?
I wonder what sort of team Samoa will put together for the RWC? They might pick up Akira?
@Bovidae said in Nations Championship:
Samoa are a frustrating team to watch. Georgia had a well-deserved win but Samoa created enough chances to beat them. Mistakes and poor options.
I watched the first half of the Romania game last night and thought they attacked far better in this one, but still lack pace/ overall game control.
Just looked at the score to see they lost it at the death with a try and conversion to Romania after the siren had gone off.
I think there's a problem with how this tournament is set up, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
@ACT-Crusader Didn't watch today's game but watched the previous two games. They have regressed a fair bit since getting rid of Seilala Mapusua as coach. They didn't look all that good under him but they were light years ahead of this Tusi Pisi-coached group.
As a Samoan, it is sad to see how pathetic Samoa and Tonga look today but at the same time it is quite deserved. Corruption and mismanagement has been the over overarching theme since the 90s and will never be fixed. The only difference now is that more countries are playing and while they progress, we regress.
@Tim said in Nations Championship:
@Nepia Ioane would be a good pick-up. Might be a few more. Is AJ Lam Samoa qualified?
The guys who said they will play are Akira, Shaun Stevenson and Josh Ioane. I think Manu Tuilagi wants to play too if he is healthy. That is all well and good but this is the same situation every cup. These guys come in at the end of the cycle, play the world cup and then piss off and rarely play again.
@Fale009 said in Nations Championship:
@Tim said in Nations Championship:
@Nepia Ioane would be a good pick-up. Might be a few more. Is AJ Lam Samoa qualified?
The guys who said they will play are Akira, Shaun Stevenson and Josh Ioane. I think Manu Tuilagi wants to play too if he is healthy. That is all well and good but this is the same situation every cup. These guys come in at the end of the cycle, play the world cup and then piss off and rarely play again.
Yeah, goes from a bunch of 30 something ex ABs/Wallabies players for the major tournaments, then back down to Auckland Club Rugby/NPC bench players inbetween times.
@Fale009 said in Nations Championship:
@Tim said in Nations Championship:
@Nepia Ioane would be a good pick-up. Might be a few more. Is AJ Lam Samoa qualified?
The guys who said they will play are Akira, Shaun Stevenson and Josh Ioane. I think Manu Tuilagi wants to play too if he is healthy. That is all well and good but this is the same situation every cup. These guys come in at the end of the cycle, play the world cup and then piss off and rarely play again.
Sadly that is the nature of the beast at the moment, and until the NH dominated WR decide to value all levels of international rugby and penalise unions who allow their clubs to engage in restrictive contracts then this will keep happening.
I think Samoa always has to put out the best team possible for the RWC (and those three Maori players and the English overstayer definitely help that) to keep putting pressure on the powers that be.