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2023 enfin ?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:11 pm
by tigran
New Zealand, Italy, Amerique, Afrique...
Good to have les blacks to launch it
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:06 pm
by Puja
With luck, you'll deliver them their first ever group stage defeat on the opening weekend and leave them scrapping against Italy for the second qualifying place!
Puja
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:25 pm
by morepork
You guys are adorable.
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:37 pm
by Puja
morepork wrote:You guys are adorable.
I'm sorry, remind me how your last RWC went?
Puja
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:40 pm
by morepork
South.
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:08 pm
by tigran
What are your feelings moreporky ?
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:09 pm
by tigran
Puja wrote:With luck, you'll deliver them their first ever group stage defeat on the opening weekend and leave them scrapping against Italy for the second qualifying place!
Puja
Sounds fun
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 3:56 am
by morepork
tigran wrote:What are your feelings moreporky ?
Back to being wary of France. I can see them building, and I like it.
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:04 pm
by Puja
The question has to be the running order of the pool. Do they follow traditional RWC etiquette and open with the biggest game - France vs New Zealand - which could set the tournament and country on fire if les Bleus win, but run the risk of losing the general public's interest if the hosts lose? Or do they follow 2015 and 2019's example and let the hosts open with a challenging game that they ought to win (all due respect to Italy)?
Puja
ETA. Looking back at things, I'm clearly mistaken. I thought previous iterations of the RWC had the host opening against their biggest pool rivals, but I'm clearly wrong - 2011 was NZ vs Tonga (not France), 2007 was France vs Argentina (but Ireland were probably considered a bigger threat), 2003 was Aus vs Argentina (not Ireland), 1999 was Wales against Argentina (not Samoa). I'm clearly getting this memory from 1995, where South Africa faced Australia first up.
Re: 2023 enfin ?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 4:39 pm
by francoisfou
morepork wrote:tigran wrote:What are your feelings moreporky ?
Back to being wary of France. I can see them building, and I like it.
Indeed they are. The current squad may find themselves favourites with England or the 6Nations(the England v France game on March 13th may be the decider), but there are several very promising younger players who may not even make the 6N squad which augurs well for 2023.