Rugby

[Rain Dog]

A primeira vitória num mundial para Portugal vai ser contra a Austrália, leram primeiro aqui

[Jimpo]

Citação de Rain Dog, há 52 minutos:

A primeira vitória num mundial para Portugal vai ser contra a Austrália, leram primeiro aqui

Estou a começar a sonhar. 

Porrada entre os jogadores da Austrália num treino, jogadores a não quererem jogar. É só o que peço 

[Petar Musa]

Se Portugal ganhaa a Austrália, tem que ser feriado na semana seguinte. 

[Lebohang]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/eddie-jones-has-to-go-and-not-just-because-of-embarrassing-loss-20230925-p5e78p.html

https://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/wallabies-vs-wales-live-eddie-jones-bombshell-hangs-over-must-win-world-cup-clash/news-story/a949237a0ed9888ca4009ffabb3ebabe

[JackBauerPT]

Citação

This is what rock bottom looks like for Australian rugby.

Calma mate, prá semana há mais 😎

[Lebohang]

Citação de JackBauerPT, há 1 hora:

Calma mate, prá semana há mais 😎

[Lebohang]

Citação

Rugby World Cup organisers eye expanded 24-team tournament and new pool-stage format

Exclusive: World Rugby could add four teams to 2027 edition in ‘Swiss model’ group stage after emerging nations impress in France

The next Rugby World Cup is closer than ever to expanding to 24 teams following the emerging nations’ performances at the current tournament.

A ‘Swiss model’ pool stage similar to those adopted by the Heineken Cup and football’s Champions League is also under consideration as part of the first change to the size of the sport’s flagship event since 1999.

World Cup expansion has been among the hottest topics during the current tournament, which World Rugby is closely monitoring before deciding whether to add another four teams to the event from 2027.

Alan Gilpin, its chief executive, has thrown his weight behind the expansion plans and told Telegraph Sport “the signs are very positive” following the performances of the likes of Chile and Portugal in France.

 

 

Chile have lost all their matches on what has been their World Cup debut but took shock leads against both Japan and Samoa and kept England at bay for 20 minutes on Saturday before succumbing 71-0.

The same day saw Portugal, in their second appearance in the competition, were within two minutes of shocking Georgia before drawing 18-18, having earlier restricted Wales to a 28-8 win.

Asked about World Cup expansion, Gilpin said no decisions had been taken but added: “I personally believe you’ve got to do it, you’ve just got to commit to it and then you invest in the high-performance programmes of the teams that are likely to be those four-to-six teams.

“Chile had a tough match against a very strong England side who played some great rugby at the weekend. Chile played brilliantly against Japan the first game in this World Cup. Portugal, I mean, how amazing have Portugal been in this tournament? In the Rugby World Cup for the second time; Chile for the first time. And so on. The signs are very positive.”

Expansion would bring its own challenges, with the current 20-team tournament currently among the longest world championship in any sport at seven weeks.

 

 

Gilpin acknowledged a 24-strong pool stage would be more “awkward” given it would need to feed into either an eight or 16-team knockout round.

European Professional Club Rugby experimented with two pools of 12 in a Swiss model-style Heineken Cup format where each team played four matches to determine who qualified for the last 16.

That reduced the jeopardy of the pool stages and was scrapped for this season.

From next term, football’s Champions League will adopt a single group of 36 teams in which each side will play eight matches.

“The Swiss model that EPCR’s tried is very vogue,” said Gilpin, who confirmed a similar model was under consideration along with other formats. “We are literally looking at all of that.”

Six groups of four teams, four of six, or even three of eight, would bring their own problems, but Gilpin said: “There are lots of great reasons why expanding to 24 teams is the right thing to do.”

Swiss model explained

The Swiss model, popularised by chess, is an alternative to a traditional round-robin format. While the latter involves each participant playing all other participants in a league structure, the former involves matches against a limited number of other participants.

It is used primarily in competitions in which the round-robin phase sees teams either placed in a large single group or split into big rather than small groups.

The system is advantageous in competitions that move from a round-robin phase to a straight knockout stage but feature an awkward number of participants. For example, the Rugby World Cup’s current 20-team, four-pool format feeds straight into the quarter-final stage by allowing the winners and runners-up of each pool to progress. But that is more problematic in a 24-team tournament. Four pools of six – the current format of the Heineken Cup – would force each country to play an extra pool match in what is already a seven-week event. Six groups of four is asymmetric and could see four third-placed teams qualify as they do in football’s European Championship.

During the coronavirus crisis, the Heineken Cup experimented with a Swiss model featuring two pools of 12 in which each club played two other teams from another country twice and the top eight in each pool qualified for the last 16. However, it allowed sides to progress having won just one of their four matches.

The most famous adopter of the Swiss model has been football’s Champions League. From next season, it will feature a single group of 36 teams in which all clubs will be drawn to play eight opponents – four at home and four away – based on their Uefa coefficient rankings. Clubs finishing in the top eight will qualify automatically for the last 16, with those finishing ninth to 24th playing off to join them. Could the Rugby World Cup adopt a single 24-team pool in which each team still plays only five times?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/09/27/rugby-world-cup-expand-24-teams-new-pool-stage-format/

 

[Lebohang]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/29/eddie-jones-dumps-samu-kerevi-as-wallabies-prepare-for-portugal

Boas notícias, o Eddie Jones vai inventar no próximo Domingo. 

[Lebohang]

Amasso

[Lebohang]

Bom jogo da Geórgia até agora, o que demonstra que num dia bom nosso as Ilhas Fiji não serão um adversário de outra galáxia para nós daqui a uma semana. 

[Lebohang]

Fiji 17-12 Geórgia

Por incrível que pareça ainda temos uma hipótese teórica de seguir em frente mas é tão mínima e improvável que a imprensa internacional nem sequer a considera, e bem, que é vencer Fiji e Austrália com uma destas vitórias com Bonus Point.

[HappyKing]

ENSAIO!

7-3 para nós. 

Editado 1 Outubro 2023 por HappyKing

[Boitswana]

Desculpem a minha ignorância mas no caso do amarelo passar a vermelho o jogador é excluído definitivamente e passamos a jogar com menos 1 ou há apenas mais uns minutos de penalização?

Editado 1 Outubro 2023 por Boitswana

[Lebohang]

Bom, deu para sonhar. 

Pelo menos ficou amarelo, o jogo não ficou estragado. 

Citação de Boitswana , há 5 minutos:

Desculpem a minha ignorância mas no caso do amarelo passar a vermelho o jogador é excluído definitivamente e passamos a jogar com menos 1 ou há apenas mais uns minutos de penalização?

Ficamos com menos um o resto do jogo

[HappyKing]

Já fugiram no marcador. 

[Hammerfall]

Isto é violentíssimo.

Que bisarmas os australianos, só temos pencil necks.

O Sousa Guedes é slippery af

[Jimpo]

Em 15vs15 temos estado impecáveis 

Que pena fodassee

[Boitswana]

Não conseguir um ensaio nestas condições tão favoráveis é frustrante. 

[Jimpo]

O passe pra fora foi cedo demais 

O pilar australiano... meu deus. Que monstro 

[dragomir]

Que azar do crl, aquele dia ensaio era fundamental 

[bobzz]

sem os 21 da exclusao, 7-3 com um ensaio por um pintelho

[dragomir]

Citação de Jimpo, há 6 minutos:

O passe pra fora foi cedo demais 

O pilar australiano... meu deus. Que monstro 

E o segunda linha é assustador 2,08m

[Jimpo]

Citação de dragomir, há 1 minuto:

E o segunda linha é assustador 2,08m

A altura não é tudo. Também caem.😝

O problema é que aquele 1 tem 1,95cm/125kg e quando o placam ele avança. 

 

[JackBauerPT]

Citação de bobzz, há 7 minutos:

sem os 21 da exclusao, 7-3 com um ensaio por um pintelho

15 contra 15, levavas 50 ou 60 /conceição /lagisquet

[Lebohang]

Citação de Jimpo, há 17 minutos:

Em 15vs15 temos estado impecáveis 

Que pena fodassee

Austrália não joga um crl, 3 ensaios feitos em superioridade numérica, 15x15 se o outro não tivesse sido guloso seria 2-0 para Portugal.