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[Timelord2067]

Channel 9 is showing the Australia Vs Georgia game on Sunday, but I haven't been able to check on the other games.




Not sure Melbourne can get the job done against Brisbane.  If the Auckland beat Penrith it'll be yet another boil over, the Sharks might fumble, but I'm going to back them anyway.  And the last game of this round I'm leaning towards the Knights who have had an impressive winning streak in the latter half of the regular season.

Both Brisbane and the Panthers fielded under-strength teams last round (effectively the Broncos threw the game - loosing the minor premiership in the process) - neither team deserve to win, but I'm backing them as the stronger teams on the day.

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[aoluain]

Channel 9 is showing the Australia Vs Georgia game on Sunday, but I haven't been able to check on the other games.


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I am lucky to be able to watch the British TV channel ITV1 where almost all games will
be televised, some on ITV4 but I think I will be also able to tune that in too.

While tomorrow is the opening game but Saturday has a very important game scheduled,
England v Argentina because England are weakened and Argentina will see a real chance
of winning and making the first step in securing a top pool spot.

Of course Ireland and Australia are in action and are expected to win their games.

1 gane from each pool will be played.

[darxiaomi]

What a win for France!

I only see the first minutes of the game, and New Zealand started the game with a fast trie and it was a magnificent one, so i thinked its gonna be a hard and long day for France national team. I shut down the tv and when i check the result i see France win by a good margin, i dont know what happen on the game, but great win for them.

[aoluain]

The odds for France went to 2.35 after they went behind early in the second half but their
play was definitely in a different gear and when Penaud went over the tey line on the 55th
minute I felt the tide had changed, and so it had winning 27 - 13.

This is the first pool game New Zealand have lost ever! that game was a big statement
from France after being under pressure in the first half to coming out in the second with
a brilliant response.

[Timelord2067]

Well done France (mutter, mutter there goes one of my two teams).

I just heard on the radio that both teams scored two tries but France had more penalty goals awarded to them.

Tomorrow, Australia and Georgia faceoff and Im hoping to see that game.


In the NRL, the Broncos had an emphatic win over the Storm (on a rain soaked Lang Park field) one broken neck and two concussions have all but wiped out the Storm for this season with the ABC commentators reluctantly conceding their players are unlikely to win their next game (regardless of who they slated to play).


*Edit* I don't know why, but I thought the Australia Vs Georgia game was on after the Roosters scraped in with a win 12 - 13 against the Sharks (who are now out of the finals)

Instead, at 11 p.m. (barely fifteen minutes ago) the France Vs New Zealand game is on (delayed telecast I'm guessing).

I've got to admit I miss the "old" Haka instead of the New! Improved! Haka that nobody in New Zealand i know can chant along with.

90 seconds in NZ scored then France got a penalty...

Plus there is a LOT of cheering and booing that you don't get here or in New Zealand.

I'll watch this game, but I don't think I'll be up at two a.m. for the live game.

[aoluain]

RUGBY WORLD CUP

Italy v Namibia - big gap in performance and level but after Namibia taking the first score
Italy blast ahead and put up 52 points.
Final score 52 - 8

Ireland just finished 82 - 8 against Romania. Again like the Italy game Romania took the
first score with and try. Irelands first half performance was touch and go with a lot of frustrating
handling errors. Performance was mixed and Romania put in some serious tackling.

Up next is England v Argentina, really looking forward to this, I think Argentina have a
really strong chance to win this. ^{I have to travel 130 miles to get home for the start of this}

In the NRL, the Broncos had an emphatic win over the Storm (on a rain soaked Lang Park field) one broken neck and two concussions have all but wiped out the Storm for this season with the ABC commentators reluctantly conceding their players are unlikely to win their next game (regardless of who they slated to play).


*Edit* I don't know why, but I thought the Australia Vs Georgia game was on after the Roosters scraped in with a win 12 - 13 against the Sharks (who are now out of the finals)

League NRL

72" field goal seals the win for the Roosters: 12 - 13

Cant believe the Storm failed to score in a final??? Whats the deal with the broken neck?
I cant find anything about that.

[Timelord2o67]

I saw the first half on TV but I was out and about during half time and the first thirty minutes of the second half. When I got in my car with ten minutes to go, the game had been stopped for a few minutes and the commentators were remarking how nasty a fall it was by the Storm player.

The game resumed and shortly after full time they switched to the Storm's head coach Craig Bellymy's press conference. Someone is heard asking "How is he?" And the solom reply was half muttered "yeh, he's got a broken neck ankle" there was an uncomfortably long silence the Craig Bellamy started talking about the inherent dangers in playing League and that it's "early days" for the player's diagnosis... etc

I'll hunt out an online news article and post it here soon.

*Edit*

Ankle. Broken ankle. (I misheard as neck - my blunder)

https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/09/08/cant-imagine-how-hes-feeling-bellamy-shattered-for-injured-paps/

'We're devastated for Ryan': Storm star targets new year return after surgery

Author Martin Lenehan NRL Senior Journalist
Timestamp Sat 9 Sep 2023, 11:17 AM

Storm superstar Ryan Papenhuyzen has had surgery on Saturday to repair his fractured right ankle, with the club saying they are "devastated" for the 25-year-old.

Playing just his third game back in the NRL after more than a year out with a knee injury, Papenhuyzen was taken from the field on a medicab in the 73rd minute at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.

He was immediately taken to hospital in a horror end to a night in which the Storm also lost winger Xavier Coates to an ankle injury and had four players leave the field for HIAs.

Thumping wins in the Rugby World Cup for both Ireland and Australia.

I'm pleased I was able to see the balanced France Vs New Zealand replay a few hours ago. It was a really solid game. As I said earlier, we don't have the booing, cheering (60,000 whistles going off at the same time) and even singing like in the Football matches.

Nothing like that here.

[aoluain]

League NRL

... And the last game of this round I'm leaning towards the Knights who have had an impressive winning streak in the latter half of the regular season.

Nice one Timelord, good call on that one, they did impressively well to win,
they were down 8-22 in the second half when I checked it and I thought they were gone,
final score 30-24.

Union Rugby World Cup

Good win by Australia! That was expected really although Georgia are a decent enough
team and would be the best of the second tier teams.

England v Argentina - WTF happened Argentina? they had a man extra after Tom Curry
was sent off in the 3rd minute. VERY frustrating game to watch, the amount of handling
errors and turnovers coughed up by Argentina was shocking, they definitely had a very
big OFF DAY. But just in the final minutes they manage to show a hint of what they can
do by scoring a late try and conversion, Final score 27-10.

I really hope they can get out of the pool stage by beating Japan, Chile and Samoa.


Next games today are:

Japan v Chile - I expect Japan to win this
South Africa v Scotland - Massive game for both, I expect SA to win this one - comfortably???
Wales v Fiji - Hmmm IDK about this one - Probably Wales in a close game.

[darxiaomi]

Union Rugby World Cup

Good win by Australia! That was expected really although Georgia are a decent enough
team and would be the best of the second tier teams.

England v Argentina - WTF happened Argentina? they had a man extra after Tom Curry
was sent off in the 3rd minute. VERY frustrating game to watch, the amount of handling
errors and turnovers coughed up by Argentina was shocking, they definitely had a very
big OFF DAY. But just in the final minutes they manage to show a hint of what they can
do by scoring a late try and conversion, Final score 27-10.

I really hope they can get out of the pool stage by beating Japan, Chile and Samoa.

A fucking shame man, i see the whole game, its a real bitter sensation , because we have one man more for 60 minutes!!! and in some ways we play correctly but we cant make so many faults and England played very very smart, winning the game without a trie.

We also have TWO clear tries to make and we made an idiot fault only a 1 meter to the goal......

Also i have to say for me it was a little bit much the red card for the England player. Yellow i think it was correct.

[aoluain]

Union Rugby World Cup

Good win by Australia! That was expected really although Georgia are a decent enough
team and would be the best of the second tier teams.

England v Argentina - WTF happened Argentina? they had a man extra after Tom Curry
was sent off in the 3rd minute. VERY frustrating game to watch, the amount of handling
errors and turnovers coughed up by Argentina was shocking, they definitely had a very
big OFF DAY. But just in the final minutes they manage to show a hint of what they can
do by scoring a late try and conversion, Final score 27-10.

I really hope they can get out of the pool stage by beating Japan, Chile and Samoa.

A fucking shame man, i see the whole game, its a real bitter sensation , because we have one man more for 60 minutes!!! and in some ways we play correctly but we cant make so many faults and England played very very smart, winning the game without a trie.

We also have TWO clear tries to make and we made an idiot fault only a 1 meter to the goal......

Also i have to say for me it was a little bit much the red card for the England player. Yellow i think it was correct.

I think everyone is in agreement about that Red card decision for Tom Curry, it
was a bit harsh and the Yellow would have been fairer.

Argentina have a lot of work to do now to get out of the pool. They have almost two
weeks to prepare for Samoa.


Earlier today as expected Japan beat Chile - Not as an impressive win as the scoreboard
would suggest, Japan were not as good as they were in the last WC and first timers Chile
were very good in defeat, they made it difficult for Japan.
Final score 42-12

South Africa - Scotland - tough day at the office for both teams but more so Scotland who
only scored once. They managed to stay with SA in the first half but SA scored 2 try's and
a conversion in the second half in the space of about 15 minutes, in the end the reigning champions
were too strong.

Up shortly Wales v Fiji... Current odds Wales 1.57 v 2.70 Fiji.

[aoluain]

Rugby World Cup

Last game of the opening weekend was the best game, a lot of intensity, a lot of action, scoring
and drama!

Final score: Wales 32 - 26 Fiji

Wales up until about 15 minutes to go Fiji looked like they were done. On the 67th minute
wales were 32 - 14 ahead, no scores until Fiji scored a converted try on the 73rd minute. . . then again
on the 78th minute, it was game
on with Fiji in possession with the last play. . . a wide looping pass to Radradra to run
over the line but he knocked it on.

TBH Wales were lucky to come away the winners, Fiji are actually ranked 6 on world rankings.
They missed two tries by knocking on while on the try line.

A look at the statistics further illustrates what a lucky escape this was for Wales
as possession (61-39) and territory (65-35) were both in Fiji’s favour while the Welsh made
248 tackles to Fiji’s 70 and in attack the islanders finished with 652 metres gained to Wales’ 378.
Fiji must be wondering how they lost this game.

https://www.planetrugby.com/news/wales-v-fiji-five-takeaways-from-the-game-of-the-opening-rugby-world-cup-weekend#:~:text=A%20look%20at%20the%20statistics,metres%20gained%20to%20Wales'%20378.

[Timelord2067]

It doesn't look like any of the games are on free to air, so it'll have to be a late night trip to a pub or club to catch any of the games.

I saw the Newcastle Vs Canberra game. A very solid performance with Newcastle taking a two point field goal in the second five minutes of golden point. Not sure why they kept playing (might be because it was a penalty instead of game play) in any event, it was a nail bifhting thriller of an ending.

Storm Vs Roosters Friday evening followed by Warriors Vs Knights on Saturday.

The Storm and Warriors are higher on the ladder, but I'm going with the Roosters and Knights who have less players suffering injury at the moment.


No PM's or messages here, so it's just two of us in the sweep.

Japan has become an emerging powerhouse since their upset win in 2015 while Fiji as with most Pacifica teams like to play a hard hitting game, so expect more brusing encounters.

[Timelord2067]

This week's Union Rugby World Cup matchups are very skewered if the money online is anything to go by.

France, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa are suspended while their opponents Uruguay, Namibia, Tonga and Romania are double digit odds.

Similarly, Samoa and Wales are $1.01 England $1.05 with Australia the highest favourite odds at $1.34 Vs Fiji on $3.30

[aoluain]

Yea, a lot of mismatches happening this weekend starting tomorrow. Currently ROLLBIT are
taking bets on all games. France 1.001 - 40.0 Uruguay. New Zealand are also 1.001 also.

The game of the weekend has to be Australia v Fiji, odds are in favour of Australia but I
really think Fiji could pull off an upset, they are priced at 3.55! ^{sorry Timelord}

I am really looking forward to Wales v Portugal, Wales will win but I want to see what
Portugal are about, I have never seen them play.

[Timelord2067]

Don't get me wrong, I think Fiji shouldn't be discounted. It's just the money is going Australia's way. Regardless, it'll be one of the must watch games this weekend.

*edit*

Here are the odds on Nitrogen at the moment (note how many have suspended the favourites) https://play.nitrobetting.eu/en/sportsbook (ref link down below)




Over in the NRL, I'm putting my satoshi where my mouth is and going with the Roosters and Knights:

Melbourne Storm - Sydney Roosters 15 Sep 2023 19:50 Money Line Sydney Roosters @ 3.16 New Zealand Warriors - Newcastle Knights 16 Sep 2023 16:05 Money Line Newcastle Knights @ 2.46 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.777 mBTC

Melbourne Storm - Sydney Roosters 15 Sep 2023 19:50 Money Line Sydney Roosters @ 3.16 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.316 mBTC
New Zealand Warriors - Newcastle Knights 16 Sep 2023 16:05 Money Line Newcastle Knights @ 2.46 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.246 mBTC

Sourced from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_NRL_season the semi finals look like this so far:



Penrith and Brisbane are parachuted into the second last semis with their wins (via their being first and second on the ladder having then won their first encounter of the semis).  It's must win for Newcastle and Sydney to then square off.

Sydney *might* thump Brisbane to make it an all Sydney Grand-final (Penrith over Newcastle - in saying that - Penrith had a couple of upset losses, so let's see how this weekends games go)

Correction - Sydney AND Newcastle *might* thump Penrith and Brisbane to make it a head scratching Grand-final (misread the chart the first time)

[aoluain]

Over in the NRL, I'm putting my satoshi where my mouth is and going with the Roosters and Knights:

Melbourne Storm - Sydney Roosters 15 Sep 2023 19:50 Money Line Sydney Roosters @ 3.16 New Zealand Warriors - Newcastle Knights 16 Sep 2023 16:05 Money Line Newcastle Knights @ 2.46 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.777 mBTC

Melbourne Storm - Sydney Roosters 15 Sep 2023 19:50 Money Line Sydney Roosters @ 3.16 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.316 mBTC
New Zealand Warriors - Newcastle Knights 16 Sep 2023 16:05 Money Line Newcastle Knights @ 2.46 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.246 mBTC

Sourced from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_NRL_season the semi finals look like this so far:



Penrith and Brisbane are parachuted into the second last semis with their wins (via their being first and second on the ladder having then won their first encounter of the semis).  It's must win for Newcastle and Sydney to then square off.

Sydney *might* thump Brisbane to make it an all Sydney Grand-final (Penrith over Newcastle - in saying that - Penrith had a couple of upset losses, so let's see how this weekends games go)

Correction - Sydney AND Newcastle *might* thump Penrith and Brisbane to make it a head scratching Grand-final (misread the chart the first time)

Great chart, I have been trying to decypher how the finals work and looking at it now
it makes sense.

Winning the first finals week gets you straight to the semi final, losing means you have
another game to play.

Are Storm going to lose a second week in a row? they will want to make amends for
the horrid performance last week.

Warriors just based on their end of regular season ladder position of 4th V's Knights 5th
and with 2 more wins would be my pick but yea small margins....

[Timelord2067]

With New Zealand's injuries and loss last week I'm not sure they are going to win after coming so far this year.

Likewise, Sydney are on top of their game while Melbourne suffered a bruising loss to Brisbane.

My wagers are placed, now it's just a waiting game (I should see tomorrow night's game in full - live (fingers crossed)


In the RWC, looking at the odds, if I were to bet on every outsider and just say Japan won, then I'd get my money back.  If Japan and Fiji win I'd be ahead.  I'm going to mull over that one all night I think. (If say e.g. Romania, Portugal or Uruguay won as well, then I'd be much further ahead again...)

[aoluain]

In the RWC, looking at the odds, if I were to bet on every outsider and just say Japan won, then I'd get my money back.  If Japan and Fiji win I'd be ahead.  I'm going to mull over that one all night I think. (If say e.g. Romania, Portugal or Uruguay won as well, then I'd be much further ahead again...)

Its a very big ask Timelord...

I watched last nights game France v Uruguay. France had made 12 changes to their
team ahead of the meeting and they had a tough time against a decent Uruguay team.
At one point the scoreline was France 13 - 12 Uruguay. That was probably an opportune
time to put a bet on France.



France failed to secure a bonus point and Uruguay had a try disallowed so it was a very
entertaining game.

Final score: France 27 - 12 Uruguay

Next Game tonight - New Zealand v Namibia

[Timelord2067]

The Roosters only fumbled twice - and lost because of it.

Melbourne drew first blood at the eighth minute, but failed to convert their two first half goals.  The did pick up a field goal penalty (twice!) to go to half time 10 - 6 looking spent.

With ten minutes to go, Sydney took the lead 12 - 13 but then five minutes from full time the last player in a multiple player ball pass got his fingertips to the ball and it went out to give possession back to Melbourne.  With less than two minutes to go Cameron Munster kicked the ball 40 metres along the try line which was caught by the last Melbourne player on the other side who then rolled and dove over the try line practically unchallenged by any Sydney players.  Melbourne then dragged the last 90 seconds of game play denying Sydney a chance to equalise at full time.

Melbourne will now face Brisbane against next week while tomorrow in Auckland, the Warriors take on Newcastle.

It's a tight end to a refreshingly different season.

[aoluain]

Well it played out just as I figured, I didnt think Melbourne would roll over and would look
for vengeance of sorts this week after last weeks performance. They now play the Panthers
for a place in the final.

Warriors v Knights tomorrow, for some reason I'm thinking the Broncos will have a slightly
easier semi final against either of these than the Panthers will against Storm


Union RWC

New Zealand v Namibia has just started and after 2 minutes its 7-0...