Rugby World Cup general discussion
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@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@Billy-Tell said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Les organisateurs de la Coupe du monde abandonnent les hymnes chantés en canon
Objet d'un tombereau de critiques, l'interprétation polyphonique des hymnes par des chorales d'enfants a été réarrangée et réorchestrée, notamment pour éliminer l'effet chant en canon. World Rugby laissera le choix à chaque fédération : soit cette version 2 avec les enfants, soit un retour à l'hymne classique.
Yes! Back to traditional anthems unless the union (for some weird reason) prefers the children’s a capella version.
That's a really shit decision
Love it or hate it, things like this are what makes each RWC unique
All they had to do was slow the choir / piped track down
It's not fucking rocket science
I really, really hope that Wales continues to use the choir to respect what France as a host nation has put together
I wish World Rugby would concentrate on the important shit like referee and disciplinary hearings consistency
Settle down. Each union can still choose. So wales can have the children’s choir if they want.
@Billy-Tell said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@Billy-Tell said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Les organisateurs de la Coupe du monde abandonnent les hymnes chantés en canon
Objet d'un tombereau de critiques, l'interprétation polyphonique des hymnes par des chorales d'enfants a été réarrangée et réorchestrée, notamment pour éliminer l'effet chant en canon. World Rugby laissera le choix à chaque fédération : soit cette version 2 avec les enfants, soit un retour à l'hymne classique.
Yes! Back to traditional anthems unless the union (for some weird reason) prefers the children’s a capella version.
That's a really shit decision
Love it or hate it, things like this are what makes each RWC unique
All they had to do was slow the choir / piped track down
It's not fucking rocket science
I really, really hope that Wales continues to use the choir to respect what France as a host nation has put together
I wish World Rugby would concentrate on the important shit like referee and disciplinary hearings consistency
Settle down. Each union can still choose. So wales can have the children’s choir if they want.
If World Rugby really wanted to improve things they’d stop micing (sp) the players
Always a cacophony of chaos and caterwauling
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Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
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Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
Not at all unpopular to me.
Can easily fit in mid week games.
Tournament is dead for a week.
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@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
Not at all unpopular to me.
Can easily fit in mid week games.
Tournament is dead for a week.
@booboo said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
Not at all unpopular to me.
Can easily fit in mid week games.
Tournament is dead for a week.
At least next week there’s a Thursday match. So it’s just Tuesday & Wednesday off
I think bye weeks kill the momentum more. After the AB’s play Namibia they have 2 weeks off before Italy
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@booboo said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
Not at all unpopular to me.
Can easily fit in mid week games.
Tournament is dead for a week.
At least next week there’s a Thursday match. So it’s just Tuesday & Wednesday off
I think bye weeks kill the momentum more. After the AB’s play Namibia they have 2 weeks off before Italy
@Duluth said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@booboo said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
Not at all unpopular to me.
Can easily fit in mid week games.
Tournament is dead for a week.
At least next week there’s a Thursday match. So it’s just Tuesday & Wednesday off
I think bye weeks kill the momentum more. After the AB’s play Namibia they have 2 weeks off before Italy
Bye week us related.
If they had mid weekend they wouldn't have a bye.
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Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
@mariner4life 100% agree.
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Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
There’s no easy answer without increasing the number of teams. Otherwise we are back to minnows getting 3 days between matches.
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Make the big teams also have short turnarounds as well
Thr other problem is, especially with these kick off times, I will watch less minnow games.
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@Duluth said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@booboo said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
Not at all unpopular to me.
Can easily fit in mid week games.
Tournament is dead for a week.
At least next week there’s a Thursday match. So it’s just Tuesday & Wednesday off
I think bye weeks kill the momentum more. After the AB’s play Namibia they have 2 weeks off before Italy
Bye week us related.
If they had mid weekend they wouldn't have a bye.
@booboo said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@Duluth said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@booboo said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
Not at all unpopular to me.
Can easily fit in mid week games.
Tournament is dead for a week.
At least next week there’s a Thursday match. So it’s just Tuesday & Wednesday off
I think bye weeks kill the momentum more. After the AB’s play Namibia they have 2 weeks off before Italy
Bye week us related.
If they had mid weekend they wouldn't have a bye.
Jeez I hate auto correct.
Happy to sound/read like I'm drunk when I am... but I'm not at 12 noon on a week day. Usually.
Hope you all could interpret...
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@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
There’s no easy answer without increasing the number of teams. Otherwise we are back to minnows getting 3 days between matches.
@Billy-Tell said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
Possible Unpopular Opinion
The tournament suffers as a spectacle by only having games on the weekend.
There’s no easy answer without increasing the number of teams. Otherwise we are back to minnows getting 3 days between matches.
But they sorted that last time. All teams got the storm week.
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@MN5 Interesting. Australia with more players (4) in that list than SA (1).
NZ's sole representative is a back up at the moment, though I'm sure his time will come in the next 4 years.
I wonder how many of the players listed currently play or recently played in the French Top 14?
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@MN5 Interesting. Australia with more players (4) in that list than SA (1).
NZ's sole representative is a back up at the moment, though I'm sure his time will come in the next 4 years.
I wonder how many of the players listed currently play or recently played in the French Top 14?
@stodders said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
@MN5 Interesting. Australia with more players (4) in that list than SA (1).
NZ's sole representative is a back up at the moment, though I'm sure his time will come in the next 4 years.
I wonder how many of the players listed currently play or recently played in the French Top 14?
Fat is not necessarily good
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I'm glad there are no mid-week games. With the time difference, it's hard enough to watch some live and keep up with the rest. Add more games (or with fewer days in-between), and it will be near impossible to watch the majority of games.
@Stargazer said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
I'm glad there are no mid-week games. With the time difference, it's hard enough to watch some live and keep up with the rest. Add more games (or with fewer days in-between), and it will be near impossible to watch the majority of games.
Mid week games would be at a reasonable time over breakfast, but might make you who live in NZ late for work ...
The vibe just dies for the most part of the week
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We've gone from one extreme to the other with the space between games. 7 am NZT is a decent time but apart from the SA-Scotland game, which I recorded, I haven't watched any of the other games.
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You know you don't have to watch all them live?
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@booboo The comment was made that 7am is a decent time, so I assumed that was about watching live.
I need evenings during the week to catch up with the games I couldn't watch live during the weekend. If you add games during the week, I simply don't have the time to watch the majority of them.
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@Bovidae said in Rugby World Cup general discussion:
7 am NZT is a decent time
That depends on how late people have to leave home for work (if you're talking about games on work days).
@Stargazer Yes, I'm referring to Sat and Sun mornings for us. One advantage of recording a game was that I could FF through all stoppages and kicks at goal, and for this RWC there is a lot of them.
