The 'other' June tests
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<p>some huge units in the Fijian team</p>
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<p>anyone else watching this...seems sky have 2 audio streams and one of them is about a second or so ahead of the play, so you hear a whistle, a second or so later you see the ref blow a penalty and hear the whistle again.</p>
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<p>Awful game of rugby I thought. Samoa had no scrum at all. Good to see them blooding younger players however.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="African Monkey" data-cid="586258" data-time="1465618637"><p>Awful game of rugby I thought. Samoa had no scrum at all. Good to see them blooding younger players however.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Osbourne didn't have his best game. Nakarawa is some player.</p>
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Oh yeah Robson was fantastic, brilliant try too, that was a ridiculous run.</p></blockquote>
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Kind of ridiculous he could almost come to a complete stop and not get swallowed up by cover of some sort.<br><br>
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<p>Did anyone see the match between Argentina and Italy? Just noticed the final score was 30-24 to Argentina. Somehow I expected a more convincing win by the Pumas. Maybe due to Jaguares fatigue? Or isn't Italy as bad as I expected?</p>
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<p>This is the only legal highlights video that I could find: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.espn.com.ar/video/clip/_/id/2701343'>http://www.espn.com.ar/video/clip/_/id/2701343</a></p> -
Conor O'Shea (former Ireland FB and Harlequins coach) has taken over the helm at Italy.<br><br>He's a smart thinker and knows his coaching. He's got s tough job ahead of him, but I think he'll make a difference over the next couple of years both to teams playing in PRO12 and with the test team.
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Have to give props to Georgia who have started a three-match tour to the Pacific Islands this month with consecutive matches against Samoa, Tonga and Fiji - good experience and support for all four teams.
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<p>Have to give props to Georgia who have started a three-match tour to the Pacific Islands this month with consecutive matches against Samoa, Tonga and Fiji - good experience and support for all four teams.</p>
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<ul><li>Faialaga Afamasaga (3)</li>
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<p> Any who watched the game see how Faialaga went?</p>
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<p>He's been playing for my club (Mid Western) this season.</p>
<p>Hope he doesn't get injured in these tests, as we are missing him big time! Damn International season, getting in the way of club season!!! :knuppel: :whistle:</p> -
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<p> Any who watched the game see how Faialaga went?</p>
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<p>He's been playing for my club (Mid Western) this season.</p>
<p>Hope he doesn't get injured in these tests, as we are missing him big time! Damn International season, getting in the way of club season!!! :knuppel: :whistle:</p>
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<p>Barely saw any of the ball. Made an error towards the end as Samoa finally had some posession in the Georgian 22 which ended any hopes of Samoa winning.</p> -
<p>The official livestreamer of Samoa v Georgia has posted the full match on Youtube (anthems only start at 10'28''):</p>
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<p>A low quality highlights video has been posted by the Georgian Rugby Union (with Georgian commentary):</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;">Highlights South Africa 'A' v England Saxons</span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p>Enjoyed that - hard to tell from the highlights but the Saxons looked like they were getting a bit of altitude fatigue, then finished it off.</p> -
<p>Here's the list with this weekend's games and the tv channels on which we can watch them in NZ. <u>Times are NZ times</u>. If I can find any official streams of the games that aren't televised, I'll add them later. Help is appreciated. Please, let me know if you spot a mistake.</p>
<p>I'm disappointed the USA v Italy and Canada v Russia games aren't broadcasted in NZ.</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sat 18 June, 5.10am</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">South Africa A v England Saxons</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">George (SA)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sat 18 June, 12:45pm</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Tonga v Georgia</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Suva</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sat 18 June, 3:00pm</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Fiji v Samoa</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Suva</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sky Sport 1</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sat 18 June, 7:35pm</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">All Blacks v Wales</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Wellington</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sky Sport 1</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Prime delayed 8.30pm</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sat 18 June, 10:00pm</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Australia v England</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Melbourne</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sky Sport 2</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sat 18 June, 10:20pm</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Japan v Scotland</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Aichi</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Rugby Channel</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sky Sp 1 delayed 11.00pm</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sun 19 June, 3:00am</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">South Africa v Ireland</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Johannesburg</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sky Sport 1</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sun 19 June, 9:00am</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Canada v Russia</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Calgary</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sun 19 June, 1:00pm</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">USA v Italy</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">San Jose</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Mon 20 June, 9:10am</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Argentina v France</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Tucumán</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Sky Sport 1</span></p>
