The Rugby Thread

[PeteC]

^ ^ reference the above schedule, most games are not time zone friendly for us here. Many start at 0200 our local time, and the rest seem to be at 2200 hours with only a few in the early evening.

Looks like a lot of replay watching for us, and trying to stay away from any score reports.

[Bamboo Grove]

Had an hours chat with an old friend last night. He's an English friend of mine from my Bangkok days and has been living in Perth, Australia now for 17 years. He said, he's flying to France tonight to watch the rugby WC and as he's a very good friend, I thought, I'd have a look at this thread. No mention, "it's coming home" here, so I'm positively surprised. Should I start to follow rugby instead of football? Nah, I'll suffer the ignorance of the homers. Good luck to you all, who follow rugby, no matter whom you support. I know my friend will love his 5 weeks in France.

[PeteC]

Exciting stuff for him! The 2027 Men's RWC is in Australia, as is the Women's in 2029. Close by for him if he's getting older by that time.

[buksida]

Kickoff tomorrow. What are we using to livestream it or get full replays then?

[PeteC]

I'm not sure at the moment. I saw the below:

Southeast Asia – BeIN Sports announced it retained the Rugby World Cup 2023 broadcast rights in SEA. They will broadcast the matches in:
Hong Kong
Singapore
Malaysia
Brunei
Indonesia
Timor-Leste
Philippines
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia

TRUE channel 669 may or may not show some as they have some broadcast rights from BeIN and Rugby Pass.

Honestly, I'm not hopeful, and given the the middle of the night here games, it may be finding full replays on some You Tube channel.

I'll post more when I find out more.

[dtaai-maai]

ITV is screening all matches live, so you'll be able to stream on ITVX if you can access it.

[buksida]

ITV is screening all matches live, so you'll be able to stream on ITVX if you can access it.

It wasn't great during the women's world cup for buffering so hopefully there is a better solution.

[buksida]

No joy at all with ITVX, it forces you to watch 20 minutes of ads and then throws up a "something went wrong" or "this is not available" error during the game which will only stream at very low quality if at all.

I give up.

[PeteC]

No joy at all with ITVX, it forces you to watch 20 minutes of ads and then throws up a "something went wrong" or "this is not available" error during the game which will only stream at very low quality if at all.

I give up.

Yeah, I didn't find a solution last night as well.

[dtaai-maai]

Have you tried buffstreams?
https://buffstreams.sx/watch-rugby

[PeteC]

I need to recharge as the shine is off for me with the All Blacks result last night.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/66758475

[dtaai-maai]

Yes, my teeth are gritted and I hate to say it, but the French played...

... nope, can't do it!

[PeteC]

I need to recharge as the shine is off for me with the All Blacks result last night.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/66758475

One of the problems, although the coach is long, long term experienced, is that he doesn't seem to know what the best starting line-up's should be, nor when and who to substitute. He's been like that since he took over for Steve Hansen in 2019 and the results show it, little consistency.

Scott Robertson takes over once this RWC is finished, and he has been very successful coaching the Crusaders out of Christchurch over many years.

There is a player age problem as well. Heroes of the past are a step or three off now, some big names leaving for Japan and France to make some good money before they retire. New blood is needed badly, and then the few years bringing them up to speed won't be easy in terms of wins.

[PeteC]

I have to preface the above saying that any loss for the All Blacks is a national disaster down there!

[PeteC]

RWC Superbru Standings Round #1

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