ExpandI thought
isn't that bad to be losing by over 60 points even to
This year is the 20th anniversary of losing to 
142-0.
ExpandThey've..em...sharpened it up since then
To understand this entirely, you need to understand the history between Ireland, New Zealand and Munster. It's mythical. The match afterwards was astonishing.
Understand, at this point (2008) the Ireland national team had been playing the All Blacks for 100 years and never beaten them.
Never.
But one Irish team had. In 1978, The All Blacks toured, and decimated everyone in their path - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales all put to the sword.
Eighteen matches.
Seventeen wins.
One loss.
The loss was to Munster,a provincial Irish team who are the current URC champions. Back then, an amateur side that wasn't even a club side, turned over the unbeatable, undefeated, Grand Slam winning All Blacks 12-0.
The Blacks didn't even score.
The game is mythical in Irish rugby, a miracle that plays have been written about. Much of monsters romantic aura, which matured in their herculean quest to win the European cup, was born in this match.
Fast forward, 30th anniversary. The all blacks came again, and Munster, denuded of its Irish internationals, face the All Blacks again. That's the video above.
New Zealand won this time.
Just.
A last-minute try by Joe Rokokoko to edge the match 18-16, after Barry Murphy's earlier try for Munster, the only try the All Blacks conceded on the entire tour.
Anyway, THIS is how you do Haka.
There's also the game in 1973 where the All Blacks beaten by the team from the small town of Llanelli in Wales
Which was immortalized in song above.
ExpandOh come on! England was the toughest rival IMO, so the team should be able to concentrate in defeating the “weak” Chilean and Samoan squads, and go for a decider against Japan.
Don't underestimate the Samoan team. They got very close to beating the #1 team in the world in their last game.
ExpandThe most embarassing performance of all time. Should just withdraw from the competition today.
I spent the first 60 minutes of the match in a pub in Wales.
For the first half everybody was enjoying themselves and cheering Argentina on against the old enemy England.
In the second half everybody was agreeing that Maradona and Messi were useless and everybody in Wales should pretend to be French for the next month.
Liang Wenbo
Age: 36 Ranking: 72. Finalist in 2015 UK Championship
Given a lifetime ban and ordered to pay £43,000 in costs. He was found guilty of fixing or being a party to fixing five matches, trying to get other players to fix nine matches, betting on snooker matches, threatening another player, deleting messages and asking other players to, failing to cooperate with the enquiry.
Li Hang
Age: 32 Ranking: 71
Given a lifetime ban and ordered to pay £43,000 in costs. He was found guilty of fixing or being a party to fixing five matches, trying to get other players to fix seven matches, betting on snooker matches, deleting messages and asking other players to.
Lu Ning
Age: 29 Ranking: 65. Semi-finalist at the 2020 UK Championship
Given a ban of five years and four months, reduced from eight years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He was not found guilty of inducing others to fix matches. He accepted charges of fixing four snooker matches he played in, betting on matches and deleting messages.
Yan Bingtao
Age: 22 Ranking: 23. First player born in 2000 to turn professional, won 2021 Masters
Given a ban of five years, reduced from seven and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing four snooker matches he played in and betting on matches.
Zhao Xintong
Age: 25 Ranking: 11. Won 2021 UK Championship and 2022 German Masters
Given a ban of one year and eight months, reduced from two and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of being a party to another player fixing two matches and betting on matches himself.
Zhang Jiankang
Age: 24. Ranking: 93
Given a ban of two years and 11 months, reduced from four years and five months after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in, betting on matches and not giving the WPBSA information.
Chen Zifan
Age: 27. Ranking: 104
Given a ban of five years, reduced from seven and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing or contrived, or being a party to an effort to fix or contrive the result or score of three snooker matches that he played in.
Chang Bingyu
Age: 20 Ranking: 88
Given a ban of two years, reduced from three years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in.
Zhao Jianbo
Age: 19 Ranking: Amateur
Given a ban of two years and eight months, reduced from three and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in - and betting on that match.
Bai Langning
Age: 20. Ranking: 130
Given a ban of two years and four months, reduced from four years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in.
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/ Suprised by the coverage in this Belgian newspaper
This was unexpected... 
ExpandFOX with the alternate universe version where JJ Yeley was the Formula 1 world champion
Jenson Button drove that car last month.
So the caption is only three weeks late.
I'm really tempted to know what Totallympics members would use as their b-boy and b-girl names.
ExpandJudging by the fact that in the previous 100 races in which they both competed, one of them was the winner 96 times, I'm gonna go ahead and say it's not surprising that one of them will win
I believe I saw Toon Aerts managed to beat them both twice, but that's about it. If they both compete, nobody has a realistic chance if they don't run into flat tyres (plural).
Stiil, it would have been good if Pidcock was there too
Van der Poel and Van Aert.
Of course...
Impressive win for Shirin van Anrooij and great performance from Zoe Backstedt considering she's only just turned 18 in September
ExpandEven
the BBC is showing some races.
All three elite races in fact.
But strangely not the women's U23 race where the British rider is a hot favourite for a medal
(what a shock...)
ExpandMany Chinese snooker players, including Yan Bingtao, suspended for alleged match-fixing. Currently under investigation...
https://wst.tv/wpbsa-statement-december-12th-2022/
This story continues to get worse. There are 24 Chinese players who play on the World Tour, 10 are now suspended on suspicion of fixing matches including their two best players.
ExpandDo even Welsh people cheer for Gerwyn Price? All-time asshole if you ask me...
No we don't...
The other Welshman in the quarter final is hugely popular, Price definitely isn't
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