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  On 11/1/2020 at 5:38 PM, dcro said:

So apparently NZ defeated Australia 43:5 in Sydney... In front of 25k spectators.

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They did it in Wellington twice in front of more than 40k :cool:

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Argentina defeats the powerfull New Zeland All Black for 25 to 15, its the first time in history our country beat New Zeland in this sports.

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  On 11/14/2020 at 1:57 PM, konig said:

Argentina defeats the powerfull New Zeland All Black for 25 to 15, its the first time in history our country beat New Zeland in this sports.

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Always good to see New Zealand beaten...

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  On 11/21/2020 at 7:14 PM, konig said:

Another great result for our national rugby team: draw in 15 with Australia.

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TBH I find this even more impressive that the game against New Zealand. Not because the result itself is that impressive, but rather because they came back just a week later and fought extremely well.

 

Argentina has a real shot of winning this tournament now.

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Rugby World Cup 2023 draw was made today:

 

Pool A

 

:NZL 

:FRA (host)

:ITA 

Americas 1

Africa 1

 

Pool B

 

:RSA 

:IRL 

:SCO 

Asia/Pacific

Europe 2

 

Pool C

 

:WAL 

:AUS 

:FIJ 

Europe 1

World qualifier

 

Pool D

 

:ENG 

:JPN 

:ARG 

Oceania 

Americas 2

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  On 12/14/2020 at 4:13 PM, Gianlu33 said:

Wrost pool ever for us, yay! :banana:

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I think the only pot 1/2 team Italy could possibly beat is Japan, but yes, it can't get harder than that. Same as 2019 (NZ/RSA).

 

 

All in all the pools ended up pretty balanced, unlike previous editions where there was always an obvious "group of death".

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Italian rugby has a new president :cheer:

 

https://www.onrugby.it/2021/03/13/marzio-innocenti-eletto-presidente-della-federazione-italiana-rugby-per-il-quadriennio-2021-2024/

 

 

The main point here being the score of the guy who held the office so far : 3.2 % :lol: which tell you everything you need to know about the quality of his presidency.

 

Hopefully, we will son see a decent italian side once again ;)

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