2015 Rugby World Cup Thread

[GoIran]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup
It is the third largest global sporting event behind FIFA World Cup and Olympics.

September 18
England 35 - 11 Fiji

September 19
Ireland 50 - 7 Canada
Japan 34 - 32 South Africa
Georgia 17 - 10 Tonga
France 32 - 10 Italy

September 20
New Zealand 26 - 16 Argentina
Samoa 25 - 16 United States
Wales 54 - 9 Uruguay

[persianballer]

Can't believe Japan beat South Africa.

[GoIran]

Can't believe Japan beat South Africa.

What a game! They were so brave and fully deserved the victory. It's one of the greatest upsets in any sports anywhere....on par, if not greater, than USA beating England in 1950 or Cameroon beating Argentina in 1990. But this was no fluke considering Japan beat Wales two years ago and Italy last year. Nice to see non-elite countries like Japan and Georgia improving.

[ali alipour]

Looks like "japan" is just a bunch of white guys and Pacific islanders

[GoIran]

Looks like "japan" is just a bunch of white guys and Pacific islanders

haha. According to wikipedia, 4 out of 15 starters in the match are non-Japanese. But teams like England and All Blacks have foreigners too.

[ایرانی]

Japan beating South Africa is THE biggest upset in the entire history of the world cup.

[ایرانی]

Looks like "japan" is just a bunch of white guys and Pacific islanders

lol I was just going through their squad and they have 10 foreigners in their team

Luke Thompson
Michael Broadhurst
Justin Ives
Michael Leitch (c)
Hendrik Tui
Craig Wing
Karne Hesketh
Male Sa'u
Amanaki Lelei Mafi
Ryu Holani

not very 'Japanese' if you ask me!

[persianfire]

It's particularly common in international rugby. Only Argentina can claim that all 31 players in their squad are native to their country. Scotland and Wales have 11 foreign-born players each, France 10, Australia 8, and even the All Blacks have 5.

[ایرانی]

the all blacks have none!

[pres80]

haha. According to wikipedia, 4 out of 15 starters in the match are non-Japanese. But teams like England and All Blacks have foreigners too.

All blacks don't really have foreigners. Its more like Germany where they grew up there.

[ایرانی]

baba Maori's are indigenous to New Zealand. do your research.

[pres80]

baba Maori's are indigenous to New Zealand. do your research.

Not all are of maori decent.

[GoIran]

The England rugby team joined the cricket & football teams going out in the group stages of their respective world cups!

[persianpopinjay]

Rugby league > rugby union.

[ایرانی]

world cup final will be between New Zealand and Australia

they beat South Africa and Argentina respectively.