Tokyo Calling - Rugby 2019

[Patrick Thistle]

I think that's true however much you know about the game (and nobody knows it all), rugby's just a more intense and constantly threat-filled game than football is.

This might be way too much information but watching that game has sorted out my recent minor constipatory issues.

[Ray de Galles]

So glad I can enjoy this game and not watch it from a black pit of despair.

[Ray de Galles]

Tamura! Make a fucking tackle!

[Mr Cogito]

That would have been awful at just about any level of rugby.

[Sporting]

So glad I can enjoy this game and not watch it from a black pit of despair.

Just imagine how you would feel after an England-Wales final which went the wrong way.

[Ray de Galles]

Insane tackle, borderline red.

[Satchmo Distel]

I think rugby is a better sport than football at World Cup Knock-out level but sadly it doesn't have enough depth to produce a watchable group stage.

[Satchmo Distel]

Insane tackle, borderline red.

If he'd landed on his head, definite red.

[Patrick Thistle]

Anyone else thinking a one off 7 Nations with Japan would be ace?

[Patrick Thistle]

Awwwwwwwwwww

[Mr Cogito]

What a tackle in the middle of that defence!

[Ray de Galles]

I want my daughters to marry Lafaele's offloads.

[Mr Cogito]

The Japanese handling is a thing of real joy, isn't it?

[Ray de Galles]

I just love, love, love the way this Japanese team play rugby, it's the most positive thing in the sport for ages.

[Ray de Galles]

It's all gone Baa-Baas!

[Satchmo Distel]

Japan 81% possession

[Ray de Galles]

Lots of Irish fans in the stadium singing "Stand up for the Japanese"!

[Muukalainen]

This is frustrating as hell, the first quarter-final from each day was shown live on TV over here but not the second. The live radio feed will have to do.

Insane tackle, borderline red.

Presumably The Beast?

[Ray de Galles]

de Klerk is giving a masterclass here, he's been crucial so far for SA.

[Satchmo Distel]

South Africa's kicking isn't working. It just gives back possession.

[Ray de Galles]

This is frustrating as hell, the first quarter-final from each day was shown live on TV over here but not the second. The live radio feed will have to do.


Presumably The Beast?

Yes, yellow probably the right call but a matter of a few degrees from a red.

[Satchmo Distel]

Surprising number of Springbok errors.

[Sporting]

Perhaps it's just me, and maybe it ain't even so, but at half time rugby players run off the pitch whereas in football they trudge back to the dressing rooms.

[tee rex]

Given the chances they've missed and dodgy decisions against them, South Africa could be 20 ahead.

Maybe this really is going to be another miracle.

[tee rex]

Perhaps it's just me, and maybe it ain't even so, but at half time rugby players run off the pitch whereas in football they trudge back to the dressing rooms.

They used to get only 5 minutes and stayed out on the pitch. Game's gone.