2023 Rugby World Cup

[KnickerlessParsons]

Can't find a thread so thought I'd start one nice and early for some pre chat.

Really don't think either England or Wales are going to get out of the pool rounds 🙁

Gutted for Fiji.

The officiating of the wales game was disgraceful. Poor Fiji - they have been absolutely robbed. Wales commit penalty after penalty on their own line and Fiji get nothing, then first penalty at the other end gets the Fijian sent off.

what is going on with the reffing here? With not even looking at the SA obvious red card and then Wales getting every decision. This is wrong. Seriously WTF?

Well as a Wales supporter, I am bloody relieved!
Best game of the tournament so far.

What were Wales like? I only caught the last few minutes, and Radradra's awful error. I remember watching him when he played for Parramatta. He was much younger and faster then! 😀

Think everyone apart from the Welsh will have been wanting Fiji to win that one. They were properly screwed over.

Sorry OP but I disagree. A ref from a tier 1 country helped another tier 1 country win when they absolutely did not deserve it. Rugby will never progress if this disgraceful refereeing performance is not called out. That ref should not be allowed to officiate at any further games.

and it should have been a penalty try/yellow card in first have. Travesty. #Justice for Fiji.

I've not seen Carley have a good reffing game.

I do feel sorry for the bloke who dropped the ball at the end. He, and every Fijian everywhere, must have been so disappointed.

I enjoyed the Wales Fiji game as a neutral but I do think Fiji were hard done by too. Wales Australia and Fiji Australia are both going to be fun games.

We enjoyed the Wales / Fiji game , did feel sorry for the guy at the end who dropped the ball . Warren Gatland comes across as a right misery .

France v Uruguay on ITV4 now. Thursday night rugby ….. fabulous!

Come on Uruguay 🇺🇾

Uruguay are doing ok. Shame that try wasn't alllowed

That try looked so good and the French were totally unprepared for it. Totally sad they didn't get it. Hopefully it fires them up but the captain looked very confused!

France are lucky not to be a man down.

Double standards. That should have been upgraded to a red...

Agreed.
It's turning out to be quite a good match though.

It’s very entertaining . It’s a pity that the matches can’t be more spread out through the week rather than having the majority on the weekend .

Enjoyed that but agree with the comments above.

Poor injured chap but I love how everyone is cheering him, including the refs!

Love the Kapa O Pango. Hope the ABs get a big score, but I also want Namibia to do well so I'm a bit torn.

Missed the match tonight - had to go to a "Thing". Did I miss much?

No you didn’t miss much , it was so one sided it was pretty dull .

I'm gutted I'm going to miss Cymru v Portugal today too, due to a commitment made ages ago when the RWC fixtures weren't in my calendar. I'm going to have to try to maintain radio silence and watch when I get home. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We are out for the day too so not sure if I will watch many matches today. Hopefully the 8pm. New Zealand Namibia was very one sided but my 10 year old watched too and worked well for him having a try every 5 mins as usually he gets bored.

Listening to Wales in the car. Wales really don't make it easy for themselves.