Bully Wee Villa Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Celebrated too soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Fair play to Portugal, whatever happens. Get the Six Nations expanded to Eight Nations so that teams like them can get more regular matches. I can't stand closed shops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Oh my. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Fantastic for Portugal, they've been excellent this tourney. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Perfect outcome. Portugal deserved a win from this tournament, and Fiji still go through at the expense of Eddie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Portugal win and Australia still out. The best result for everyone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 That was a bloody good game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HibeeJibee Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Fair play to Portugal, whatever happens. Get the Six Nations expanded to Eight Nations so that teams like them can get more regular matches. I can't stand closed shops. Trouble is for last couple of decades Georgia + Romania have largely monopolised top 2 places in Euro champ... whether expansion or pro/rel trips to Tbilisi + Bucharest hardly excites 6 unions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 It shouldn't be about what's exciting, it should be based on merit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 14 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: It shouldn't be about what's exciting, it should be based on merit. I take it you are unfamiliar with how Rugby works? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: I take it you are unfamiliar with how Rugby works? Same as football and cricket... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Is there anything worse than the "Scotland played well" "good luck Ireland" "Great effort" happy clappy arseholes that stink out every Scotland social media post? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 30 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Is there anything worse than the "Scotland played well" "good luck Ireland" "Great effort" happy clappy arseholes that stink out every Scotland social media post? You have to remember, that for most followers of Scottish rugby, International sport is akin to a school inter-house championship. The ProTeams, particularly Glasgow, have done some sterling work in stirring up some rivalries and animosity but still a lot to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 11 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: You have to remember, that for most followers of Scottish rugby, International sport is akin to a school inter-house championship. I invaded the pitch when Locheil defeated Seaforth in the Interhouse sports day but I get your meaning entirely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Fair play to Portugal, whatever happens. Get the Six Nations expanded to Eight Nations so that teams like them can get more regular matches. I can't stand closed shops. There’s not enough time in the calendar to be playing seven matches so your choice is either two groups of four with semi and final (and maybe also a plate tournament), or keep it at six with promotion and relegation (either automatic 1 up 1 down or a playoff). I think they’ll be reluctant to do the former because they won’t want to lose the annual Calcutta cup and other annual fixtures. If anything is to be done it’ll probably just be a playoff between the bottom team in the 6N and the winner of the European championship. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Nah just make room. Seven competitive internationals is hardly a lot compared to other sports. Keeping it at six teams is rubbish as the sixth team would just replace Italy getting battered every game. Having a couple of games against similar opponents would build confidence, and the relegation battle would add an exciting element to the tournament. Edited October 8, 2023 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahemps Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Also 7 teams would make it 3 home and 3 away fixtures. To keep excitement on the last weekend for a potential title decider the 7th ranked team could always be the side not playing on the final weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Donathan said: There’s not enough time in the calendar to be playing seven matches so your choice is either two groups of four with semi and final (and maybe also a plate tournament), or keep it at six with promotion and relegation (either automatic 1 up 1 down or a playoff). I think they’ll be reluctant to do the former because they won’t want to lose the annual Calcutta cup and other annual fixtures. If anything is to be done it’ll probably just be a playoff between the bottom team in the 6N and the winner of the European championship. In times past the emerging nations would have got games against the more established nations as part of the Autumn International Scotland would likely host One of the Southern Hemisphere Big 3 who we would expect to lose against but you never know we might get lucky One of the more dangerous outsider teams like Argentina or Samoa who we would expect to beat, but you never know they might get lucky And someone like Canada where we'd basically be doing them a favour by playing them There is more and more pressure to book box office visitors so we're seeing the "big guns" turn up on a more regular basis which is squeezing out opportunities for the less glamourous ones And what's worse. It's taking the mystique off the "big games" New Zealand seem to visit Murrayfield almost as often as England do. They probably play at Twickenham more than we do These events used to be "a rare chance to see" but now if you miss the current tour then you can catch next years England have booked NZ, SA and Australia for 2024 already. Another thing that's more or less disappeared is smaller touring nations playing clubs and provinces. It's not very practical now because of the way the international window works. Currently Scotland vs Portugal might be something of a foregone conclusion but if they turn up to play Glasgow that's a lot harder to call Edited October 9, 2023 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, ahemps said: Also 7 teams would make it 3 home and 3 away fixtures. To keep excitement on the last weekend for a potential title decider the 7th ranked team could always be the side not playing on the final weekend. Quite like that idea. Maybe replace the seventh team every two years to ensure a full tour of home and away fixtures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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