Week Two made Irish eyes very sad. But Welsh eyes leeked with joy, when the Wallabies didn’t quite manage to hop into the lead in the second half. Uruguay failed to repeat their magic from Week One. Otherwise, the results were more or less as expected.
Week Three’s biggest clash is looking like England v Argentina, although no doubt there will be some surprises in the other fixtures.
We’ve also got some Pro14 and that English Premiership Cup thingy to look forward to.
Exciting (?) rugby on the telly this week
Friday 4th October
| S Africa 49 – 3 Italy | 10:45 | ITV4 |
| Glasgow 21 – 25 Scarlets | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Leinster 53 – 5 Ospreys | 19:35 | Premiers Sports 2 / TG4 |
| Worcester 19 – 34 Exeter | 19:45 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 5th October
| Australia 45 – 10 Uruguay | 06:15 | ITV |
| England 39 – 10 Argentina | 09:05 | ITV |
| Japan 38 – 19 Samoa | 11:30 | ITV |
| Kings 20 – 31 Munster | 15:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Zebre 28 – 52 Dragons | 17:00 | Freesports |
| Cheetahs 63 – 26 Ulster | 17:15 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Cardiff 11 – 19 Edinburgh | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 / S4C |
| Connacht 41 – 5 Treviso | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 / TG4 |
Sunday 6th October
| New Zealand 71 – 9 Namibia | 05:45 | ITV |
| France 23 – 21 Tonga | 08:45 | ITV |
| Northampton 28 – 54 Saracens | 15:00 | BT Sport 1 |
Tuesday 8th October
| South Africa 66 – 7 Canada | 11:15 | ITV4 |
Wednesday 9th October
| Argentina 47 – 17 USA | 05:45 | ITV4 |
| Scotland 61 – 0 Russia | 08:15 | ITV |
| Wales v Fiji | 10:45 | ITV/S4C |
Ovally Balls 
I missed that one it was so quick
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Even wee Greig would have called that slow. Gifted a try to Scotland there. 21-0
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Horne looked pretty close to offside there.
The most glaring mistake so far was the high tackle on the Russia right wing 5m out.
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But he wasn’t offside, so the point is…?
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That was like a Gareth Davies intercept try for the lazy.
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Barnes said, “he was nowhere near offside, I was standing next to him”
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Hastings giving Finn a gee-up.
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We have to keep the pace up and the bp score will come
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Bit of white kine fever there
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Which is a bit like white line fever
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Lovely footwork.
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Graham substituted?
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Take Graham off ffs
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Oh good, he’s off
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Furra knock or twang, or cotton-wool wrapping?
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Russia fly half is completely exhausted.
Their number 7 is ace.
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Cotton-wool, I’d say MrIks, he is a key player for us now
We George is out on the wing now
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“Furra knock or twang, or cotton-wool wrapping?”
Haircut, I hope.
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Hat trick ya bass
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Increasingly wild celebrations from the Scots, with the subs joining in for ingoal area group hugs.
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First Test hat trick for a Scottish scrum half, according to the comms
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Aye pro, it would be better if they were scowling I suppose
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Maggie butchered that, forward pass
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Actually I don’t think it was forward seeing it again,
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Looked like momentum took that forward. A well.
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Pro, take a leaf out of the Scotland team and find more joy in your life
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How dare players celebrate scoring a try at the biggest competition they will ever play in. Bastards. Hanging’s too good for them, I say.
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Pass looked OK to me. Only half watching but saw the replay.
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Yeah, the momentum of the ball leaving his hands in a forwards direction.
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Was it Irish players scowling he didn’t like?
I think it’s blank faces that are the only morally correct faces. Maybe they could play in balaclavas?
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I expect Bradbury to make way for Ritchie soon
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Deebee, good news maybe. Not a huge fan of this massive investment from private business as at some time it has to stop but SARU / Bulls administration is rubbish so short-term will be good. Patrick M already owns Mamelodi Sundowns and Johan R was involved at Sarries so I hope that’ll bode well. Always thought Johan R was a big Stellenbosch and Province man. Stormers and WP also need some big money.
Bulls under 19s and 21s both won the Currie Cup this year, which is good news.
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I get confused. I thought celebrating and enjoying yourself was a good thing?
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Wtf was the winger doing there?
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I hope the Russian 7 gets a gig, just not in the Pro 14
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That was deffo forward
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it’s a bit daft to be celebrating a try that takes the score to 40 odd to zero with the same collective gusto that one would usually reserve for the winning score against competent opposition.
That’s all I’m saying.
Of course everyone making a Sexton face is pretty silly too.
Both styles are of course planned in advance by teams, designed to reinforce a group mentality and/or send a message to outsiders,
The USA v Thailand women’s soccer style is all about showing what a great group you have, how hard the players work for each other, how everyone gets along great, how great we are playing and how much fun we’re having etc. It’s about the *next* game as much as anything else.
The laser like focus scowling and purposeful striding back to the restart is all about never being happy with performance, always looking for improvements, we’re so professional it hurts etc etc
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Studio team agree on the two “forward” passes, Bradbury’s was flat, Seymour’s forward
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Pro- playing at a World Cup is a once in a lifetime occasion for most of these players. Scoring at a world cup, given that we’re talking about Scotland here, even more so.
If they can’t enjoy it now, then when can they enjoy it?
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“given that we’re talking about Scotland here,”
Get stuffed, scoring is less of a problem these days, it’s leaking tries that lets us down
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Everyone should wear slipknot masks. That way no one will know what anyone is thinking.
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Or,
Team management and coaches micromanaging everything about what players do, including their reactions to scoring as part of ‘psychology’ is annoying.
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Moriarty v Mata
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OT – final I’ve made it!
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I thought ‘Pro was from Worcester.
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Too slow! Craigs claims the prize. To be fair, I’ve met Craigs and that clearly is him in the picture. Why did I not remember?
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@Ticht – that’ll be Mata. Think Wales’ tight five is going to do the business here, though.
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Bit cynical that pro. Maybe they’re genuinely just a happy bunch, or a miserable bunch, on the pitch?
Boring opinion perhaps.
Cant wait for this thing to kick on to the more meaningful stuff now. I’m ‘working’ through most of this and can’t be tempted to watch highlights in the evening of one sided thrashings.
Hopefully this one will be a contest.
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Fuck me, Tuisova.
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