All Whites V South Africa | 30 May 7:30pm | The Zookeeper's Son | SS3

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Lonegunmen wrote:


NZ as a rank outsider and either worst or second worst ranked team at the 2010 WC (I can't remember which) managed a draw against the defending champions. What's the closest a country like Romania, Russia, Georgia, etc has got to beating one of the big boys at the RWC?

 

in 1981 the All Blacks beat Romania 14-6 and the Romanians had 2 tries disallowed. They have competed in all 7 world cups, won their group at one.


However this now difressed from the original thread but then if someone hadn't questioned me, perhaps it would not have been sidetracked. Job well done by one person.

Interesting, I had no idea about that! Well-played sir

 


Not sure about winning there group but Romania has gone backwards since the early 1990s.  Most of the Romanian lads I've met here in the UK really don't know shite about rugby.
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patrick478 wrote:

Biggest obstacle is there isn't really much benefit to Australia, they are better off playing games against other Asian opponents or against teams ranked higher than them. 


That might change soon with Europe deciding to only play itself in the future BUT playing Aussie every year would quickly get boring ala Tri/Quad Nations rugby.

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Well we could always invite Argentina just like the Egg Ballers.... (As if they would do that of course)

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It would be cool if we could do 'sports tours' where you play a variety of sports, e.g. Rugby, Football Basketball or other sports depending on the country. could be a way to get better opposition.... sadly wouldnt happen though..

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South African national team goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa who was on the bench vs. the All Whites in May has been shot dead in a botched robbery.

He has been the first choice SA keeper for all its matches this year except the one vs. the All Whites, including the game vs. Australia and all four African Nations Cup qualifiers since September.

Shot by robbers wanting a mobile phone at his friends' house yesterday.

"More than 17,000 people were murdered in South Africa between April 2013 and March 2014, an increase of about 800 over the previous year, according to police figures."

https://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/26/south...

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