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RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 LIVE CELEBRATION ~ p. 394-5


RSA WIN THE RWC 2019 ~ England v South Africa RWC Final ~ GR participation from p.380 of this thread


WALES SAYS GOODBYE TO WARREN GATLAND <3 - page 364





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THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 STARTS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20th


If any of you enjoy your rugby and would like to share your enjoyment of the games with The Rugby Gang please feel free to join in with us on this thread as we watch the games together.

I will be shouting for WALES<3 .... but No matter which team you support.....
........YOU ARE VERY WELCOME .... as long as you leave your handbags at home! ;-) :-D


My circumstance have changed greatly since I began the rugby threads many years ago, but I'll try my best to be here with you all to cheer.

Is it really already 4 years since we watched the last Rugby World Cup together? :-0

THE 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP STARTS ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20th

BUT FIRST ....

.......THE HOME NATIONS HAVE "SUMMER WARM-UP" TEST GAMES!

Rugby World Cup Summer "Warm-Up" Home Nations Test Games-
5 weekends of Summer Internationals will be starting for the Home Nations from Saturday - August 10th (schedule on this page)


Schedule to follow

THE PAGE REFERENCE BOX

Home Nations World Cup Warm-Up Internationals Schedule ... Page 1 (next post)

WARM-UP GAMES WEEK 1
GR Fun Participation:
England v Wales: Fun Participation pages 10- 21
Ireland v Italy: pages 1-10 of this thread

Week 1 Results, Match Reports and News ~ Page 21

WALES FLY-HALF GARETH ANSCOMBE's WORLD CUP IS OVER :-( -page 21

ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD 2019 ~ page 21


WARM-UP GAMES WEEK 2:
Wales v England ~ Fun GR Rugby Gang Participation ~ Pages 22-34
Week 2 Results & Match Reports ~ Page 34


WALES ARE TOP OF WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS<3...
.... for the first time since records began - Page 34


WARM-UP GAMES WEEK 3:
England v Ireland Final Score & Commentary ~ Pages 40-51
Scotland v France ~ pages 34 - 43 of this thread

WARM-UP GAMES WEEK 4:
Week 4 Results & Match Reports - page 61
Wales v England Fun GR Coverage... pages 51-61

WARM-UP GAME WEEK 5:
IRELAND 19 ~ WALES 10 from page 61
Test Results on page 61 (Fri Sept 6)

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***** RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 *****

Wales World Cup Squad is Announced ~ p.61

* Wales Shocker - Backs Coach Rob Howley is sent home! ~ p63
* Stephen Jones Replaces Rob Howley as Wales' Backs Coach- page 63

~ FULL SCHEDULE (by Pool Fixtures) page 63

**** HOW DOES THE RUGBY WORLD CUP POOL STAGE WORK? ~ Page 72 ****


*RUGBY WORLD CUP: POOL ROUND 1

FUN GR PARTICIPATION:
An Enthusiastic Japanese Gentleman Meets His Hero- Shane Williams ~ page 64
Japan v Russia ~ pages 63- 72
New Zealand v South Africa- pages 72-79
Ireland v Scotland ~ from page 80-89
England v Tonga - from page 89-96
WALES v GEORGIA ~ pages 96-106

POOL ROUND 1 ~ RESULTS & POOL TABLE ~ page 106


*RUGBY WORLD CUP: POOL ROUND 2:

MORE SILLINESS FROM THE GR RUGBY GANG:
England v USA ~ pages 106 -115
South Africa v Namibia ~ pages 119-125
*JAPAN v IRELAND SHOCK RESULT pages 116-119

*WALES HAVE BEATEN THE WALLABIES ps 125 -140

*Scotland v Samoa ~ pages 140-152
ODE TO SCOTLAND RUGBY for Our Scots ~ p 152

NZL v Canada ~ pages.154-164
France v USA ~ pages 153-154

ROUND 2 RESULTS - page 164
TABLE AT END OF ROUND 2- page 164


POOL ROUND 3-
Full Pool Round 3 Schedule ~ Page 164


ROUND 3 GR RUGBY GANG FUN PARTICIPATION & RESULTS:

Ireland v Russia ~ Pages 164-174
South Africa v Italy ~ Pages 174-184
England v Argentina ~ Pages 184-189
Japan v Samoa ~~ Pages 189 - 199
France v Tonga ~ Pages 199 - 208

ROUND 3 ~ RESULTS & POOL TABLE ~ Page 208


ROUND 4 SCHEDULE ~ Page 208

ROUND 4 RUGBY GANG FUN PARTICIPATION:
South Africa v Canada ~ pages 208-212

SCOTLAND THRASH RUSSIA ~ pages 212-219
EPIC BATTLE but WALES have beaten FIJI~ ps 220- 234
Results, Match Reports & Video Highlightsof Wednesday's Games ( October 9) ~ page 234

Australia v Georgia ~ pages 234 -243 with video highlights

WALES <3 TEAM v URUGUAY IS ANNOUNCED ~ p. 243

CONTROVERSY as Scotland threaten to SUE World Rugby~ p.243

TYPHOON STOPS ENGLAND v FRANCE ~ page 234

Round 4 Results
Ireland v Samoa (Oct 12) Fun Commentary & Result ~ps 244-253
Wales <3 v Uruguay ~ Results and Fun Participation- pages 253 - 267
Japan v Scotland- pages 267- 280 for Rugby Gang Fun and Result


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QUARTER FINALS:

QUARTER FINALISTS & SCHEDULE Page 280


QUARTER FINALS FUN WITH THE GR RUGBY GANG ....
1st Quarter Final - ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA ~pages 281-292
2nd Quarter Final - NEW ZEALAND v IRELAND ~ pages 292-305
3rd Quarter Final - WALES v FRANCE ~ pages 305-320
4th Quarter Final - JAPAN v SOUTH AFRICA ~ paged 320 - 332


THE SEMI-FINALISTS ARE REVEALED FOR NEXT WEEKEND- page 332

NEWS:
Wales Coach Robin McBryde's Mother has died ~ page 332
Wales Injuries ~page 332
France's Vahaamahina Retires ~ page 332
Referee Jaco Peyper's Booboo ~ page 332!



ENGLAND v NZ Semi-Finals Teams Announced p.332;
RSA Team Announced for Semi Finals ~ & 333

LIAM WILLIAMS (WALES) INJURED OUT! ~ p. 333 ~ also RSA's KOLBE!
WALES SEMI-FINALS TEAM v RSA ANNOUNCED ~ p333


RWC SEMI-FINALS: GR FUN PARTICIPATION.....
A great surprise for England Fans ~
ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND SEMI-FINAL~ Page 333 -348
Wales v South Africa Semi-Final 2 ~ pages 349-364

England Fined re. The Haka Response - page 364

RWC QUARTER & SEMI FINALS VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS ~ p.364


THE BRONZE FINAL ~ NEW ZEALAND v WALES (Friday November 1st)
GR Fun Participation p.364 -380



THE FINAL ~ ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA (Saturday November 2nd)
The Finalist Teams Announced- page 364 for details

SUMMER INTERNATIONAL WORLD CUP WARM-UP GAMES SCHEDULE 2019


WEEK 1:

Saturday August 10th
ITALY v IRELAND .......... Kick Off 2.00pm
Live on Channel 4

Sunday August 11th
***** THE BIG GAME :-0 *****

ENGLAND v WALES <3 ......... Kick Off 2.00pm
Live on Sky Sports 407 Only :-| :-| :-( :-(



WEEK 2:

Saturday August 17th
***** THE RETURN of the BIG GAME :-0 *****

WALES <3 v ENGLAND ......... Kick Off 2.15pm

FRANCE v SCOTLAND .......... Kick Off 8.00pm



WEEK 3:

Saturday August 24th
SCOTLAND v FRANCE ............... Kick Off 1.10pm

ENGLAND v IRELAND ................. Kick Off 3.00pm



WEEK 4:

Saturday August 31st
WALES <3 v IRELAND ................. Kick Off 2.30pm

GEORGIA v SCOTLAND .............. Kick Off 5.00pm




WEEK 5:

Friday September 6th
SCOTLAND v GEORGIA .......... Kick Off 7.30pm

ENGLAND v ITALY .................... Kick Off 7.45pm


Saturday September 7th
IRELAND v WALES <3 ................. Kick Off 2.00pm



***ALL TIMES POSTED ARE UK TIMES

TELEVISION BROADCASTING WILL BE POSTED SOON
....................WATCH THIS SPACE! :-D


*I do hope none of our players are injured out of the World Cup in the Warm-Up Games this time! :-0

RUGBY UNION WORLD CUP 2019

SCHEDULE FOR THIS WILL POSTED NEARER THE OPENING DATE :-) :-) :-)

I'M WATCHING THE ASHES :-S ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Is it that time already :-0 :-0 :-D :-D

It certainly IS that time Blodwen ;-) :-D <3

~~~~~~~~~ Pat :-D <3

THE TEAMS FOR WEEK 1 WARM-UP TESTS ARE ABOUT TO BE ANNOUNCED.... ...... WATCH THIS SPACE ;-)

Saturday August 10th

IRELAND v ITALY

The Teams

IRELAND

Backs:
9. Luke McGrath
10. Joey Carbery
11. Dave Kearney
12. Chris Farrell
13. Garry Ringrose
14. Andrew Conway
15. Jordan Larmour

Forwards:
1. Jack McGrath
2. Rob Herring
3. Andrew Porter
4. Devin Toner
5. Jean Kleyn
6. Rhys Ruddock (Captain)
7. Tommy O'Donnell
8. Jordi Murphy

Replacements:
16. Niall Scannell, 17. Cian Healy, 18. John Ryan, 19. Iain Henderson, 20. Tadhg Beirne, 21. Kieran Marmion, 22. Jack Carty, 23. Mike Haley


ITALY

Backs:
9. Guglielmo Palazzani
10. Carlo Canna
11. Giulio Bisegni
12. Marco Zanon
13. Tommaso Benvenuti
14. Angelo Esposito
15. Edoardo Padovani

Forwards:
1. Nicola Quaglio
2. Oliviero Fabiani
3. Marco Riccioni
4. Alessandro Zanni
5. Dean Budd (Captain)
6. Giovanni Licata
7. Maxime Mbanda'
8. Jimmy Tuivaiti

Replacements:
16. Federico Zani, 17. Andrea Lovotti, 18. Simone Ferrari, 19.Marco Lazzaroni, 20. Renato Giammarioli, 21. Callum Braley, 22. Ian Mckinley, 23.Matteo Minozzi


Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


TOMORROW - SATURDAY AUGUST 10th

IRELAND v ITALY .......... KICK OFF 2.00pm

From The Aviva Stadium, Dublin

LIVE ON CHANNEL 4
..... and on this thread for cheering on the team :-D

THE TEAM NEWS WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ;-)

This Sunday August 11th

ENGLAND

Backs:
9. Willi Heinz
10. George Ford (Captain)
11. Anthony Watson
12. Piers Francis
13. Henry Slade
14. Ruaridh McConnochie
15. Elliot Daly

Forwards:
1. Ellis Genge
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie
3. Dan Cole
4. Joe Launchbury
5. Charlie Ewels
6. Tom Curry
7. Sam Underhill
8. Billy Vunipola

Replacements:
16. Jack Singleton, 17. Joe Marler, 18. Harry Williams, 19. George Kruis, 20. Lewis Ludlam, 21. Ben Youngs, 22. Joe Marchant, 23. Joe Cokanasiga



WALES <3

Backs:
9. Gareth Davies
10. Gareth Anscombe
11. Josh Adams
12. Hadleigh Parkes
13. Jonathan Davies
14. George North
15. Liam Williams

Forwards

1. Nicky Smith
2. Ken Owens
3. Tomas Francis
4. Adam Beard
5. Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
6. Aaron Wainwright
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Ross Moriarty

Replacements:
16. Elliot Dee, 17. Wyn Jones, 18. Dillon Lewis, 19. Jake Ball, 20. Aaron Shingler, 21. Tomos Williams, 22. Dan Biggar, 23. Owen Watkin

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)



THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 11th ~ THE BIG GAME!
Live from Twickenham

~~~~~********** ENGLAND v WALES ...... Kick Off 2.00pm **********~~~~~


LIVE TV:
SKY SPORTS 407 ONLY :-| :-(

LIVE RADIO:
Five Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru

Also on the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app


JOIN US HERE TO CHEER ON THE TEAM OF YOUR CHOICE :-) :-) :-)

THE 2 HOUR WARNING :-D :-D

2 Hours to go for...

IRELAND v ITALY .......... KICK OFF 2.00pm

From The Aviva Stadium, Dublin


LIVE ON CHANNEL 4
..... and on this thread for lots of silly cheering lol :-D

Good Afternoon Everyone.... we are now LIVE ;-) :-D :-D

The theme song:-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFHqMxLGjg

YMA O HYD (Still Here)

Well I have to wait until tomorrow to watch my beloved WALES <3 beat England ;-) ;-)

....Why don't we have a TONGUE IN CHEEK Emoticon lol :-D :-D :-D

Today I'll cheer on Our Home Team and my OH's compatriots IRELAND :-)

:-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 How very dare you

Hiya Jemmmmmmmm :-D <3

Come on Ireland :-D :-D :-D :-D

Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Fffffflllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Great to see you :-D <3 :-D <3 :-D

How are you today?

Fine here thanks :-D :-D how are you <3

That's good <3

Not too bad thanks Fly<3 But hey ho, the rugby will be a good distraction :-D :-D :-D :-D

Sending love to Our lovely Kandj <3

HERE COME THE TEAMS!

Ireland's New Captain RHYS RUDDOCK takes over from RORY BEST today. Rory will be retiring after the RWC

Rhys Ruddock is the son of former WALES International MIKE RUDDOCK