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[RugbyLiebe Profile]

Tuesday evening curiosity: the nation with the highest ranking (men's XV) between those which have never played in a World Cup (XV or 7s, men or women) is Belgium, currently 28th.

I like the idea, but I would make that statistic divided by gender and XVs and 7s. The women's ranking is still to screwed, so it makes no sense to use it at all outside the top10. Nobody knows better than you, Canalina. For all the others: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=366&hilit=world+ranking

So for men the first nation who never took part in a XVs world cup is Hong Kong at 22nd.
The worst who took part is Ivory Coast at 51st.

The only sad thing about this is: it won't matter, because at the RWC there will most likely be the 20 top teams in the world. Because you get so many points for qualifying that you overtake every team not qualified.

[Canalina Profile]

After having promised (?) to both Madagascar and Uganda a pair of matches in their countries on February 21 and 24, Czech Republic is going to play in those same days against a local selection in Malta. They're like a volatile girl

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWi4y8oXcAEYeji.jpg

[Bogdan_DC Profile]

After having promised (?) to both Madagascar and Uganda a pair of matches in their countries on February 21 and 24, Czech Republic is going to play in those same days against a local selection in Malta. They're like a volatile girl

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWi4y8oXcAEYeji.jpg

After the Madagascar plague outbreak in last November i think they changed their mind .

[victorsra Profile Website]

Very interesting article that ai believe is valid for almost every country.

https://villagemagazine.ie/index.php/20 ... l-benefit/

[Canalina Profile]

Azerbaijan - like Armenia - need a Caucasian rugby scene to exist. Their amateur national team plays in Europe but it is really far from the rest of the continent. Their answer is in Georgia and Southern Russia, but how are those relations? It is really odd to neighbour a country like Georgia and have almost zero rugby. Is it hard for amateur to cross to Georgia an play there?

They are failing in creating a regional scene. Why is what I would like to understand.

An article about armenian rugby hardly trying to re-live from its ashes, with a new federation of few enthusiasts.
The intro line seems exaggerated ("during the soviet era Armenian rugby was champion of URSS") but the article is appreciable
http://papiers-armenie.fr/2018/02/13/ar ... nion-team/

[RugbyPUBtbilisi Profile]

Georgia is creating XV team. I believe it will be ready to go until tge RWC 2019.

Possible to compete in Nations Cup.

[FLIDTA RISXVA Profile Website]

Canalina
Yes, multiple champions of USSR ... in bragging and exagerrating

Common anecdotes about ARM:

To your knowledge -- Dante and da Vinci were true-blue Armenians !

Even Pele and Shakespeare !

WATER is their national beverage -- invented by them !

Their archeologists have unearthed a stone with an inscription "the oldest stone on earth" !

And they have adopted Christianity in the 3rd century before Christ !

@

[mcruic Profile]

Malta A 5-64 Czechia on 21 February

2nd match today.

Am I correct in thinking "Malta A" refers to the Malta B team? I don't like this "A" suffix to mean reserve team. Call it what it is - A team is A team, B team is B team. :-/

[olivier]

For info, A means assistant.

[Canalina Profile]

Yes, multiple champions of USSR ... in bragging and exagerrating

Common anecdotes about ARM:

To your knowledge -- Dante and da Vinci were true-blue Armenians !

Even Pele and Shakespeare !

WATER is their national beverage -- invented by them !

Their archeologists have unearthed a stone with an inscription "the oldest stone on earth" !

And they have adopted Christianity in the 3rd century before Christ !

@

For info, A means assistant.

Is this the actual meaning of "A" in the A teams? I didn't know.
Anyway many national teams renamed recently their A side: Saxons, Wolfhounds, Emerging... and now these French Barbarians. Also Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe must have a proper name for their second squad, even if I don't remember which anymore

[mcruic Profile]

For info, A means assistant.

It's also the first I've heard of this. It's quite hard to find info on Google about what the "A" actually means.

[mcruic Profile]

Malta 'A' 5-64 Czechia on 21st February
Malta 'A' 5-74 Czechia on 24th February

[FLIDTA RISXVA Profile Website]

I doubt this. When A teams appeared there were also B teams
And France fielded even A' vs ITA | SOV - pronounced as A-prime | A-seconda

[Canalina Profile]

Just four wingers in a field near Genoa

[carbonero Profile]

Swiss international Cedric Curdy will play one year for Hindú Club in Buenos Aires: https://lemultimedia.info/2017/12/10/le ... argentine/

It will be tough to break into the first team but I can’t think of a better club to hone your skills in Argentina. Apparently, Servette's sporting director played at Hindú in the early 2000's. Gonzalo Quesada facilitated the move.

PS: Servette still mauling teams in the French 7th tier

[Canalina Profile]

Imagine if rugby were a big thing in the Balkans. THEN I think we'd see some real fights. Remove kebab and all.

First two rounds of the Regional Rugby Championship (popularly known as Balkans Cup) have been postponed due to snow
https://rrcrugby.com

[FLIDTA RISXVA Profile Website]

WHAT'S THIS

https://www.worldrugby.org/match/25622

[Armchair Fan Profile]

We may help you if you are more precise. Pacific Challenge is an A sides tournament, like Americas-Pacific Challenge.

[Canalina Profile]

Russian federation facebook mentioned a 2011 french movie I didn't know: "Le fils a Jo"
Judging by the trailer it seems cute; there are some former rugby men in it

[FLIDTA RISXVA Profile Website]

We may help you if you are more precise. Pacific Challenge is an A sides tournament, like Americas-Pacific Challenge.

When I've came across this fact file
it was showing something very absurd: final scoreline + cherry picked events

I should have taken screenshot - since then WR staff APPARENTLY put things inTO order

That's why I was asking what all that meant

[RugbyLiebe Profile]

We may help you if you are more precise. Pacific Challenge is an A sides tournament, like Americas-Pacific Challenge.

When I've came across this fact file
it was showing something very absurd: final scoreline + cherry picked events

I should have taken screenshot - since then WR staff APPARENTLY put things inTO order

That's why I was asking what all that meant

Looks for me like everything what a ref would write down: scorers and substitutes or did I miss something?

[FLIDTA RISXVA Profile Website]

REF does NOT write it down these days:

there is another person pitch-side,
tasked with this = SCORE-KEEPER

Some do job hand-writing, others with smart-phone | notebook | laptop

[RugbyLiebe Profile]

REF does NOT write it down these days:

there is another person pitch-side,
tasked with this = SCORE-KEEPER

Some do job hand-writing, others with smart-phone | notebook | laptop

In amateur games that's what the ref would keep track of. I am aware that this is different in more professional setup. But technically the score-keeper is indeed a part of the referee-team. So the question is not, why is this there, but why is it not there in every game.

[Canalina Profile]

In London: British Police v Austria 68-5 (ten tries to one)

Austria's line-up

1) El Agrebi Omar
2) Büttner Max
3) Klaffenböck Michael
4) Meßmer Lorenz
5) Pauser Stefan
6) Oberhauser Michael
7) Schneider Robert
8) Kolb Lukas
9) Limlei Anton
10) Morris Peter
11) Fichtinger Florian
12) Marka Alexander
13) Rudiferia Florian
14) Reiseneder Stephan
15) Preclik Benjamin
16) Prapsilo Adi
17) Perrett Jacob
18) Kastelic Heinrich
19) Caratas Bogdan
20) Navas Penaherrera Max
21) Radomirov Alex
22) Graf Christopher
23) Hrast Christopher

[getienne Profile]

In London: British Police v Austria 68-5 (ten tries to one)

British Police Rugby
Tries : Dai Francis, Sean Higgins, Llyr Griffiths, Russ McKeown, Joe Mills, Mike Worthington , Steph Phillips and Ceri Young (2), Ryan Moffat
Conv : Owain McLeish, Chris Scott (8)
https://www.facebook.com/British-Police ... 362122723/

Autriche
Try : Michael Oberhauser