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Lemmy lacks polls, strawpoll to the rescue. And these are just some of the games of course, but vote and let us all decide!

Quarter finals preview tomorrow I think

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favourite and most fun matches to watch have all been where the lower ranked teams played each other. So I went with Fiji vs Portugal from yesterday because it was pure bonkers silly fun. Hoping for Fiji to get through to knock Australia out, but also wanting Portugal to get a win for how much it meant to them.

Also thought Italy v Uruguay was a sleeper, and if we're all being honest maybe we could have seen the likely results against NZ & France from that match. Of the other Tier 2 matches, Japan v Samoa was pretty good, and Wales v Fiji was fun too.

Ire v SA was probably the "best" of the Tier 1 matches, but that sorta attrition, finals footy, result hanging on a referee decision rugby holds near zero appeal for me, even if it was the ABs involved in it. Now that the pools are done and the fun matches are gone I'll probably not bother watching much of the rest, and with the NPC hitting Semi's this weekend I won't need my Sky pass soon too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the chance to watch outside the 6n + rc is appreciated. And the ire v SA felt closest to a 6n match to me also. And surely the URC is worth the sky pass?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SkySportsNow is NZ$45/mo so not cheap and given the time those games are played it's not easy to watch. I don't even pay for it for Super Rugby - only reason i'm watching the world cup is because I bought it to watch the NPC.