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Thread: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

  1. #26

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Der Kaiser View Post
    It's great our country is top of the rankings. Wish people would stop bleating on about how we are 'small' though, yes, it is a fact but Welsh people like to say it as if it's a shield in case we start doing poor at a given sport.
    That doesn’t make sense? Which ever way you want to wrap it up, we are a “small” country.
    Nobody’s using it as a “shield”. That must be just in your own mind.

  2. #27

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    Celebrate it whilst it lasts costs defeat or 2 against Ireland will soon have us back at 2nd or 3rd.

  3. #28

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    Quote Originally Posted by William Treseder View Post
    There have been 21 football World Cup finals, with only 8 different winners.
    Only 7 rugby union World Cup finals with 4 different winners. That’s a better way to look at it, except if your a bitter City fan, who doesn’t like rugby. 👍
    Actually 8 Rugby World Cups

    NZ - 3
    SA - 2
    Aus - 2
    Eng - 1

    Last 8 football world cups - 5 winners (one more than rugby)

    Germany (West and unified) - 2
    Brazil - 2
    France - 2
    Spain - 1
    Italy - 1

    How about we extend this to finalists

    8 Rugby world cups contended by 5 countries

    Finalists -
    NZ 4
    Australia 4
    France 3
    England 3
    South Africa 2

    Last 8 Football World Cups - 8 Finalists

    Germany 3
    France 3
    Brazil 3
    Italy 2
    Argentina 2
    Spain 1
    Netherlands 1
    Croatia 1


    Semi-Finalists? OK

    8 Rugby World Cups - 8 teams making the semis
    New Zealand 7
    France 6
    Australia 6
    England 4
    South Africa 4
    Argentina 2
    Wales 2
    Scotland 1


    Most recent 8 Football World Cups - 16 teams making the semis
    Germany 5
    Brazil 4
    Netherlands 3
    France 3
    Italy 3
    Argentina 2
    England 2
    Croatia 2
    Bulgaria 1
    Sweden 1
    South Korea 1
    Turkey 1
    Portugal 1
    Uruguay 1
    Spain 1
    Belgium 1

    I don't think the list of semi-finalists will grow in rugby, and I wonder how many tournaments it would take for them to get 16 different semi-finalists. Considering Scotland are the only ones with a solitary semi-final appearance, and considering the only notable exclusion at the moment is Ireland, I doubt we'll see 12 different semi-finalists in the rugby world cup in our lifetimes. Japan could make it 10, but who could ever get it to 12?

    Well done, Wales went top. But, the sportsman that most of the world will name if you mention you are Welsh is Gareth Bale.

  4. #29

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Eddie Jones is loving it.
    Saying that we're now favourites for the World Cup just to take the pressure off his own squad. He loves trying to wind up Gatland.
    It doesn't seem to do him much good usually

  5. #30

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by William Treseder View Post
    There have been 21 football World Cup finals, with only 8 different winners.
    Only 7 rugby union World Cup finals with 4 different winners. That’s a better way to look at it, except if your a bitter City fan, who doesn’t like rugby. 👍
    And remind me again how many countries entered the football world cups?

    The egg is a joke. Thankfully, living in England, it gets the relative exposure it warrants: not much.

  6. #31

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Allez Allez View Post
    Actually 8 Rugby World Cups

    NZ - 3
    SA - 2
    Aus - 2
    Eng - 1

    Last 8 football world cups - 5 winners (one more than rugby)

    Germany (West and unified) - 2
    Brazil - 2
    France - 2
    Spain - 1
    Italy - 1

    How about we extend this to finalists

    8 Rugby world cups contended by 5 countries

    Finalists -
    NZ 4
    Australia 4
    France 3
    England 3
    South Africa 2

    Last 8 Football World Cups - 8 Finalists

    Germany 3
    France 3
    Brazil 3
    Italy 2
    Argentina 2
    Spain 1
    Netherlands 1
    Croatia 1


    Semi-Finalists? OK

    8 Rugby World Cups - 8 teams making the semis
    New Zealand 7
    France 6
    Australia 6
    England 4
    South Africa 4
    Argentina 2
    Wales 2
    Scotland 1


    Most recent 8 Football World Cups - 16 teams making the semis
    Germany 5
    Brazil 4
    Netherlands 3
    France 3
    Italy 3
    Argentina 2
    England 2
    Croatia 2
    Bulgaria 1
    Sweden 1
    South Korea 1
    Turkey 1
    Portugal 1
    Uruguay 1
    Spain 1
    Belgium 1

    I don't think the list of semi-finalists will grow in rugby, and I wonder how many tournaments it would take for them to get 16 different semi-finalists. Considering Scotland are the only ones with a solitary semi-final appearance, and considering the only notable exclusion at the moment is Ireland, I doubt we'll see 12 different semi-finalists in the rugby world cup in our lifetimes. Japan could make it 10, but who could ever get it to 12?

    Well done, Wales went top. But, the sportsman that most of the world will name if you mention you are Welsh is Gareth Bale.
    Ok. So wales reaching no 1 in the rugby union rankings is nothing to shout about. Fair enough.

  7. #32

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Does it matter how many countries play the game? Not really.
    England just won the Cricket World Cup in a tournament of 8.
    The Rugby League world cup is effectively a competition between 3 teams.
    The womens netball world cup is the same.
    If you're world champions or world number 1 then you're still top of the tree and should celebrate that fact.

  8. #33

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Does it matter how many countries play the game? Not really.
    England just won the Cricket World Cup in a tournament of 8.
    The Rugby League world cup is effectively a competition between 3 teams.
    The womens netball world cup is the same.
    If you're world champions or world number 1 then you're still top of the tree and should celebrate that fact.
    In a nutshell. 👍

  9. #34

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Allez Allez View Post
    Actually 8 Rugby World Cups

    NZ - 3
    SA - 2
    Aus - 2
    Eng - 1

    Last 8 football world cups - 5 winners (one more than rugby)

    Germany (West and unified) - 2
    Brazil - 2
    France - 2
    Spain - 1
    Italy - 1

    How about we extend this to finalists

    8 Rugby world cups contended by 5 countries

    Finalists -
    NZ 4
    Australia 4
    France 3
    England 3
    South Africa 2

    Last 8 Football World Cups - 8 Finalists

    Germany 3
    France 3
    Brazil 3
    Italy 2
    Argentina 2
    Spain 1
    Netherlands 1
    Croatia 1


    Semi-Finalists? OK

    8 Rugby World Cups - 8 teams making the semis
    New Zealand 7
    France 6
    Australia 6
    England 4
    South Africa 4
    Argentina 2
    Wales 2
    Scotland 1


    Most recent 8 Football World Cups - 16 teams making the semis
    Germany 5
    Brazil 4
    Netherlands 3
    France 3
    Italy 3
    Argentina 2
    England 2
    Croatia 2
    Bulgaria 1
    Sweden 1
    South Korea 1
    Turkey 1
    Portugal 1
    Uruguay 1
    Spain 1
    Belgium 1

    I don't think the list of semi-finalists will grow in rugby, and I wonder how many tournaments it would take for them to get 16 different semi-finalists. Considering Scotland are the only ones with a solitary semi-final appearance, and considering the only notable exclusion at the moment is Ireland, I doubt we'll see 12 different semi-finalists in the rugby world cup in our lifetimes. Japan could make it 10, but who could ever get it to 12?

    Well done, Wales went top. But, the sportsman that most of the world will name if you mention you are Welsh is Gareth Bale.
    You've taken the time to do this just to belittle your own country's achievement of reaching #1 in the world rankings at a sport. That's such a weird reaction to something positive, I hope you're not like this in all aspects of your life.

  10. #35

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    You've taken the time to do this just to belittle your own country's achievement of reaching #1 in the world rankings at a sport. That's such a weird reaction to something positive, I hope you're not like this in all aspects of your life.
    Where have I belittled it you sensitive nonce? Someone claimed the rugby world cup was more competitive than the football one. I pointed out it isn't and the only response is "you took all that time".

  11. #36

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    You've taken the time to do this just to belittle your own country's achievement of reaching #1 in the world rankings at a sport. That's such a weird reaction to something positive, I hope you're not like this in all aspects of your life.
    Where have I belittled it you sensitive turd? Someone claimed the rugby world cup was more competitive than the football one. I pointed out it isn't and the only response is "you took all that time". You should have just said Fake News like the President that shares your attention span.

  12. #37

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    You've taken the time to do this just to belittle your own country's achievement of reaching #1 in the world rankings at a sport. That's such a weird reaction to something positive, I hope you're not like this in all aspects of your life.
    Where have I belittled it you sensitive turd? Someone claimed the rugby world cup was more competitive than the football one. I pointed out it isn't and the only response is "you took all that time". You should have just said Fake News like the President that shares your attention span.

  13. #38

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by William Treseder View Post
    Ok. So wales reaching no 1 in the rugby union rankings is nothing to shout about. Fair enough.

    I actually meant from qualifying onwards, not just the finals - a true measure of the size of a tournament.

    But anyway.....

  14. #39

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    Why do people who don't like rugby feel the need to have huge rants about it? Let people enjoy things lads, don't waste your breathe on something you apparently "hate".

  15. #40

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Allez Allez View Post
    Where have I belittled it you sensitive turd? Someone claimed the rugby world cup was more competitive than the football one. I pointed out it isn't and the only response is "you took all that time". You should have just said Fake News like the President that shares your attention span.
    F**king hell calm down princess

  16. #41

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    And in a surprising development, revealed exclusively on ccmb, it has emerged that football is more popular globally than rugby. More on this breaking story as we get it.

  17. #42

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
    And in a surprising development, revealed exclusively on ccmb, it has emerged that football is more popular globally than rugby. More on this breaking story as we get it.


    Some nob has done a statistical anaylsis ffs

  18. #43

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue View Post


    Some nob has done a statistical anaylsis ffs
    Careful, he might call you a nonce once and turd twice

  19. #44

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Does it matter how many countries play the game? Not really.
    England just won the Cricket World Cup in a tournament of 8.
    The Rugby League world cup is effectively a competition between 3 teams.
    The womens netball world cup is the same.
    If you're world champions or world number 1 then you're still top of the tree and should celebrate that fact.
    don't get me started on the Cricket.

  20. #45

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue View Post
    Why do people who don't like rugby feel the need to have huge rants about it? Let people enjoy things lads, don't waste your breathe on something you apparently "hate".
    Why do people who have huge rants about people who don't like rugby, post about rugby on a message board where there are a large number of people who don't like rugby? You'd think they'd have posted on a rugby message board and all happily enjoyed their 5 minutes of fame.

  21. #46

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Monk View Post
    don't get me started on the Cricket.
    I'm sorry.
    I blame all those public school toffs taking their sports over to the colonies 150 years ago.

  22. #47

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Monk View Post
    Why do people who have huge rants about people who don't like rugby, post about rugby on a message board where there are a large number of people who don't like rugby? You'd think they'd have posted on a rugby message board and all happily enjoyed their 5 minutes of fame.
    I’d say Wales rugby union has had a bit more than 5 minutes of fame. The fact that you don’t like that, amuses me .

  23. #48

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    Wales being ranked No 1 in the IRB rankings is absolutely BRILLIANT ..... Well played and well deserved. Remember NZ have been No 1 for a record 509 Weeks ..... That in itself is pretty damn Amazing

  24. #49

    Re: WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!

    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Allez Allez View Post
    Actually 8 Rugby World Cups

    NZ - 3
    SA - 2
    Aus - 2
    Eng - 1

    Last 8 football world cups - 5 winners (one more than rugby)

    Germany (West and unified) - 2
    Brazil - 2
    France - 2
    Spain - 1
    Italy - 1

    How about we extend this to finalists

    8 Rugby world cups contended by 5 countries

    Finalists -
    NZ 4
    Australia 4
    France 3
    England 3
    South Africa 2

    Last 8 Football World Cups - 8 Finalists

    Germany 3
    France 3
    Brazil 3
    Italy 2
    Argentina 2
    Spain 1
    Netherlands 1
    Croatia 1


    Semi-Finalists? OK

    8 Rugby World Cups - 8 teams making the semis
    New Zealand 7
    France 6
    Australia 6
    England 4
    South Africa 4
    Argentina 2
    Wales 2
    Scotland 1


    Most recent 8 Football World Cups - 16 teams making the semis
    Germany 5
    Brazil 4
    Netherlands 3
    France 3
    Italy 3
    Argentina 2
    England 2
    Croatia 2
    Bulgaria 1
    Sweden 1
    South Korea 1
    Turkey 1
    Portugal 1
    Uruguay 1
    Spain 1
    Belgium 1

    I don't think the list of semi-finalists will grow in rugby, and I wonder how many tournaments it would take for them to get 16 different semi-finalists. Considering Scotland are the only ones with a solitary semi-final appearance, and considering the only notable exclusion at the moment is Ireland, I doubt we'll see 12 different semi-finalists in the rugby world cup in our lifetimes. Japan could make it 10, but who could ever get it to 12?

    Well done, Wales went top. But, the sportsman that most of the world will name if you mention you are Welsh is Gareth Bale.
    9 world cups in rugby. Still only 8 teams making the semis

    9 Rugby World Cups - 8 teams making the semis
    New Zealand 8
    France 6
    Australia 6
    England 5
    South Africa 5
    Wales 3
    Argentina 2
    Scotland 1

    9 real world cups 17 semi-finalists
    Germany 6
    Brazil 4
    France 4
    Italy 4
    Netherlands 3
    Argentina 2
    England 2
    Croatia 2
    Bulgaria 1
    Sweden 1
    South Korea 1
    Turkey 1
    Portugal 1
    Uruguay 1
    Spain 1
    Belgium 1
    Poland 1

  25. #50

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ianto13 View Post
    Surprised no one has mentioned that our Rugby Team is officially No 1 in the World after beating England in Cardiff! Love to see our Football team also being No 1! Not bad for a country with a population of only 3million.
    Trouble and sadly rankings are worthless other than in seeding ,they dont mean winning tournaments.

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