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WALES No 1 Team in WORLD!
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.
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No 1 on the planet according to WOS headline.
Needless to say I didn't buy the useless rag.
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They must have forgotten that New Zealand also play rugby
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There's only about 10 teams play the game.
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Rankings bear no resemblance to reality in sport , I remember Welsh football being ranked soooo high it made me fall off my chair in laughter .
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Harry Monk
There's only about 10 teams play the game.
Spot on.
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Someone has to be no1 so why not us.
Would've been the 3rd best though if England had scored a late converted try and drawn the game.
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I have to apologise, there are more than 10 countries that play rugby.
Wales have played 22 other countries since they were formed in 1881.
Mind you, the Welsh football team have played 78 countries since they were formed in 1876.
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Originally Posted by
Harry Monk
I have to apologise, there are more than 10 countries that play rugby.
Wales have played 22 other countries since they were formed in 1881.
Mind you, the Welsh football team have played 78 countries since they were formed in 1876.
Is that right?! Only 22 other countries?!
It is even more of a joke that I thought it was!
:facepalm:
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That'd be a tough pub quiz tiebreaker. Name all 22.
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can't you lot be happy about anything :shrug:
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Originally Posted by
Ianto13
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.
It's almost as if a country with a similar population size hasn't dominated the sport for as long as living memory stretches :hehe:
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Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
Is that right?! Only 22 other countries?!
It is even more of a joke that I thought it was!
:facepalm:
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. 👍
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Originally Posted by
William Treseder
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. ��
That's an amazing stat. But Wales have played in 8 rugby World Cups. England have hosted 2 of those 8 finals.
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There are probably 6 teams with a hope in hell of winning the rugby world cup and about 8 teams with a hope in hell of winning the next football world cup.
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According to worldcupweb.com the reason it took so long to have a Rugby World cup was the opposition of Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland to having such a competition. It was first suggested in 1950.
In 1983 the IRB dismissed the idea. There was a meeting again in 1985 to see if a Rugby World Cup could be started, and Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland were opposed to it until one of the England delegates voted for, with the Welsh vote following.
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Originally Posted by
The Bloop
Someone has to be no1 so why not us.
Would've been the 3rd best though if England had scored a late converted try and drawn the game.
I just love the fact that journos and ex players from New Zealand are eying hysterical about Wales knocking them off the top spot.
Wales do not make up the rules.
New Zealand are second for a while. I am sure they will return to top spot in the next few weeks.
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Our small country are top of the world rankings at something, how is that not a good thing :shrug:
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delmbox
Our small country are top of the world rankings at something, how is that not a good thing :shrug:
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.
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Wales didn't lose in rugby from 25th of February 2018 until 11th of August 2019 having played every major side at least once, except New Zealand who weren't played at all. It might only be 22 teams who play the sport but that's impressive whatever the game.
I think everyone realises that if Wales have peaked on the 17th of August 2019 then that massively impressive record will be bittersweet at best.
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They have done superbly. Fingers crossed with injuries. England will go to the World Cup thinking they can win it. They are no better than Wales. We have seen Ireland, South Africa and Australia beat New Zealand. We can beat them too. We can win the World Cup.
**** the media.
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Exactly. If any other nation had taken top spot they'd crow about it.
But we aren't allowed.
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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.
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Originally Posted by
Harry Monk
I have to apologise, there are more than 10 countries that play rugby.
Wales have played 22 other countries since they were formed in 1881.
Mind you, the Welsh football team have played 78 countries since they were formed in 1876.
There are over 100 International Rugby teams and 200 International Football Teams, however Rugby is so physical that if the Top Teams played the bottom teams it would be dangerous! Whereas although the top football teams beat the SAN Marinos 6-0 physically there’s no problem!
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
Our small country are top of the world rankings at something, how is that not a good thing :shrug:
Only in Wales this would happen. You must know by now, your not supposed to like RU if your a City fan! It’s the siege mentality innit!!!
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Originally Posted by
Der Kaiser
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.
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Celebrate it whilst it lasts costs defeat or 2 against Ireland will soon have us back at 2nd or 3rd.
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Originally Posted by
William Treseder
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.
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Originally Posted by
The Bloop
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
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Originally Posted by
William Treseder
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.
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Originally Posted by
Allez Allez Allez
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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by
The Bloop
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. 👍
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Originally Posted by
Allez Allez Allez
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.
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delmbox
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".
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
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.
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
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.
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William Treseder
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.....
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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".
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Originally Posted by
Allez Allez Allez
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 :hehe: :hehe: