Arneb wrote:Is that rugby? League? Union? Cricket?
Crikes, I just gave away my total ignoramushood.
Мастер wrote:Arneb wrote:Is that rugby? League? Union? Cricket?
Crikes, I just gave away my total ignoramushood.
Rugby union. There used to be a tournament called the Tri-Nations, which was between the national teams of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. But in 2012, they added Argentina, and renamed it "The Rugby Championship". Nothing arrogant about that, is there?
Each team plays each of the other teams twice. You get four points for a win, two points for a draw, and no points for a loss. There are also bonus points - you get a bonus point if you score four or more "tries" (roughly the equivalent of a "touchdown" in American football), whether you win or lose. You also get a bonus point if you lose by seven points or less. So if you win, you get four or five points, if you draw, you get two or three, and if you lose, you get zero, one, or two, depending on the bonus points.
There is no knockout stage - whichever team has the most points, wins. Because of the bonus point system, it is theoretically possible for a team with an inferior win-loss record to win the tournament anyway. But that's not going to happen this year - New Zealand has it locked up already, and will at the worst have four wins, a lose, and a draw - the best South Africa can do is four wins and two losses. (Australia can achieve a maximum of three wins, two losses, and a draw, and Argentina can at best get one win and five losses.)
Next week has the final two matches, but we already know that New Zealand has it clinched.
Lianachan wrote:I know everybody is busy banging on about various homosexual sports, but my beloved Ross County have finally avoided losing a match for this first time this season. Yay, go us, etc. Sorry for that interruption.
Мастер wrote:Lianachan wrote:I know everybody is busy banging on about various homosexual sports, but my beloved Ross County have finally avoided losing a match for this first time this season. Yay, go us, etc. Sorry for that interruption.
Sorry, which particular homosexual sport do they play?
Heid the Ba' wrote:Aren't stats great. Scotland are the defending Five Nations Champs, a competition that nolonger exists, and th eUS are defending Olympic Champs in rugby.
Great effort by the Saffers though.
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