An overload of world rugby this weekend

Tong It is amazing how the 'minnow' nations can actually provide some very entertaining Rugby. Not enough exposure to be honest. If you want to see some rather entertaining 'minnow' Rugby try the GermanrugbyTV channel on Youtube.

Anyone else more keen on watching the so called "minnows" than some of the crap dished out by the top-tier teams like the wallabies at the moment? pity that Rugby (like all sports) is driven by $$. sometimes the most fluent rugby, biggest tackles, attacking tactics, and end-to-end movements are not at the so-called top end, because those teams are far too "conservative/defensive" to chance their arm and play more "risky" rugby. bring on RWC in Japan 2019. Hopefully by then there will be more parity in terms of coaching and general governance support for the second-tier nations to reach the finals... Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Japan, Namibia, Ireland, scotland, wales (hehehe)

Japan beat Canada 27-6 in the second Test to move up to 13th in the IRB rankings. 13th is their best ever spot and they're certainly progressing under Kirwan.

can anyone give me a run-down of how the other internationals went? i hear that georgia beat ireland A.. USA beat Uruguay

They were Japan's first ever Test opponent back in 1930, though they were named British Columbia for that fixture. Two years later, Canada toured Japan as "Canada." Japan ran in six tries today. Twice they took the corner lineout instead of a shot at goal. The first time they scored from a rolling maul. The second time the throw was crooked, but they won a tighthead and scored. Plenty of good defence from the Japanese side. Most of their other tries were from strong tackling and turnover ball. The kind of stuff I wish the All Blacks still did

I thought England vs Argentina was one of the worst matches ever played. Devoid of anything except rubbish rugby.

Didnt know Canada was Japan's oldest rival. Stunning result though. Any other details?

Japan thumped Canada 46-8 to record its best ever win over its oldest international rival.

Not everyone, OJ. Out of the limelight somewhat but I thought the Leicester v SA was an outstanding match of commitment, energy and a powerbuster of a display from the Tigers to totally shred the Bok front row and the team. The Ireland v Tonga match was full of running and passing and ran up ten tries between the two. And, as you say, the French were outstanding last night. Let's see how the next lot of games go.

Who cares. Everyone's playing rubbish except France.

So the NH v SH tally thus far is: Gloucester v Australia W SH England v Australia W SH Wales v N Zealand W SH Leicester v S Africa W NH Ireland A v Tonga W NH Wales v Samoa W NH Italy v N Zealand W SH Scotland v Fiji W NH France v S Africa W NH England v Argentina W NH 6-4 to NH at the half way stage.

Harry Sweet. Thanks for the link.

The Georgia V Argentine Jaguars is live on www.1tv.ge tonight (Saturday) at 23.15 Aust East Summer time. When the site opens, switch to English on top right, then on the live box. A new window will open then click on the region zone. any or all should open to view the game.

A couple of sites that show the Rugby on the internet are for Georgia games at 1tv.ge , Italian games on raisport.rai.it , general games are found on justin.tv and several national Rugby unions show the games live on their websites or replays later.

um Kimble you said there are games to be shown on the internet...what site are you using. the only good site i know is myp2p

true. Wales were lucky. Samoa seem to be a bit of a bogey team for them.

samoa played well considering they only got together 3 days before. wales had a ton of opportunities, but so did samoa. once they get confidence they shift up another level. a poor halfback pass on the welsh tryline was the only thing that stopped them

Samoa must have played well.

France 20 13 Africa de Sud Wales 17 13 Samoa Ireland A 48 19 Tonga That'll do me so far.

Shhhh! johnno -we're underdogs remember? Don't get cocky with a Paddy before the game.