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I had a great chat about the world of Rugby Union with my guest James Stafford @jpstafford. We cover a lot of ground so hope you will join us. Available on #Spotify now.
#Rugby #Sports #RugbyUnion #6nations #RWC2023 #PRO14
open.spotify.com/episode/5znlk

SpotifyThe Comfortable Spot with James StaffordListen to this episode from The Comfortable Spot on Spotify. Today my guest is author and rugby historian James Stafford. A self confessed rugby fanatic, James is the founder of cult rugby website The East Terrace, and has written on rugby for publications such as The Daily Telegraph, Irish Independent, Metro, ESPN Scrum.com, and Rugby World. In 2017 his collection of short comics, The Sorrowful Putto of Prague, was published to critical acclaim in the Czech Republic and James now lives in Prague and coaches with Nyrsko RFC. I wanted to chat with James about his current opinion on the state of rugby worldwide, as well as his catalogue of books, so I hope you are sitting comfortably and happy to stay with us. By accessing this podcast, you acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this podcast are the property of Ken Sweeney, or used by Ken Sweeney with permission, and are protected under Irish and international copyright and trademark laws. Except as otherwise provided herein, users of this podcast may save and use information contained in the podcast only for personal or other non-commercial, educational purposes. No other use, including, without limitation, reproduction, retransmission or editing, of this podcast may be made without the prior written permission of Ken Sweeney.

A puzzle for #rugby law nerds
In the #RWC2023 final, a try by Aaron Smith was disallowed

1. Etzebeth fouled Retallick in the lineout (penalty)
2. The foul caused a knock on at the lineout
3. Play went on and Smith scored in the corner
4. TMO check disallowed the try because of the knock-on, but the original penalty was awarded to NZ

Now...if Etzebeth's foul prevented a probable try (we know it was probable - it was scored) could a penalty try have been awarded?

@rugby #NZLvRSA

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That was very much not the match I was expecting, but it sure did keep me watching! I can’t help feeling that South Africa got lucky there. They were not playing that well in the second half, even against a short-sided New Zealand, though there were errors aplenty from both sides. Had they SA knocked it off with the drop goal attempts, they might have managed a more decisive victory. #rugby #RWC2023 #NZLvRSA

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@rugby #RWC2023 #NZLvRSA #Rugby Final

Tense.

More cards than a kid's birthday party.

#Springboks have been to four cup finals, won all four.

Thanks to @emarktaylor and @greub for quality live posting.

Congratulations Bokke, and kudos to Wayne Barnes, you can moan all you like about how much TMO there is, but not one call you can argue with in that match.

#AllBlacks could have squeaked it, and it's testament to their team spirit and classy moves, they were a hair's breadth away.

Hugs all!