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RWC 2015 Qualifiying

Correction to the Paraugay Brazil game the final was 35-22 not 33-22, I have edited that into the post.
 
Ukraine were weakened by losing some of their better players (Russian based players were unavailable), I expect the return match to be a lot closer.

From what I've read in the FIRA forums, the German embassy denied entry visas to prop Ievhen Chaika and lock Vyacheslav Krasylnyk. No further details have been released. Both are Russian league players.
 
RWC-Q Match Results from this weekend:

AWAY-SCORE-HOME

Germany 13-22 Poland, 7-7 HT, (1T, 1C, 2P--1T, 1C, 5P)
Croatia 20-29 Switzerland, 0-12 HT (3T, 1C, 1P--4T, 3C, 1P, 1YC)
Andorra 26-23 Serbia, 13-12 HT, (1T, 0C, 6P, 1DG--2T, 2C, 3P)
Denmark 15-27 Latvia, 5-15 HT, (2T, 1C, 1P--4T, 2C, 1P)
Bosnia & Herzegovina 9-11 Norway, 0-6 HT, (0T, 3P--1T, 0C, 2P)
Lithuania 17-34 Malta, 10-26 HT, (2T, 2C, 1P--3T, 2C, 5P)
 
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RWC-Q Match Results from this weekend:

AWAY-SCORE-HOME
Netherlands 24-16 Lithuania 14-6 HT, (2T, 1C, 4P; 1YC--1T, 1C, 3P)
Norway 8-15 Luxembourg, 0-5 HT, (1T, 0C, 1P--3T, 0C)
Sweden 22-18 Czech Republic, 10-15 HT, (1T, 1C, 5P--2T, 1C, 1P; 1YC)

Will try to update and post some stats from my spreadsheet this week.
 
[video]http://www.norgesrugby.no/videos/841-enc-2012-14-norway-vs-bosnia-herzegovina-video[/video]

Match video from last week, Norway vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina
 
Bosnia & Herzegovina 17-22 Greece, 10-16 HT, (3T, 1C; 1YC--1T, 1C, 5P)
Moldova 14-32 Germany, 0-19 HT, (2T, 2C; 1YC--4T, 3C, 2P; 1YC)
Czech Republic 15-42 Ukraine, 6-13 HT, (0T, 5P--3T, 3C, 6P, 1DG; 1YC)
Switzerland 7-24 Netherlands, 0-18 HT, (1T, 1C; 2YC--2T, 1C, 4P; 1YC)
Cyprus 54-20 Austria, 34-15 HT, (7T, 5C, 3P--3T, 1C, 1P)
 
Though these teams are not eligible for qualifying for RWC, thought it would be a good addition to post these videos. Both look to be like coach's cuts since the in between walking around and all that out of play jazz has been edited out. Lighting is weird, and quality is low, but hey I'm not going to complain.

Azerbaijan-Slovakia 1st half
 
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Azerbaijan-Slovakia 2nd half


In light of recent events with the Azerbaijan team, it's good to see some clips of them playing rugby, and a competitive game too! Final was 25-16 Azerbaijan, down for most of the game hit with a converted try in the 76' that capped the scoring.

And it is awesome that it was the Azerbaijan federation that uploaded these!
 
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It's great to watch teams like that play. It makes me feel like Ncik Evans: I could be playing test rugby if I had a different nationality.
 
Ukraine-Czech Rpeublic full match video from this past weekend.
 
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Slovenia 8-49 Cyprus (5-27 HT); (1T, 0C, 1P -- 8T, 3C, 1P)
http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/upload/file/1354986618_121208 ENC2C CY SL Game sheet.PDF

Now 17 consecutive wins for Cyprus to pass the 2011-12 All Blacks run of 16 wins. Cyprus is now one off from tying the record, and is expected to do so. The record is 18 consecutive wins by Lithuania from 2006-2010, and the All Blacks this season came mighty close until their draw with the Wallabies in the 3rd Bledisoe test.
Cyprus' next match is against Bulgaria March 16 at home. Their final game of the season will be an away match at Hungary, and with it a possible chance to set a new rugby record. And it doesn't look like Cyprus is going to lose any time soon. Cyprus sports an 21-1-0 record in test rugby (only loss was to Israel 4 years ago). Cyprus only played their first international on March 24, 2007; a 39-3 win vs. Greece. Their squad is selected from a group of fewer than 70 eligible players cobbled together from as many as nine European countries, although more than 50 per cent are generally based in Cyprus at any one time. Here are some numbers on Cyprus:

During streak
17 game winning streak
PF-PA Diff: 796-103, +693
Average score: 47-6
Closest game: 4th consecutive win, 8-6 vs. Bosnia Herzegovina, 21 March 2009. This is the only win by less than 10 points. Bosnia & Herzegovina are the only team to have lost by less than 20. They also lost in a return match the following year by only 15.
Only 3 times has an opponent broke double digit scoring. In 2010 Greece scored 13 (score 33-13), Finland in 2011 put up 10 (score: 70-10), and this year Austria 20 (score: 54-20)
3 shutouts.
Only 3 times has Cyprus scored less than 30.
11 times Cyprus has scored at least 40.

Loss to Israel was on September 6, 2008 (Cyprus' 5th test match). I had not even heard of rugby at that time let alone playing. Score was 23-14.

Overall test stats
21-1-0 record
PF-PA, Diff: 935-147, +788
Aavg: 42.5 - 6.8, +35.8
That win vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina previously mentioned (8-6 win) was only time Cyprus has not broken double digit scoring.
Only 5 times has an opponent scored double digits on Cyprus. In addition to the previous 4 mentioned, Monaco scored 10, but Cyprus won 19-10 in test match #3.
Only 4 times has Cyprus not broken 20.
Only 6 times has Cyprus not broken 30.
8 times Cyprus has scored at least 50 points.
11 times Cyprus has scored at least 40 points.
Only 2 wins came by less than 10 (2007 vs. Monaco, 2009 vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina). Only loss (to Israel) was only by 9 points.


Cyprus has dominated test rugby since their debut to say the least, and they seem to be only getting stronger.
 
Thailand FB Warongkorn Khamkoet was the first player to break the 100 point plateau in RWC2015 qualifying this past weekend when he scored a try in the 75th minute vs. Chinese Taipei. Now eliminated, he finished qualifying with 105 points (4T, 11C, 20P, 1DG).
 
Freddie Burns' brother plays for Cyprus.

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Cyprus is not eligible for the World Cup because they are not IRB members...we'll see when the playoff rolls around May 4th if the IRB put them in or disclude them, because they have clinched the top spot in ENC 2C.
 
These were stats I posted in another forum, these were as of March 15...I will update again later this week (more games have been played in the past 3-4 weeks), and I will try to make my spreadsheet available online for anyone interested.

(AS OF MARCH 15)
-86 matches played (3 have been draws)
-3,870 total points scored (45 points per match)
-460 tries, 287 cons, 312 pens, 20 drop goals (62.4% conversion success rate)
-46 times a team scored 4 or more tries (41 games)
-5 matches both teams have scored at least 4 tries each
-25 times teams have lost by less than 7
-Warongkorn Khamkoet (Thailand) is leading scorer, with 69 points (3T, 6C, 13P, 1DG in 3 matches)
-Jose Lezcano (Paraguay) has the most tries with 6, but his nation is eliminated. Of players still left, Rija Rakotoarimanana (Madagascar) has the most tries with 4 in 2 matches.

Europe:
-42 matches
-1,689 points (212 tries, 127 cons, 119 pens, 6 drop goals)
-59.9% conversion success rate

Asia:
-15 matches
-888 points (100 tries, 62 cons, 86 pens, 2 drop goals)
-62.0% conversion success rate

Africa:
-9 matches
-511 points (61 tries, 40 cons, 40 pens, 2 drop goals)
-65.6% conversion success rate

Americas:
-20 matches
-779 points (87 tries, 58 cons, 67 pens, 9 drop goals)
-66.7% conversion success rate
 
Cyprus is not eligible for the World Cup because they are not IRB members...we'll see when the playoff rolls around May 4th if the IRB put them in or disclude them, because they have clinched the top spot in ENC 2C.

Not only will they not include them, their results against the rest of 2C don't count for RWCQ purposes. They quietly removed them from the RWC website fairly recently, presumably after someone at the IRB noticed that Cyprus weren't actually eligible (after previously playing up their qualifiers here: http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2064578.html).
 

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