# Rugby: The mid-year internationals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-the-mid-year-internationals/756975>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 9, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-the-mid-year-internationals/756975 "2016-06-09T23:00:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cherry\_pez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@cherry\_pez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry_pez)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-the-mid-year-internationals/756975/21 "2016-06-26T15:48:06Z")

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Thanks again! Went from watching USA-Italy(horrible) on YouTube to ESPN3. Cleansed the palette with:

Wales-New Zealand  
Ireland-South Africa  
England-Australia  
France-Argentina  
Toulon-Montpellier  
Racing 92-Clermont  
Racing 92-Toulon  
England-Ireland(U20)

Best day ever.

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-the-mid-year-internationals/756975/22 "2016-06-27T09:24:44Z")

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> [@cherry\_pez](#):
>
> Thanks again! Went from watching USA-Italy(horrible) on YouTube to ESPN3. Cleansed the palette with:
> 
> Wales-New Zealand  
> Ireland-South Africa  
> England-Australia  
> France-Argentina  
> Toulon-Montpellier  
> Racing 92-Clermont  
> Racing 92-Toulon  
> England-Ireland(U20)
> 
> Best day ever.

Now that’s dedication! After all that are you in position to comment on the penalisation of the scrum? cause no other bugger has a clue.

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**Author:** ![cherry\_pez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@cherry\_pez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry_pez)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-the-mid-year-internationals/756975/23 "2016-06-27T13:13:25Z")

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> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#):
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> Now that’s dedication! After all that are you in position to comment on the penalisation of the scrum? cause no other bugger has a clue.

I gave up trying to figure that out a long time ago. Illegal binding, turning, front row collapsing/angling/standing. I wish they’d just pause the clock after the first failed scrum and maybe go back to the previous rule(engage, etc.) but that’s never going to happen. Even though it’s often an inscrutable part of the game it’s still intensely exciting. See Toulon-Racing when Tomafuna(spelling?) was subbed back in near the end. Geez it doesn’t get any better than that.

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