King Mike, Siya’s Testicles and who is the Rugby, who is the Bits

Kooks, Shaun and Thala wrap up an exciting final round of group stage games of the Rugby World Cup.

There was no other place to start but Portugal’s victory over Fiji. We talk about the impressive Nicolas Martins, how Mike Tadjer’s kick stole the show and whether Fiji can bounce back from this loss for their quarterfinals.

We then review the other Week 5 match ups. We welcome Pool D to the World Cup party after Argentina defeat Japan in an entertaining game and Samoa run England close. Shaun explains why the disallowed Samoa try wasn’t controversial and Kooks reminds us all that he picked England coming out of the group stages unbeaten.

We then look at how Ireland destroyed Scotland and how many of the Scotland team should be put on Fraud Watch, how France, New Zealand and Wales dealt with Italy, Uruguay and Georgia respectively. Shaun complains about how we only saw one game of George Moala in Tonga’s victory over Romania.

We then look back at the group stages and pick out moments and games that stood out and teams and players that disappointed. There’s a lot of love for forwards that kick, the impressive performances of Tier 2 nations. Thala tells the story of watching the great Namibian prop Casper Viviers live. We then save up some slander, mostly for Scotland and Australia.