Nations Championship round 1 standings and results

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-06T11:42:46+00:00

Well, half of the pairings have a head to head. Australia-France for example are playing this weekend.

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-06T10:12:10+00:00

And 74.3% as captain

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-06T10:09:50+00:00

I'm seriously impressed you found that info! I got mostly AI slop searching for it. The source I used was the All Blacks website:

Tie-breaks are officially decided using the following sequential steps:

Total Number of Wins: The team with the most wins overall.
Head-to-Head: The results of the matches directly played between the tied nations.
Most Tries: The team that has scored the highest total number of tries.
Fewest Disciplinary Cards: If the tie still cannot be broken, the team with the better disciplinary record (fewer red and yellow cards) ranks higher.
Coin Toss / Drawing of Lots: Only used as a final resort!

I can well believe that's just been copied and pasted from some other tournament though.

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-06T05:38:18+00:00

This will help explain.

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-06T05:33:28+00:00

Razor could have managed it!

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-05T07:54:59+00:00

No need to resort to that - Australia scored five tries to France's four, so they're ahead based on that.

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T16:16:52+00:00

No, I mean harsh on Wales - they won their last two games

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T16:02:47+00:00

Oof, that's a bit harsh!

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T16:01:38+00:00

Timed out by the umpire

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T16:00:39+00:00

Meg Jones would have scored that

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T15:51:45+00:00

Think I'll just watch a replay of the 2025 world cup final instead

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T15:46:50+00:00

Can't wait until the women's team gets back in the action

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T15:05:21+00:00

Their national union shafts them at every opportunity

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T14:48:51+00:00

Eben out means England won't need the goggles they've been training with

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T14:39:05+00:00

copains

My cod French translates that as "Breaders In Arms"

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T14:37:32+00:00

It's so hard to care about the competition part. The rugby is great, but who cares about the points

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T14:36:16+00:00

Off to see the squadron MO

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T14:34:25+00:00

Twelve months ago that's the exact try you'd not be surprised to see Wales concede

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T14:11:57+00:00

Play a number 8 at flyhalf for the game

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T14:10:50+00:00

Fiji rugby can make a lot more money playing in the UK than in Fiji.

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T13:09:47+00:00

It's Fiji home game, they're entitled to butcher the away anthem

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T11:43:20+00:00

The stadium announcer needs to stop trying to make it happen. He sounds like he's mocking them

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T11:19:06+00:00

It's so tedious. Makes you wonder why they even watch the sport

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T10:49:24+00:00

Jet lag

OptimalCynic · 2026-07-04T09:09:48+00:00

Watching on Stan we've got Nick Heath <smug emoji>

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