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Yup, I am sorry but this is right for a given value of right.
Starting from the first international recorded between Scotland and England on 27/07/1871, a match won by the Jocks, I looked at each subsequent match played as listed on rugbydata.com[^]. The rules are simple, a team remains champion until they are beaten and so the baton passes. There have been 566 Championship Matches with New Zealand [158 wins from 214 matches] the most successful team; followed by South Africa [82/129] and England [75/135]. A total of 29 teams have featured, with, in no particular order, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Australia, British & Irish Lions*, France, Barbarians*, Romania, Argentina, Japan and Samoa all having one at least once championship game.
Only two World Cups have failed to unify the title, 2003 and 2011, when on both occasions the Barbarians held the unofficial title. My guess is that this time the titles will be combined.
The next Championship Game will be Welsh Wales against England this weekend.
* Though not national teams, matches with the British & Irish Lions and Barbarians are treated as international tests by the IRB so I will too.
veni bibi saltavi
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Busy?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I have to go and take the clutch slave off the car before Mrs Wife gets home and it's pishing down. I started this about three weeks ago and wanted to finish before the World Cup started but I never actually finished until now.
veni bibi saltavi
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I'm not sure I'd be mentioning the slavery in an open forum, even one as right wing as this place.
However, the winner stays on argument for titles is an interesting one. I think Soccer AM did a similar thing with some cup or other a few years ago, each game the holders played counted as a cup final.
I admire your dedication to playing with stats for your own amusement.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Well the bloody stupid mofu slave can stay were the frog it is for now! 17mm spanner too small, 19mm too big. Same goes for 5/8 and 3/4 inch. I don't know if an 18mm is available but I'm now on the hunt for 11/16 bloody inch bloody open bloody ended bloody stupid bloody spanner.
I am also elevating my mood to "peeved".
veni bibi saltavi
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I've got one if you want to borrow it.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: The next Championship Game will be Welsh Wales against England this weekend.
Is there any other kind of Wales?
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Oh yes, there's Cardiff.
veni bibi saltavi
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Wastedtalent wrote: Is there any other kind of Wales?
The fishy kind.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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6 + 2 = 8 but so does 5 + 3. The way you do things is not always the only way to do them. Respect other people's way of thinking.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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It's worth being aware that this type of post doesn't normally go over well, here in the Lounge. We're a pretty cynical bunch and posts like this have tended to attract a lot of negativity in the past. Just so you know.
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Maybe that's what he's aiming at in this post...
Respect the man for crying out loud! 
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Checked the other way - it leads to more work, while the current path goes home...I'll stay on...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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If someone claims 2 + 2 equals 8, then I might point out the error. If the other person keeps insisting, then he will not be getting any respect.
Sorry for that.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You ruined my life...I grew with the certainty that 2+2 is 5...
Got to go rest...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Should have known you are actually Tom Yorke.
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That joke was lukewarm, at best... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: .I grew with the certainty that 2+2 is 5...
I learned this is true for large values of 2.
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
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I think you should be banned! Everyone knows it 7 + 1 = 8. Don't get me started on 4 + 4 = 8.
I'll get my coat....  Please note the joke icon.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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What joke icon? That next to the abuse flag?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Corporal Agarn wrote: think you should be banned! Everyone knows it 7 + 1 = 8. Don't get me started on 4 + 4 = 8.
You darned Integerists. Always insisting that your numbers are the only real numbers.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: the only real numbers
No, all rational, irrational and transcendental numbers are also real numbers. Numbers can also become a little unreal, but that may be too complex. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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It's been rumored that 4 + 4 is the dyslexic friendly version.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Think different.
16 / 2 = 8.
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Palash Mondal_ wrote: The way you do things is not always the only way to do them.
But the way I do things is usually the best way.
Palash Mondal_ wrote: Respect other people's way of thinking.
Only if you deserve my respect.
Marc
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