Federation of Inner Ryxtylopia

Matchday 7 1 - 2 1 - 0 Vynitiná Ypraí Ferravario Carraizal Zalté Firverria 55' Marco Firvarrías 23' Julio Visqueliva 49' Franco Xilvas 70' Arvando Bitixelapa 67' 0 - 1 3 - 2 Garvani Cantrixense Iltapés Bixas Lardo Barrasqué 58' Kaixe Viraxa 34' Dainte Pisquepa 60' Carrete Distifexa 80' Andreís Richava 50' 63' 0 - 2 2 - 1 Isportivo U. Saxatí Mytapixas U. Ryxenia Tincho Disquiverria 58' Randé Xivascarra 77' Ezicaiel Barvas 39' Marves Xilva 72' Franco Viranpá 64' 1 - 0 4 - 3 Mytapixense Tsalapaní Myvas Tirilpense Julio Barrasqué 81' Marco Tivarra 70' Andreís Vixiltepa 8' Andreís Vixiltepa 30' Andreís Vixiltepa 51' Randé Lisquerva 77' Ernysto Disquivarria 33' 75' Aldijendro Viapas 63' 0 - 0 0 - 2 Pinichaca Sportivo Aureano Pinilaca Rio Priava Inzé Fransquixa 49' Marco Lyvandxe 65' 0 - 3 Qixas Raquivas Marco Dipartí 43' Nalpe Tsilpanté 42' Nalpe Tsilpanté 59' Theo Dixilfane 87' Pos Club PLD W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Mytapixas 7 6 1 0 12 6 6 19 2 Rio Priava 7 6 0 1 19 8 11 18 3 Cantrixense 7 4 3 0 14 6 8 15 4 Dyportivo Mytapixense 7 4 1 2 17 11 6 13 5 Iltapés 7 4 1 2 10 9 1 13 6 Tirilpense 7 4 0 3 15 12 3 12 7 Ypraí 7 3 3 1 8 5 3 12 8 Pinichaca 7 3 3 1 8 7 1 12 9 Isportivo 7 4 0 3 9 9 0 12 10 Qixas 7 3 2 2 9 9 0 11 11 U. Ryxenia 7 3 2 2 6 7 -1 11 12 Raquivas 7 3 1 3 15 14 1 10 13 Ferravario 7 3 1 3 8 9 -1 10 14 Myvas 7 2 2 3 11 11 0 8 15 Garvani 7 2 2 3 8 10 -2 8 16 Carraizal 7 2 2 3 4 8 -4 8 17 Bixas 7 1 3 3 9 11 -2 6 18 U. Saxatí 7 2 0 5 5 8 -3 3 19 Tsalapaní 7 1 0 6 3 7 -4 3 20 Sportivo Aureano 7 0 3 4 7 13 -6 3 21 Vynitiná 7 0 3 4 5 11 -6 3 22 Pinilaca 7 0 1 6 2 13 -11 1

Round 1 | First Leg HOME AWAY HOME AWAY Rio Brianco (CA) 3-0 Mynás Sae Marco 2-1 U. Carraizal Cuchalpa 0-2 Bixas Salatepense 0-0 Isportivo Ryxenia Carraizal 3-1 Garravas U. Pinichaca 1-1 Dyportivo Monte Veljo Ryxtylopiana 0-1 Sportivo Aureano Pavinas 3-2 Ponta Larga Ferravario 2-1 Palatense Rio Priava 4-1 U. Saxatí U. Ryxenia 3-1 Pestalpinense Rio Brianco Aureano 2-0 Aureano (EL) Sae Liarvas 3-0 U. Cantríxa Libirtad 0-1 Partanaense Trichanacó 3-3 Pinichaca Pastí 2-2 Mayvás Qixas 5-0 Dalperopé Raquivas 4-0 Ryxtylopiense di Saxatí Bai'ia Talapinté 0-3 Bai'ia Tripartí 2-2 Garvani Dyportivo Kil'nicá 3-2 Parilipense Vynitiná 1-1 Yalaperinte Sainto Andrae 0-2 Alatépa Liipíca 2-0 Rio Brianco (YL) Pinilaca 0-3 Tirilpense Abanderades 1-3 Myvas Mytapixas 6-1 Monte Brianco Itibaiano 2-2 Iltapés Dyportivo Progresso 2-4 Ypraí Golfo 4-3 Dyportivo Mytapixense Tsalapaní 1-1 Cantrixense Sport Hertalpás 3-0 Monte Vardi

Matchday 6 1 - 2 1 - 1 Ypraí Qixas Raquivas Pinilaca Danté Braxaias 47' Lardo Dispalté 19' Julio Dixitalpe 35' Marco Avixé 68' Marco Ciaspatela 23' 5 - 3 2 - 4 Rio Priava Pinichaca Sportivo Aureano Myvas Inzé Fransquixa 22' Inzé Fransquixa 37' Luque Pirrava 45'+1 Rafarre Ponté 70' Pablo Desquirrivia 76' Inrique Vascarro 58' Inrique Vascarro 73' Emailio Taracana 87' Marco Lapanté 44' Inrique Miltía 71' Andreís Vixiltepa 38' Randé Lisquerva 53' Randé Lisquerva 65' Lardo Zilta 90'+2 Randé Lisquerva 70' 3 - 5 0 - 1 Tirilpense Mytapixense Tsalapaní Mytapixas Ernysto Disquivarria 40' Pablo Livattí 59' Pablo Livattí 66' Pablo Livattí 70' Tincho Biaxas 74' Marco Caxica 11' Marco Caxica 76' Julio Barrasqué 57' Fiago Xialtepa 62' Andreís Viliaxa 74' (P) Julio Barrasqué 37' Varrasco Liniae 58' Marves Xilva 59' 0 - 3 0 - 2 U. Ryxenia Isportivo U. Saxatí Iltapés Ezicaiel Riavas 18' Julian Firverria 31' Rauíl Barravez 59' Rauíl Barravez 70' Altimo Braxas 38' Andreís Riavas 71' Randé Xivascarra 50' Carrete Distifexa 49' Dainté Pisquepa 83' Danté Virapa 58' 2 - 2 3 - 3 Bixas Garvani Cantrixense Ferravario Andreís Richava 45' Lardo Zinche 79' Esteban Varrazqué 20' Esteban Varrazqué 64' Andreís Diavarra 17' Lardo Barrasqué 30' Rauíl Disquiverria 71' Enrico Astiveilla 80' Franco Xilvas 39' Franco Xilvas 55' Theo Barrasqué 80' (P) 0 - 0 Carraizal Vynitiná Lardo A. Viapas 60' Pos Club PLD W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Mytapixas 6 5 1 0 10 5 4 16 2 Rio Priava 6 5 0 1 17 8 9 15 3 Cantrixense 6 3 3 0 13 6 7 12 4 Isportivo 6 4 0 2 9 7 2 12 5 Qixas 6 3 2 1 9 6 3 11 6 Pinichaca 6 3 2 1 8 7 1 11 7 U. Ryxenia 6 3 2 1 5 5 0 11 8 Dyportivo Mytapixense 6 3 1 2 16 11 5 10 9 Iltapés 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 10 Tirilpense 6 3 0 3 11 9 2 9 11 Ypraí 6 2 3 1 6 4 2 9 12 Myvas 6 2 2 2 8 7 1 8 13 Garvani 6 2 2 2 8 9 -1 8 14 Carraizal 6 2 2 2 4 7 -3 8 15 Raquivas 6 2 1 3 12 14 -2 7 16 Ferravario 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7 17 Bixas 6 1 3 2 7 8 -1 6 18 Tsalapaní 6 1 0 5 3 6 -3 3 19 Vynitiná 6 0 3 3 4 9 -5 3 20 U. Saxatí 6 1 0 5 3 8 -5 2 21 Sportivo Aureano 6 0 2 4 7 13 -6 2 22 Pinilaca 6 0 1 5 2 11 -9 1

(Credit to @Dalimbar for providing me with try and conversion scorers) Ryxtylopia VS Dalimbar - Match Highlighs. The TVNC tranmission started in the Chacas Arena, the crowds welcoming the team by unvailing a large ryxtylopian flag on the northern stands. With both teams exiting the tunnel with confident looks on their faces. Pablo Virriscayda once again was in charge of the live commentry for TVNC. "Hello everybody! You're watching TVNC! And im Pablo Virriscayda! And today is the match any ryxtylopian will look on with dread: THE SEMIFINALS! Our 3rd semifinal in a row! Will the Pirates manage to make it to the final? Or will they get knocked out by Dalimbar? We are about to find out here in the Chacas Arena!" "Ryxtylopia's last match against Staneburg ended in a 37-21 victory for our Tricolór! The players always give their best in quarterfinal matches! While Dalimbar won a hard-fought match against Nouveauterra that ended 7-6. But if anything the dalimbari players don't have to worry much as Ryxtylopia has to tackle what people in our rugby space are calling: The Semifinal curse!" "So here we stand! The Pirates aim for their first final! The dalimbaris aim for their second trophy! Who will win this clash of giants? We will soon find out!" Ryxtylopia wins the coin toss, deciding to start by kicking off. "The coin is tossed, and it seems... The pirates will kick off!" KICK OFF As the pirates kick off, they start cautiously moving towards the dalimbari side of the field, passing a few times without much risk, not yet comitting to any attacks. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SEMIFINALS ARE NOW UNDERWAY! RYXTYLOPIA VS DALIMABR HERE IN THE CHACAS ARENA AND UNITED ADAIKES VS ZORAN IN THE FRANCO RIVALDA! DALÉ RYXTYLOPIA, DALÉ TRICOLOR!" 10' | 0-0 The first ten minutes passed with the score staying nil to nil. Ryxtylopia was cautiously pushing up in the early minutes, but the dalimbari, leaning on the defense on this match, kept them at bay. For Dalimbar the match didn't look any better than for Ryxtylopia, with them holding back, any chances to attack at the start were slow, easily handled by Ryxtylopia's defense. Only in the 10th would any side get chances. Following a poorly executed tackle by Peter Srecko, Ryxtylopia's Marco Xilta got through most of the dalimbari players and in position to pass to Riberto Huichilca who could've scored a try where he was. But he was slow to react, and this gave a chance to Dalimbar's captain: Luka Ivica to tackle Xilta allowing nearby Damir Siamion to take the ball. "Xiltaaaaaaa- Sreh- Sre- co... Serehcko...? Fails the tackle! Its up to Xilta to score, he could pass to Huichilca or Guilbirto! He moves on, this is a risky move annnd... TACKLE! By Ivica! Xilta looses posession, ball for Dalimbar!" 13' | 0-0 Dalimbar was able to counterattack on the 13th. With Mikita Ajdin making it past Ryxtylopia's first line with Theo Farris and Rinaco Zicha failing to tackle. As Ajdin managed a pass to Antonin Klavdiya, who would've probably scored a try if it weren't for Aviliez Mataña's quick sprinting; Mataña tackled the dalimbari around 12 meters off from goal, and allowed Rivas to regain the ball for the Pirates. "Ajdin near the middle! He makes it past Farris and Zicha! He is demonstrating great agility but not much speed! Mataña is on him! Ajdin needs to pass but Noooo! Tackled by Mataña! Rivas regains the ball! The game stays 0-0" 25' | 0-5 L. Ivica (DAL) N. Blago (DAL) After a scrum caused by Franco Chalquaté comitting a knock on. Dalimbar would draw first blood, Mark Hynek speedily bringing the ball up to the ryxtylopian side, and managing to avoid a tackle from Marco Va'atí, with a well placed pass Ignacij Aysultan the dalimbari team got the ball a mere 7 meters off goal. Aysultan managed to get Rivas out of his position to then make one last pass to L. Ivica. as Dalimbar's captain scored the try. But in the following conversion, Nikolai Blago failed to convert, hitting the ball with too much force causing it to curve and miss. "Hynek achieves posession for the dalimbari! Va'atí fails a tackle! Pass to Aysultan! Now moving up parallel to Tivaña! Dalimbar nears, this is dangerous! Pass to Ivica- Rivas can't react in time, and- Score! Score! Score! Dalimbar Scores! It was an amazing pass from Aysultan to Ivica! To place the polari side up on the score!" "Nikolai Blago will take the conversion. Blago, Blago, Blagooooo- MISS!! He kicked with too hard! The ball misses. It remains 0-5!" 39' | 0-5 Following Ivica's try the first half would continue. The Ryxtylopians starting to get more agressive with their attacks, as many rucks and mauls happened during this time. The dalimbari on the other hand playing rather defensively. Ryxtylopia's next big chance came a mere minute before half time. Pailo Darrias ran as fast as he could, making it halfway in to the dalimbari side of the field, he then made a good pass to Andreís Guilbirto waiting near the middle. As Guilbirto attempted to dodge D. Siamon to no avail, getting tackled in the process. Seeing this Franco Chalquaté, Marco Xilta, Theo Farris and Ferrán Lisquerva rushed to get the ball back, resulting in a ruck very close to the dalimbari goal. But it would be P. Srecko who came out victorious, saving Dalimbar from conceding. "Attention everybody, Darrias with the ball! Moving through the left! Now pass to Guilbirto! Guilbirto runs! He attempts to dodge, he's on the- TAAACKLE! By Siamon! Now we have everybody moving in! Dangerous ruck on the dalimbari side! Its Ryxtylopian, its Dalimbari, its Ryxtylopian, its Dalimbari... ITS DALIMBARI! Ryxtylopia fails to capitalize on the opening!" HALF TIME Half time, both teams quickly rushed to rethink their strategies, Dalimbar only had a minor lead. While for Ryxtylopia the current result meant elimination. "Half time in the Chacas arena! Ryxtylopia is losing by 5 to Dalimbar! We still expect the match to get more intense! Make sure to grab some snacks and drinks, this is going to be a great match!" 44' | 3-5 F. Lisquerva (DAL) Ryxtylopia would get some breathing space on the 44th. Following a ruck near the midfield, Lardo Andreís Visquelpá would regain posession for the Pirates, making it into the dalimbari side. With several dalimbari players approaching him from the front, left and right, Visquelpá would pass to Lisquerva behind him, who went for a drop goal, scoring it, and bringing Ryxtylopia within 2 points of tying the match. "Visquelpá makes it through with posession! Avoids Klavdiya! He's nearing the 20 meter-mark! Dalimbari players rush at him! Pass to Lisquerva, and LIS-QUER-VAAAAAAAAAA SCORE! SCORE! Lisquerva makes the drop goal, to bring Ryxtylopia back in the game!" 52' | 3-12 N. Blago (DAL) L. Ivica (DAL) Dalimbar would amplify the lead on the 52nd. When coordinated passes between Albert Vasilka, Benedikt Jevrem and Matviy Mariya all connected to leave the ryxtylopian defense confused at the quick pace of the passes, with Mariya making the last pass to Blago nearing the ryxtylopian goal. Blago got past Rivas with little issue, making the try. L. Ivica converted giving Dalimbar a total of +7 points. "Vasilka forward! Now pass back to Jevrem! He dodges Mataña! Guilbirto tries catching up! Pass to Mariya! The dalimbari are close! Mariya could try to score or go for a pass! Pass to Blago, he's closing in, Rivas tries to- No! Score! Score! Score! Dalimbar! Blago gets the try after a chain of passes between Vasilka, Jevrem and Mariya!" "Dalimbar has the conversion... They don't fail! Ivica converts for Dalimbar!" 59' | 3-19 L. Ivica (DAL) N. Blago (DAL) Dalimbar scored again 7 minutes later, it would be none other than their captain, following several well timed tackles on R. Huichilca and L. A. Visquelpá that stopped the ryxtylopian attack in its tracks, turning around and booking it to score the try. Roman Aristarkh avoided tackles from F. Lisquerva and A. Mataña to then pass to Ivica near the middle. Dalimbar's captain stopping as R. Patochá ran in front of him and fell to the floor, before scoring the try. Blago was in charge of the conversion,this time not failing and amplifying the dalimbari lead. "Aristrakh with posession! Dalimbar is now acting more offensively! Lisquerva to tackle! Miss! Its up to Mataña! He can't tackle either! Aristrakh passes to Ivica it will be Patochá for the tack- NEVERMIND! SCORE! Ivica scores for Dalimbar!" "Blago has a chance at redemption. He doesn't dissapoint! Dalimbar 19, Ryxtylopia 3! 65' | 10-19 A. Guilbirto (DAL) N. Blago (DAL) Ryxtylopia makes some back on the 65th. Thanks to a heroic performance from Guilbirto whom managed to dodge Mikita Ajdin, Peter Srecko and Damir Siamion to make it to the goal and score the try. Guilbirto once again showing his agility and why he was one of Ryxtylopia's best. Xilta converted to make it 10-19. "Ruck and ball for Guilbirto! He's running as fast as he can! He doges Ajdin... He moves on! Dodges Srecko! He keeps running NOW DODGES SIAMION! WHAT A MAN ANDDD... SCORE! SCORE! SCOOOOOOORE! GUIL BIR TO! SCORES THE TRYYYYY!" "Xilta has not missed a conversion in this campaign... AND TODAY'S NOT THE DAY! 10-19!" 75' | 10-24 P. Srecko (DAL) L. Ivica (DAL) However five minutes before full time, Dalimbar sealed the deal. With a ruck near the ryxtylopian goal that the defense couldn't contain, with Srecko making it past Rivas to end Ryxtylopia's dream of reaching the final. Ivica would miss the conversion, even with that, Dalimbar would only have to defend for the remainder of the match. "Dalimbar on the counter! Ruck... that doesn't look good! Srecko with the ball and... Score! Dalimbar gets the try! It looks like its over! Ryxtylopia is about to be eliminated!" "Ivica to convert, it will be another painf- Nevermind! Miss! 10-24!" FULL TIME The match ended with half of the ryxtylopians chanting, the other half booing, as the Pirates got eliminated from RWC VI, but there was still a shot at winning bronze. "Ladies and gentlemen, it seems the curse strikes again. Ryxtylopia knocked out in a semifinal! But there is still medals to be won, if we win against the other losers... United Adaikes." "This was a very hard match to watch and will likely mean the end of Tivarra as head-coach of the ARR. But he can end this run on a high if he wins the bronze once again for our nation." "That's all for today! Im Pablo Virriscayda, and you have watched TVNC! Ryxtylopia's best sports and culture network! Until then see you in the bronze medal match!"

TVNC - The Quartefinal results and the upcoming match. The broadcast starts once again in the Chacas Arena, Railo Eiva and Tixica present in the same place they made their last broadcast. [Railo]: Good evening Ryxtylopia! You're watching TVNC! Ryxtylopia's best network for sports and culture! Im Tivan Railo, and im being joined once again by my co-workers: Nixta Eiva and Marco Tixica! We're here to discuss the Pirates' last match against Staneburg in the quarterfinals, and the match we'll have in a few hours against Dalimbar! [Tixica]: What a match! What a match! 37 to 21! Ryxtylopia once again shines during the quarterfinals, but now we face the dreaded semifinals! [Eiva]: 3rd year in a row. Ive seen videos online about people online performing rituals to make it to the final or blessing pictures of the players, especially in Pestalpa and Talaxachá. [Railo]: Our opponents in this semifinals will be as tough if not tougher than any other: Dalimbar! The hosts of the edition we made our debut in 2 years ago! [Tixica]: And they won the thing at home! [Railo]: Well but first, what's your opinions on our match with Staneburg. RYXTYLOPIA VS STANEBURG - OPINIONS ON THE MATCH [Eiva]: It was a really good watch! The team finally broke past the barrier of 30 points in a match, nearly made it 40. [Tixica]: Guilbirto was amazing! Incredible! And who can't love Xilta with his conversions!! [Railo]: Staneburg's team wasn't prepared, and I think the early conceding cost them their chances in the game. However credit where its due, they managed to break down our defense in key occations. I think it was a combination of the pressure from conceding early, and a lack of commitment to either defending or counterattacking that cost them this match. [Eiva]: Their players have shown that they know how to play the game. And they'll probably be a competitive side in the next editions of the RWC. [Tixica]: Ill forever applaud Guilbirto for his performances in this RWC, he has decent speed and incredible reflexes! He knows when to pass and when to receive a pass! Visquelpá and Chalquaté are showing a lot of promise too! [Railo]: Looking at it more in general, i think the Pirates showed, against Staneburg their good coordination in attacking and exploiting opportunities. Its part of the experience they've gained throught the years. [Eiva]: Could not have said it better, Railo. They know how to commit to a strategy, be attacking or playing for posession. They ocationally struggle defensively but they can make it up by getting the points on the offense. [Tixica]: I wonder what Tivarra has in plan for the upcoming match... We first saw a lot of offensive action vs Staneburg, then we saw the ARR play passively until the staneburgians made mistakes. [Railo]: Well, we'll move on to the next segment! RYXTYLOPIA VS DALIMBAR - GETTING THROUGH THE SEMIFINALS [Railo]: Ryxtylopia goes into this match with: Darrias, Guilbirto, Visquelpá, Huilchica, Chalquaté, Armando Mataña, Xilta, Farris, Lisquerva, Zicha, Va'atí, Tivaña, Patochá, Aviliez Mataña, and Rivas! With Tivarra as their head-coach! [Tixica]: Dalimbar for their part has Benedikt Jevrem, Terenti Sukhrab, Matviy Mariya, Mark Hynek, Antonin Klavdiya, Roman Aristar-kh-ee?, Nikolai Blago, uhhhhhh... Ig- Igna... cijjjjj- Ay... sultan, Mikita Ajdin, Albert Vasilka, Peter Srrrrrr- eeeee- cko, Dimitri Marijan, Damir Siamion, Luka Ivica and Anton Kirill! [Railo]: A lot of quality players on both sides! [Eiva]: Dalimbar is the only team that didn't finish top of their group present in the semifinals. However they've done better than some of the other favorites, and got further than Teralyon, the team that got 1st place in their group. [Tixica]: Annnnd what can we expect from the always warm and friendly Dalimbari folks? [Railo]: They are a somewhat balanced side. They can both attack and defend fairly well. [Tixica]: I think Ryxtylopia will go for counterattacking! Striking at Dalimbar when their team is spread out on attack! [Railo]: Dalimbar could try getting an early lead if their team sees it viable, if that happens i think the Pirates will go for the wait for the opportunities to counterattack strategy. [Eiva]: Im ready! And i hope everybody else is! This is going to be an intense match as two rugby powerhouses face eachother! [Tixica]: Wait what about Gaíves? [Railo]: He is handling some other stuff... THATWILLBEALLLADIESANDGENTLEMEN! [Tixica]: WHAT?! [Railo]: This was our program in TVNC! We are all ready to watch Ryxtylopia VS Dalimbar! TVNC brings only the best sports coverage! [Tixica]: YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! [Railo]: Thanks for your viewing and we will see you soon! [Tixica]: DON'T CUT, DON'T C- The transmission switches to the Ryxtylopia VS Dalmbar match.

Tirvixas Neighborhood, Ryxenia Sunday 5th, 12:00 hrs, Ryxenia Time. (IAT-1) Tirvixas had always been a working-class neighborhood in Ryxenia. Originally a standalone town, it was absorbed by the greater Ryxenia metro around the early 1300's, and during Ryxtylopia's mining boom and subsecuent economic growth in the 1340's 50's and even into the 60's it had been a place where many working class families had made their homes. However this also made it one of Ryxenia's most infamous neighborhoods for breeding social unrest. During the dictatorship in the 1370's up to the end of the 1380's, military police squadrons frecuently patrolled its streets and searched houses, looking for political dissidents. And in both the 1390's and mid-1400's it suffered from economic stagnation, and became one of the capital's poorer neighborhoods. Given all this history it is no wonder that when new ideas or existing discontent spread through Ryxenia; the first place that would be affected, would be Tirvixas. Early attempts to protest at the start of RWC 6 had been dealt with the police, not wanting a repeat of what happened during the first days of WCF 3. But now with the tournament well-underway another wave of unrest hit Tirvixas, and protests; not necessarily over the tournament, but over social injustices and inequality as a whole, started on Sunday. The government was quick to blame the Avanzé por e póvo coalition (the coalition between the four main left-wing parties in Ryxtylopia. However there had also been rumors of foreign agitators helping spread the unrest, but that had not been confirmed. And it only made more questions: Who? Why? What goals did they have in Ryxtylopia? What could they gain from agitating the populace? By one o' clock, the state security forces, which included the: Baxaias Municipal Police (Baxaias being the municipality Tirvixas is located in), and the Capital Police Corps, had already arrived to the scene, equipped with riot gear, and proceeded to contain the protestsers within Tirvixas. The original plan for the protesters was to continue to Ryxenia's city center, but with the police already present, only a few managed to get through. For the moment the main group had been halted, initial police estimates placing between 3,000 to 4,000 people in the first of the protests. Around the same time as the protest in Tirvixas, a smaller group attempted acts vandalism in the Istadio Franco Rivalda, where the Unite Adaikes-Saint Mark game would take place. Most of theese actors were detained, the CPC reporting 31 persons had been detained, and search warrants for another 12 had been issued. However around 5:00 PM. Some of the more radical and violent of the Tirvixas protesters started to try to break out started, with the quantity of people present now estimated at around 5-6 thousand people. This inevitably caused a response by the police. Who without giving much of a warning began using tear gas and pushing back against the people in the front. Leading to panic within the mainly non-violent people in the group, this lead to a stampede, and by the time the tear gas had cleared up, over 70 people had been injured, with 14 severely injuries. However by the end of the day, no more incidents had been reported after the group in Tirvixas dispersed, but the sudden outbreak of protests started to bring some questions. What had caused them to break out so suddenly? And if there was foreign intervention behind the scenes... Who was responsible? As a result, police presence in both Ryxenia and Pinilaca were greatly increased for the semi-finals and the medal matches.

(Credit to @Staneburg for helping me with the try scorers) Ryxtylopia VS Staneburg- Match Highlighs. The TVNC tranmission started in the Chacas Arena, as the two teams that had met in the group stage, met for the second time in just 3 games, the staneburgian players now looking a bit more confident compared to their first time in the Chacas Arena. Pablo Virriscayda once again was in charge of the live commentry for TVNC. "Hello everybody! Its a special day today! You're watching TVNC! And im Pablo Virriscayda! And today Ryxtylopia is going to play another quarterfinal round! This time our rivals will be none other than Staneburg! The same Staneburg we won over in the first day of this RWC." "Ryxtylopia's last match against Larxia ended close with only one try! This time Tivarra got serious! The main team is present and ready for a game. Staneburg on the other hand wants to seek revenge for last time, if they achieve it Ryxtylopia's positive record against all other Auran teams will be broken." "And so we are here today to presence this match! Will the newcomers pull an upset? Or will the pirates head for their 3rd consecutive semi-final?! We'll find out shortly in theese 80 minutes of rugby!" Ryxtylopia wins the coin toss, deciding to start by kicking off. "The coin is tossed, and it seems... The pirates will kick off!" KICK OFF As the pirates kick off, they instantly go on the attack. Staneburg playing cautiously for the first few minutes, trying to identify any patterns in the ryxtylopian strategy. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE QUARTERFINALS HAVE STARTED! DALÉ RYXTYLOPIA, DALÉ TRICOLOR!" 04' | 0-0 The pirates start off strong, getting the first major chance to score; when Armando Mataña skilfully avoided Florian Adler's attempetd tackle, and with good coordination, passed the ball to Riberto Huichilca whom in turn quickly passed to Lardo Andreís Visquelpá on the right, changing the path of attack. As L.A. Visquelpá made it for the staneburgian side, he was intercepted at the last moment by Niklas Vogel, with the other ryxtylopian players rushing to get the ball. However Staneburg's Julian Wolff was able to get it out of danger. "Ryxtylopia on the offense! Mataña doesn't get tackled! Pass to Huilchica, now another pass to Visquelpá! The staneburgian defenders rush to tackle! Vogel could make it in time! Visquelpá... Tackleeeeee! By Vogel! Huilchica and Guilbirto could regain posession! But fear not Staneburg! Wolff regains the ball! 0-0!" 09' | 7-0 T. Farris (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) Before the clock hit 10 minutes played, the ryxtylopian and staneburgian players got into a ruck, with A. Mataña achieving posession, as the staneburgians in the back prepared to stop him. But with a pass to Rinaco Zicha, whom made incredible progress on the left flank, another pass went to Theo Farris, that couldn't be stopped by the defense, with Farris avoiding the staneburgian defense to score the try past Erik Albrecht. Xilta converted, placing the pirates 7 up in the scoreboard. "Mataña comes out of that ruck with the ball! The staneburgians move forward to get him! Pass way back to Zicha! Zicha runs through their left unopposed! Zicha, Zicha, Zicha, Zicha, pass to Farris near the middle! The Staneburgians reposition! Its too late! Albrecht is the only one that can stop Zicha! Annnd... ZICHAAAAAAAAA- SCORE! SCORE! SCOOOOOOOORE!! THE PIRATES DRAW FIRST BLOOD!" "You know the man for this! Xilta! Xilta! Xilta! XILTA SCORE! SCORES! SCORES! FOR THE PIRATES!! RYXTYLOPIA 7, STANEBURG 0!" 13' | 0-0 Staneburg had a good chance to score, not long after. Florian Adler and Jonas Hartmann had good coordination regaining the ball for Staneburg, pushing into the ryxtylopian side, getting past the first line of players, as they approached the second, with Ferrán Lisquerva missing an opportunity to tackle Hartmann. Hartmann attempted a pass to Lukas Reinhardt, which would've all but secured the try. However thinking fast, Guilbirto Tivaña caught it. "Adler to Hartmann! Hartmann makes it through! Lisquerva to stop the staneburgian! He doesn't reach him in time! Hartmann continues moving up the field! Reinhardt is open on the left! Pas- TIVAÑA'S TIMING! He catches the pass! The ball returns to Ryxtylopia!" 24' | 10-0 F. Chalquaté (RYX) Staneburg still struggled to form an effective response to the ryxtylopian attack. And with this, Andreís Guilbirto made it deep into the staneburgian side of the field, quickly getting surrounded however his pass backwards found Franco Chalquaté waiting, as he was in a perfect position to kick the ball through the posts. Which he did, scoring a drop goal. "Guilbirto through! He made good pace there! Fuchs, and Wolff prepare to take him down! Pass to Chalquaté! Drops and kicks the BAAAAAAAALLL- SCORE!!! A quickly executed drop goal by Franco Chalquaté places Ryxtylopia now 10 up!" 33' | 17-0 A. Guilbirto (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) As the clock continued to tick, Marcel Schulte tackled R. Huilchica in the staneburgian side, with ryxtylopian close behind and the staneburgian defenders starting a ruck over posession. Which F. Lisquerva was able to get the ball out from, then moving past the few staneburgian defenders left near his lane, and passing to A. Guilbirto as E. Albrecht moved to tackle him, with Guilbirto now free, he scored the try. Xilta converts. "Huilchica tackled by Schulte! We have a ruck! Both teams battle for posession, but Lisquerva comes out with the ball! He makes progress through the other defenders! He cut diagonally! Now going to face Albrecht! Staneburg doesn't have enough people in the back! Pass to GUILBIRTOOOOOOOOOO SCORE! SCORE! SCOOORE!! Guilbirto lands the try!!" "Xilta will take another conversion! AND THIS MAN DOES NOT MISS! +2 ON THE TRY THE TOTAL IS NOW 17 TO 0 FROM STANEBURG!" 40' | 17-7 F. Kruger (STB) J. Hartmann (STB) In the dying seconds of the first half Ryxtylopia would lose the ball following a ruck near the midfield. And Daniel Maurer would not waste a single second of momentum, quickly rushing through the middle, to the surprise of Guilbirto Tivaña and Marco Va'atí who expected him to go through the flank. As the ryxtylopians reorganized, Maurer made a good pass to F. Kruger who after bearly dodging Rinaco Patochá managed to get past Ernysto Rivas, scoring for Staneburg. J. Hartmann converted with no difficulties, putting Staneburg back in the game. "Ryxtylopia lose the ball! Maurer has less than 40 seconds to score! He makes full speed through the middle! Va'atí and Tivaña aren't in position! Pass to Kruger! Kruger is nearly there! Dodges Patochá! Its up to Rivas... and... Score! Score! Staneburg scores 15 seconds before half time! It was Kruger!" "And Hartmann will convert, he kicks- Score! Hartmann converts! Staneburg 7, Ryxtylopia 17!" HALF TIME As Hartmann finished his conversion, Half-Time arrived, both teams rushing to rest and to plan for the rest of the match. Staneburg was starting to find better chances, while Ryxtylopia had already gotten a sizable lead. "Hartmann scored! And with that we have half time! Get some food and drinks while you can, since I can assure you, the second half of this match is going to be WILD!" 46' | 17-14 J. Hartmann (STB) D. Maurer (STB) Staneburg started off strong in the second half, with Sebastian Lenz and Moritz Lange managed to get close to the ryxtylopian goal, as they made several passes between themselves before M. Lange got one off to Leon Schröder near one of the sides. L. Schröder bearly avoided a tackle by R. Patochá before getting tackled by Rivas, but nearby J, Hartmann managed to quickly swoop in, taking the ball to make the try. D. Maurer would take the conversion, scoring. "Lenz and Lange moving up nearly paralel to eachother! Lenz passes to Mortiz! Moritz forward! Back to Lenz! Moves forward! Back to Moritz! Pass to Schröder! He's about to score! Patochá misses the tackle! Now tackle by Rivas! Hartmann is close! Nobody gets the ball! Hartmann has it and Scores! Staneburg scores!" "Maurer has the conversion. He doesn't fail! Staneburg 14, Ryxtylopia 17!" 50' | 20-14 L. Andreís Visquelpá (RYX) However with Staneburg now starting to catch up, Ryxtylopia's attack would once again continue the pressure on Staneburg. After a scrum near the mid-field. F Chalquaté would gain posession for the pirates, rushing the left, running as fast as he could, avoiding getting tackled by Marcel Schulte to then pass to L. Andreís Visquelpá who being perpendicular to the goal, went for a drop goal. The ball curving and bearly making it in. But making it in nonetheless. "Chalquaté with posession! Staneburg didn't do so well in the scrum! Now through the left! Schulte tries tackling! Chalquaté dodges! Ball in arms! And now a pass to Visquelpá! He moves forward! Drops the ball- KICKS! AND- SCORE! SCORE! VISQUELPÁ SCORES A DROP GOAL!!" 58' | 27-14 A. Guilbirto (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) Ryxtylopia would further its lead on the 58th minute. With F. Lisquerva in the staneburgian side, he would be tackled by F. Adler, in the ensuing ruck, with the ball switching posession multiple times, Ryxtylopia's Pailo Darrias would exit with posession, making several dodges first avoiding Marcel Schulte and then J. Wolff, nearing E. Albrecht. Darrias would pass to Guilbirto who had an open goal, scoring the try. M. Xilta converts. "Lisquerva goes in with the ball, making progress forward! Taaaaackle by Adler! Adler- Mataña- Ruck! Posession is contested! Both sides tackling and looking for the ball! But its Darrias who emerges out with the ball! Darrias to face Schulte! Dogded! Wolff! He avoids both! Nearing Albrecht! Ball to Guilbirto once again! HE'S NEARING THE- AND SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! GUILBIRTOOOOOO, GETS HIS SECOND TRY OF THE MATCH!!" "Xilta will kick ittt... What can you expect? THIS MAN, THIS MAN KNOWS HOW TO CONVERT, HE JUST DOES, NO MATTER THE TIME OF DAY OR THE WEATHER, HE KNOWS HIS ART!" 63' | 34-14 M. Xilta (RYX) R. Huichilca (RYX) Momentum did not slow down for the ryxtylopian side, as A. Mataña with some careful maneuvering, kept the staneburgians locked down near the left, passing to P. Darrias, then A. Guilbirto quickly moving the ball to the right side, with Guilbirto achieving one final pass to M. Xilta near the middle, who managed to avoid the staneburgian players by running diagonally, as he scored Ryxtylopia's last try of the night. This time, the captain, R. Huichilca would be in charge of the conversion. He scored it. "Mataña moving up with caution! The staneburgians are closing in, it seems they're getting their act togheter. Pass to Darrias! Darrias to Guilbirto! Guilbirto at 10 meters! Pass to XILTA, HE'S SOLO ITS THERE AND SCORE!! SCORE!! SCOREEEEE!!! XILTA WITH THE TRY, BRINGS THE COUNT OVER 30!" "Huichilca has to convert to make it 37, HUI CHIL CAAAAAAAA SCORE! SCORE! THE PIRATES AMPLIFY THE LEAD! 34-14!" 75' | 34-21 L. Schröder (STB) J. Hartmann (STB) Staneburg's team didn't give up even with 5 minutes left. Rinaco Zicha would commit a knock on dangerously close to the ryxtylopian side during on of Staneburg's attacks. In the ensuing scrum, the staneburgians would take full advantage, with Marcel Schulte coming out with the ball and after dodging Guilbirto Tivaña, he made a well timed pass to Leon Schröder, a pass that R. Patochá was too late to stop. L. Schröder scored the try past E. Rivas. Hartmann would take the conversion, as Staneburg made back some distance in the scoreboard. "Ladies and gentlemen get ready for the scrum! Its on both sides fight for posession! And, and, and, and, and... Schulte has the ball! Tivaña doesn't stop him. Pass to Schröder! Its up to Rivas but no! Score! Score! Score! Schröder delivers a try for Staneburg!" "Hartmann tasked with convert, Hartmann... Score! Its 34-21 with 5 minutes remaining!" 79' | 37-21 F. Lisquerva (RYX) To end the match, in the last attack. R. Patochá went through the flank, with S. Lenz bearly missing a tackle, and N. Vogel being too far away to intercept. Patochá at the end of his run managed a pass to A. Guilbirto, who seconds after passed to F. Lisquerva behind him, Lisquerva went for the drop goal. The ball going almost through the middle of the posts, to seal off one of RWC's VI most intense matches until now. "Patochá on the flank! He'll be tackled by Lenz... NOooooooo- Lenz misses! Vogel can't catch up! Patochá passes to Guilbirto, another pass to Lisquerva, who IS GOING TO- SCOREEEEEEEE! SCORE! LISQUERVA! WITH THE DROP GOAL! MAKES IT 37-21!" FULL TIME The match ends, the Pirates achieving the victory to put them in the semifinals for the 3rd consecutive time. At the end of the match Tivarra would go out of his way to congratulate manager Richard Schmidt of Staneburg, for bringing his team that far into the competition. As players from both sides shake hands. "3! 2! 1! ITS OVER! RRRRRYYYYYYYXTYLOPIA IN THE SEMIFINALS! ONCE AGAIN THE PIRATES MAKE IT INTO THE BEST 4 TEAMS IN THE WORLD! THIS TIME ON HOME SOIL!" "That concludes today's match ladies and gentlemen! The Pirates achieved a staple victory against Staneburg! Ive just received news of a narrow dalimbari win in their match against Nouveauterra. They will be our rivals in the semifinals! Ryxtylopia as of now looking like favorites over Dalimbar, but going against a team that have already been champions in the RWC is never easy! This is the first time both teams will meet, so lets hope for the best!" "But that closes today's transmission! Thank you for tuning in! Im Pablo Virriscayda and you have watched TVNC! A channel with only the highest-quality coverage on sports events! Including the 6th Rugby World Cup! We will see you soon for RYXTYLOPIA VS DALIMBAR! Have a nice day!" The transmission ends

TVNC - RWC VI with Railo, Eiva and Tixica too. The broadcast starts not in the studio as in past editions, but in a VIP box in the Chacas' Arena, with a small table and Railo, Eiva and Tixica sitting down around it. [Railo]: And we are... LIVE! Good evening viewers! You are watching TVNC! Im Tivan Railo, and im being joined once again by my co-workers: Nixta Eiva and Marco Tixica! We are on our 3rd RWC here following the national team. [Eiva]: And apologies for cancelling the scheduled transmission for the round of 16, we had some logistical issues... [Tixica]: We got stuck in traffic, that's what happened! No need to talk too fancy Eiva. [Eiva]: You! They don- [Railo]: Calmmmmmm down, Eiva we're here to enjoy the match! And Tixica, you're here not to get fired! [Eiva]: Since for those of you whom didn't know. Following the whole RWC V debacle with Tixica and Railo having a bit of an argument. Tixica nearly got fired from our program. We had to make up and beg the producers not to fire him. [Railo]: I hate to admit it, but you give our show some personality and classic ryxtylopian flare and emotion. [Tixica]: That's right! You two need me! This program needs me! This TV network- [Railo]: Shshshshhhhh, calm down! No time to talk about that, we have an exciting match ahead! RYXTYLOPIA! VS STANEBURG! [Tixica]: Right, right! The Pirates have been pretty consistant! I wish they gave me more tries to celebrate but Tivarra and his men had a fairly good group stage! And they bearly beat Larxia in the round of 16. I still belive some of the starters could've been different, but in the end it worked out. [Eiva]: Well, our next opponent is as said previously: Staneburg, we won against them on the first day. And it seems like they are going to take their shot at revenge. RYXTYLOPIA VS STANEBURG - WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? [Railo]: Going into this match! Ryxtylopia still undefeated. 3/3 in the group stage, accumulating a PD of +21, not incredible by any means, but decent nontheless still achieved 2 bonus points! And we still had more scored than the we- er- Zoran! [Tixica]: Anddddddd here we gooooooo- RYXTYLOPIA goes in full force with the main lineup! Darrias, Guilbirto, Visquelpá, Huilchica... oooh my mouth is watering hearing those. [Eiva]: Oh stop that! [Railo]: Chalquaté, Armando Mataña, Xilta, Farris, Lisquerva, Zicha, Va'atí, Tivaña, Patochá, Aviliez Mataña, and of course Rivas! [Tixica]: Its going to be a great game! Im ready to support! I won't stay here with you losers, im going with to spend the game with everybody else in the crowd! Amongst the smell of beer! The constant yelling! The beating drums! And waving flags! [Eiva]: Losers?! [Railo]: You do you Tixica, I know you only want to be closer to Gaíves... [Tixica]: Well... maybe that too! [Railo]: We'll get to him in a bit! But first lets give our opinion on the game! To win this Ryxtylopia has everything it could need, the question is if they can play well enough. [Eiva]: Andreís Guilbirto is at his best. Darrias while not the same as in RWC V and IV is still by all means a good player. Our captain; Riberto Huilchica hasn't shown his best kicking but his leadership remains vital for the team. [Tixica]: And wheeeeeeeeew, MARCO XILTA, has yet to fail a conversion! He has the best kicks in the team by FAR!! [Railo]: Chalquaté made his debut with the first team in this RWC, he has speed when the moment calls for it. Some of our other speedy players include: Aviliez, Lisquerva and Zicha! [Tixica]: Give some love to Farris too! Great tackling from his part even if he lacks in the kicking department! [Eiva]: If i had to guess a direction for the game, it would be Ryxtylopia being agressive, pushing for tries, covering a lot of distance whenever gaps appear. [Railo]: Well Eiva, now on to Staneburg's players: Lukas Reinhardt, Matthias König, Fabian Krüger, Stefan Keller, Moritz Lange, Jonas Hartmann, Sebastian Lenz, Daniel Maurer, Florian Adler, Marcel Schulte, Niklas Vogel, Christian Fuchs, Julian Wolff, Leon Schröder annnd Erik Albrecht. Will be starting for Staneburg. [Tixica]: Ill be on the lookout for Vogel, he's young, and he had a fairly good game against us last time! [Eiva]: Fabian Krüger is also a really solid player from their side. He made the try for them in that game. Agile that's for sure. [Tixica]: Moritz Lange is also not to be overlooked! He nearly had a drop goal! But pressure from our players caused him to shoot with too much force! From what ive seen he has decent kicks! [Railo]: Staneburg might either try to gain a lead in the first half, or play defensive and wear us down, it really depends on if they think they have the capacity to win this time, and if they feel confident enough. [Tixica]: Then let's hope they dont! [Eiva]: Don't be so harsh! Wish them good luck. [Railo]: We'll have plenty of time to wish our opponents good luck after we meet Gaíves! Who you will see on screen shortly, but Tixica doesn't have to wait, as he's down there on the field. [Tixica]: GAÍVES IM UP HERE! WAVE AT ME! RYXTYLOPIA VS STANEBURG - SITUATION ON THE GROUND [Gaíves]: Hello everybody! Thanks for having me again! [Railo]: Gaíve- [Tixica]: WAVE AT ME, IM UP IN THE PRIVATE BOXES! [Railo]: Tixica, you can go down with him for the game! Jeez! Alright Gaíves, what's the situation down there? [Gaíves]: Conditions in the pitch great for rugby! We got an intense atmosphere! You can already feel the crowds on top of you here. Ive already chatted with some members of the staneburgian press, all the equipment is set up and ive seen members from their team staff coming to take a look at the conditions of the pitch! [Railo]: Great great! Got to see any fans? [Gaíves]: Look behind me. The camera pans to a near complete wall of yellow in the north stand of the Chacas Arena, as the people start waving, showing flags & banners and shouting at the camera. [Gaíves]: There's quite a lot of people here. Ill see if anyone wants to talk. Gaíves approaches the crowd, talking to a man with a yellow and blue cap, wearing the team's shirt. [Gaíves]: What do you expect for today? [Fan1]: Its a party out here! We're ready to greet our heroes! I didn't get to go to Dalimbar but i was in Overthinkers every single day the team played in! We're ready to see them give their everything for Ryxtylopia! [Gaíves]: What do you think about Staneburg's team? [Fan1]: Absolute respect. They surprised the nouveauterrans! And its clear they want to win! But we want to win more! We have to get to the final whatever the cost of it is! [Gaíves]: Alright, thanks! Gaíves moves to a section with a banner reading "Veilja Fiel" interviewing another person. [Gaíves]: Sir thoughts on the match? [Fan2]: Staneburg won't get a warm reception that's what im saying! For the 80 minutes we'll chant CHACAS AND RYXTYLOPIA FIRST! [Gaíves]: And how do you feel about our team's state. [Fan2]: Im sure they'll do great! We'll be here for em! [Railo]: And that's it ladies and gentlemen! Thank you very much Gaíves. [Gaíves]: Thanks for having me here. [Railo]: Time to watch the match! [Eiva]: Indeed! [Tixica]: Ill get going down there with everybody else now! [Railo]: And to our viewers, stay tuned! We'll be back after the match! The camera switches to a view of the stadium preparing for the match.

Ryxtylopia VS Staneburg - Time to get serious. It was the afternoon, as Tivarra and the ryxtylopian team headed to the Chacas Arena after training in Chacas' RC's training complex. Spirits were high, as this time no changes had been made to the team. Ryxtylopia would be playing their A-team and hopefully their A-game too. Many people in social media had already criticized the coach for including 5 reserve and bench players in the Larxia game. While Tivarra wanted to give the reserve players more time for them to gain experience. After all, Rivas would retire soon, and he wanted to have more options, in case any of his players got injured. But it didn't matter now, the focus was on once again beating Staneburg; The same country that had been their first rival in the group stage. A change in strategy was needed, as the staneburgian team would probably handle the ryxtylopian pressure better than last time, so the team had a chat while on the bus. [Tivarra]: Alright, alright, silence everybody; listen carefully. Last time we went for the somewhat agressive approach, but I want you to get me more tries, build up your chances but don't jeopardize the defense. Even if it doesn't mean playing for posession of the ball I think it can still work. [R. Huilchica]: So... defend, tackle, take the ball. Move up before they can respond and score? [Tivarra]: Not too much defending, I want you to take the iniciative and the lead, once you have a comfortable enough lead, defend and wait for better chances to go on the counter. [R. Huilchica]: Got it. [Tivarra]: I really want us to reach the final, we have been consistant, which is GOOD. But at the same time we have not been scoring as much as the other top teams. [P. Darrias]: Ive noticed. However I also belive it was a good idea giving the reserves time, mainly Lapanté. [E. Rivas]: Well, Staneburg are somewhat reminding me of our performance in RWC IV, where despite not being the best in the groups like Overthinkers, we made it up to the semifinals and then claimed bronze. Not a rival to underestimate, even if we already beat them once. [Tivarra]: What Rivas said is what I have in mind, they've had some pretty good growth in short time. [M. Xilta]: So that's the strategy? [Tivarra]: Pretty much. You should all know what to do, I want you at your best with your kicking. You're still my Nº1 when it comes to conversions. Also don't overlook drop goals. I encourage you to go for tries but if the situation calls it, just get the points if you can, in the knockouts any points are good. [M. Xilta]: Aight. Everybody goes back to chatting. [S. Guivaldi]: And what do you plan to do after retiring from the national team, Rivas? [E. Rivas]: Well i had some talks with Lapanté, I think he'll make a great Fullback. As for me, I got some years left in Talaxachá still. [S. Guivaldi]: 4 championships in a row. Must be great winning so much over Chacas isn't it? [E. Rivas]: Yeah, but they got all their investment now, new stadium, and a stronger team this upcomming season. [S. Guivaldi]: Wish Cazixé was in the same spot. As far as it looks we're headed for a 4th year in the second division. [E. Rivas]: Cazixé is missed in the 1st. Its not the same having the 3rd most sucessful team rotting away down there. [S. Guivaldi]: I got to see them fall, the finantial troubles aren't going away. Hopefully we can do like Chacas and get our finances in order, last season my salary got delayed, twice. [E. Rivas]: Its that bad?! I didn't know that. [S. Guivaldi]: I got off light, I had teamates who hadn't gotten paid in 4 months. [E. Rivas]: That's bad... [S. Guivaldi]: At least i haven't experienced as much pain with the national team. [E. Rivas]: You should come out about that, its a story the sports press would pick up now more than ever. [S. Guivaldi]: You know, maybe you're right, i should look into it. The bus arrives at the Chacas Arena, crowds outside waving banners and flags. [Tivarra]: Alright everybody, we're here. I want to see your best. Beacause now more than ever WE HAVE TO WIN! DALÉ TRICOLÓR!! Everybody shouts: Dalé Tricolór before applauding and getting off.

Ryxtylopia VS Larxia- Match Highlighs. The TVNC tranmission started in the Chacas Arena, full as usual. The crowds chanting "Tricolór Tricolór!" right as the national anthems started playing Pablo Virriscayda once again was in charge of the live commentry for TVNC. "Hello everybody! Its a special day today! You're watching TVNC! And im Pablo Virriscayda! Ahead of us we have an exciting match! Its going to be none other than RYXTYLOPIA! VS LARXIA! Ryxtylopia was the second best placed team overall and we'll be facing on paper the second worst!" "Ryxtylopia last match against materos achieved a close victory! As while the main team has a lot of experience, the reserves haven't been given as much time. But it seems Tivarra still sees their potential as we have 5 players from the reserves here today!" Larxia wins the coin toss, deciding to start by kicking off. "The coin is tossed, and it seems... Larxia will kick off!" KICK OFF The sea lions kick off, the match starting, both teams instantly going at eachother for posession, the game starting really roughly with frecuent tackles and rucks. "And, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ROUND OF 16 IS NOW UNNNNNNDERWAY! DALÉ RYXTYLOPIA, DALÉ TRICOLOR!" 06' | 0-0 Starting strong, Larxia came off better from the first series of rucks, with their lock: Lucas Gomez making progress into the ryxtylopian side however, he got tackled by Kaixe Disquerravia, just as Julio Disquerravía retook the ball for Ryxtylopia André Fernandes tackled. In the ensuing ruck it would be Larxia's Captain: Rafael Lima, who almost neared the Ryxtylopian backline, being tackled by fullback: Theo Lapanté who had unexpectedly replaced Rivas this evening. As the pirates retook posession. "Larxia is on the attack! Gomez makes it through! Tackled by Kaixe Disquerravia! Now Julio Disquerravia retaakes for the pirates! Ryxtylopia makes back ground! Tackle by Fernandes! Ruck! Ruck! Both teams struggle for the ball! Its Lima who has the ball! He nears the back, Lapanté moves out! He tackles! Ryxtylopia doesn't concede and retakes posession!" 17' | 0-0 Ryxtylopia had a good opening to score in the 17th. But the larxians following their poor performance in their group had seemingly switched their game. As Riberto Huichilca ran forwards, he got tackled by Guilherme Ferreira, however Ezicaiel Viraxa was near, he regained posession and with Larxians closing in, he attempted a drop goal, but Carlos Pinto made it just in time to block his shot. "Huichilca with the ball! Our captn' makes ground! He avoids the first larxians... Tackleeee! Tackle! By Ferreira, Viraxa takes the ball back with quick thinking! He moves forward, it may be better to go for a drop goal! Viraxa, Viraxa, Viraxa, Viraxaaaaaaaaaaa- BLOCKED BY PINTO! Viraxa's shot at the goal gets blocked by Pinto whom was just in front of him! It remains 0-0 here in the Chacas Arena!" 25' | 0-0 Nos soimos e Tricolór! Nos soimos e Tricolór! Sempre combativo, ne Aura ninca vyncido e hoy prixecamos ganair! With support from the crowds strong, the pìrates attempted to build up to a play, with quick passes, first from Marco Xilta to Theo Farris, then from T. Farris to Rinaco Dipartí and finally from R. Dipartí to Fiago Avaís, whom got incredibly close to scoring a try, to then be surrounded by Gonçalo Soares and Nuno Ramos, with the former tackling Avaís and the Latter retaking the ball for Larxia. "Xilta! Pass! To Farris! Farris makes distance quickly! Pass to Dipartí! Pulls near the center! The ball goes backwards in another pass now to Avaís! The Larxians try to make back ground! Avaís gets close! Soares and Ramos prepare to intercept! Tackle by Soares! Annnnd Ramos regains for Larxia!" 31' | 0-0 Chances for both teams as the 31st started, first it was Larxia, with João Silva leaving Rinaco Zicha in the dust after avoiding a tackle, to make within 15 meters of scoring as K. Disquerravia tackled to protect Ryxtylopia, with his teamate Aviliez Mataña picking up the ball and making full speed forwards, as the larxian forwards being near the middle chased him on the flank. As Mataña got tired now on the larxian side he passed to Andreís Guilbirto near the middle lane, Guilbirto avoiding getting tackled by Carlos Pinto, only to fall into Rodrigo Teixeira's arms, as the minute ended, neither team had scored. "Larxia on the attack! Silva makes speed! Zicha attempts tackling! He cannot catch him! Larxia nears the goal, it will be up to Lapanté or Disquerravia! TACKLE by Disquerravia, Mataña picks up the ball! Now Ryxtylopia on the counter! Reis can't catch up, he's too far away! Mataña makes it past the midfield! He runs more slowly! Pass to Guilbirto, Guilbirto has a chance! Avoids tackle by Pinto!! Guilbirto- TEIXEIRA! TACKLE! Guilbirto misses the chance to score!" HALF TIME By half time, following a heavily contested game around the midfield neither team had gained an advantage, with both teams trying to attack, their forwards clashed at the center with tackles and rucks, anyone who got through on either side would be stopped by the other team's defense, so the game remained in a stalemate. "Annnnd- HALF TIME! Ladies and Gentlemen, Ryxtylopia is tying with Larxia on the round of 16 of RWC VI, we still have another 40 minutes ahead of us! So make sure to use the time in the break to get a drink or some popcorn! Larxia has not been the same as in the group stage!" 48' | 0-0 Not even after half time did the pace of the game slow down, it was still heavily contested between both teams. Larxia's team pushing with all their might apparently having received a boost of motivation following the group stage. The Pirates on for the second half of the match started playing more cautiously, instead of taking the iniciative, deciding to hold back and wait to exploit any mistakes in attack by Larxia. "Ruck... Ball for Darrias! Tackle! Ruck again! Larxia with posession! And ANOTHER RUCK! Ladies and Gentlemen, this has to be one of the rugby matches with the most tackles ever!" 56' | 0-0 Larxia bearly missed a chance on the 56th. Bruno Carvalho moved up, making a key pass to L. Gomez, whom was able to avoid the ryxtylopian defense and get extremly close to scoring the try. But with Rinaco Zicha following close behind, not giving Gomez a chance to pass behind or to the side, he was forced into the left, where Ezicaiel Varrazqué and T. Lapanté cut him off, Lapanté managing the tackle as Varrazqué regained posession. "Bruno is moving up! He's going to get tackled if he keeps going! Pass to Gomez! Gomez moves up, the Ryxtylopians are switching their focus to the left! Zicha could tackle if he runs faster! Gomez needs to make it past Lapanté! TAAAACKLE BY LAPANTÉ!! Varrazqué retakes the ball! Ryxtylopia attempts to strike back!" 59' | 7-0 F. Avaís (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) Before the clock hit the 60-minute mark, another one of Larxia's attacks was absorbed by the ryxtylopian defense, following the ruck Ezicaiel Viraxa led the counterattack. Managing to avoid G. Ferreira before passing to T. Farris before Diogo Mendes could tackle. Farris ran as fast as he could aiming for the Larxian goal, but with N. Ramos about to cut him off, he veered right and managed the pass to F. Avaís, who was far enough from N. Ramos and Vasco Pereira to get past and score the first (and only) try of the game. Ryxtylopia's main kicker, M. Xilta took the conversion, scoring it, bringing Ryxtylopia up by 7. "Viraxa exits the ruck! The larxian players get up and give chase! He avoids getting tackled by Ferreira! Ball to Farris! Larxia is on the ball foot, Farris pressuring them! Ramos can take it back to Larxia! Pass to Avaís! Pereira's POSITION ISN'T GOOD AND- SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! SCOOOOORE!! AVAÍS! AVAÍS! AVAÍS! GIVES RYXTYLOPIA THE LEAD! Unless make points, the pirates will be going to the quarterfinals!" 64' | 7-0 Larxia's attack by this stage started to push even harder against the Ryxtylopians, with R. Lima leading a counter push following a ruck, then achieving a good pass to A. Fernandes, who made only a bit of distance before a tackle from J. Disquerravía created a ruck, as both ryxtylopian and larxian players rushed, but it would be G. Ferreira who came out with posession, nearing the ryxtylopian side, as E. Varrazqué, Rinaco Patochá and A. Mataña rushed to face him. Now with no options. Ferreira attempted a drop goal, but with Varrazqué and Mataña almost on top of him, his attempt was poor, veering off and missing. "Lima with the ball! Pass to Fernandes! Ryxtylopia tries to contain! Tackle by Disquerravía! Larxia keeps up attacking! Now we can't see the ball, its on the ground! Ferreira regains it! Moves forward! He's nearly there! Varrazqué and Patochá go forward! Mataña not far behind! Ferreira has to get past them or kick it now! He's running out of time! He's getting tackled! Kick by Ferreira- ANNND- MISS! His nerves betrayed him when he made that kick!" 75' | 7-0 The larxian players started to get desperate, the gap in points could be close with a try. But Ryxtylopia at this point was just playing for time, waiting to regain posession and get the ball as far as possible from their side. With this, the last good chance larxia had came 5 minutes before the clock hit 80' Pedro Reis, recevied a good pass from R. Lima, and as it seemed E. Varrazqué would tackle him, Varrazqué slipped as he tried to grab his opponent, as the other ryxtylopians braced for the worst, with Reis determined to score the try, as he got near it seemed it would be up to T. Lapanté, but as the ryxtylopian fullback prepared to stop the larxian K. Disquerravia seemingly ran as fast as a horse, tackling race and letting Lapanté get the ball away. "We are 5 minutes from the end! Intense match! Lots of tackles and rucks! Lima to Reis! Reis runs forward! Varrazqué can stop him! Reis, Varrazqué, Reiiis- VARRAZQUÉ MISSED! Oh dear! Reis could actually finish making it through! Its up to Lapanté! Reis, Reis, Reiiiiiiiis- DISQUERRAVIA, DISQUERRAVIA, DISQUERRAVIA, DISQUERRAVIA, DISQUERRAVIAAAAAAAA- STOPS THE LARXIAN! RYXTYLOPIA MAKES IT OUT OF THE SIUTATION ALIVE!" FULL TIME After Reis' chance, Larxia struggled to get possession, and Ryxtylopia half-heartedly counterattacked. The match ended with Ryxtylopia winning 7-0. Not as much as expected, it set some alarmbells for Tivarra, who wouldn't be able to depend on his reserves so much for the later matches. Nevertheless the Pirates won, meaning they'd move on to the quarterfinals. "Its almost over, ruck, Darrias... FULL TIME!!! RYXTYLOPIA TO THE QUARTERFINALS! AFTER A HARD-FOUGHT MATCH! TIVARRA TOOK A GAMBLE, IT BEARLY PAID OFF... BUT IT PAID OFF NONTHELESS. THE PIRATES WILL BE IN THE QUARTERS!!" "Ladies and Gentlemen, that match was INTENSE! Ryxtylopia seems to struggle against some on paper weaker nations' and Tivarra took a lot of risk by deciding to let key players take a break, saving them for the later matches. If the gamble hadn't worked out he would be out of the national team! But the men of the ARR made it through!" "I got confirmation, Staneburg won their match against Hertfordia! Meaning we'll be once again facing Staneburg, this time for the Quarterfinals! It seems as one of the favorites: Overthinkers also fell to Nouveauterra. As all the teams from Group A move on! This group had more quality than expected!" "But that will be it for today ladies and gents! The Pirates want their 3rd Semifinal in a row. Staneburg wants revenge! We have an exciting game ahead! But that will be all from my part, ive been Pablo Virriscayda and you have watched TVNC, ryxtylopia's best channel for anything sport-related! We'll see you soon, on our analisis of the match and be ready for RYXTYLOPIA VS STANEBURG!" "DALÉ TRICOLÓR!" The transmission ends.

Channel 7 Sports A Special Broadcast - The Round of 16. The favorites. The transmission starts with a heavily autotuned voice: "CHANNEL 7, THE BEST SPORTS CHANNEL IN RYXTYLOPIA... NOW PRESENTS A SPECIAL BROADCAST!" Before switching from an animated intro to a studio with a presenter sitting in the side. "Good afternoon Ryxtylopia, welcome to Channel 7's special broadcast on RWC VI! My name is Inrique Miravez and i will be your host for today's program." "In this special broadcast, we will take a look at the round of 16 matches. Compare the participants and give our opinions on who we think will reach the next stages of the tournament! And we start with the best group leader vs the best out of the 4th places!" The screen transitions to a graph comparing UA and Arifiyyah. THE SHARKS VS THE MIGHT ORANGUTAN United Adaikes VS Arifiyyah "United Adaikes showed some great rugby! Being the first placed team in the groups stage by points! And with that they will face on paper the weakest team in the R16: Arifiyyah!" "The sharks won all three games. Scoring 72, while conceding 34 with a +38 Point Differential. In total they got 14 points, two of them being bonus points. From this we know UA is so far, one of the favorites to win the tournament." "In last year's RWC, they got to the quarter-finals, losing to eventual finalists, and hosts: Overthinkers. We can see how well they did last RWC down here, it may give us an idea of how they may do this time." UNITED ADAIKES IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 8 6 2 0 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 122 54 +68 15.5 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 75% NIU 0-22 UAD UAD 11-17 TRL 2nd "Arifiyyah wasn't so lucky this RWC, losing all their games but their defense working just hard enough to get them qualified as the best one out of the 4th placed teams. They have 49 Points For, 61 Against, with a Point Difference of only -12. They finished their group with 4 points, all of them being bonus points from not losing too hard." "Last year wasn't anything impressive either, the Mighty Orangutan fell during the group stage in 6th out of 7 in their group." ARIFIYYAH IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 6 2 3 1 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 69 66 +3 11.5 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 41.7% ARF 18-3 EIT APR 17-7 ARF 6th "It is safe to say that the sharks are heavy favorites, losing this match would be borderline embarrassing considering the Mighty Orangutan in this RWC has an effectiveness of 0% so far. But Arifiyyah doesn't concede much, we'll see if they can use that to their advantage, they will play today in the Franco Rivalda." THE LIONS VS GIOVANNILAND Saint Mark VS Giovanniland "From an uneven to a REALLY even match! First we have Saint Mark, whom finished 2nd in their group. Leading a decent campaing so far, just missing out on first place thanks to UA." "They won 2 out of 3. With 34 for, but 36 against, with a Point Difference of -2. Finishing their group with 10 points, two of em being bonus points. They had decent performances against Larxia and Ageros, but their loss against UA made them go into the negative with PD. They are a more defensively-focused team and their attack has shown to struggle from time to time." "Last year they bearly made the round of 16 by virtue of head to head record with Peourouin, whom they were tied with; later losing to eventual bronze medalist: Teralyon in the Round of 16." SAINT MARK IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 7 3 4 0 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 87 88 -1 12.43 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 42.9% NOV 3-14 SMK ZOR 16-3 SMK 4th "Giovanniland also qualified as 2nd in their group, only losing to Overthinkers, however they have slightly better stats than the Lions with 2 wins and 1 loss. They have 53 Points For, 43 Against, and a PD of +10. Their approach has worked better than the lions, being a more agressively focused team. "Last RWC they had a somewhat memorable performance, only going out in the quarterfinals to Ryxtylopia." GIOVANNILAND IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 8 5 3 0 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 94 103 -9 11.75 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 62.5% DAL 13-27 GIO RYX 33-10 GIO 2nd "Even match! But judging by their performance last year, Giovanniland has the upper hand. They seem more consistant in recent times. This will be a match I will be watching in parallel to the Ryxtylopia Larxia one! Will for sure be one of the more interesting matches in the Round of 16! They will face off in the Istadio Lybirtad." THE SUN HAWKS VS THE SKYMANTLES Zoran VS Greiya "For sure all of Polaris plus Overthinkers will be hoping for an upset here, we have the current champions: Zoran facing off against newcomers Greiya." "Zoran needs no introduction, they won all their games. However they seemed a bit shaky considering they're the current champions. They had 56 Points For, 39 Points Against, with a PD of +17, the worst PD out of the group leaders. Qualifying with 13 points, one of them being a bonus point. Even with that, if the previous RWC taught us something, is that they can recover in the knockout stages." "They began their last RWC campaign poorly, loosing to debutants: Nouveauterra and then to Ryxtylopia, but later they were able to recover and win the whole thing." ZORAN IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 10 8 2 0 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 189 108 +81 18.9 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 80% EIT 7-31 ZOR ZOR 6-22 NOV 2nd "On the other hand, we have debutants: Greyia, and they shouldn't be underestimated considering Zoran's recent history of losing to debutants in the last two RWC's. Greiya was 3rd in their group with only one win against Varanius. They ended their group with a really impressive 51 Points For, 39 Against and a PD of +12. They have 6 points, 2 of them being bonus points. "Since Greiya is a debutant, they haven't participated in any previous RWC editions. But it is obvious they are the underdogs here. Zoran's team is stronger on paper, but their recent history has shown they still lose to on-paper weaker teams from time to time. Zoran's agressive focus could be their downfall, but Greiya's defense also struggled somewhat against the likes of powerhouses: Dalimbar and Teralyon. Only time will tell who wins this match. They will play in the Istadio Ciudade Tsalapaní." TERALYON VS INSERBERISTAN Teralyon VS Inserberistan "Bronze Medalists: Teralyon, will face off against newcomers Inserberistan. This match, like the previous one, seems pretty uneven, let's take a look." "Teralyon is the only group leader that did not win all three rounds, being the worst out of the group leaders. They have two wins and a draw against Dalimbar. With 45 Points For, 21 Against, and a PD of +24. They made 12 points, two of them being bonus points." "Last RWC, they won all their group stage games, the only team to do so, and exited against future champions Zoran in the semifinals, but unfortunately they secured bronze against our dear Ryxtylopia." TERALYON IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 10 8* 1 1* GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 147 98 +49 14.7 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 85% TRL 34-10 SEK TRL 6-27 ZOR 1st *Drew after after regular and extra time. Won on penalties against Ryxtylopia 4 to 1. "Inserberistan ended the group stage with a 30-7 defeat against H&J. They lost two, and won one. With 42 For, 69 Against and a PD of -27. Even with the low PD, they got 6 points, with 2 of them being bonus points. But so far it doesn't look too good for them." "They're the second debutant to make the Round of 16, so no previous participations to talk about. But this match will be interesting. Teralyon only drew with Dalimbar, a previous champion. And it seems they want to reach the podium again. While Inserberistan doesn't have much going for them, but if they play well enough they can hold off the Teralyian attack, they could take the match somewhere interesting." THE KITES VS NOUVEAUTERRA Overthinkers VS Nouveauterra "Next Up: 1-Point RC VS Nouveauterra. Overthinkers is one of the favorites to win this tournament given how they did last time in their home soil. We'll see if they can reach the final once again." "Overthinkers' campaign so far has been uneventful, they did the expected: 3 wins. 0 losses. With 60 Points For, 30 Against and a +30 PD. Qualifying with 13 points, one of them being a bonus point. For some reason, they switched coaches. Even after Anton Edwards got them to the final last year. Apparently the shame of losing the final at home, by one point, in full view of all their people was so great they decided to get someone else to lead them, or there's another reason. Ask the Overthinkers yourself dear viewer." "As said previously, they were runners' up last year. Many of us still remember that drammatic final against Zoran." OVERTHINKERS IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 10 8 2 0 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 212 124 +88 21.2 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 80% VAR 3-36 OTK HEJ 17-10 OTK 1st "Nouveauterra weren't able to beat Ryxtylopia this time around, so they seek another win against a top nation. They somewhat underperformed in the group, but still qualified with one win and two losses. They scored 25 Points For, 37 Against, and ended with a PD of -12. They finished the group with 5 points, 1 of those being a bonus. Even if they didn't meet our expectations, they so far have a record of beating stronger nations, like they did in RWC V." NOUVEAUTERRA IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 7 3 3 1 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 60 56 +4 8.57 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 64.3% ZOR 6-22 NOV NOV 3-14 SMK 3rd "Nouveauterra has experience beating 2 top-rugby nations already, they'll try to use it to their advantage. But OT has the motivation to reach another final. Plus their team's quality is still really good. In their RWC they achieved the scored the most points out of any team, so their attack is dangerous if left unchecked. But Nouevauterra has showed good defending. Even with the Kites as favorites, this will be an interesting match to watch!" THE BOYS IN BLUE VS JERIMIAHIA Dalimbar VS Jerimiahia "Dalimbar still seeks more glory! But in their way is debutant: Jerimiahia. Dalimbar is always a solid contender in every RWC, so lets take a look at what they bring to this match!" "Dalimbar won two out of three games, they drew with Teralyon in an intense match that I watched like four times. They have 49 For, 38 Against, and a PD of +11. With 11 Points, one of them being a bonus. If it wasn't for Teralyon's two bonus points, the Dalimbari would have had a shot at getting first place in their group." "Last RWC, they once again lost to Zoran in a knockout round. Being one of their poorer perfomances in recent history." DALIMBAR IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 8 5 2 1 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 128 111 +17 16 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 68.8% MSU 20-36 DAL DAL 12-29 ZOR 1st "Jerimiahia hasn't had the best debut in the history of debutants. But they've performed pretty decently so far. One win, two losses. With a score of 44 For, 39 Against, PD of +5. With 7 points! 3 Bonus Points included. They got a BP every game, id say that's a fairly good sign for what lies again. Even if they don't win against Dalimbar, we know they'll put up either a good fight or a good defense." "Debutants in previous RWC editions have gone from almost nothing to powerhouses in short time. Look at Ryxtylopia, with a poor start to RWC 4 to then end in 3rd place. Jerimiahia could achive that if their team tries hard enough. But for now, looks like Dalimbar is on route to the quarterfinals. THE PIRATES VS THE SEA LIONS Ryxtylopia VS Larxia "The northern-auran Tricolor, THE PIRATES! Will face off against the Sea Lions from Larxia in this round. Ryxtylopia still aims to make our first final, so lets take a look." "Ryxtylopia won its three games, being the 2nd-best group leader overall. With 70 Points For, 49 Against, and a PD of +21. The Pirates ended the group with 14 points, including 2 bonus points. They have lots of motivation, but also lots of pressure. Luckily being hosts means the crowds will also pressure the opposing team, and having over fifty-thousand people chanting against your team in the Chacas Arena turns it into one of the most hostile venues of this RWC." RYXTYLOPIA IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 10 7 2* 1* GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 157 126 +31 15.7 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 75% RYX 33-10 GIO OTK 27-9 RYX 1st *Drew after after regular and extra time. Lost on penalties against Teralyon 4 to 1. "Facing us we have Larxia, a nation we have not faced in Rugby yet. But if anything they'll be tempted to show their best game since they're going up against the hosts." "Larxia finished their group in 3rd with one win, two losses. Scoring 18 For, 23 Against and finishing with a PD of -5. They have 5 points to their name, one of them being a bonus. They may get intimidated by the size of the local crowds, but they seek to knock us out and pull off a major upset." "In the last RWC they ended their journey in the same round." LARXIA IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 7 3 4 0 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 61 70 -9 8.7 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 42.9% HEJ 0-8 LXA LXA 0-13 RIV 3rd "Ryxtylopia needs to win to even have a shot an finally reaching the final, and the Pirates are clear favorites, going up against the sea Lions, but Larxia probably won't give up and will give it all they have to knock us out early. We'll be here giving our live feed on it later today!" THE YOUKAI VS STANEBURG Hertfordshire and Jammbo VS Staneburg. "Finally, Hertfordia prepares to face off against newcomers Staneburg. In an interesting duel as both teams look pretty even." "Hertfordia finished their group with two wins and one loss. They scored 55 For, and 33 Against with a PD of +22. And earning themselves 10 points, including 2 bonus points. Despite losing to the reigning champions H&J have always been solid against stronger sides. We'll see if that applies to the newcomers as well." "In the last RWC they fought till the end against Dalimbar, exiting in this same round." LARXIA IN RWC V Games Played Wins Losses Draws 7 3 4 0 GAME STATS PF PA PD AVRG. PF P/GAME 62 77 -15 8.86 EFFECTIVENESS BIGGEST WIN BIGGEST LOSS GROUP FINISH 42.9% HEJ 16-0 RIV AVD 23-6 HEJ 4th "On the other side, debutants: Staneburg want to make a name for themselves. While they did lose to us in the group stage, they managed wins against Materos and Nouveauterra. Having two wins, one loss. With 36 Points For, 26 Against, and a PD of +10. Qualifying with 8 points clean, the only team on this list with no Bonus Points." "H&J wants to reach further instances again, while Staneburg's form has shown to be great. Two good teams facing eachother will always result in an innteresting match!" "And with that we get to the end of the report!" "16 TEAMS! ONLY 8 WILL GO THROUGH! YOU HAVE SEEN THEM PLAY, YOU HAVE SEEN THEIR STATS!" "My name is Inrique Miravez! And you have watched SPORTS7! The best sports channel in Ryxtylopia! We'll see you later for RYXTYLOPIA VS LARXIA! DALÉ TRICOLÓR!!" The transmission ends.

Materos VS Ryxtylopia- Match Highlighs. The TVNC tranmission started in the Chacas Arena, filled to the brim with already celebratory crowds, expecting an easy win against the bottom scoring team in Ryxtylopia's group. Pablo Virriscayda once again was in charge of the live commentry for TVNC. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen! You are watching TVNC! And as always im Pablo Virriscayda comentating for this match, where we will see RYXTYLOPIA! go up against MATEROS! The pirates are already qualified as group leaders and want a victory before moving on to the Round of 16! While Materos needs to win to keep their qualification hopes alive! We expect to see them put up resistance in this match" As the referee does the coin toss, Ryxtylopia wins it, deciding to start by kicking off. "The coin is tossed, and it seems... Ryxtylopia will once again start by kicking off in the Chacas Arena against a debutant! Exciting match ahead!" KICK OFF The pirates kick off, starting the match with around half of the ryxtylopian team starting to move forward and push against the materosian defense, the first tackles and rucks, starting only a few seconds after kick off. "And, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MATCH HAS STARTED! DALÉ RYXTYLOPIA, DALÉ TRICOLOR!" 03' | 0-0 Starting off really agressive the pirates would have their first major chance at the 3rd minute. Following a good tackle by Marco Xilta, Ryxtylopia's Andreís Guilbirto had the ball, and he was able to make it deep into the materosian side, but before being able to score the try he was stopped by a good tackle by materosian Right-Wing: Berto Kalayaan, Materos regained posession and went on the offense not long after. "Xilta tackles! Guilbirto takes posession, the pirates want the first it will be Guilbirto unless- STOPPED BY BERTO! Berto denies it, and now Crefnol Paragnia takes the ball back for Materos!" 08' | 7-0 F. Chalquaté (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) Following a scrum committed by the ryxtylopians Materos would attempt to go on the offensive with lock: Ririt Dixon making good progress into the ryxtylopian side of the field, but after being tackled by Marco Va'atí; Rinaco Zicha regained posession for the ryxtylopians and made incredible speed across the right lane, passing then to Armando Mataña who got the ball through Crefnol Paragnia and Tomas Uhmuhdezz. With A. Mataña then making one last pass to Franco Chalquaté, who finally reached the other end of the field avoiding getting tackled by materosian fullback Raffy Bantigon, and scoring the try for the pirates. Marco Xilta converted with no issues, bringing up Ryxtylopia 8 minutes in. "Dixon, tackled by Va'atí! Posession is in Zicha's hands! He is through, he's speeding through! Zicha, pass! Mataña, makes it through! Great dodging there! They're getting close, a lot of the materosian backlines is having trouble catching up! Pass! To Chalquaté, he just needs to get past Bantigon! And SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! SCOOOOOOREEEEEEE! RYXTYLOPIA SCORES, CHALQUATÉ, HE LANDED THE TRY!" "Xilta has the conversion kick, he has not failed so far in this RWC... AND HE DOESN'T FAIL THIS TIME! Ryxtylopia 7, Materos 0!" 19' | 14-0 R. Dipartí (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) Posession was heavily fought for by both sides during all this time, Ryxtylopia loosing the ball in some ocations. While Materos' team despite finding themselves losing still attacked with the same energy as in the start. But it cost them following a ruck in th last seconds of the 18th minute, as after losing posession, A. Guilbirto managed to carry the ball just far enough for a pass to losehead prop: Rinaco Dipartí to make the try. As Ryxtylopia pulled further away on the score. Xilta once again took, and scored the conversion, with Ryxtylopia's coach: Andreís Tivarra starting to make him the team's de-facto conversion kicker. "We have a ruck! And oooooof... that's a bad spot for Materos to lose the ball in, Guilbirto once again to carry it forwards! He's through, the materosian defense is scrambled everywhere! He dodges and weaves! Pass to Dipartí and SCOOOOOOREEEE! SCORE! SCORE! The Pirates once again score! Dipartí makes the try!" "OOOh- XILTA! XILTA! OOOh- XILTA! XILTA! XILTA! SCOOOORES! THE CONVERSION! We could sing about it all day long! Ryxtylopia 14, Materos 0!" 28' | 14-7 R. Dixon (MRS) V. Birchiston (MRS) Not all was sunshine, rainbows and unicorns for Ryxtylopia in the first half, as on the 28th, as a knock on comitted by inside centre: Ezicaiel Varrazqué let Materos gain a golden chance following the scrum. Materosian lock: Beryll Allard skilfully avoided a tackle attempt by Pailo Mataña, leaving the ryxtylopian in the dust. B. Allard then made a pass to Ririt Dixon, whom Ernysto Rivas couldn't stop in time, landing the try for Materos. Materos' Number 8: Vara Birchiston took the conversion, and scored, bringing Materos up by a total of 7. "Materos came off better in that scrum! Beryll Allard has the ball! He runs! Tack- NO TACKLE! Pailo Mataña falls to the ground in his attempt to get the materosian! Pass to Dixon! He can score unless Rivas pulls his defensive mastermind! Annnd... Score! Score! Materos Scooooooooreeeees! The coordination between Dixon and Allard back there was pretty good! Now they have a conversion!" "Birchiston to take the conversion! Annnnd... Materos are now only trailing behind by 7!" HALF TIME The remaining minutes of the first half were extremly hard-fought for both teams. As both went agressively at eachother sometimes achieving some results, most of the time ending up in rucks, and mauls and many tackles. Ryxtylopia had advantage by half-time but there was still a long match ahead. "Xilta trips! And WHISTLE! Half time! Ryxtylopia is winning against Materos in the Chacas Arena! We will be back shortly after a few ads! As the Tricolór seeks their 3rd win!" 44' | 14-10 V. Birchiston (MRS) Both teams continued now with slightly more caution, or at least for the first 4 minutes they did, until the 44th, when Ryxtylopia's defense failed to stop Nora Bond, with only Jilvian Ampardí trying to stop the materosian from getting any further, but with N. Bond being in a good position to attempt a drop goal. The materosian took the chance, scoring and making their way closer to Ryxtylopia by another 3 points. "Bond forwards! Everybody is on the other side! Ampardí makes speed to intercept the materosian! Bond nearing! Ampardí could tackle! Wait- Drop! Kickkkk- And... SCORE! Score! Bond scores the drop goal! Tivarra is shouting at his team to get their act together on the sides!" 51' | 14-17 W. Fergerson (MRS) V. Birchiston (MRS) Materos would score their second try on the 51st minute, after V. Birchiston got tackled by Fiago Avaís near the left, Ryxtylopia regained posession with until Zincho Ampardia unexpectedly lost it to a tackle by Claranil Derechnia as Drekwik Llarson ran as fast as he could with the ball, leaving almost the entire ryxtylopian team scrambling to catch him. After having exhausted himself, D. Llarson managed a pass to Wallas Fergerson, whom scored the try. Birchiston once again converted for Materos as they took the lead by 3 points. "Good tackle by Avaís! Ampardia with posession! He is in a positi- NO WAIT TACKLE BY DERECHNIA! LLARSON TAKES IT FOR MATEROS! This is a dangerous situation for the pirates! The backline runs to intercept! Llarson also runs to try and score! Its close! Pass to Fergerson! And Score! Score! Materos scores! Llarson ran all he could! And managed to put Materos in the position to score the try!" "Birchiston... Scores the conversion! Ryxtylopia for is starting to lose! 14-17!" 53' | 17-17 A. Guilbirto (RYX) Ryxtylopia pushed back after Materos scored, and with A. Guilbirto showing his best form, following a good pass by R. Dipartí, he found himself surrounded by the materosians, however he had a decent position to score a drop goal from, which he attempted, scoring and drawing level with Materos. "Pass to Guilbirto! He makes it past Claranil Derechnia! The materosians move to cut him off! But he c- DROP AND SCOOOOOOOOOOOREE!! SCORE! SCOOOORE! Guilbirto scores the drop goal! Ryxtylopia ties the match!" 59' | 17-20 R. Dixon (MRS) R. Dixon gave Materos the lead once again around 6 minutes later, following a maul, as he got a chance to get right through Ryxtylopia's defense, past J. Ampardí to then quickly score a drop goal right as E. Varrazqué moved to tackle him, as Materos refused to let go of the lead, scoring another 3 points. "Materos with the ball! Its Dixon! Ampardí doesn't get to tackle! He chases the materosian! Dixon faces Varrazqué. Drops! Annnnd... Materos Scores! The materosians regain the lead now reaching 20!" 64' | 24-20 R. Huichilca (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) The ryxtylopian attack didn't soften, and 64 minutes in. Nº4 Lock and Captain of the Team Riberto Huichilca passed to M. Xilta, who moved diagonally and achieved a pass to Xavio Hui'itá who then made it past C. Paragnia and Shawna Phelps, as R. Bantigon tackled Hui'itá, but with R. Huichilca following close by, he managed to regain posession as the ball was on the ground and land the try. Xilta converted to give Ryxtylopia the lead again. "Huichilca with posession! Pass to Xilta! He switches sides, moving right! Now pass to Hui'itá! He's through! Paragn- No! Phelps now attempts to tackle! Hui'itá gets through! Good chance for the pirates here! Tackle by Bantigon! Huilchica grabs the ball! HE IS THROUGH TRY! TRY! SCOOOOOOOREEEEE!! Ryxtylopia scores! Huilchica scores the try! He brings gets the lead back for his team!" "Xilta has to convert! Xiltaaa... SCORES! Ryxtylopia 24, Materos 20!" 70' | 31-20 A. Guilbirto (RYX) M. Xilta (RYX) Ryxtylopia regained its team cohesion by the 70th minute. And after a ruck that allowed R. Zicha to gain posession for Ryxtylopia, the pirates went on the offense, Zicha making dodging a tackle from Birchiston, then passing to F. Chalquaté who ran deep into the materosian side of the field, getting Berto Kalayaan to move to intercept him as Chalquaté made the pass back to A. Guilbirto, whom finally got to score his try of the game. Xilta had the chance to score 4 conversions in the game, and he didn't let it go to waste as Tilipacan successfully scored. "Zicha running up! He avoids Birchiston! Now passing to Chalquaté! He makes it past the materosians! The materosians run behind him! Berto can tackle! Pass to GUILBIRTOOOOOOO SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! RYXTYLOPIA!! Guilbirto scores!" "You know the drill, everybody does! Xilta, Xilta, XILTA! SCOOOORE!! Ryxtylopia now has a led of 11 points!" 76' | 31-27 R. Dixon (MRS) N. Bond (MRS) As the match entered its final minutes, Materos' attack didn't give up. Claranil Derechnia was the one to lead the last of Materos' attempts to qualify, with Ferrán Lisquerva running close behind, Derechnia managed a pass to R. Dixon, whom ran as fast as possible, with E. Rivas nearly getting to stop him but failing as Materos' scored its last try of the game. Nora Bond was in charge of the conversion, scoring and finally bringing the score at 31-27, it wouldn't move any more. "Derechnia runs! Lisquerva following! Pass to Dixon! He makes the fastest speed he can! Rivas can catch up, Dixon, Rivas, Dixon- Materos Scores! Dixon lands the try!" "Nora Bond will take the conversion. And... Score! Materos makes ground in the dying minutes of the match!" FULL TIME As the Ryxtylopian team pulled back to defend, Materos couldn't score any more, and the game ended as celebration began in the stands with Ryxtylopia advancing as the second best group leader, behind United Adaikes. "Its nearly over! Materos can't find their way through the defense and... ITS OVER!! RYXTYLOPIA HAS WON ITS LAST MATCH OF THE GROUP STAGE! THE PIRATES WILL KEEP THE THREE WINS!" Some time passes... "Ive received info on the Nouveauterra-Staneburg match, and Staneburg won! 14-7! With this, group A has come to an end! Ryxtylopia leads the group with 3 wins and 14 points! Staneburg in 2nd with 2 wins and 8 points! Nouveauterra in 3rd with 1 win and 5 points. And unfortunately, Materos eliminated with no wins and 3 points." "Ryxtylopia will face Larxia in the round of 16! But this match against Materos raises many questions, and Tivarra must work on the team if they want to get far! If they do so or not we'll be there!" "That will be it for today, ladies and gentlemen i was Pablo Virriscayda, and you have watched RWC 6 via TVNC! The channel with the best sports coverage in Ryxtylopia!" "I hope to see you all soon, Dalé Tricolór!" The transmission ends.

(A joint post between me and @Nouveau) Nouveauterra VS Ryxtylopia- Match Highlighs. The TVNC tranmission started with the Istadio Trixalpe already full, the stadium already alive with chants and flags waving in the air, as the players went out ready for the game, the atmosphere couldn't be more intense, as this match would most likely define who would lead the group. It would be none other than Pablo Virriscayda whom once again was in charge of the live commentry for TVNC. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen! You are watching TVNC! And as always im Pablo Virriscayda comentating for this match, where we will see RYXTYLOPIA! go up against NOUVEAUTERRA! The pirates seek revenge from our last game in Overthinkers, and whoever wins this may get a shot at qualifying early!" As the referee does the coin toss, Nouveauterra wins it, deciding to letting the ryxtylopians kick first. "The coin is tossed, and it seems... Nouveauterra won it! And- They will let the pirates kick off. Exciting match ahead! The group lead is in play here! Will Ryxtylopia achieve victory? Or will Nouveauterra go up 2-0 in games won? We'll soon find out!" KICK OFF The pirates kick off, starting the match with only a few players moving at the nouveauterrans, with most playing defensive and staying behind, as the nouveauterrans prepared to defend the pirate's attack. "And, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MATCH IS UNDERWAY! DALÉ RYXTYLOPIA, DALÉ TRICOLOR!" 18' | 0-0 For almost the first 20 minutes, the match would devolve into a cycle, with the ryxtylopians attacking but the nouveauterrans expertly defending their attacks however also struggling to take the lead and go attacking as the ryxtylopian backlines held them off regaining possession for the Tricolor. It wouldn't be until 18 minutes in when ryxtylopia nearly opened the score when Marco Xilta was able to avoid most of the nouveauterran players, getting dangerously close to scoring a try, but then being blocked by Lodewijk Berkenbos, which lead to Marco passing to Pailo Darrias whom almost instantly got tackled by Quintin Koenderink, with Nouveauterra regaining posession right after. "Xilta is through on the right! He's running as fast he can! He may need to seek a pass to not get tackled by Berkenbos... Xilta! Xilta to Darrias! And- Tackle! Darrias tackled by Koenderink! Ball's on the floor, now Nouveauterra have regained posession! Close one for Ryxtylopia!" 25' | 3-0 R. Dipartí (RYX) After a while, following many rucks, a few mauls, and lots of passing from the ryxtylopians trying to get through the nouveauterran defense, and then lots of tackling by said nouveauterran defense, the score would open in favor of the pirates, after a good pass from Lardo Andreís Visquelpá reached Rinaco Dipartí around 19-meters off the nouveauterran goal. Seeing his opponents closing in, R. Dipartí took the chance and kicked the ball for a drop goal, which he bearly scored, right before Pius Horatius could tackle him. "Visquelpá is through near the middle, that ruck could've gone better for the nouveauterrans! Now the ball will be for Dipartí, receiving a decent pass. His opponents are closing in! Dipartí has to pass, Dipartí keeps moving- Drop! Kick! Annnnnd- SCORE! SCORE! Scoreeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Ryxtylopia scores! Dipartí seeing his situation takes his chance and lands the drop goal! The pirates are up 3 to 0!" 26' | 3-0 Bearly a minute after Dipartí had scored however, Nouveauterra got its first great chance of the game. With their young Nº4 lock: Jules Tonguey skilfully avoiding both Ryxtylopia's Nº8: Theo Farris and Scrum Half: Ferrán Lisquerva, to get through to a good position to take a drop goal, however it would be Kaixe Disquerravia's quick reaction time that prevented Nouveauterra from scoring; as he made a dash nearly pushing Guilbirto Tivaña out of the way to then tackle J. Tonguey. And let G. Tivaña regain posession for the pirates, keeping the score as it was. "Pass to Toungey! Tackle by Lis- No wait! Toungey is through! Lisquerva fails tackling! This could be it for Nouveauterra! Look at that speed! But wait! Its Disquerravia! If Toungey reaches that spot he could do a drop goal! But no! Tackle! Tackle! Tackle! Now Tivaña has the ball! Game remains 3-0 in Ryxtylopia's favor!" HALF TIME Following Toungey's chance, the game devolved into a chaos with an order: you never knew who'd have the ball or when, but it would always result in either the ryxtylopian forwards attempting to force their way through an overwhealming number of nouveauterran defenders, with no success. Or the nouveauterrans trying to build up an attack but suffering in maintaining the ball long enough to get into a good position. Halftime arrived as Ryxtylopia was still 3 up. "Zicha with the ball. And whistle! Half time! Ryxtylopia is winning against Nouveauterra by a minimum margin of three to zero! Both teams seek a victory to take lead of the group. We'll be back shortly after a few ads ladies and gentlemen to watch this match between the only two nations to beat the zoranians last year!" 44' | 3-0 Four minutes after Half time, Nouveauterra had another good chance with the intensity of their game picking up. Completing a good series of passes, first from Tedus Pisca to J. Toungey, who carried the ball forwards then passing to Emeric Voutezac, very nearly scoring the try. However Ryxtylopia's old but brilliant fullback, Ernysto Rivas anticipated Voutezac correctly, which let him tackle him for Rinaco Patochá to regain posession for the pirates. "Pisca! Pass! Toungey again! He makes great speed on the flank! Toungey! Avoids Lisquerva, pass to Voutezac! Nouveauterra can get the try! Voutezac has to get through Rivas and Patochá. Voutezaaaaaaac- RIVAS! Tackle! Patochá regains posession for Ryxtylopia!" 50' | 10-0 M. Xilta (RYX) R. Zicha (RYX) Unfortunately for Nouveauterra the ryxtylopian lead would get bigger at the 50th minute, following a maul that lead to Ryxtylopia's captain and Nº4 Lock: Riberto Huichilca gaining posession for the pirates, making good progress diagonally before passing to Pailo Darrias, who quickly saw his attack options quickly disappearing with the nouveauterrans closing in; however at the last moment he was able to pass to M. Xilta who bolted right for the nouveauterran side. With their fullback Eugen Larchemont just two seconds too late of stopping him, as Xilta landed the try. Rinaco Zicha whom had showed great kicking during training with the rest of the ryxtylopian team did his duty, scoring the conversion and along with Xilta landing the pirates 7 points to bring their lead up to 10. "Huilchica with the ball! Makes progress! The nouveauterran defense has been really solid, this looks tricky. Pass to Darrias! If he hurries, he could make it, but apparently his window closed! Darris keeps trying, Xilta open on the right! Good pass to Xilta! HE MAKES A RUN FOR IT AND, LARCHEMONT IS TOO LATE- SCORE! SCORE! SCOOOOOOOOORE!!! Ryxtylopia SCORES! Xilta lands the try! Its 8-0!" "It will be Zicha for the conversion! He kicks! Its spot on! Zichaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa adds +2 to the scoreline! Ryxtylopia 10! Nouveauterra 0!" 59' | 10-7 J. Bloem (NOV) T. Pisca (NOV) Nouveauterra would get their long-awaited points 9 minutes after Zicha's conversion. Their captain, Nº8: Silvain Flandin getting the better part of a ruck and then avoiding getting tackled by R. Zicha. Making it deep into the ryxtylopian side of the field, before being tackled by nearby G. Tivaña, however with no support, Tivaña saw how nouveauterran lock: Joep Bloem got to the ball before any of his teamates, this time Rivas not in a position to save Ryxtylopia from conceding. With J. Bloem landing the try. Tedus Pisca would be in charge of the conversion, his experience in the sport didn't fail him. And he brought Nouveauterra within 3 points of equalizing. "Fladin out of the ruck! Zicha can't tackle! Fladin's in! Good tackle by Tivaña! There's nobody! Bloem takes the ball! Bloem against Rivas! And... Score! Score! Nouveauterra scores the try!" "Tedus Pisca has a lot of experience with conversions from what ive heard. He makes it... He lands the conversion! Nouveauterra makes 7 points from the try and conversion, and closes in on Ryxtylopia!" 63' | 13-7 F. Lisquerva (RYX) The match only got more intense after the 60 minute mark. After a knock-on commited by P. Horatius, Ryxtylopia would gain posession after the following scrum K. Disquerravia carrying the ball a good distance forward on the left, then passing to T. Farris, whom got tackled by T. Pisca, however with F. Lisquerva following close behind him, he got the ball as Disquerravia dropped it, and went for the drop goal, scoring it furthering Ryxtylopia's lead. "The pirates have come off better from the scrum! Disquerravia with posession! He makes it through the flank! Pass to Farris! Farris... Tackle by Pisca! Lisquerva picks it up! Avoids- drop- SCORE! SCORE! Lisquerva scores a drop goal! Ryxtylopia gains another 3 points!" 67' | 13-12 E. Voutezac (NOV) T. Pisca (NOV) 13 minutes from the game's end, Niccus Bellus moved with the ball on the flank, as K. Disquerravia and R. Patochá rushed to meet him, however he managed to make his pass go between both, landing at Emeric Voutezac's arms. nearing the ryxtylopian goal. As Rivas went out to tackle him, quick thinking from E. Voutezac's part got him to pass to the faster J. Toungey, who was behind, Toungey moving diagonally as Rivas panicked following him. Toungey sealed the deal by bearly managing a pass back to Voutezac who managed to score with Aviliez Mataña too far away to tackle him. Unfortunately for Nouveauterra, Pisca's conversion kick carried too much strengh, as the ball curved and missed the goal, with only one point now separating the ryxtylopians and the nouveauterrans. "We got less than 15 minutes left in this! Bellus with the ball! Disquerravia and Patochá seem to want to cut hi- WOAH! WHAT A PASS FROM BELLUS! Its for Voutezac! He doesn't have the speed to make it. Rivas will tackle! He passes to Toungey! Toungey makes full speed forward! Rivas chases! Pass back to Voutezac! He's got the try. Score! Score! Score! Nouveauterra scores! Following an incredible pass from Bellus, Voutezac and Toungey coordinate perfectly to eventually make a try! Nouveauterra can take the lead if they land the conversion!" "Pisca for the conversion again. He kicks! OUFFF!! Too much power on that kick! The ball missed! The score is now Ryxtylopia 13 Nouveauterra 12!" 71' | 20-12 P. Darrias (RYX) R. Zicha (RYX) Even with the game still going their favor, Ryxtylopia was only ahead by one point, Nouveauterra could finish the comeback if the pirates did not take action, but that's exactly what Patochá had in mind after getting the ball back following Zicha's tackle on Sebastian De Wacht, Patochá took the ball from the ryxtylopian side and over the midfield, getting tackled by P. Horatius resulting in a ruck. And after a bit Armando Mataña came out with the ball, quickly passing to L. Andreís Visquelpá who avoided Quintin Koenderink to finish by passing to P. Darrias, who landed the try. Zicha once again converted for Ryxtylopia getting the pirates up to 20 points. "Vamo Tricolór! Ryxtylopia is on the attack! Patochá with posession! He's making good progress! Nouveauterra scrambles to defend! Patochá tackled by Horatius! Ruck! Ruck! I people going into there! Lost sight of the ball! Ruck... Mataña with posession for the tricolor! he makes it through! Pass to Visquelpá! Going through the right! Visquelpá passes to DARRIAAAAAAAAS- SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! SCORE! SCOOOOREEE! Darrias makes the try! The pirates are back in the game after 12 minutes!" "Zicha has to convert! If he does, no matter the result Ryxtylopia will earn a bonus point for the group stage standings! Zicha- SCORES! ITS NOW 20 TO 12!" FULL TIME The Nouveauterrans stopped their defensive play, going on the attack to try to once again close the gap, however no-good chances to score came as the ryxtylopian defense was able to deal with all their attempts, constantly going on the counterattack with Nouveauterra's defense still seemingly as solid as ever, even with all the pressure to score at the end they didn't give up, the match ended 20-12 with Ryxtylopia now qualified for the knockouts. "End it ref! End it ref! VAMO TRICOLÓOOOOOOOOR! RYXTYLOPIA HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE KNOCKOUTS!! AND AS GROUP LEADERS! THE MATCH HAS ENDED! Ryxtylopia 20! Nouveauterra 12! I was forced to watch a repetitive first half for the big pay off in the second! Great work from the players of the ARR, and also a great performance from Nouveauterra! They fought until the very end!" "Ladies and gentlemen! We saw a great match today! Filled with all sorts of emotions! Great effort made by the nouveauterrans but today Ryxtylopia proved the better team! In the end we still share something common being two nations with great rugby players and lots of experience! Nouveauterra's last game will be against Staneburg!" "And as for Ryxtylopia, we head back to the Chacas Arena! To face off against the other debutants in our group. Materos! Ryxtylopia is already qualified, but to keep spirits high we must score the last win and round out the group!" "That will be all for today's transmission however! You just watched RWC 6 via TVNC, Ryxtylopia's best broadcasting network! Im Pablo Virriscayda and ill be signing out, we'll see you all in the final day of the group stage! Goodbye!" The transmission ends.

Nouveauterra VS Ryxtylopia - A shot at revenge. It was around mid-day, as Tivarra and the players trained at the Talaxachá RC complex, near the Istadio Trixalpe. Tivarra trying to come up with a strategy for Ryxtylopia's match against Nouveauterra, he already had his lineup which switched Marco Va'atí for Kaixe Disquerravia and Franco Chalquaté for Rinaco Dipartí. But he still struggled slightly in plotting a strategy. During the group stage of RWC V, last year, Nouveauterra had been the only team to beat Ryxtylopia, and now with a more experienced team they did not appear as "easy" of an opponent as they appeared to the ARR before the loss last year. So this time Tivarra would play it cautious. As Tivarra thought, Kaixe Disquerravia and Marco Xilta practiced their passes in the background. [K. Disquerravia]: Weren't you there in the first match against Nouveauterra last year? [M. Xilta]: I was, they put up a stiff fight, and ensured their qualification by beating us. [K. Disquerravia]: I watched the match, they were surprisingly good at timing their tackles and go on the counter. [M. Xilta]: Tell me about it. Suddenly Xilta gets hit on the back of the head by a ball. [M. Xilta]: Ow! What the?! [R. Huilchica]: SORRY! SORRY! I slipped and it messed up my kick! [M. Xilta]: Ow- Ugh be careful! [R. Huilchica]: Yeah, im really sorry Xilta! I don't know if you noticed but i have been practicing my kicks for 3 hours now. [K. Disquerravia]: Im guessing missing the conversion last time was what caused Tivarra to force you into this? [R. Huilchica]: Yes, i didn't aim it correctly... [M. Xilta]: Well hopefully practicing helps you. [R. Huilchica]: Oh you'll see, I won't miss any conversion or drop goal after this day is over! [M. Xilta]: So you're telling me you will miss them during the game? [R. Huilchica]: No wait- that's not- Xilta and Disquerravia laugh, as Huilchica puts his hand on his head, right as the coach called them. [Tivarra]: Alright everybody, gather around. Time to talk about rugby. [A. Guilbirto]: What's in line for this match? [Tivarra]: You Guilbirto, do the same as with Staneburg, you're doing great. For Darrias, Visquelpá, Huilchica and Disquerravia. I want you all to keep the ball on THEIR side for the first half, if its too risky don't try to score tries, go for drop goals, I may switch some of you later for the second half. We'll do a simialr strategy to the one with Staneburg, just pressure them but don't commit to any attcks just yet. Wanna go for Drop Goals? ABSOLUTELY go for them IF you have the openings to do so. Only go for tries if they let their defense down. [R. Huilchica]: What about everybody else? [Tivarra]: Mataña, Xilta and Farris, you're on support, move as forward as you can, pass to any of the people i mentioned then inmediatley pull back. Everybody else is in defensive duty, i want NO GAPS, you've already seen what Nouveauterra can do if they time their tackles with us being either all in their half or opening up our lines. Everybody nods in agreement with the plan. [Tivarra]: As for the second half, we play more agressive, unless they play defensive we'll play for possession of the ball, get them to make gaps between their players with quick passes and lots of running. If they go offensive, i want as many tackles as possible, you know I don't like defensive play so we push for counter-attacks. [Tivarra]: Alright you're all free to go back to training now. [K. Disquerravia]: Im excited and nervous, I think we need to try our best to finish leading the group. [R. Huilchica]: If we win this we'll also most likely be qualified. [M. Xilta]: The Istadio Trixalpe may not be as big as the Chacas Arena, but if anything the more closed structure will trap more of the sound from the fans. [K. Disquerravia]: Maybe with their pressure we'll break the Nouveauterran defense. [R. Huilchica]: Im hoping. Anyways, gotta keep kicking, ill see you later. [M. Xilta]: Yeah, we'll go back to passing too. The three of them go back to training for the match ahead.

(A joint post in collaboration with @Zoran) Meeting room of the Ryxtylopian Worker’s Party. Bilixas neighborhood, Ryxenia. 11:00 hrs, Ryxenia time (IAT-1). It was a cloudy day, as members from the Ryxtylopian left-wing coalition: Avanzé por e póvo gathered in the meeting room of their largest member party, the Ryxtylopian Worker’s Party or PT. In that room were also present members from the Popular Party (PP), the National Agrarian Party (PNA), and the Socialist Workers Front (FST). Given what had happened during the last legislative session, it was no surprise they would have accepted the proposal to arrange such a meeting. The other representatives came from the International Organization for Workers’ Liberation or IOWL, hailing from Zoran. The goal of the meeting was to expand the reach of socialism within Ryxtylopia, since while it had many socialist parties, only twice they had gotten a majority in congress, back in the 1370’s. As the members of the coalition waited for the IOWL representatives to show up, a few doubts and questions started to arise, the first person to bring them up would be PP member: Marco Zincha [M. Zincha]: And what do you think they want to achieve with this? PT member: Guilbirto Disvilaxia responds. [G. Disvilaxia]: Well, what we briefly talked about earlier, they want to help us expand our reach, other than a portion of the lower class, we don’t really seem to get much traction. [M. Zincha]: I'm asking, mainly for PNA and FST, you know how weary they are about foreign meddling in our country, and they are for some reason present here? [G. Disvilaxia]: They’re our allies! Even if their point of view may be a bit more extreme, plus I wouldn’t consider this foreign meddling, if so then we’d also have to consider any type of contact with foreigners meddling. [M. Zincha]: Fair enough, I just really hope this can go well. An old representative from FST: Danté Xilvas responds. [D. Xilvas]: If the Zoranians can help us, I'm in favor of this meeting happening. I was there when we got a majority in 74’ right before the coup. We had only gotten to do 2 congress sessions before the military took over! And then I had to flee the country!! If the Zoranians can help us extend our reach, then I'd say we let them help us! [M. Zincha]: Alright. They should arrive soon. I just don’t understand why only now we’ve been approached by people from abroad, and not before we could’ve been in power in 1414 if given a little boost or with some more experience. [D. Xilvas]: Don’t be so skeptical, while we don’t know what they’re going to talk about specifically, they could bring some really helpful ideas to the table. Soon after they stop talking, the IOWL representatives arrive. The first to enter is a woman with her black hair tied up in a bun and she is followed by a man in a black suit. The woman is holding a manilla folder and has a wide brilliant smile as she says. [A. Anidodala]: Good afternoon! It is a pleasure to meet you all! I am Amatha Anidodala, but you can call me Ama, and this Kaiyatahee Aniwadulisi. [K. Aniwadulisi]: You can just call me Kai if that’s easier for you. We’re with the International Organization for Workers’ Liberation and we are very thankful for your willingness to meet with us today. The representative of PT: Xavio Dixisquelva would respond. [X. Dixisquelva]: It's a pleasure to have you here. After we got your proposal we decided to accept as if you have seen the news recently, we had a bit of trouble in congress. And it has become increasingly difficult to reach any sort of compromise with the ruling parties. He’s followed by the representative of PP: Riberto Ampardia. [R. Ampardia]: I'm glad you decided to make the flight north, however me and some of my colleagues are still wondering. How do you plan to aid us? Or what can you help us achieve? I understood that the point of this meeting is to help us extend our reach, am I correct? Amatha nods and hands the manilla folder to them, laying it down on the table. [A. Anidodala]: Yes, it is quite simple really. We wish to work with you all in order to promote the ideals of socialism among the Rytylopian population. You have the local connections and we have the funding and material. [K. Aniwadulisi]: We plan on doing this through one of the easiest ways to get people’s attention: free food. We plan on launching food drives in key population centers in Ryxtylopia, starting here in the capital of course. As we distribute food we have some of our members and volunteers talk to the Ryxtylopian people and teach them about how they are being oppressed by the bourgeoisie that rule the country and constantly put their own pockets before the wellbeing of the people. We will help them achieve class consciousness and the finer points of socialist theory such as dialectical materialism and the need for world revolution against the tyrannical elites. [A. Anidodala]: Our supporters in the Junaluskanist Party back home have also given us material to distribute to the populace in the Ryxtylopian language for various levels of literacy. [R. Ampardia]: That sounds great, but I do have a few questions. I think the most urgent one is if we should try to align with MSR, UC and PDR, last congress session they did help us pressure for answers regarding where the funding for RWC 6 came from, however they are only circumstantial allies of ours, as while we share some views with them on certain social issues, we differ in our way of handling the economy. The representative for PNA: Santigo Chalquez quickly gets up and yells: [S. Chalquez]: Why should we invite them with the plan? Only because we were on the same side last time doesn’t mean we need to invite them to this, if we’re going to achieve change it will be from OUR doing, not theirs. [R. Ampardia]: I see your point Chalquez, but they are major political forces. Even if we may have our differences they could be of great help, only if we convince them to go with the plan, it could be the biggest coalition in the history of this country ever since the democratic coalition of 89’. [S. Chalquez]: And how would such a big coalition stay together and not fall apart? [R. Ampardia]: Well that’s beyond the scope of this meeting, I would like to know what Ama and Kai think on the matter. Kaiyatahee and Amatha look at each other for a moment, seemingly discussing without any words before looking back at the others. [K. Aniwadulisi]: We do not think that including the other parties would be in your best interests. They’re promoters of the status quo, not true reformers or revolutionaries, simply those who speak of reform but don’t enact it. [A. Anidodala]: Agreed. Also keep in mind that if you involve them that you would still be sharing power with them and votes are limited. If you want to reap the benefits of these efforts then you need to be the ones to do it. [X. Dixisquelva]: Well, and when should we begin? I can start gathering contacts to distribute this aid in the places that need it the most, in around one or two days. [R. Ampardia]: Beginning soon would be for the best. [A. Anidodala]: Indeed it would. If you start making arrangements today we can have the food and materials ready within a day or two. [X. Dixisquelva]: I'll reach out to the PT delegations in other cities. I believe PNA can handle most of the countryside once we reach that phase. FST and us should be able to handle the urban workers, and I think Ampardia and his party can handle some of the younger people like students. [R. Ampardia]: You know I used to lead the Parta’ana student movement in 72’, I have that part handled. [X. Dixisquelva]: And PNA and FST? Chalquez and the FST representative: Pailo Virridscaya respond: [S. Chalquez]: Just let me know when you decide to move on to aiding rural communities. [P. Virridscaya]: I'll organize aid distribution spots for some of the industrial neighborhoods in Ryxenia and Vynitiná. [X. Dixisquelva]: Then we are ready. [K. Aniwadulisi]: It would seem so. We are looking forward to working with you and supporting the worker’s movement abroad! We will be in touch. [X. Dixisquelva]: Alright, on behalf of Avanzé por e povo, I thank you very much for coming and having this meeting with us, we will update you on any progress we make. After applauding the representatives and members from the coalition get up and start leaving, ending the meeting. It was the first time a Ryxtylopian political bloc had cooperated with an foreign organization, nobody knew the impact this alliance would have, but it seemed it had lots of potential.