Rugby World Cup

[kramer]

You guys been following it at all?

[ROB]

Watched Japan come very close to upsetting Scotland the other night. Also heard that the US have Fiji a scare.

Australia might win if they are lucky, but I reckon we will see the cup go to England. Let’s hope the all blacks can salvage southern hemisphere pride if my prediction is accurate.

[Anonymous]

Is there much interest in Japan re the world cup?

[Sean Rorison]

In Canada there are two categories of sports: Hockey, and Not Hockey. I believe the sport you mentioned falls somewhere in the category of Not Hockey. Therefore, no one pays any attention at all to it.

I would much rather watch people smash their skulls on ice than watch a game that’s played on rugs anyways…..

[Anonymous]

or should I say hope- is a Wallabies vs All Blacks final- with the AB’s taking the cup home making it a Grand slam- Tri-Nations/Bledisloe/WC. F*** England, hope they go out in the quarters!

[Foulplay]

F*** England!!!???

Not very sporting is it.

Good to see England doing well at a sport that isn’t tarnished with the violence that follows football. (Not that we ever do well at football)

Any South Africans on this board? Have a good weekend? We did. :D

Can’t see us winning the tournament. I reckon that’ll go to the ABs.

FP.

[kramer]

Hmmm. France are third in the betting, might be worth a punt. Australia have been waaaaay under-par and not confident at all against NZ. France may upset England and (sorry Foul Play) I hope they do.

[Foulplay]

I work with a Kiwi and he’s hoping France will upset the english apple-cart too.
That’s because he’s genuinely worried that the Lions could sneak a victory.

Personally I think we’ll scrape through past France and lose big style to the ABs in the final.

[Kristy]

I’m officially very upset with the Rugby results. Not only did my team lose the quarter finals, but my favourite player is retiring. Joost, why must you do this??!! I think it will be an All Black vs France final, sorry England. The Aussie vs Kiwi final this weekend should be really good. I support the All Blacks, even if they did beat us. They have Carlos Spencer, need I say more. It’s great to be a female rugby fan.

[rickshaw92]

but the headlines here lead me to believe that there team sucks.

[ROB]

that’s probably a bit harsh. Sure they are having a bit of a form slump, but they aree still capable of competing with thet best in the world and are still certianly in the top 4 teams IMHO.

[kramer]

Hmmmm…. eddie jones is persisting with that fullback/wing combo and no room for matt burke even on bench. i dunno. hope i’m wrong.

as for female rugby fans…a lot better than for male fans of female rugby. is it carlos spencer’s tatoo which does it for u kristy?

[ROB]

YOu gotta be shitting me about Burke! What the fuck is Jones thinking? I hadnt read teh line up yet.

[kramer]

He wasn’t on the bench for the Scotland match and not for this one, so they leave out their most experienced player against NZ. Giteau got injured in last match so thought Burke would come in. No, brought in Nathan Grey instead. It’s the same side as last match. Roff on bench.

[ROB]

Australia: 22 New Zealand: 10

And that my friends is a lovely thing to behold.

[Kristy]

Bah, I give up. Now all I can do is root for the French (my favourite rugger teams are 1) South Africa, 2) New Zealand, 3) France). Yes, Spencer’s tattoo has a lot to do with it, and his hair! But the blue eyes dark hair clinches it. He has very masculine features. It can’t be much fun being a male female rugby fan. I love playing rubgy, but I’m to short, too small, and not, well, manly enough.

[Foulplay]

Rob,

I hope we’re not gonna fall out when England whip your arses next Saturday and bring the silverware back to the northern hemisphere!!! :lol:

FP

[kramer]

Around a group of english supporters in the world cup winning colours of australia, next week after the final. Foulplay is clearly delusional over there in the mother country!

[Kristy]

I think a chesterfield from a parallel dimension will suddenly appear in the middle of the field, resulting in a highy unexpected conclusion. Oh wait, that’s cricket.

[ROB]

What do you mean “back” to the Northern hemisphere? It was never there in the first place! :wink:

I am not quite sure how Kristy can put a Northern hemisphere team in her top three – that is akin to blasphemy in Australia.

[Foulplay]

Rob – Australia 17 – 20 England…. And that my friends is a lovely thing to behold.

Kramer – Not so delusional eh? :lol:

[kramer]

ahem…i guess so….congrats

[ROB]

A pretty goood game. And being an optimist, I am looking on the bringht side: At lease the French didn’t win.

England were indeed the better side.

[Foulplay]

… when it mattered.

For much of the tournament, many (me included) didn’t think England would make the final, let alone go on to win.

I wasn’t lucky enough to see the game live. I was in Stockholm and unable to see it. Had to endure 2 or 3 minute updates on BBC.com.
Saw the re-run on Saturday night after I got home. Brilliant.

Pity about the sour grapes from the Aussie media.

[ROB]

You must have been reading the english media’s qwrap up of the Aussie media cos the papers I read were nothing short of gracious.

I think there is a big rivalry between the English and Aussie sproting media. I have read “wraps” of the English media that would lead you to think that the UK was about to launch nuclear missile our way. A quick check of the internet showed that these were the exception rather than the rule.

[Anonymous]

@Foul Play wrote:

… I wasn’t lucky enough to see the game live. I was in Stockholm and unable to see it. Had to endure 2 or 3 minute updates on BBC.com.

I managed to accidentally be in England when this game was occurring (I’ll be honest, I had no idea it was even going on until my friend in England mentioned it).

I was thus lucky enough to be drinking English beer, eating minced pie, and watching the match in a British pub. Quite the atmosphere, and it was an absolutely brilliant game. It just doesn’t get any more dramatic than that.

/andrew

[ROB]

Really should bump this thread for predictions.

Sure, Australia fell to Ireland, but to be honest, I still think we’ll take it this time. :)

[Penta2]

11 tries is not to be sniffed at. Good comeback.

[ROB]

Yeah, it wasn’t exactly pretty though.

If we play like that against Sth Africa, we’ll get hammered, let alone the ABs.

[Penta2]

Ten’s not so bad either. But the All Blacks against les Bleus next: now that should be worth watching.

[Penta2]

All Blacks: where “awesome” can be used properly for once.

[ROB]

They’ll find a way to choke somewhere.

But England seem to be coming good at the right time.

[Penta2]

I wouldn’t count on anything as far as England’s concerned. It looks as if they might have to beat Scotland to go through, and Scotland is to England much as France is to NZ. :( Go Argentina (for now)!

[Penta2]

Phew!

France next. Going to have to play much better then.

[ROB]

They lost a pretty embarrassing match. They might be hungry now.

[ROB]

Now it’s starting to get interesting…

Go Wales!

[Penta2]

I didn’t see the Australia-SA match – much too early for a Sunday morning – but it didn’t sound good. But at least you won.

[ROB]

I think it was the best defensive effort I have seen from any rugby team ever.

[Penta2]

The Wallabies showed today they can attack as well as defend, especially in the second half. Very gutsy.

The ABs will take France apart, as they deserve. Tragic that Wales were stuffed – they showed such heart.

[ROB]

I hope I am wrong, but I just cannot count a Kiwi choke out, yet.

[Penta2]

Bitty match, but the Aussies deserved to win. Nice consolation try for Wales at the end, which might give a little cheer to my Welsh nephews who were so devastated after the semi.

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