just a discussion thred for the RWC!
At the moment im sitting here with the argies beathing the frogs.
enjoying this especially with the french loosing
Obviously Newzeland are he odds on favs but who are ur tips to do well this year.
personally im hoping that the french really do badly, especially with some of the background to this years RWC hosted by them. (£150 a ticket for bad seats cheepest for englad games!)
only the 2nd time the hosts have lost the opening game in the RWC!!!!!!!
brilliant! now i just want ireland to beat the frogs to knock them out in the group stage !!!!!!!
FRANCE LOSE!!!!
Yeah iwill second that I think the Aussies will win :crying:
U WILL 2ND WHAT????
The auzzies wont win imo.
surpriese winners willl imo
ireland
england
south africa
australia
in that order
Multi national community? Us? Never.
2Nd your point that it as nice to see France crash and burn.
My opinion is that the Aussies will win.
ahhh yes.
i understand now.
benny u know im loving of one and all, EXCEPT the cheese eating surrender monkeys.
Australia 89 - Japan 3
they looked Impressive today, good result for England aswell, but think there should of been a bigger margin!
come on England!! :(
It's all they're good for....
Can't see many Northern Hemisphere countries doing it, will likely be one of OZ/NZ/SA.
That's if they get by Scotland :yahoo:.
England will be lucky to scrape out of the group IMO
Ireland are over the hill
Scotland didn't exactly inspire confidence in their win
Wales somewhat hysterically almost lost to Canada
France are displaying that typical habit of just not turning up to big games
You can never write off the Aussies
South Africa are looking very powerful but Habana aside are very one-dimensional as long as Butch James remains at fly half I reckon. Steyn is a talent but like the rest of the SA backline only really shines behind a pack that are going forward...
New Zealand will choke as per usual :D
Final will be Australia vs France I think
france in the final.
no way imo. especially after the loss to the Argies
ENG vs. RSA tonight. 7:30 ITV1.
:D Scotland ftw!
England seem to be in all sorts of trouble, but hopefully what that means is they will just go out there and play using instinct rather than trying too hard and messing it up all the time. I have been banned (!) From wearing my Springboks T-shirt for the next week or two :flirty: but my Scotland ones are seeing good use.
having said that New Zealand do look like they should win it as long as they don't choke, but then they always seem to choke before reaching the final. Kind of half dreading, half looking forward to the New Zealand versus Scotland game -- with a bit of luck Scotland will come out of it fighting fit and ready to wipe out Italy:boxing:
Scotland will get a severe drubbing aganst NZ.
Don't think we'll see an upset similar to the footy :D
gawd this england team are playing SOOOOO porely
Quote from: sheepy;205788gawd this england team are playing SOOOOO porely
What a
bloody mess. . .
0 - 36 Feel a-bit sorry for JR.
Quote from: Coaxafkone;205794Feel a-bit sorry for JR.
It's his brother Bobby you want to feel for, especially after the car accident.
Quote from: Benny;205804It's his brother Bobby you want to feel for, especially after the car accident.
Just a bad dream:blink:
im managed to block out most of the game through copious amounts of gin and bitter lemon last night
Portugal look like they are having a lot of fun. Wales Vs. Australia in 15.
finally an england team with the slightest spark in them.
they just need to play better without the ball but with the ball they played resonably
England Tonga tonight. I'm going back to bed to rid myself of my JAck Daniel's induced hangover first tho. Got challenged to a drinking competition by a Scandinavian, it ended up very messy!
nice win against the auzzies.
for a former front row forward it was great to see the anialation of the auzzie forwards
The front five won it today...great win !
Quote from: squonk;208944The front five won it today...great win !
:withstupid:
Aussies..>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.:narnar:
france beat the All Blacks ...roll on next weekend :)
wooo0000oooo France game tomorrow!
Quivering with excitement at this end!:norty:
England 14 france 9 :clap::yahoo:
Quelle honte que les grenouilles ont perdu le jeu...
:yahoo:
one of the better games i've watched.. SWEET :yahoo::D
A brilliant win, if a little messy, but who cares: we're through!
TL.
urghhhhh. my head hurts AGAIN. ive already reserved my space at the bar for next week
I saw the match last night whilst round a friends. So, how do you play rugby then? As last night was the first game i have ever watched. lol :P.
England vs South Africa in the final - bring it on!!!
SWIIIIIIIING LOOOOOOOWWWWWW...
another 36-0 ?:sideways:
:byebye:
I enjoyed the game.
I then switched over to watch the rugby, it was OK too.
Good result.
Would be glad to see England win it.
So here it is.
im soon heading to the pub to make sure i get my lucky seat
I Hate That Australian Ref!
Harsh decision, but not a bad game. 2nd is a good position to come when you think about it...I mean when you think about it after loosing the match for first.
dude the ref wasnt Australian he was Irish!!!
The TMO was a bloody Auzzy as far as remember, he was also a plank
I don't think he grounded the ball before the leg touched the floor. If you watch the put down it goes in two stages, the initial touch, then the touch behind the line.
Good call if that's true. Good game though I thought.
edit: shuddup Benny,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/rugbyworldcup.html?in_article_id=488726&in_page_id=1771&ICO=SPORT&ICL=TOPART
From the grainy photo in your link it looks like there was a (very slight) gap between boot and line due to the shadow, but it's very close and can understand why it was called the way it was. The other photo makes it look more obvious but that because the foot was lifted as he was sliding. I can see this debated for quite some time.
Watching it live, and with all the different camera angles, I would have said it was over.
Disappointing match IMHO, didn't enjoy it much.
Should have been given - it wasn't, move on.
However, it should have lifted England because they had shown they could run through the South Africans, instead the reverted to type and backed off