Official Rugby World Cup 2007 Thread

[Hertston]

ORIGINAL: Raver508

Yeah I reakon it should be pretty one way traffic this weekend.  The English just wont be able to hold out the aussie backline......

Muhahahahahahahahahah!! [:D][:D][:D][:D]

A resurgent England march on to the semis..

[SMK-at-work]

And we're out!! [X(]

Bloody hell - what a terrible display by the aB's - unimaginitive and boring - they couldn't break the French defence....so they just kept trying to do the same thing. Usd to be if they weren't succeeding with oine thing they'd try another - a kick over the top perhaps.....

They didn't deserve to win.

But then neither did the French - the referee was as bad as any international ref has been this year - 2 forward passes in the 2nd French try, 2 hands in the ruck with the AB's within 5-10m of the French line, McAlister sent off while retiring and the French not even penalised for the same thing with 9 minutes to go.

It leaves a bitter taste - why was an inexperienced ref doing a world cup quarter final??

4 more years....


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[Plodder]

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yeah, agreed. We were awful, the ref was awful. Maybe we can only win it at home. At least the aussies went out at the same time, it won't be so bad when I'm over there next month. SA's looking good for the cup now.

[SMK-at-work]

Stuff hte Yarpies.....Go Argentina!! [8D]

[Hertston]

20-23 as I type - go Fiji!! It can't happen AGAIN, can it?! Whichever way this one goes, this is anybody's tournament now.

[SMK-at-work]

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[font=consolas]Q. Wot has 140 legs, 140 eyes, is worth approx 10 million US, and flies at 35,000 feet? [/font]
[font=consolas]A. The Abs and Aussie rugby teams on their way home from the world cup!!!!!! [/font]
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[cptracks]

I'll bite... what's an All Black. Sounds like something that'll get you prison time here.[&:][:-]

[SMK-at-work]

All Blacks - the national Rugby Union team from New Zealand.  So named because they wear a uniform of all black apart from markings, but possibly a mis-print of "they play like they are all backs" referring to a running style of rugby reported on in 1905. 
 
Has held the #1 spot in the International Rugby Board rankings for a couple of years and was hot favourite to win the Rugby World Cup but was defeated by France in the quarterfinals yesterday.
 
Why on earth are you reading this thread if you don't know who the All Blacks are??!![:D]
 
 

[cptracks]

Used to play the game lo those many years ago as a Canadian in Oz. Also acquaintance from work used to play on the French team and I watched a game with him in the bar in Dusseldorf. Was the same rugby I played but could barely understand it, rules have changed![&:]

[SMK-at-work]

Yes many would say the game has suffered from a lot of stuffing around with the rules by hte IRB trying to cure imaginary ills over hte last few years...new rules are coming in next year too to try to fix the last lot of "improvements".....[:@]

[JoePirulo]

I´m not a rugby fun, but I´m from Argentina, so: what do you expect for the match against the Springboks? Do we have any chance? For what I´ve seen, this WCup is a bit surprising... AB and Wallabies out, and Pumas in...
 
For those who wants to know: rugby isn´t popular here (as football is...) but this sunday, the most important football match of the season (Boca - River) changed the time of beginning to allow the view of the rugby match... (we are doing better in rugby than in football... Germany 2006!!![:@]).
 
Greetings and VAMOS PUMAS!!!!!

[SMK-at-work]

IMO Los Pumas stand a small but reasonable chance......neither the Springboks nor the English have played all that well so far, and if they keep up their form it will be the French in the final.  Los Pumas have to be the underdogs even against an underperforming RSA team......but we've seen what can happen to underdogs last weekend!!

[7th Somersets]

For what I´ve seen, this WCup is a bit surprising... AB and Wallabies out, and Pumas in...

 
Joe - a surprise that the Wallabies and All Blacks are out - but no surprise that the Pumas are in - they were quite properly ranked 4th in the world before this competition and have had a now significantly long run of outstanding results.
 
Another great sporting side from Argentina...
 
My guess is that the Boks will just edge the game - but it is no foregone conclusion. My predicition now is for a France vs Boks final.
 
 

[Plodder]

After last weekend, it could be any ones.The Pumas definitely are in with a sniff. Even though I'm gutted the AB's lost, it's been a fantastic World Cup, even the minnows have given their opposition a run for their money.

[JoePirulo]

Well, let´s see what happens this weekend; even if Pumas loose, the feeling here in Argentina is that they have played a great cup... Hopefully the final will be Pumas - France, as the first match was... And hope Pumas win again... But it´s a loongg way..
And Plodder, I agree: as sayed before, I´m not a rugby fun /player, but the matches I´ve seen were very exciting. France - AB was really enjoyable, (referee performance out of analysis). This weekend, rugby again.. football out...
Max.

[Hertston]

Swing lowwwwww.... sweet chari-ottttt...  [&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]
 
Onto the final...   

[IronDuke_slith]

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender

This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day

Bring me my chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

When Britain first at Heav'n's command
Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sang this strain;

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

The nations not so blest as thee,
Shall in their turns to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

Still mor majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame,
All their attempts to bend thee down
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

To thee belongs the rural reign;
They cities shall with commerce shine;
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles thine.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crowned,
And manly hearts to juide the fair.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves

[Mac67]

Can there be anything sweeter than beating the French? [;)]

[IronDuke_slith]

ORIGINAL: Mac67

Can there be anything sweeter than beating the French? [;)]

Beating the Aussies....[:D]

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: IronDuke

ORIGINAL: Mac67

Can there be anything sweeter than beating the French? [;)]

Beating the Aussies....[:D]

Only because it happens so rarely. [:'(]

I pretty much got my wish. A rubbish final with no tries. That's somewhat equivalent to both teams losing.

Cheers, Neilster