Rugby World Cup 2003 - Crunch Time!

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by ravagon
I'm tempted to throw in a or two but its almost dinner time. I'm off to get a burger and fren ..., erm, 'freedom fries'.

If "Freedomland" inhabitants were someday as stupid as some "Burgerland" or "Kangarooland" nationals and would rename some foods in order to display their disapproval about a given country, I must admit we would have some troubles to rename anything from "Kangarooland" as this country does not seem to export anything valuable as far as food is concerned.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by finbar
Six people over for dinner tonight. Goats Cheese & Caramelised Onion Tart, Baby Rack of Lamb with a Garlic Flan & Flagelots for the carnivores, Roasted Salmon with the same sides for the vegies. Homemade Honey Ice Cream sandwiched between Homemade Waffle Biscuits with Raspberry Coulis for pud.

I have a good news, your Political and Cultural Refugee status has been revised, you are now allowed to enter the French territory and stay here as long as you wish.


I have a proposal to make while you are in Toulouse :
You cook, I wash the dishes...

[Alexander's Horse]

The other major development down here was the Manager of the Italian team managed to write off the team's brand new car in a head on crash.

[Havak]

This is the ultimate decadence of organized leisures.

It’s very Australian – it’s the only way to polarise them without Aussies or Pom’s being involved.

while France is ever on the verge to catch up.

France are a good side too – let’s not lose sight of that. They will be a huge hurdle for their semi-final opponents – whether that be England, the Boks or Wales.

Whilst the use of 'toilet' was chosen deliberately and I took it as light heartedly as it was intended he had an underlying point – before Pro Status England teams were not consistently competitive with the ABs. You also had a point in that this was partly because the ABs were blatantly Pro well before the sport was. Reffing has also only become more consistent between hemisphere’s since 95 – though it still bugs me that SH teams insist on SH refs when invited to tour – time the IRB got tough on them with that one and showed who is in charge.

Most impressed with time he took to help out-not always found in large organisations.

That Fijian seems a remarkable man in many ways – good on him. Good on the Comms officer too – whilst our players are on the whole good lads and happy to talk to fans I’ve always been far less impressed with the RFU guys.

Finbar – hold out for a better deal. You know how demanding Tamerlin is about his food.

*EDIT* Okay I need to indulge in a little Tamerlin like spleen venting here.

John Eales, Eddie Jones, Rudi Straeuli (and regrettably Jacques Brunel who should know better) - SHUT YOUR HYPOCRITICAL MOUTHS!

Finbar can find out what the anti-Pom mob has been saying for you - I'm too damn angry

But I will give the last words to Neil Back who said the criticism of England was "borne out of fear" while England forwards coach Andy Robinson insisted that his pack was "very legal".

Bit desperate isn't it Finbar - wheeling out Nobody to help launch yet another SH coaching attack on referees with a view to making life suit only SH sides? It's getting tedious quite frankly. Respect to the ABs for keeping totally out of it.

Where was nobody when the IRB needed pressuring about Bok extreme foul play last November - not subject to an ARU two line whip maybe?

[TheStinger]

The Aussies and South Africans a clearly running scared they are ganging up on England now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/3196716.stm

[finbar]

Originally posted by Havak
Interesting about the League and AFL. And to see Horse’s comments - strangely Robert Jones (Remember him? Farr-Jones will!) was on Radio 5 this morning saying Melbourne certainly doesn’t have RWC fever – but he moved to Canberra a few days back and that certainly does.

Melbourne won't have RWC fever, but they'll go to the matches. I saw quite a reasonable crowd under the roof the other day. Or night. I've watched so many matches, I've forgotten whether it's day or night.

It’s often better to leave the rose tinted nostalgia glasses on I think. The game has changed beyond all recognition.

Indeed it has. The Lions lock and the Wallaby openside were throwing the ball into their respective lineouts.

[Caligastia]

New thread

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by TheStinger
The Aussies and South Africans a clearly running scared they are ganging up on England now

As we say in France: "C'est l'hôpital qui se moque de la charité" ("it is hospital making fun of charity")...

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin


Perhaps am I an old stubborn European but I can't help laughing at the ridiculous idea of supporting a randomly chosen team because I am told to. This is the ultimate decadence of organized leisures. :

It's drumming up support for a game that's totally foreign to the locals. Tasmania is an out-and-out Australian Rules Football state.

Oh, and to get an accurate crowd figure in Tasmania, they'll count the heads and divide by two.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin


I have a good news, your Political and Cultural Refugee status has been revised, you are now allowed to enter the French territory and stay here as long as you wish.


I have a proposal to make while you are in Toulouse :
You cook, I wash the dishes...

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Havak
...(and regrettably Jacques Brunel who should know better)...

I don't understand why he has joined the fray... the said illegal tactic, and it is certainly not an illegal one, is a common occurence in the French and English championships where mauls are still in use.

[Caligastia]

Hey! Why are you posting in the old thread?!

[Tamerlin]

Bloody French sense of contradiction!

[Caligastia]