Rugby World Cup 2007 - Twiddling Our Thumbs!

[Havak]

If they do turn up I fear for the outcome.

I thought Noon had been sensibly ditched when turnip was sacked for starters.

Still Dallaglio will not get an easy ride against a French back row - maybe he will mess up bad enough to be dropped?

[Havak]

My cup starts to run over in the build up for the RWC - Strettle has broken a toe in training so must be a huge doubt for the cup now.

So the most promising talent Ashton has brought in so far is out - and Daylgo is back in the starting line up.

It's almost like someone is deliberately messing with me.

[finbar]

Shame about Strettle. Good player. Not one of the human refrigerators à la B. Cohen and M. Cueto. And a bit of the proverbial mongrel about him. Oh well, I'm sure B. Ashton has B. Cohen's phone number. Oh, hang about. Cohen ruled himself out, didn't he. Oh well, there's always that big, arrogant Leicester winger who needs to be taken down a peg or three.

And Eddie has signed up with the Boks. Good on him. The lorry loads of hypocritical bullsh*t that have been poured over him in some Australian rugby circles almost has me barracking for the Boks.

Hopefully the first thing Eddie will point out to J. White is that they're not going to win a World Cup with B. James at #10.

[LDiCesare]

If they do turn up I fear for the outcome.

I have no idea what the French team will be doing. They announced 22 players but we still don't know who will start, particularly at scrum and fly half. The tight five is unclear too except for Ibanez.
Well, our performace will be a random flip of a coin as usual.

[Andydog]

Meanwhile, in the AB camp, a spate of niggly injuries has hit key players during their 3 day conditioning camp.

Keith Robinson’s tupperware calfs are playing up again, Ali Williams has a dodgy hamstring, Reuben Thorne did a calf muscle and Richie McCaw has problems with his shoulder. Greg Somerville’s displaced retina has until Tuesday to fix itself, but Henry seems to be playing down the rest of the injuries.

Sounds like he flogged them.

[finbar]

Dig your boots out of the cupboard, jump on a plane and get your arse over there, son. They need you.

[Andydog]

I'd suggest that you'd do the same, but I doubt you'd be able to decide which team to help out.

[LDiCesare]

If he put on the Wallaby jersey, we'd all call him an Australian, so I don't think he'd hesitate that long.

[finbar]

Absolutely spot on! I'd rather pull on an Uzbekistan jersey.

[Havak]

How about an England jersey? You see everyone has their limits.

[finbar]

Speaking of the England jersey, I saw the new one for the first time last weekend. It manages, somehow, the impossible feat of making the new Wallaby jersey look almost (if not quite) tasteful. It looks like every player has rolled around in a puddle of tomato sauce.

But back to the point: I'd wear nothing at all before I'd pull on a tomato sauce-stained white jersey.

[Havak]

Quite right.

It is a shockingly horrible shirt. Though the Wallaby one does look somewhat more (now how can I put it tactfully - okay I won't bother to) League like? Better to have spilt ketchup rather than tag rugby vibes?

[finbar]

Nah, nothing L***** about it. More like what a male stripper might wear to a hen's night.

[Havak]

Nice image.

I hope you realise I will not now be able to keep a straight face whenever the Wallabies take the field in it.

[finbar]

I might have to attend an England game just to rub a sausage sandwich against one of their jerseys.