Rugby World Cup: And the Winner is...

[Havak]

That was my reading of the turn around yes.

I see Zinzan is a happy camper?

[MikeH]

Zinzan seems a bit bitter. That yellow card looked blatant.

[finbar]

Very. He moved into the guy's path to block him.

I wish the Kiwis would stop banging on about (1) G. Henry's resting of the players during the S14 season; and (2) his selection rotation policy as having brought about the loss. The former had absolutely no impact because the players had a multitude of games after their return to S14, and the latter wasn't responsible for the poor tactics, particularly in the first half, and the lack of nouse late in the game. If G. Henry ordained the first half tactics, he made a blue. The lack of nouse late in the game falls back on the skipper and senior players. It also didn't help that their key playmaker and decision maker was off injured. You can't coach for those situations.

[MikeH]

Stolen from someone who stole it from somewhere on the Guardian site:


Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Got to the semi-
Could we defend our trophy?
Let's get quick ball
Kick for the lines and see -
We're just a poor team, we need no sympathy -
Because we're Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land,
A little old, a little slow,
Any way the match goes, doesn't really matter to me,
To me

England, just won a game
Oh we crushed the Aussie pack,
Mortlock missed, we won the match,
England, semi's the next one,
So please don't go and throw it all away -
England - ooo,
Let's try and score a try -
If we're knocked out by France this time on Saturday -
Carry on, carry on, 'cos at least we beat the Aussies -

England, our time has come,
Send flankers to the ruck -
Hope Wilko has some luck,
Goodbye all you Aussies - 'cos we got through -
Gotta leave you all behind and face the French -
England ooo - (any way the match goes)
We don't need a try,
I just hope we don't turn over the ball -

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Robinson, Robinson will you break the French back line?
Vickery and Sheridan - very very frightening scrum-
Get the ball to, Get the ball to,
Get the ball to get the ball to,
Get the ball to Gomarsall - and Wilkinson -
But we're just a poor team and nobody loves us -
We're just a poor team from a poor hemisphere -
Spare us defeat from the South Africans -
Easy come easy go-, will we get quick ball -
But Betsen! No-, we will not get quick ball - get quick ball -
But Betsen! No-, we will not get quick ball - get quick ball -
But Betsen! No-, we will not get quick ball - get quick ball -
will not get quick ball - get quick ball -
will not get quick ball - get quick ball -
No,no,no,no,no,no,no -
Thierry, Thierry, Thierry and Julien -
Monsieur Laporte has a Seabass put aside for me, for me, for me -

So you think you can kick it and get territory -
So you think you can win it in your home country -
Oh Bernard - cant do this to us Bernard -
Just gotta drop goals - just gotta get Wilko to drop -

The French don't really matter,
'Cos though we'd like to win,
At least we beat the Aussies - at least we beat the Aussies last week...

Any way the match goes....

[Krill]

classic

[finbar]

Ditto.

[LordShiva]

France 9 - 14 England

[kittenOFchaos]

I always thought we had a chance if we played to our potential and whilst we have in certain areas and in patches, these players can still do better and that leaves me with hope we can win this Cup. In fact I even bet on it, just a shame it wasn't for cash...bah!!!

My greatest worry was meeting NZ as they play the sort of rugby that tears England teams apart.

Why can't England ever win easy, yet another tense, exciting game for those who were actively interested. I'm sure it wasn't that exciting or interesting for a neutral, but who cares about them at this time.

Wonder if I have any chance of getting tickets and slipping across the channel for the final...

Anyone got a ticket?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos
Wonder if I have any chance of getting tickets and slipping across the channel for the final...

Do you go to many rugby matches?

[kittenOFchaos]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Do you go to many rugby matches?

Alot of Sale Sharks games when I lived up north and alot of Scotland games back when I played with Aberdeen Grammar Rugby team, including our memorable 9-6 loss to England at Murryfield in 1991 after Hasting botched the simplest of kicks.

Why?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos
Why?

I was thinking of your experience of what touts might charge for a match like this.

[kittenOFchaos]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


I was thinking of your experience of what touts might charge for a match like this.

Well, yeah, it could be horrendous

I do actually prefer to watch on TV most of the time, simply as you get to see more of the action and in the case of watching Sale Sharks, not getting so wet!

[kittenOFchaos]

I'd like to see Hipkiss tell Sackey how to not get turned over before the Final...

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos
I do actually prefer to watch on TV most of the time, simply as you get to see more of the action

It must be one of the hardest sports to see where the ball is, especially from way back in the stands.

[kittenOFchaos]

True, for some reason the more costly seats are at the half-way mark at Sale, whilst I always go for a few rows up in the Robinson Stand behind the posts as rugby is a lateral game and you don't see the spaces otherwise. You do get to see different aspects by being there and so often Sky aren't showing all the games...one of the oddest things was seeing our pitch at Edgely Park with a HUGE hole that eventually was filled (3 trips by stupid grounds man with a bucket of sand). Had a player put a foot into that whilst running, it'd have been a broken leg and a massive inquest.

Different deal with rugby league, saw Great Britain trounce NZ in Huddersfield (was taking a girl out, great choice of location to take a date hehe) it was far easier to see what was happening due to the nature of that game.