Rugby Union World Cup Thread

[nacho]

Don't matter, boring game and I won't be watching another one for at least 4 years.

boring? did u even watch it at all? might not have had flashy backline moves but the pyhisicallity of it was great

[MENACING*STORM]

Bad, bad weekend for the Southern Hemiphere teams.
Still can't believe the ABs are out of the competition.
The whole NZ nation must be in a state of shock.

[Surandy]

Don't matter, boring game and I won't be watching another one for at least 4 years.

boring? did u even watch it at all? might not have had flashy backline moves but the pyhisicallity of it was great

I watched the whole game, I found the ODI on Friday night between Australia & India more interesting.

[Rabble No 7]

Whats the difference between the Wallabies/All Blacks and a tea bag???  A tea bag stays longer in the CUP!!!!


nuff said!!!

[nacho]

South Africa and Argentina are the only teams left to fly the flag for us southerners

[MENACING*STORM]

Got this one this morning:

From Scotland Yard:
Police today found the body of a dead man floating in the Thames wearing an Australian Wallabies jersey, suspenders and stockings, bright red lipstick & mascara, a blow up doll on the end of his todger and a dildo stuck up his arse. Police safely removed the Wallabies jersey to spare his family any further embarrassment 

[nacho]

why would u all be poking fun at australias loss when you live in australia

[MENACING*STORM]

Oh Nach, it's the Australian spirit.  You have to cop it when we lose and bask in the glory when we win.
Plus it's a funny joke sent by a gloating English workmate of mine 

[nacho]

matches to decide the final are:

France vs England
          and
S Africa vs Argentina

[Tigger]

And people say Aussies take things too seriously....

The All Blacks' loss to France on Sunday morning has led to an unprecedented outpouring of emotion from die-hard fans, with one extreme case leading to a $1000 bounty being placed on the head of match referee Wayne Barnes.
In New Zealand, the belief that the All Blacks were going to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup since they were knocked out of the last tournament has been all powerful, and on paper most would have agreed.
Hot favourites with the bookies and with a confidence that included a huge clock in New Zealand that counted down to the World Cup final by the second, the 20-18 loss to France was just not on the cards.
Some sections of the Kiwi public are now pointing fingers after their disappointing exit, and following a few controversial decisions made by Barnes, the English referee has become a prime target in the blame game.
Barnes' profile on the Wikipedia site was doctored by fanatics so that it read he "suffers from a vision-related disease which results in him being unable to see forward passes" also said he gave up on his former profession as a lawyer because he wouldn’t read any "f...ing law books."
Disturbingly, a message was posted on the page as a call to arms saying that a monetary reward would be offered to the person who "finds him for me and keeps him under lock and key until I get there."
The page also describes a grizzly death whereabouts Barnes is "lynched by a mob of people with 20/20 vision" with "his corpse pelted with rugby passes in a backward direction."
The doctored page has since been removed.
This is one incident that underlines the disturbing depths to which the performance of the All Blacks can affect the New Zealand public.
In response to the loss to France this time around, maverick New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters summed up his country's psyche.
"If we had gone on to win the World Cup it would have been a big lift for our country psychologically and economically as well," he told newspapers.
"When people feel better, they produce more, they work harder, they just are happier, they don't beat up their children or their husbands or their wives, and so you know, it's a tragedy."
Following the 2003 World Cup loss, women's refuge organisations reported a dramatic increase in the number of women who had become the targets of violence from their husbands looking to release their anger.
Then, the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges said in a statement:
"Refuge workers said they received calls from women wanting to leave because matters had come to a head with their violent partner due to the rugby. Women said that all the family money had been gambled and drunk away, and that their violent partner was even worse when he had been out partying with the boys."

[KimmorleyKiller]

matches to decide the final are:

France vs England
          and
S Africa vs Argentina

Could not give a hoot. Rugby whaa?

Wake me up when they change the point scoring system.

What the hell was up with Eddie Jones claiming the Wallabies scrum hasn't improved since 2005? Im pretty sure they were gridlocked with England the whole match...

Don't matter, boring game and I won't be watching another one for at least 4 years.

boring? did u even watch it at all? might not have had flashy backline moves but the pyhisicallity of it was great

I watched the whole game, I found the ODI on Friday night between Australia & India more interesting.

Fair call, how shit-house is the resolution from the Indian television network though? When i first switched over i thought it must of been a wash-out and they were airing an 80's replay!

[nacho]

Could not give a hoot. Rugby whaa?

obviously u care enough to make a pointless statement

[KimmorleyKiller]

Could not give a hoot. Rugby whaa?

obviously u care enough to make a pointless statement

Watch your tone buddy, the purpose of a forum is for good-hearted open end discussion. Just because someone voices an opinion in contrast to your own, does not mean that that persons view is 'pointless'

In case you failed to see the point, im of the opinion as i know a lot of other people are, that there is too much of a reliance on penalties and field goals to score points in rugby union. Hence detracting from my overall enjoyment of the Rugby World Cup.

[nacho]

Could not give a hoot. Rugby whaa?

obviously u care enough to make a pointless statement

Watch your tone buddy, the purpose of a forum is for good-hearted open end discussion. Just because someone voices an opinion in contrast to your own, does not mean that that persons view is 'pointless'

In case you failed to see the point, im of the opinion as i know a lot of other people are, that there is too much of a reliance on penalties and field goals to score points in rugby union. Hence detracting from my overall enjoyment of the Rugby World Cup.

watch my tone? i voice my opinion about how i enjoy rugby and all i get is people saying how boring it is or how crap it is etc... i give as good as i get.