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Rugby World Cup 2003 (pg. 2)
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| quote: | Originally posted by chesco
listen in all honesty rugby is a game for batty boys.
a bunch of over grown men rolling around in the mud touching each others balls:nervous:
theres far too many rules to the game and far to few fights in it anymore. its lost all its intrest to me and not cos i'm scottish and we have a e team. but because the game has become more predictable than rain in glasgow.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
england get a penalty, jonny wilkinson kicks it.
boring. |
that is northern hemisphere rugby...and australia is pretty dry too
in all honesty id rather they televised the world 7's tournaments more because they are in brilliant to watch
i was reading the paper yesterday and gavin hastings had been interviewed. he believed that the current scottish team is the worst he has ever seen...ouch
they are going to get nailed tonight |
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| chesco |
i absolutely love playing and watching sevens, simply for the exitement.
another game which beats 15 a side is rugby league, you get those big hits every second tackle that you just don't find in the union game, its much faster and creates far more exitement to watch.
and just for the record, this is by far the worst rugby team scotland have ever entered in a world cup. the main reason is cos theres no money put into development of any sport here in scotland and its a in joke. |
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| arctic |
Australia won, NZ won, who would have guessed :p
Will be interesting to see who wins in the semis (All blacks or Wallabies) |
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| tall paul 2 |
| oh come on! The rugby world cup has been awesome. Im out in France at the moment and theyve had almost every game on. I cant wait til next weekend, England vs France! should be a big game. |
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| arctic |
| quote: | Originally posted by tall paul 2
oh come on! The rugby world cup has been awesome. Im out in France at the moment and theyve had almost every game on. I cant wait til next weekend, England vs France! should be a big game. |
All blacks vs the wallabies is coming up on Saturday arvo (Aussie time), i'm really hoping Australia can go all the way and win their third cup, but tbh I think NZ & France will be the finalists :( |
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| tall paul 2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by arctic
All blacks vs the wallabies is coming up on Saturday arvo (Aussie time), i'm really hoping Australia can go all the way and win their third cup, but tbh I think NZ & France will be the finalists :( |
I agree. Although england are up there with the best i cant see them beating france who are on form at the moment. I dont want them to win, but i can see them going all the way.
My preferred final = Australia v England
My prediction = New Zealend v France |
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| slinkyhead |
I'd love to see an Eng v Aus final
So we can destroy u pomm bashers for once:D
whats up with the Australian press laying into us English, u really don't like losing do you.
I personally think the winners will come from the Eng-Fra semi and im really not sure which way it will go.
As for Australia they just don't have the talent at the moment (Wendell Sailor is one of the worst players iv eva seen) and NZ havent sparkled yet. Both would need to be at the top of their game to beat either france or england |
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| arctic |
| quote: | Originally posted by slinkyhead
whats up with the Australian press laying into us English, u really don't like losing do you.
I personally think the winners will come from the Eng-Fra semi and im really not sure which way it will go.
As for Australia they just don't have the talent at the moment (Wendell Sailor is one of the worst players iv eva seen) and NZ havent sparkled yet. Both would need to be at the top of their game to beat either france or england |
Which sections? (Print, tv etc). I haven't really noticed much pomie bashing actually, then again, mabye i just haven't been paying enough attention.
As for the talent point, I actually think we do, but we really aren't playging well enough atm, things just arent flowing. France are on fire, and NZ are clearly the best team in the world atm, in my humble opinion.
As for Sailor, careful :p. He was one of our absolute best league players, yet switched codes along with two of our other two back rowers to play with the wallabies. When he's on form, he actually is very good, but he hasn't really fired yet. Mabye he shouldn't have switched codes :/ |
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| slinkyhead |
Sailor is fine on the attack but defending and catching, well that leaves alot to be desired i honestly think i cud catch beta than him.
I spose the talent is there in Australia and of course any team can now win it and i'd agree that France are the only team on form, Aus, NZ and Eng all havent peaked yet.
At the begining of the tournament i said England are the only team that can realistically beat NZ but several teams could beat England eg NZ, France, Australia. But know id say that France could beat NZ too. Im not sure if im making much sense, ah well. Its gonna be a good couple of this weekend tho |
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| arctic |
| quote: | Originally posted by slinkyhead
Sailor is fine on the attack but defending and catching, well that leaves alot to be desired i honestly think i cud catch beta than him.
I spose the talent is there in Australia and of course any team can now win it and i'd agree that France are the only team on form, Aus, NZ and Eng all havent peaked yet.
At the begining of the tournament i said England are the only team that can realistically beat NZ but several teams could beat England eg NZ, France, Australia. But know id say that France could beat NZ too. Im not sure if im making much sense, ah well. Its gonna be a good couple of this weekend tho |
Yeah, his catching has been a bit off :/
Our entire back row is recently converted league players...not the best move imo.
I would love an eng vs. aus final, even a nz vs england would be interesting, but tbh, I think France will win it, they really are on fire. Hopefully Oz will be able to peak, but somehow I think France might have what it takes. Tommorow will be itneresting to say the least. |
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| bent |
Just saw the Aus vs NZ Game - WHAT A MATCH!!!!! We played brilliant .. Mat Rogers only dropped the ball twice and got some good distance on his kicks, Wendell laid a good defensive tackle at the start of the game and didn't -up throughout, tuquiri was great as per usual and STIRLING MORTLOCK - YOUUUUU BEAUTY!!! He had a killer interception for the first try that really set the stage for the rest of the game, and every time he got the ball he gained good metres .. they just can't seem to take him down ...
Our defence was impeccable, NZ just didn't have any options and King Carlos looked hell pissed off. Flatley's kicking was excellent, but most importantly OUR LINEOUTS! ! We ed up one at the most, not to mention stealing a few from the All Blacks ... Justin Harrison played great, and Steve Larkham kept driftin' thru the NZ defence .. cept his kicking sucked. Overall it was a great performance .. and thumbs up to the NZ skipper who was very nice at the end-of-game interview, who coped pretty well considering seeing as how bad the loss is for NZ..and not to mention its economy! :) Good Game! |
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| tall paul 2 |
| Lets just hope they will be playing england in the final! What a match that would be! |
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