Rugby World Cup 2007

[Doza]

Well they are hardly drunks, just young guys enjoying their party time. Tuquiri will be lucky to make the starting side on current form but he is class so we'll see. Dunning is the World's Best Prop by far and a top notch pie eater who is an athlete through and through so a few beers will only make him stronger.

[pattayaGaz]

RWC 2007 MATCH SCHEDULE

M Date Team 1 Team 2 Pool Venue KO (local French time)

1 07/09/2007 France Argentina D St Denis 21:00

2 08/09/2007 New Zealand Italy C Marseille 13:45

3 08/09/2007 Australia Japan B Lyon 15:45

4 08/09/2007 England USA A Lens 18:00

5 09/09/2007 Wales Canada B Nantes 14:00

6 09/09/2007 South Africa Samoa A Paris 16:00

7 09/09/2007 Scotland Portugal C St Etienne 18:00

8 09/09/2007 Ireland Namibia D Bordeaux 20:00

9 11/09/2007 Argentina Georgia D Lyon 20:00

10 12/09/2007 USA Tonga A Montpellier 14:00

11 12/09/2007 Japan Fiji B Toulouse 18:00

12 12/09/2007 Italy Romania C Marseille 20:00

13 14/09/2007 England South Africa A St Denis 21:00

14 15/09/2007 New Zealand Portugal C Lyon 13:00

15 15/09/2007 Wales Australia B Cardiff 15:00

16 15/09/2007 Ireland Georgia D Bordeaux 21:00

17 16/09/2007 Fiji Canada B Cardiff 14:00

18 16/09/2007 Samoa Tonga A Montpellier 16:00

19 16/09/2007 France Namibia D Toulouse 21:00

20 18/09/2007 Scotland Romania C Edinburgh 21:00

21 19/09/2007 Italy Portugal C Paris 20:00

22 20/09/2007 Wales Japan B Cardiff 21:00

23 21/09/2007 France Ireland D St Denis 21:00

24 22/09/2007 South Africa Tonga A Lens 14:00

25 22/09/2007 England Samoa A Nantes 16:00

26 22/09/2007 Argentina Namibia D Marseille 21:00

27 23/09/2007 Australia Fiji B Montpellier 14:30

28 23/09/2007 Scotland New Zealand C Edinburgh 17:00

29 25/09/2007 Canada Japan B Bordeaux 18:00

30 25/09/2007 Romania Portugal C Toulouse 20:00

31 26/09/2007 Georgia Namibia D Lens 18:00

32 26/09/2007 Samoa USA A St Etienne 20:00

33 28/09/2007 England Tonga A Paris 21:00

34 29/09/2007 New Zealand Romania C Toulouse 13:00

35 29/09/2007 Australia Canada B Bordeaux 15:00

36 29/09/2007 Wales Fiji B Nantes 17:00

37 29/09/2007 Scotland Italy C St Etienne 21:00

38 30/09/2007 France Georgia D Marseille 15:00

39 30/09/2007 Ireland Argentina D Paris 17:00

40 30/09/2007 South Africa USA A Montpellier 20:00

41 06/10/2007 W Pool B RU Pool A QF1 Marseille 15:00

42 06/10/2007 W Pool C RU Pool D QF2 Cardiff 21:00

43 07/10/2007 W Pool A RU Pool B QF3 Marseille 15:00

44 07/10/2007 W Pool D RU Pool C QF4 St Denis 21:00

45 13/10/2007 W QF1 W QF2 SF1 St Denis 21:00

46 14/10/2007 W QF3 W QF4 SF2 St Denis 21:00

47 19/10/2007 Bronze Paris 21:00

48 20/10/2007 Final St Denis 21:00

Was watching the tv last night and noticed that ESPN are now advertising their live coverage of the Rugby world cup, just hope that it will be available in Thailand as they still advertise their coverage of the live EPL games even though they only show them now in HongKong.

[sweetchariot]

Thanks for the schedule. Does anyone know what (if any) coverage we will get here? I was a bit worried looking at the UBC schedules for September, there is not one mention of the world cup, just football, football, and more ###### football.

[Doza]

As mentioned in previous posts, all games will be shown live in pubs around town that have the South African Supersport channel - depending on closing times / lock in options. Search posts for a list of these pubs.

You can forget about UBC.

[Donnyboy]

Doza is correct about UBC. no games as far as I know.UBC= Useless Bunch of C*nts

Multisports from South Africa is the best by far for coverage, other than that perhaps Australia Network may show a few games. Some of the games esp the semis and finals will be played after pubs are closed so if you dont have mates with multisports, you better become friends with your local pub owner thats showing it

20 days to go!!

ok,I have converted the draw to THAI time for you guys, now hopefully its correct.

Date Time Game

8 Sep 2.00 France vs Argentina

8 Sep 18.45 New Zealand vs Italy

8 Sep 20.45 Australia vs Japan

8 Sep 23.00 England vs United States

9 Sep 19.00 Wales vs Canada

9 Sep 21.00 South Africa vs Samoa

9 Sep 23.00 Scotland vs Portugal

10 Sep 1.00 Ireland vs Namibia

12 Sep 1.00 Argentina vs Georgia

12 Sep 19.00 United States vs Tonga

12 Sep 23.00 Japan vs Fiji

13 Sep 1.00 Italy vs Romania

15 Sep 1.00 England vs South Africa

15 Sep 18.00 New Zealand vs Portugal

15 Sep 20.00 Wales vs Australia

16 Sep 2.00 Ireland vs Georgia

16 Sep 19.00 Fiji vs Canada

16 Sep 21.00 Samoa vs Tonga

17 Sep 2.00 France vs Namibia

19 Sep 2.00 Scotland vs Romania

20 Sep 1.00 Italy vs Portugal

21 Sep 2.00 Wales vs Japan

22 Sep 2.00 France vs Ireland

22 Sep 19.00 South Africa vs Tonga

22 Sep 21.00 England vs Samoa

23 Sep 2.00 Argentina vs Namibia

23 Sep 19.30 Australia vs Fiji

23 Sep 22.00 Scotland vs New Zealand

25 Sep 23.00 Canada vs Japan

26 Sep 1.00 Romania vs Portugal

26 Sep 23.00 Georgia vs Namibia

27 Sep 1.00 Samoa vs United States

29 Sep 2.00 England vs Tonga

29 Sep 18.00 New Zealand vs Romania

29 Sep 20.00 Australia vs Canada

29 Sep 22.00 Wales vs Fiji

30 Sep 2.00 Scotland vs Italy

30 Sep 20.00 France vs Georgia

30 Sep 22.00 Ireland vs Argentina

1 Oct 1.00 South Africa vs United States

6 Oct 20.00 W Pool B vs RU Pool A

7 Oct 2.00 W Pool C vs RU Pool D

7 Oct 20.00 W Pool A vs RU Pool B

8 Oct 2.00 W Pool D vs RU Pool C

14 Oct 2.00 W QF1 vs W QF2

15 Oct 2.00 W QF3 vs W QF4

20 Oct 2.00 Loser Semi Final 1 vs Loser Semi Final 2

21 Oct 2.00 Winner Semi Final 1 vs Winner Semi Final 1

[Donnyboy]

the wheels may have fallen off England since beating Wales a couple of weeks ago, who knows, Samoa may put them out of the RWC altogether. This may be one of the biggest upsets if Samoa play well and we know how physical Samoa love to play.

England not good enough, says Ashton

4:02PM Sunday August 19, 2007

By Patrick Vignal

MARSEILLE - Coach Brian Ashton criticised his England team after they were beaten 22-9 by France in their final warm-up game before next month's World Cup.

"We played well enough in the first 15 minutes but then we started giving away penalties and we had a man (Simon Shaw) sin-binned. If you put all that together there is no way you are going to beat France in Marseille," Ashton said after Saturday's bruising encounter.

"Last week there was anger in the dressing room (after a 21-15 defeat by France at Twickenham) because the players felt they should have won that game but this time there is disappointment because they realise they did not play enough to win."

Although England escaped without any serious injury, they did nothing to suggest they had a serious chance of retaining their title at the World Cup starting in France on Sept. 7.

"Phil Vickery is concussed, Martin Corry has a bent knee and Shaun Perry has a dead leg but all will be fit for the World Cup", Ashton said.

While England had dominated in the scrums and lineouts at Twickenham, they could put France under pressure only for the first 20 minutes in Marseille and then let the hosts take control in every area of the game.

"My biggest disappointment is that the basics of our game, which went well against Wales and against France at Twickenham, did not go nearly as well today," Ashton said.

"Our job now is to work hard to make sure we get it right at the World Cup."

France, by contrast, were in confident mood after beating their arch-rivals for the second time in as many weeks.

"When you play England it's always going to be a challenge and we lived up to it", said France captain Raphael Ibanez.

"That's not our problem," the Wasps hooker said when asked whether he thought England could still win the World Cup.

"We know what we want and the only thing we're interested in is the way we play."

- NZP, REUTERS

Samoa will not specifically target England match

5:09PM Sunday August 19, 2007

By Greg Stutchbury

LOUGHBOROUGH - Samoa rugby coach Michael Jones will not specifically target the World Cup Pool A match against England next month despite the world champions' faltering form over the past four years.

England have lost 23 of their 39 internationals since Jonny Wilkinson slotted an injury-time drop goal to win the title in Sydney in 2003.

Some pundits have already written then off and others have even suggested Samoa may send England home if they can beat them in Nantes on Sept. 22 eight days after the world champions play South Africa.

"If you look at their track record and most recent form, people are telling us we should be targeting the England match as must-win, but it's not like that at all for us," the former All Blacks loose forward told Reuters at his team's training base.

"We can't sneak up on people like we did in 2003, they know what to expect from Samoa. They know what we can do. So we are approaching every game as a target.

"We have to target the South African game and try and roll them. Then we have to get past Tonga, who are very similar to us and can cause an upset. They play the same way and they could beat us, then we have to play England six days later.

"In 2003 we got our easy pool games out of the way first and then stepped up against England, but this time we have to be ready to go from the first game."

Samoa were just 16 minutes from upsetting the eventual world champions in Melbourne in 2003, before several tactical substitutions enabled Clive Woodward's team to pull ahead and grind out a tense 35-22 win.

"England made some really important changes and brought on a few guys from the bench who just upped the intensity. We were probably missing two or three really professional guys like them on our own bench," said Jones.

"The intensity they brought to the game really showed the gulf between the team that was fully professional and had months and months to prepare together and are involved in a high level of competition week in and week out, and a team that did not."

Jones, who was an assistant to John Boe in Australia, said he had learned from that experience, and like many other international coaches had spent the past four years trying to build a squad of 30 players capable of playing international rugby.

"We have had the opportunity to build a squad over the past four years and this year we have had a five-stage road map, which we have been following.

"We took a development side to South Africa and Australia, then we had the Pacific Six Nations, then our team trials, a training camp in Samoa and now our final camp here at Loughborough and we will also play games against (English club sides) Harlequins, Northampton and Sale," he said.

- REUTERS

[Donnyboy]

Results in other RWC warm ups this weekend-

Wales 27 Argentina 20

Italy 36 Japan 12

[Doza]

I read in the sports section of the Post on the weekend that UBC (True) may be showing the WC live on ESPN/Star - not confirmed but there is hope.

Poor old England....

[Anaru]

Fingers crossed for UBC...no Mutisports Surat that I can find...

[Donnyboy]

Fingers crossed for UBC...no Mutisports Surat that I can find...

hang on to your hope guys, Im not esp when it comes to UBC. I have definately got a seat to watch most of the games and semis and finals. There is some one I know who has a satellite with mutisports. And also a couple of bars in Chiang Mai showing most games live TUSKERS

[Donnyboy]

The ABs/NZ are fortunate to have such a gifted player in Dan Carter. Im sure he will be one of the possible players named as man of the tournament this year.

Success all comes down to Dan

2:52PM Wednesday August 22, 2007

By Chris Foley

History shows the rugby World Cup is won by the team with the best first five-eighths which underscores the importance of pin-up pivot Daniel Carter in an All Blacks side desperate to end a 20-year drought.

Carter, 25, is openly rated by his peers and predecessors as the best in the business, and he has accumulated the statistics to match.

His brief but stellar career is studded with international awards and record-breaking performances, headlined by an unequalled 33 points in the second Test against the British and Irish Lions in 2005.

It was that achievement which prompted Lions assistant coach Eddie O'Sullivan to first label the then 23-year-old Carter as the top No 10 in the world.

He has everything going for him - for the rugby afficinado he is an exceptional talent while his 1.78m, 91kg physique, stripped down as an underwear model for Jockey, has made him a hearthrob.

In football parlance, Carter is New Zealand's brand equivalent of David Beckham coupled with the playing genius of Cristiano Ronaldo which is why his rare form slump in the countdown to France 2007 has become a national concern.

Even on an off-day Carter is still one of the best, but playing in the sport's hottest cauldron - rugby-obsessed New Zealand - a slight drop in his lofty standards has made him the target of national criticism.

A couple of missed line kicks and penalty attempts, and an absence of his usual creativity when the All Blacks lost 15-20 to Australia in Melbourne, saw talkback radio flooded with amateur analysis.

It was a measure of Carter's character that he freely fronted up to his critics.

"I'm not overly happy with the way I'm playing and have room for improvement," the 2005 International Rugby Board's Player of the Year agreed.

But he is confident of regaining his peak powers by the time the World Cup reaches the crucial knockout stage.

"To improve I need to get involved and get the ball into my hand a lot more. I've got to be the general, call the moves and direct play."

It was a blunt admission from a player, known for his modesty and who remains the trump weapon in the All Blacks armoury despite his form.

"He's the best I've ever coached," says Wayne Smith, the All Blacks assistant coach and a former All Blacks first five-eighths.

"Anyone who works so hard, and is so ###### tough, they're only going to be off their best for a short time.

"He'll be at his best when you need him to be at his best."

Canterbury Crusaders coach Robbie Deans, when he introduced Carter to Super-12 rugby as a 20-year-old, predicted he would be "a great All Black" and within months he was wearing the silver fern - first as an inside centre then moving to first five-eighths when Andrew Mehrtens retired from international play.

Five years on, Deans is more glowing in his praise of Carter. He entered the debate over the pivot's pre-World Cup form with an emphatic proclamation he was the "greatest (rugby) player ever. He can do everything. Name someone better."

On form, Carter is a master tactician. His defence is excellent, touch finding long, goal-kicking accurate, and with his great acceleration and broad sidestep he has become a celebrated match-winner with his point-scoring potential.

In 41 Tests for the All Blacks, Carter has scored 636 points including 20 tries while leading New Zealand point-scorer, 1987 World Cup winning pivot Grant Fox, scored only one try in 46 matches.

Fox believes Carter is a victim of the exceptionally high standards he has set for himself.

"We expect Daniel to put in world-class performances week-in, week-out, but that's just not reality," he said.

"You can really only perform at your absolute peak three or four times a year - the rest are going to be about 90 per cent of that capacity. And very occasionally you're going to have one below that and that's maybe what he's going through at the moment."

And the All Blacks need him at his best to continue an embedded fixture of match-winning flyhalves at the World Cup.

The inaugural trophy was won by the All Blacks with Fox in the No 10 jersey.

Australia's champion teams of 1991 and 1999 contained the brilliant Michael Lynagh and Stephen Larkham, Joel Stransky kicked South Africa to victory in 1995 as did Jonny Wilkinson for England in 2003.

As if aware of his possible place in history, Carter uncharacteristically attempted drop goals in this year's Tri-Nations series.

But not surprisingly, given his variable form, they were not successful.

- AFP

[chavy]

Fingers crossed for UBC...no Mutisports Surat that I can find...

It was in the Bangkok post yesterday, you will be able to watch on ESPN over here

[Boksida]

There is a free RWC Excel spreadsheet at this site.

It allows you to set Thai times and update results as they come in and automatically calculates bonus points, pool winners etc.

Edited August 24, 2007 by Boksida

[Donnyboy]

Fingers crossed for UBC...no Mutisports Surat that I can find...

It was in the Bangkok post yesterday, you will be able to watch on ESPN over here

yip, looks like they are showing it on espn. Well done UBC, very good. But they need to change the "search" on the website. when I enter "rugby" "rugby world cup" nothing comes up, but scroll thru the month of sept from sept 8th and all the games are there. Now we have many games to choose from. The only problem now is if you dont have ubc and the game is on after 2am like the semis and final, what do you do? subscribe? perhaps book into a hotel with all your rugby loving mates and watch it in the room? and hire some beer serving women?

[Donnyboy]

There is a free RWC Excel spreadsheet at this site.

It allows you to set Thai times and update results as they come in and automatically calculates bonus points, pool winners etc.

if only I saw this a week ago. I was converting the draw from the NZ website and converting the times back, I even had to consider the extra hour for daylight saving in NZ on sept 30.

as for the pool winners etc, we should get a predictable result, hence my opinion to cut down on the number of teams in the RWC so we dont get lopsided games as we currently get with this format. Big scorelines against rugby minnows is boring imo, and should stay in sevens rugby.

[Anaru]

Fingers crossed for UBC...no Mutisports Surat that I can find...

It was in the Bangkok post yesterday, you will be able to watch on ESPN over here

Excellent! thats what I wanted to hear.

And a hotel room with girls serving me beer...I think you have something there Donnyboy...

[Donnyboy]

didnt see the Boks vs Scot game yesterday, but it read like the game was full of mistakes from both side but the boks made best of their chances to score 3 times in 6 mins

[Donnyboy]

c'mon Paddy, you got 2 shows of beating the ABs and youre not Australia.

maybe he forgot the 2nd trinations game in SA where the ABs where behind for most of the game and came back to win.

actually, I think Argentina might be the runners up to shut out Ireland. But I hope Ireland come thru as I would like to see BOD back up what he says.

O'Driscoll spots chinks in All-Blacks armour

LONDON - Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll believes he has seen signs that World Cup favourites New Zealand have lost their aura of invincibility.

O'Driscoll's side could face the All Blacks in the World Cup quarter-finals so he has been paying special attention to their recent matches.

Although New Zealand won the Tri-Nations tournament, O'Driscoll took encouragement from some erractic displays against Australia and South Africa.

Ireland, who have been drawn with France and Argentina at the World Cup, will meet Graham Henry's side in a quarter-final at the Millennium Stadium if they finish runners-up in Pool D.

O'Driscoll is convinced Ireland would have a chance of springing a shock because the All Blacks sometime struggle if they don't initially overwhelm their opponents.

"I saw most of the game in which Australia beat New Zealand in Melbourne," he said. "The Aussies showed that day that the longer you hang in the game, the more the All Blacks are there for the taking.

"It all comes down to taking your opportunities and Australia did that very well when they scored the match-winning try through Scott Staniforth.

"Perhaps New Zealand showed greater form last year than they have in the Tri-Nations, but they could turn it back on come World Cup time."

- AFP

[jlelouer]

Hi guys,

Do you know which channel (or places in BKK) will broadcast the "wales vs france" tonight ?

Thanks,

Jerome

[Donnyboy]

Hi guys,

Do you know which channel (or places in BKK) will broadcast the "wales vs france" tonight ?

Thanks,

Jerome

on multisports - supersports 1 south africa at 8.30pm try tenderloins sukhumvit soi 33, or the the many bars down there.

France should despatch Wales by 30 pts

[Donnyboy]

or the office click here

[Donnyboy]

Hi guys,

Do you know which channel (or places in BKK) will broadcast the "wales vs france" tonight ?

Thanks,

Jerome

on multisports - supersports 1 south africa at 8.30pm try tenderloins sukhumvit soi 33, or the the many bars down there.

France should despatch Wales by 30 pts

not quite 30pts.......

Wales 7-34 France

[Donnyboy]

This guys has wheels!- I remember him playing for the Auckland Blues a few years back, boy he is so quick, and has brilliant sidestepping ability. If he cuts loose against Wales in the RWC-look out

Fiji star Caucaunibuca out of Cup

Fiji have omitted wing Rupeni Caucaunibuca and captain and back-rower Alifereti Doviverata from their World Cup squad.

France-based star Caucaunibuca is currently serving a doping ban after testing positive for marijuana.

There is also no place for veteran wing Sireli Bobo, Fiji opting for only three specialist wingers in Vilimone Delasau, Isoa Neivua and Filimone Bolavucu.

Doviverata led Fiji at the 2003 Cup and in this year's Pacific Nations Cup.

Caucaunibuca is currently serving a three-month ban after testing positive for the recreational drug, but his sentence had been back-dated, which would have allowed him to be available for Fiji's second World Cup match.

Caucaunibuca is arguably Fiji's best-known current player in the 15-man version of the game, having thrilled the crowds at the last World Cup with his destructive running.

However, he has made only a handful of appearances for his country since.

In 2005 Caucaunibuca was banned from representing Fiji for a year after failing to show up at the World Cup qualifiers.

Fiji-based fly-half Waisea Luveniyali is included, and at 21 he is the youngest member of the Fiji squad.

He will share the fly-half role in France with veteran Nicky Little, who will be attending his third World Cup.

Doviverata's omission from the back-row comes because the selectors have opted for Sisa Koyamaibole and Aca Ratuva in the number eight role, and awarded the third position to Akapusi Qera.

Fiji coach Ili Tabua opens his campaign against Japan in Toulouse on 12 September, with Australia, Wales and Canada also in the group.

The forwards will now come under the guidance of Australian Greg Mumm, who said Fiji had the ability to upset Wales and Australia.

"Our forwards will be more competitive," Mumm said.

"We can defeat Wales [in Nantes on 29 September] as we have got the size up front and our forwards have got a good height advantage.

"The only thing we need to work on is to improve on the set pieces.

"If Fiji can dominate possession, I'm confident that we can upset Wales and we can also match the Wallabies."

[Donnyboy]

Its about 10 days out from the start.... cant wait, although the first month will be lopsided games apart from the Eng v Bok game, and 1 or 2 others, hope this is tournament is the best so far.

Who do you think will be in the final?

For me, obviously Im going for All Blacks, but Im unsure who they will play, although the boks are #2, I think France may get there on passion and due to their host nation support.

France timing it right to threaten All Blacks

9:16AM Tuesday August 28, 2007

By Mitch Phillips

LONDON - Hosts France have signalled with impeccable timing that a New Zealand triumph at the rugby World Cup is not a foregone conclusion.

France have not beaten the All Blacks in nine meetings home or away over the past six years while taking some awful thumpings along the way.

But two impressive wins over defending champions England raise the mouth-watering prospect of a Paris final between the hosts seeking to win the Cup for the first time and an All Black team desperate to end 20 years of agonising failure.

Only Australia or South Africa look realistically able to prevent the top two following their allotted paths to the Stade de France on October 21 (NZ time), although Argentina and Ireland will do their best to blow France off course in the pool stage.

The tournament opens with the hosts taking on Argentina in Paris on September 8 in a fixture that probably comes too early for the under-coooked Pumas.

Ireland will present a stiffer test but, based on the impressive showings in their warm-up games and particularly the Marseille victory over England, France should ensure they stay at home for the knockout phase.

With world-class players in key positions and, crucially, high-quality back-ups throughout the squad, coach Bernard Laporte seems to have finally created a side ready to live up to his nation's hopes.

If a World Cup victory is important to France, it is essential to New Zealand.

Since winning the inaugural tournament on home soil in 1987 the All Blacks have gone into every edition as the bookmakers' favourites.

With each successive failure the pain gets deeper and such is their obsession with the event that every other aspect of the country's national sport has been geared towards success in France.

Coach Graham Henry has spent the last three years juggling players to enable him to field two virtual full-strength sides while this season the leading test players sat out the opening half of the Super 14 season to enable them to be fresh for their lastest assault on the Webb Ellis Cup.

Flanker Richie McCaw, first five-eighths Dan Carter, prop Carl Hayman and winger Joe Rokocoko make the All Blacks undoubtedly the most talented team in the tournament and their awesome record over the past four years speaks for itself.

Yet the slightest chink of light for their opponents has appeared in the last few months.

Australia's 20-15 victory in Melbourne in July reminded everyone, particularly Australians, that the Wallabies for one do not buy into the unbeatable tag and the 1991 and 1999 champions have proved they can it right when it matters most.

South Africa, too, gained some hope as the All Blacks needed a late surge to beat them in Durban. The Springboks, as big and mean as ever but now with a devastating cutting edge in winger Bryan Habana, should be a much tougher proposition.

England have been in disarray since their 2003 triumph.

Coach Brian Ashton, with few talented backs at his disposal, appears to have settled on a forward-based approach but they look too one-dimensional to have a realistic chance of becoming the first team to retain the trophy.

Ireland, for all their first XV talent, look thin throughout the squad and, with the draw very much against them, it would require a mighty effort to make the last four.

- REUTERS

Edited August 28, 2007 by Donnyboy

[Doza]

This guys has wheels!- I remember him playing for the Auckland Blues a few years back, boy he is so quick, and has brilliant sidestepping ability. If he cuts loose against Wales in the RWC-look out

Fiji star Caucaunibuca out of Cup

Fiji have omitted wing Rupeni Caucaunibuca and captain and back-rower Alifereti Doviverata from their World Cup squad.

France-based star Caucaunibuca is currently serving a doping ban after testing positive for marijuana.

Won't be much cutting loose in the RWC by the looks of it!

I think Aus is due to meet the ABs in the semi again. Obviously we'll run over them and meet France who will smoke a useless England team and a shaky Ireland one, in the final. Australia will then go on to win the final after a dominating display from World's Best Prop Matt 'is that my pie down there?' Dunning!

[z21rhd]

Its about 10 days out from the start.... cant wait, although the first month will be lopsided games apart from the Eng v Bok game, and 1 or 2 others, hope this is tournament is the best so far.

- REUTERS

Hi Donnyboy,

I had heard that UBCTV were going to show the RWC during SEPT/OCT on Star Sports - but I cannot extract a schedule from them.

Is there any truth in this ? if there is - can someone give us times and dates??

The Boks will eat the Poms 40 .. 12

[Donnyboy]

Its about 10 days out from the start.... cant wait, although the first month will be lopsided games apart from the Eng v Bok game, and 1 or 2 others, hope this is tournament is the best so far.

- REUTERS

Hi Donnyboy,

I had heard that UBCTV were going to show the RWC during SEPT/OCT on Star Sports - but I cannot extract a schedule from them.

Is there any truth in this ? if there is - can someone give us times and dates??

The Boks will eat the Poms 40 .. 12

z21rhd, go to truevisions website HERE and look under ESPN and select the dates between sept 8 to end of sept, you should get the games on the schedule. As I far as I can see, the first game isnt shown- Fra vs Arg.

yip Boks will destroy England, and I reckon Samoa might come close to beating them if Eng has a few injuries.

[Donnyboy]

This guys has wheels!- I remember him playing for the Auckland Blues a few years back, boy he is so quick, and has brilliant sidestepping ability. If he cuts loose against Wales in the RWC-look out

Fiji star Caucaunibuca out of Cup

Fiji have omitted wing Rupeni Caucaunibuca and captain and back-rower Alifereti Doviverata from their World Cup squad.

France-based star Caucaunibuca is currently serving a doping ban after testing positive for marijuana.

Won't be much cutting loose in the RWC by the looks of it!

I think Aus is due to meet the ABs in the semi again. Obviously we'll run over them and meet France who will smoke a useless England team and a shaky Ireland one, in the final. Australia will then go on to win the final after a dominating display from World's Best Prop Matt 'is that my pie down there?' Dunning!

hopefully, you will be proved wrong Doza. I reckon the key to this RWC will come down to the team that can have the least injuries and the coverage off the bench, defensively strong and have a good drop goal kicker. Australia does have a good chance but if some of their midfield is not up to scratch playing wise, esp Mortlock, they may struggle. Scrum is still patchy against ABs. All Blacks weakness will be the line outs and possible inexperience in the midfield combo.

my 2 cents

ps Hopefully Dunning and Tuquiri will be out on the town again before the big match.

[z21rhd]

Its about 10 days out from the start.... cant wait, although the first month will be lopsided games apart from the Eng v Bok game, and 1 or 2 others, hope this is tournament is the best so far.

- REUTERS

Hi Donnyboy,

I had heard that UBCTV were going to show the RWC during SEPT/OCT on Star Sports - but I cannot extract a schedule from them.

Is there any truth in this ? if there is - can someone give us times and dates??

The Boks will eat the Poms 40 .. 12

z21rhd, go to truevisions website HERE and look under ESPN and select the dates between sept 8 to end of sept, you should get the games on the schedule. As I far as I can see, the first game isnt shown- Fra vs Arg.

yip Boks will destroy England, and I reckon Samoa might come close to beating them if Eng has a few injuries.

Hi Back again,

I processed the instructions exactly as suggested - the schedule that comes back is for the whole of AUGUST - no times etc for September. Zilt RWC

I hope that UBC has not promised something they have no intention of delivering

Any other thoughts ??

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Hi Back again,

I processed the instructions exactly as suggested - the schedule that comes back is for the whole of AUGUST - no times etc for September. Zilt RWC

I hope that UBC has not promised something they have no intention of delivering

Any other thoughts ??

It worked for me.