Rugby World Cup 2007

[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.

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.

perhaps you didnt select the correct month

Zilt RWC

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

Any other thoughts ??

perhaps try again. Maybe I wasnt clear enough with the instructions.

go back to the website as per my message above(post #147), select "ESPN" under Channel,

select from "sept 8" ALL TIME

select to "sept 30" All time

leave keyword empty

select "search"

you should now have one page of 29 of all the programmes on ESPN from sept 8 to sept 30, and first RWC cup shown is NZ vs Italy at 18.30 followed by Aus vs Japan at 20.30 ( this will be shown at the bottom of the page )

hope this clears, wouldnt like to deny anyone the chance to see The All Blacks win the 2007 RWC

[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.

perhaps you didnt select the correct month

Zilt RWC

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

Any other thoughts ??

perhaps try again. Maybe I wasnt clear enough with the instructions.

go back to the website as per my message above(post #147), select "ESPN" under Channel,

select from "sept 8" ALL TIME

select to "sept 30" All time

leave keyword empty

select "search"

you should now have one page of 29 of all the programmes on ESPN from sept 8 to sept 30, and first RWC cup shown is NZ vs Italy at 18.30 followed by Aus vs Japan at 20.30 ( this will be shown at the bottom of the page )

hope this clears, wouldnt like to deny anyone the chance to see The All Blacks win the 2007 RWC

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Hi Donneyboy,

Thanks very much for detailed instruction - got the 29 pages for Sept (no Oct yet)

I extracted the times of Scheduled Showings by UBC - Huge gaps !!!

2007 - Fixtures for the game played by gentlemen hooligans

Times of UBCTVs Scheduled Showings during SEPT

OCT not yet available (See Right hand Column)

2 08/09/2007 13:45 New Zealand Italy C 1830

3 08/09/2007 15:45 Australia Japan B 2030

4 08/09/2007 18:00 England USA A 2330

5 09/09/2007 14:00 Wales Canada B 1855

6 09/09/2007 16:00 South Africa Samoa A 2100

8 09/09/2007 20:00 Ireland Namibia D 0100 10th.

11 12/09/2007 18:00 Japan Fiji B 2300

12 12/09/2007 20:00 Italy Romania C 1300 13th

13 14/09/2007 21:00 England South Africa A 1401 18th

15 15/09/2007 15:00 Wales Australia B 1200 16th also 0200 18th

17 16/09/2007 14:00 Fiji Canada B 1900 16th

25 22/09/2007 16:00 England Samoa A 1401

35 29/09/2007 15:00 Australia Canada B 1200 30th

37 29/09/2007 21:00 Scotland Italy C 800 30th

Weekly Highlights Shown At :-

2000 10th Sept

0530 11th Sept repeat of 10th

2000 17th

0530 18th repeat of 17th

2000 24th

0830 26th repeat of 24th

It is noted that the Kiwis after losing to Italy do not appear again.

Richard

Edited August 29, 2007 by z21rhd

[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.

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.

perhaps you didnt select the correct month

Zilt RWC

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

Any other thoughts ??

perhaps try again. Maybe I wasnt clear enough with the instructions.

go back to the website as per my message above(post #147), select "ESPN" under Channel,

select from "sept 8" ALL TIME

select to "sept 30" All time

leave keyword empty

select "search"

you should now have one page of 29 of all the programmes on ESPN from sept 8 to sept 30, and first RWC cup shown is NZ vs Italy at 18.30 followed by Aus vs Japan at 20.30 ( this will be shown at the bottom of the page )

hope this clears, wouldnt like to deny anyone the chance to see The All Blacks win the 2007 RWC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Donneyboy,

Thanks very much for detailed instruction - got the 29 pages for Sept (no Oct yet)

I extracted the times of Scheduled Showings by UBC - Huge gaps !!!

2007 - Fixtures for the game played by gentlemen hooligans

Times of UBCTVs Scheduled Showings during SEPT

OCT not yet available (See Right hand Column)

2 08/09/2007 13:45 New Zealand Italy C 1830

3 08/09/2007 15:45 Australia Japan B 2030

4 08/09/2007 18:00 England USA A 2330

5 09/09/2007 14:00 Wales Canada B 1855

6 09/09/2007 16:00 South Africa Samoa A 2100

8 09/09/2007 20:00 Ireland Namibia D 0100 10th.

11 12/09/2007 18:00 Japan Fiji B 2300

12 12/09/2007 20:00 Italy Romania C 1300 13th

13 14/09/2007 21:00 England South Africa A 1401 18th

15 15/09/2007 15:00 Wales Australia B 1200 16th also 0200 18th

17 16/09/2007 14:00 Fiji Canada B 1900 16th

25 22/09/2007 16:00 England Samoa A 1401

35 29/09/2007 15:00 Australia Canada B 1200 30th

37 29/09/2007 21:00 Scotland Italy C 800 30th

Weekly Highlights Shown At :-

2000 10th Sept

0530 11th Sept repeat of 10th

2000 17th

0530 18th repeat of 17th

2000 24th

0830 26th repeat of 24th

It is noted that the Kiwis after losing to Italy do not appear again.

Richard

Im glad you have extracted some RWC games, you must admit its a huge improvement from zilch.

although Im not a fan of UBC/true, I must applaud them on this occassion as they are showing some pool games at least and one may presume, the quarters, semis and final in october.

UBC dont usually have the schedule months out at a time so you may have to wait a few days into sept before you can access the oct game schedule.

From the comment above about Italy beating the All Blacks above, Im guessing that youre English?? as I havent yet come across any Italians named Richard It will be a very cold day in hel_l once the ABs go down to Italy, and about 4 million kiwis about to commit hari kari

but aside, the key game Im looking forward to outside the AB games is the Eng vs Samoa clash where Samoa may put England out.

[Donnyboy]

Christmas may have come early to rugby fans as UBC have been showing 2003 RWC games. <deleted>?

I watched the Fra vs Ire game last night and another game on now Aus vs Scot.

anyway, the RWC is probably it for the next 4 years so make the most of it.

[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.

perhaps you didnt select the correct month

Zilt RWC

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

Any other thoughts ??

perhaps try again. Maybe I wasnt clear enough with the instructions.

go back to the website as per my message above(post #147), select "ESPN" under Channel,

select from "sept 8" ALL TIME

select to "sept 30" All time

leave keyword empty

select "search"

you should now have one page of 29 of all the programmes on ESPN from sept 8 to sept 30, and first RWC cup shown is NZ vs Italy at 18.30 followed by Aus vs Japan at 20.30 ( this will be shown at the bottom of the page )

hope this clears, wouldnt like to deny anyone the chance to see The All Blacks win the 2007 RWC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Donneyboy,

Thanks very much for detailed instruction - got the 29 pages for Sept (no Oct yet)

I extracted the times of Scheduled Showings by UBC - Huge gaps !!!

2007 - Fixtures for the game played by gentlemen hooligans

Times of UBCTVs Scheduled Showings during SEPT

OCT not yet available (See Right hand Column)

2 08/09/2007 13:45 New Zealand Italy C 1830

3 08/09/2007 15:45 Australia Japan B 2030

4 08/09/2007 18:00 England USA A 2330

5 09/09/2007 14:00 Wales Canada B 1855

6 09/09/2007 16:00 South Africa Samoa A 2100

8 09/09/2007 20:00 Ireland Namibia D 0100 10th.

11 12/09/2007 18:00 Japan Fiji B 2300

12 12/09/2007 20:00 Italy Romania C 1300 13th

13 14/09/2007 21:00 England South Africa A 1401 18th

15 15/09/2007 15:00 Wales Australia B 1200 16th also 0200 18th

17 16/09/2007 14:00 Fiji Canada B 1900 16th

25 22/09/2007 16:00 England Samoa A 1401

35 29/09/2007 15:00 Australia Canada B 1200 30th

37 29/09/2007 21:00 Scotland Italy C 800 30th

Weekly Highlights Shown At :-

2000 10th Sept

0530 11th Sept repeat of 10th

2000 17th

0530 18th repeat of 17th

2000 24th

0830 26th repeat of 24th

It is noted that the Kiwis after losing to Italy do not appear again.

Richard

Im glad you have extracted some RWC games, you must admit its a huge improvement from zilch.

although Im not a fan of UBC/true, I must applaud them on this occassion as they are showing some pool games at least and one may presume, the quarters, semis and final in october.

UBC dont usually have the schedule months out at a time so you may have to wait a few days into sept before you can access the oct game schedule.

From the comment above about Italy beating the All Blacks above, Im guessing that youre English?? as I havent yet come across any Italians named Richard It will be a very cold day in hel_l once the ABs go down to Italy, and about 4 million kiwis about to commit hari kari

but aside, the key game Im looking forward to outside the AB games is the Eng vs Samoa clash where Samoa may put England out.

The Boks will eat the Poms 40 .. 12

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

Im guessing that youre English?? as I havent yet come across any Italians named Richard

Scots Heritage - Born in the Colonies - would even support the Kiwis against the pongolians from that 3 cornered island off the coast of France.

What I waiting for is a Pure Zulu team to evolve. Imagine the Haka with spears !

When Oct comes I will extract the other games and post here.

Regards

[Donnyboy]

new All Blacks team just annouced here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcl8AuOa5o0

Edited August 30, 2007 by Donnyboy

[Donnyboy]

The Boks will eat the Poms 40 .. 12

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

Im guessing that youre English?? as I havent yet come across any Italians named Richard

Scots Heritage - Born in the Colonies - would even support the Kiwis against the pongolians from that 3 cornered island off the coast of France.

What I waiting for is a Pure Zulu team to evolve. Imagine the Haka with spears !

When Oct comes I will extract the other games and post here.

Regards

The All Blacks dont need spears as they have spear tackles! Ask ODriscoll

Edited August 30, 2007 by Donnyboy

[Donnyboy]

for those who forgot, and or dont know what Im talkin about

Edited August 30, 2007 by Donnyboy

[Mid]

memo to self .

Do Not Argue with Donnyboy re the pigskin .........................

keep up the good work mate .

[z21rhd]

Unfortunately I went back to UBC as we were being continually informed that STAR SPORTS were going to show the RUGBY WORLD CUP (In addition to that being shown by ESPN)

We are NOT going to sleep (or work for the whole of September - October will be worse for some fans.

I have extracted all the dates and times of the matches that I could find - they will have to be read together with the ESPN times etc ( I have a feeling that the schedule contains errors - but we will see)

The STAR SPORT SCHEDULE :-

Date Time Team 1 Team 2 Pool Venue

1 07/09/2007 21:00 France Argentina ??????????

2 08/09/2007 13:45 New Zealand Italy -- 13th 0603

-- 13th 0703

3 08/09/2007 15:45 Australia Japan --10th 0603

--10th 0703

-- 12th 1300

4 08/09/2007 18:00 England USA --10th 0903

5 09/09/2007 14:00 Wales Canada --10th 1100

6 09/09/2007 16:00 South Africa Samoa --11th 0603

--11th 0703

7 09/09/2007 18:00 Scotland Portugal -- 11th 1100

8 09/09/2007 20:00 Ireland Namibia -- 11th 1300

9 11/09/2007 20:00 Argentina Georgia --12th 0055

-- 12th 0603

-- 12th 0703

-- 12th 1100

10 10/09/2007 14:00 USA Tonga -- 13th 1100

-- 14th 1300

11 12/09/2007 18:00 Japan Fiji -- 13th 1300

12 12/09/2007 20:00 Italy Romania -- 14th 0603

-- 14th 0703

-- 14th 1100

-- 14th 2130

13 14/09/2007 21:00 England South Africa -- 15th 0155

-- 15th 0603

-- 15th 0703

-- 16th 0000

-- 16th 0803

-- 16th 0703

14 15/09/2007 13:00 New Zealand Portugal -- 16th 0803

15 15/09/2007 15:00 Wales Australia -- 18th 1100

-- 18th 2100

16 15/09/2007 21:00 Ireland Georgia -- 16th 0155

17 16/09/2007 14:00 Fiji Canada -- 17th 1100

18 16/09/2007 16:00 Samoa Tonga -- 16th 2100

19 16/09/2007 21:00 France Namibia ???????????

20 18/09/2007 21:00 Scotland Romania -- 19th 0603

-- 19th 0703

-- 19th 1100

21 19/09/2007 20:00 Italy Portugal -- 20th 0603

-- 20th 0703

-- 20th 1100

22 20/09/2007 21:00 Wales Japan - - 21st 0155

-- 21st 0603

-- 21st 0703

-- 21st 1100

-- 21st 2059

23 21/09/2007 21:00 France Ireland -- 22nd 0155

-- 22nd 0603

-- 22nd 0703

-- 22nd 1300

-- 22nd 2330

24 22/09/2007 14:00 South Africa Tonga -- 23rd 0803

-- 23rd 1100

-- 24th 0603

-- 24th 0703

25 22/09/2007 16:00 England Samoa -- 23rd 0603

-- 23rd 0703

-- 25th 0603

-- 25th 0703

-- 25th 1300

26 22/09/2007 21:00 Argentina Namibia -- 23rd 0155

-- 23rd 1700

-- 25th 1100

27 23/09/2007 14:30 Australia Fiji -- 24th 0000

-- 24th 1100

-- 26th 0603

-- 26th 0703

28 23/09/2007 17:00 Scotland New Zealand -- 23rd 2200

-- 25th 2100

29 25/09/2007 18:00 Canada Japan -- 25th 2255

-- 26th 1100

30 25/09/2007 20:00 Romania Portugal -- 26th 0100

-- 26th 1300

-- 27th 0603

-- 27th 0703

31 26/09/2007 18:00 Georgia Namibia -- 26th 2255

-- 27th 1100

32 26/09/2007 20:00 Samoa USA -- 26th 0100

-- 27th 1300

-- 28th 0603

-- 28th 0703

33 28/09/2007 21:00 England Tonga -- 29th 0155

-- 29th 0603

-- 29th 0703

-- 29th 1300

34 29/09/2007 13:00 New Zealand Romania -- 29th 1755

35 29/09/2007 15:00 Australia Canada ???????????

36 29/09/2007 17:00 Wales Fiji -- 30th 1400

37 29/09/2007 21:00 Scotland Italy -- 30th 0155

-- 30th 0603

-- 30th 0703

38 30/09/2007 15:00 France Georgia -- 30th 1955

39 30/09/2007 17:00 Ireland Argentina -- 30th 2200

40 30/09/2007 20:00 South Africa USA ?????????

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

42 06/10/2007 22:00 W Pool C RU Pool D QF2 Cardiff

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

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

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

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

47 19/10/2007 21:00 L SF1 L SF 2 3rd/4th Paris

48 20/10/2007 21:00 W SF 1 W SF 2 Final St Denis

[Tango7]

Gents, I just went to the UBC time-table and saw:

ENGLAND Vs S. AFRICA Saturday 8th September

Time: 08.03 on channel 66

No idea if this is correct or not but if not, it casts some doubt over the rest of it....

ALSO:

08-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07001 : FRANCE VS. ARGENTINA :

08-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07001 : FRANCE VS. ARGENTINA :

09-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07002 : NEW ZEALAND VS. ITALY :

09-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07003 : AUSTRALIA VS. JAPAN :

09-Sep-2007 15:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07004 : ENGLAND VS. USA :

10-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07003 : AUSTRALIA VS. JAPAN :

10-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07003 : AUSTRALIA VS. JAPAN :

10-Sep-2007 09:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07004 : ENGLAND VS. USA :

10-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07005 : WALES VS. CANADA :

10-Sep-2007 18:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS :

11-Sep-2007 01:30 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS :

11-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07006 : SOUTH AFRICA VS. SAMOA :

11-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07006 : SOUTH AFRICA VS. SAMOA :

11-Sep-2007 08:30 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS :

11-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07007 : SCOTLAND VS. PORTUGAL :

11-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07008 : IRELAND VS. NAMIBIA :

11-Sep-2007 21:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07002 : NEW ZEALAND VS. ITALY :

12-Sep-2007 00:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07009 : ARGENTINA VS. GEORGIA :

12-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07009 : ARGENTINA VS. GEORGIA :

12-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07009 : ARGENTINA VS. GEORGIA :

12-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07009 : ARGENTINA VS. GEORGIA :

12-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07003 : AUSTRALIA VS. JAPAN :

13-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07002 : NEW ZEALAND VS. ITALY :

13-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07002 : NEW ZEALAND VS. ITALY :

13-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07010 : USA VS. TONGA :

13-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07011 : JAPAN VS. FIJI :

14-Sep-2007 06:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07012 : ITALY VS. ROMANIA :

14-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07012 : ITALY VS. ROMANIA :

14-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07012 : ITALY VS. ROMANIA :

14-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07010 : USA VS. TONGA :

14-Sep-2007 21:30 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07012 : ITALY VS. ROMANIA :

15-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07013 : ENGLAND VS. SOUTH AFRICA :

15-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07013 : ENGLAND VS. SOUTH AFRICA :

15-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07013 : ENGLAND VS. SOUTH AFRICA :

16-Sep-2007 00:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07013 : ENGLAND VS. SOUTH AFRICA

16-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07016 : IRELAND VS. GEORGIA :

16-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07013 : ENGLAND VS. SOUTH AFRICA :

16-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07013 : ENGLAND VS. SOUTH AFRICA :

16-Sep-2007 08:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07014 : NEW ZEALAND VS. PORTUGAL :

16-Sep-2007 21:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07018 : SAMOA VS. TONGA :

16-Sep-2007 23:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07016 : IRELAND VS. GEORGIA :

17-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07019 : FRANCE VS. NAMIBIA :

17-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07019 : FRANCE VS. NAMIBIA :

17-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07019 : FRANCE VS. NAMIBIA :

17-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07017 : FIJI VS. CANADA :

17-Sep-2007 18:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS :

18-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07018 : SAMOA VS. TONGA :

18-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07018 : SAMOA VS. TONGA :

18-Sep-2007 08:30 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS :

18-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07015 : WALES VS. AUSTRALIA :

18-Sep-2007 21:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07015 : WALES VS. AUSTRALIA :

19-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07020 : SCOTLAND VS. ROMANIA :

19-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07020 : SCOTLAND VS. ROMANIA :

19-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07020 : SCOTLAND VS. ROMANIA :

20-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07021 : ITALY VS. PORTUGAL

20-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07021 : ITALY VS. PORTUGAL :

20-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07021 : ITALY VS. PORTUGAL :

21-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07022 : WALES VS. JAPAN :

21-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07022 : WALES VS. JAPAN :

21-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07022 : WALES VS. JAPAN :

21-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07022 : WALES VS. JAPAN :

21-Sep-2007 21:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07022 : WALES VS. JAPAN :

22-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07023 : FRANCE VS. IRELAND :

22-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07023 : FRANCE VS. IRELAND :

22-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07023 : FRANCE VS. IRELAND :

22-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07023 : FRANCE VS. IRELAND :

22-Sep-2007 23:30 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07023 : FRANCE VS. IRELAND :

23-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07026 : ARGENTINA VS. NAMIBIA :

23-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07025 : ENGLAND VS. SAMOA :

23-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07025 : ENGLAND VS. SAMOA :

23-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07024 : SOUTH AFRICA VS. TONGA :

23-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07025 : ENGLAND VS. SAMOA :

23-Sep-2007 17:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07026 : ARGENTINA VS. NAMIBIA :

23-Sep-2007 22:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07028 : SCOTLAND VS. NEW ZEALAND :

24-Sep-2007 00:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07027 : AUSTRALIA VS. FIJI :

24-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07024 : SOUTH AFRICA VS. TONGA :

24-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07024 : SOUTH AFRICA VS. TONGA :

24-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07027 : AUSTRALIA VS. FIJI :

25-Sep-2007 01:30 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS :

25-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07025 : ENGLAND VS. SAMOA :

25-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07025 : ENGLAND VS. SAMOA :

25-Sep-2007 08:30 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS :

25-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07026 : ARGENTINA VS. NAMIBIA :

25-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07025 : ENGLAND VS. SAMOA :

25-Sep-2007 21:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07028 : SCOTLAND VS. NEW ZEALAND :

25-Sep-2007 22:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07029 : CANADA VS. JAPAN :

26-Sep-2007 01:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07030 : ROMANIA VS. PORTUGAL :

26-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07027 : AUSTRALIA VS. FIJI :

26-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07027 : AUSTRALIA VS. FIJI :

26-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07029 : CANADA VS. JAPAN :

26-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07030 : ROMANIA VS. PORTUGAL :

26-Sep-2007 22:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07031 : GEORGIA VS. NAMIBIA :

27-Sep-2007 01:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07032 : SAMOA VS. USA :

27-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07030 : ROMANIA VS. PORTUGAL :

27-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07030 : ROMANIA VS. PORTUGAL :

27-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07031 : GEORGIA VS. NAMIBIA :

27-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07032 : SAMOA VS. USA :

28-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07032 : SAMOA VS. USA :

28-Sep-2007 11:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07030 : ROMANIA VS. PORTUGAL :

28-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07031 : GEORGIA VS. NAMIBIA :

28-Sep-2007 21:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07032 : SAMOA VS. USA :

29-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07033 : ENGLAND VS. TONGA :

29-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07033 : ENGLAND VS. TONGA :

29-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07033 : ENGLAND VS. TONGA :

29-Sep-2007 13:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07033 : ENGLAND VS. TONGA :

29-Sep-2007 17:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07034 : NEW ZEALAND VS. ROMANIA :

30-Sep-2007 01:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07037 : SCOTLAND VS. ITALY :

30-Sep-2007 06:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07037 : SCOTLAND VS. ITALY :

30-Sep-2007 07:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07037 : SCOTLAND VS. ITALY :

30-Sep-2007 14:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07036 : WALES VS. FIJI :

30-Sep-2007 19:55 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07038 : FRANCE VS. GEORGIA :

30-Sep-2007 22:00 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 # 07039 : IRELAND VS. ARGENTINA :

The searches go dead after that.....

[z21rhd]

Gents, I just went to the UBC time-table and saw:

ENGLAND Vs S. AFRICA Saturday 8th September

Time: 08.03 on channel 66

No idea if this is correct or not but if not, it casts some doubt over the rest of it....

Hi Tango , If one is incorrect - why would the rest be in doubt ???

Lets take the schedules at face value until we know the result.

[Donnyboy]

memo to self .

Do Not Argue with Donnyboy re the pigskin .........................

keep up the good work mate .

thanks Mid for the comment

Im definately looking forward to the next 6 weeks or so. Will comment on the games that I watch and hopefully there will be some other thaivisa rugby fans out there that can comment as well.

[Donnyboy]

Gents, I just went to the UBC time-table and saw:

ENGLAND Vs S. AFRICA Saturday 8th September

Time: 08.03 on channel 66

No idea if this is correct or not but if not, it casts some doubt over the rest of it....

Hi Tango , If one is incorrect - why would the rest be in doubt ???

Lets take the schedules at face value until we know the result.

Im gonna have a look to see if I can make sense of it. Give me a minute.

[Donnyboy]

Gents, I just went to the UBC time-table and saw:

ENGLAND Vs S. AFRICA Saturday 8th September

Time: 08.03 on channel 66

No idea if this is correct or not but if not, it casts some doubt over the rest of it....

Hi Tango , If one is incorrect - why would the rest be in doubt ???

Lets take the schedules at face value until we know the result.

Im gonna have a look to see if I can make sense of it. Give me a minute.

no, having trouble with their "search schedule" wont bring up anything at this stage.

will try again later.

in the meantime, if you know of a local bar that has multichoice (supersports south africa) they are definately showing all the games live.

[Donnyboy]

Gents, I just went to the UBC time-table and saw:

ENGLAND Vs S. AFRICA Saturday 8th September

Time: 08.03 on channel 66

No idea if this is correct or not but if not, it casts some doubt over the rest of it....

Hi Tango , If one is incorrect - why would the rest be in doubt ???

Lets take the schedules at face value until we know the result.

Im gonna have a look to see if I can make sense of it. Give me a minute.

no, having trouble with their "search schedule" wont bring up anything at this stage.

will try again later.

in the meantime, if you know of a local bar that has multichoice (supersports south africa) they are definately showing all the games live.

08-Sep-2007 08:03 66 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 :

07013 : ENGLAND VS. SOUTH AFRICA

yes, someone @ UBC f*cked up with the RWC schedule as we all know that Eng vs SA dont play till 15th Sept @ 2am, and I cant be bothered looking at the rest till later.

[Donnyboy]

jees, its a tough life being an All Black

dont mind what they get as long as they come back with the William Ellis

Pampered All Blacks had 4 1/2 tonnes of excess baggage

5:00AM Sunday September 02, 2007

By Gregor Paul and Dylan Cleaver

First-class travel, luxury hotels, free guitars ... our World Cup All Blacks are being pampered right down to their personally embroidered airline blankets.

The All Blacks arrived in Corsica on Friday night to join their four-and-a-half tonnes of baggage. In each All Black's luggage you will find:

A selection of adidas casual and training gear (adidas also gave the players a customised guitar);

* Cufflinks courtesy of Steinlager;

* Philips headphones;

* A free cellphone courtesy of Telecom.

Plus they are flown in Air New Zealand's Business Premier seats, which recline into full-length beds, and are staying in some of France's grandest hotels.

Not that they'll be sleeping much - well, this weekend anyway.

A no-snooze policy has been introduced to stop players from taking afternoon naps during their two days in Corsica this weekend, the Last real r'n'r before the team wings its way to Marseille and the start of their campaign against Italy next Saturday night.

"We don't want them retiring to their rooms, that is when we need them out soaking up the sun, which helps recovery from jetlag," manager Darren Shand said.

The policy was being strictly policed, with senior players on the alert for anyone even thinking of taking an afternoon siesta.

The freebies and pampering are all a bit mindboggling for All Blacks from the amateur era. "We certainly didn't get a guitar," said Richard Loe, who travelled to the 1991 and 1995 World Cups.

The Herald on Sunday columnist, who will take a tour group to France for the quarter-finals onwards, said the highlight of their 1991 World Cup odyssey to Britain was a free monkey suit to wear to the end-of-tournament dinner.

"But Zinzan Brooke was in charge of the entertainment committee. After the Lille game [the quarter-final against Canada, won 29-13] he got us dressed up to take us on a mystery dinner."

Those who thought they were being taken to a country chateau were disappointed. "We were dropped off at McDonald's," Loe said.

Guitars? Well, Michael Jones was known to pull out an acoustic and lead the boys on a song, but this squad will bring new meaning to 10 Guitars, a long-time All Black favourite inexplicably missing from their recently released CD.

As for the long-haul travel in 1991, first-class and business-class cabins were seen only by NZRU officials. "We were shoved in cattle class and we were ticketed alphabetically," said Loe. "Poor Terry Wright was always jammed between the Whetton brothers, and I had big Blair Larsen next to me."

It helps having the national carrier as one of your principal sponsors, not least because each member of the touring party gets the maximum baggage allowance. Air New Zealand also gave the players a personally embroidered blanket. "We have sent about two-and-a-half tonnes of equipment over there already," Shand said.

"That's just jerseys, supplements, some New Zealand foods and the gear we train with. All in all, we have about four-and-a half-tonnes of luggage."

To put it into some perspective, the weight of the luggage is equivalent to 54 Nick Evans standing on each other's shoulders.

And the All Blacks will not be wanting for kit. "There is a whole range of training apparel and equipment and there is a fair range of casual kit too, and the footwear and the boots," Shand said.

"It is up to them what they take but we do ask them to wear adidas in their casual time as they have a big relationship with the team and it's important we support them. Philips have given us some headphones. Steinlager some cufflinks. adidas have given the players a personalised guitar. Telecom have provided phones."

They won't be slumming it, either. The squad will be accommodated in a luxury Palm Beach hotel, tucked beneath the beachfront promenade in gritty Marseille's most salubrious suburb.

The hotel is set into a cliff wall that protects its stunning coastline, and every All Black will have an unfettered view of the Mediterranean and the island where The Count of Monte Cristo was set.

In Aix-en-Provence they will rest their heads on pillows at Le Pigonnet, a grand complex set behind imposing gates.

In Corsica, the team has occupied a luxury getaway retreat on a secluded peninsula and have been enjoying yachting and biking.

About half the squad braved choppy swells in two America's Cup-type tender boats to journey across the gulf from their hotel to the nearest major town of Ajaccio.

The rest took less stomach-rumbling options of walking or biking around the roads.

Shand has drawn the line at any All Blacks trying paragliding. "It is all about being careful," Shand said. "We have been training so long we are not going to blow it by doing something silly."

- Additional reporting, Wynne Gray

[Donnyboy]

Another All Black set to leave after RWC 2007.....

The All Blacks will be tested next year after a number of ABs have decided to leave after this RWC to play overseas. This will give the opportunity to new up and comers.

Howlett quits All Blacks

September 1, 2007 - 3:37PM

All Blacks wing Doug Howlett will quit the team after the World Cup to play for Irish club Munster, becoming the latest player to leave New Zealand.

The New Zealand Rugby Union announced the move Saturday, as Howlett and the rest of the team settled in France ahead of the World Cup which starts next weekend.

Howlett has played 60 games in the black jersey, scoring 43 tries - just four short of the All Blacks Test

He joins fellow New Zealand squad members Luke McAlister, Aaron Mauger, Anton Oliver, Chris Jack, Byron Kelleher and Carl Hayman in moving off-shore this year. -

Recent All Blacks who missed World Cup selection such as Rico Gear, Angus Macdonald, Greg Rawlinson and Sam Tuitupou have also taken up overseas contracts.

AFP

[totlanh]

How do you guys rate Ireland,s chances?I must admit during the six nations i would have said they could have been a good outside bet however in light of recent dire performances and injurys to Horgan and O driscoll im not so sure....

[z21rhd]

How do you guys rate Ireland,s chances?I must admit during the six nations i would have said they could have been a good outside bet however in light of recent dire performances and injurys to Horgan and O driscoll im not so sure....

If they manage to beat Georgia then they have an outside chance of beating Rumania

[dithprom]

Coo-ee cobbers,

Since the inception of the Rugby World Cup, Australia has won every second cup.......so turn up the volume, fill the esky up and sink a few whilst watching the aussies do it yet again.....

Whilst there may be the odd one or two who disagree with my extremely accurate and unbiased analysis, I know that all the people from the following countries will not only fully agree with me but will be shouting "aussie, aussie, aussie.....go you good thing.....go you bloody little ripper.....we surrender, we succomb" throughout the tourney:

New Zealand

South Africa

England

Ireland

Wales

Scotland

France

Fiji

Tonga

Samoa

Really, you should be supporting your own countries, but who can blame you all for wanting to be an aussie too....fair dinkum mate........you know ya wanna be

God luck for the title of "Runners Up"

BTW.....................

[Donnyboy]

I can tell youre an aussie from that post- cocky to the core cobber.

as for wanting to be an Aussie, It will be a very cold day in hel_l when I start singing"waltzing Matildaaa" in response to the All Black Haka.

In order for the Wallabies to beat the ABs, the forwards will need to cut down on some pie eating (refer Matt Dunning), as some earlier Oz poster commented.

And beat the ABs in the scrum,rucks mauls and kick returns, otherwise they have a chance.

The Big Black Machine will be hard to stop, and will run right over them. But the Wallabies will have some comfort after the game, as they have the opportunity to indulge in a drug fuelled party, attended by the Aussie sports elite, ie Joey ex Johns, Ben Methy Cousins, Wendel snort Sailor, Ian testosty Thorp etc etc....

Edited September 4, 2007 by Donnyboy

[dithprom]

YOU LITTLE BEAUTY, the place we know as hel_l is going through a very cold patch (possibly ready to freeze over) and they've decided to shift all the drugs in hel_l FREE OF CHARGE to the aussie RWC camp....party on wayne...u 2 garth

[dithprom]

BTW donnyboy, I have no doubt that the All Blacks are the favourites, as they have been every RWC...and rightly so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but we were sent to the trenches together on the other side of the world and it's our legacy to take the piss out of each other,,,,,,,,,,,,,

.....so if by some minutist of chance that the mighty Oz lads don't win (I think that chance is rated about 0.0000002 % by NZ.com and meetaniceladysheep.net), I must concede that my support will default to our close south pacific neighbours

[nocturnal]

the guys at Sin Soi4 said they are showing all the games and the late ones too as they can open late.They said they start with France vs Argentina at 01.55 Saturday 8th(late friday night), is there a true timetable yet?

At least they can show the late ones anyway and hopefully have a big screen or at least 4 big t.v's!

[nocturnal]

how hard can it be to fix proper times for the games,would the teams themselves not be concerned about not knowing what times they are going to play.it is the World Cup after all.

[nocturnal]

I am just waiting to come on here after it is all finished and England have won the Cup.I can see now the suffering in the faces of the Wallabies and All Blacks fans as they are knocked out one by one but i suppose at least one of you will see us in the Final!

[chavy]

How do you guys rate Ireland,s chances?I must admit during the six nations i would have said they could have been a good outside bet however in light of recent dire performances and injurys to Horgan and O driscoll im not so sure....

If they manage to beat Georgia then they have an outside chance of beating Rumania

Your having a larrrfffff right

[chavy]

I am just waiting to come on here after it is all finished and England have won the Cup.I can see now the suffering in the faces of the Wallabies and All Blacks fans as they are knocked out one by one but i suppose at least one of you will see us in the Final!

I am English & am desperate for us to defend the trophy (however unlikely) but...am sorry nocturnal.....your comments may come back to bite you in the as8...especially with Donnyboy patroling this thread

[Donnyboy]

I am just waiting to come on here after it is all finished and England have won the Cup.I can see now the suffering in the faces of the Wallabies and All Blacks fans as they are knocked out one by one but i suppose at least one of you will see us in the Final!

I am English & am desperate for us to defend the trophy (however unlikely) but...am sorry nocturnal.....your comments may come back to bite you in the as8...especially with Donnyboy patroling this thread

you guys should be aware that there will be a special free-call number for english/irish/scottish/wales rugby fans that are disappointed and disheartened by their teams performance in this years Rugby World Cup. The number to call is......... 9-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0

or

nine-won-nothing-won-nothing-won-nothing-won-nothing