September 17, 201114 yr Yeah well done the Irish! Oh and it still seems like the Aussies can't throw the ball in a straight line....
September 18, 201114 yr Author WOTTA GAME. The crowd at the Auckland party central loved. Wales 17 Samoa 10 Wales have beaten Samoa 17-10 for the first time in World Cup history to take a major step toward making the quarterfinals. This RWC is really showing how many smaller nations are rising to the occaission. Geogia must have frightened England till they tired, great game too.
September 18, 201114 yr WOTTA GAME. The crowd at the Auckland party central loved. Wales 17 Samoa 10 Wales have beaten Samoa 17-10 for the first time in World Cup history to take a major step toward making the quarterfinals. This RWC is really showing how many smaller nations are rising to the occaission. Geogia must have frightened England till they tired, great game too. Sarcasm or irony, intended or otherwise? So far, I don't think that there have been any big surprises; the Irish are back on form, Canada have reiterated their claim to the second tier, and Romania and Georgia have reminded us that the gap between the top tier and the second tier of European nations is lessening. But its still there. And until teams like Namibia can go to the World Cup and reasonably hope to win a game, it will do little to improve the competitiveness of the third rank teams - Romania, Russia, Namibia. SC
September 19, 201114 yr Author This is quite brilliant. All you need to find out how your country is doing. Save to your computer...... http://rugby.europcar.ie/ Edit to comment, it seems to be a bit behind with results, but still good for most things.
September 22, 201114 yr Disappointing result for Japan against Tonga; in the event that they manage to finish third in the group and pre-qualify for 2016, will a second Asian team qualify for the Finals, or will the second team in the A5N still have to go through the repechage play-offs? Probably an academic question, now... SC
September 23, 201114 yr Author Australia 67 USA 5 Inevitable, dour and largely predictable, the Australians dealt the United States a good old-fashion towelling 67-5 in Wellington tonight (Friday). Amazingly, The USA had most ball and most position. BUT as any bargal will tell ya, need penetration or ya don't score.Akshully, the USA were pretty good....... but........
September 23, 201114 yr Australia 67 USA 5 Inevitable, dour and largely predictable, the Australians dealt the United States a good old-fashion towelling 67-5 in Wellington tonight (Friday). Amazingly, The USA had most ball and most position. BUT as any bargal will tell ya, need penetration or ya don't score.Akshully, the USA were pretty good....... but........ Strange days. ALL the top sides not really firing. SA look the best of a bad bunch. Kiwis will need to hammer the frog reserves for a bit of momentum......init.
September 24, 201114 yr Author Suiging: Strange days. ALL the top sides not really firing. SA look the best of a bad bunch. Kiwis will need to hammer the frog reserves for a bit of momentum......init. Aill Blacks have made a massive statement at Rugby World Cup 2011 by thumping France 37-17 at Eden Park. In captain Richie McCaw's 100th test the New Zealanders scored five tries to two in claiming top spot in Pool A.
September 24, 201114 yr Suiging: Strange days. ALL the top sides not really firing. SA look the best of a bad bunch. Kiwis will need to hammer the frog reserves for a bit of momentum......init. Aill Blacks have made a massive statement at Rugby World Cup 2011 by thumping France 37-17 at Eden Park. In captain Richie McCaw's 100th test the New Zealanders scored five tries to two in claiming top spot in Pool A. The statement being that you can beat the French reserves ?
September 24, 201114 yr I think the statement being that even in the world cup, home advantage seems to play a part. Or maybe that the highest-ranked team in the world can beat the fifth-best team. Or maybe that the French are not invincible. SC
September 25, 201114 yr Author Suiging: Strange days. ALL the top sides not really firing. SA look the best of a bad bunch. Kiwis will need to hammer the frog reserves for a bit of momentum......init. Aill Blacks have made a massive statement at Rugby World Cup 2011 by thumping France 37-17 at Eden Park. In captain Richie McCaw's 100th test the New Zealanders scored five tries to two in claiming top spot in Pool A. The statement being that you can beat the French reserves ? Even tho' I am a Kiwi, must agree with you there. I reckon it was a good practice match ......... LOL
September 25, 201114 yr That was a dismal performance.....I'm blaming the weather for upsetting our world famous passing game.
September 25, 201114 yr That was a dismal performance.....I'm blaming the weather for upsetting our world famous passing game. I'm completely deflated. I don't even feel like drowning my sorrows. Maybe I'll force myself... SC
September 25, 201114 yr That was a dismal performance.....I'm blaming the weather for upsetting our world famous passing game. I'm completely deflated. I don't even feel like drowning my sorrows. Maybe I'll force myself... SC oh come on SC, i know smokies got a bottle he wants too share !
September 25, 201114 yr That was a dismal performance.....I'm blaming the weather for upsetting our world famous passing game. I'm completely deflated. I don't even feel like drowning my sorrows. Maybe I'll force myself... SC oh come on SC, i know smokies got a bottle he wants too share ! I'm guessing, an empty bottle now... From his face, it was a bottle of lemon juice. SC
September 30, 201114 yr Author England coaches suspended after ball swap England suspended two coaches on Thursday from involvement in the next Rugby World Cup match against Scotland for switching the ball for Jonny Wilkinson's conversions against Romania. The move by the Rugby Football Union staved off sanctions by World Cup organisers, but they were warned that any similar rule-breaches in future would be dealt with severely. Kicking coach Dave Alred and national fitness coach Paul Stridgeon "mistakenly thought that there was an issue with some of the match balls" in England's Pool C win over Romania, according to the RFU. England stopped switching after being warned during the game and the RFU accepts the coaches' actions were "in contravention of both the laws of the game and the spirit of the game." What next, Johnson getting desperate. Read it here. http://english.aljaz...2254115149.html Tonite's game......... Sth Africa 13 - 5 Samoa. Damned good game too.
October 1, 201114 yr Pete, you have to realise that England will destroy the Scots today, then go on to win the Final. Kiwis will, as always, CHOKE
October 1, 201114 yr Author TONGA 19 - 14 FRANCE TONGANS HAD FROGS FOR DINNER............... . ..... Ya reckon, Humph? Well Jocks v Poms still to come. Imagine if the Scotties won........ I'll be back later...
October 1, 201114 yr We can take inspiration from the Tongan performance...and the increasingly nauseating English arrogance as usual...
October 1, 201114 yr Author We can take inspiration from the Tongan performance...and the increasingly nauseating English arrogance as usual... Be with ya there, Smokie. Scotland the Brave playing on You Tube..... hehehe
October 1, 201114 yr We can take inspiration from the Tongan performance...and the increasingly nauseating English arrogance as usual... Be with ya there, Smokie. Scotland the Brave playing on You Tube..... hehehe We've won! we've won! No wait its only half time. Great performance running the ball...hopefully the wind behind us Parks will keep on finding the corners.
October 1, 201114 yr Bugger..... England 16 - 14 Scotland Bad luck Scotland Heartbreaking second half.
October 1, 201114 yr Bugger..... England 16 - 14 Scotland Bad luck Scotland Heartbreaking second half. ah, so this is where you have been hiding ! its called patience and having the self belief even when things arent going to plan to over ride the storm and not choke at the business end of the game that gets teams through. even when they are up against an old enemy that have upped their game just for the one occasion. what will be interesting to see is if the all blacks will be able to pull it out the bag if faced with the same kind of scenario or will it be the same old story. i hear Dan the man Carter has a groin strain and is out for the Canada game and there are even rumours that he may be crook for the rest of the tournament. still at least if the kiwis don't win it, they have an excuse now.
October 1, 201114 yr Yeah well done the Irish! Oh and it still seems like the Aussies can't throw the ball in a straight line.... Eat your words Smokie.
October 1, 201114 yr Yeah well done the Irish! Oh and it still seems like the Aussies can't throw the ball in a straight line.... Eat your words Smokie. <munch munch> Edit: Oh never mind the Ashes will be around soon enough......
October 1, 201114 yr Bugger..... England 16 - 14 Scotland Bad luck Scotland Heartbreaking second half. ah, so this is where you have been hiding ! its called patience and having the self belief even when things arent going to plan to over ride the storm and not choke at the business end of the game that gets teams through. even when they are up against an old enemy that have upped their game just for the one occasion. what will be interesting to see is if the all blacks will be able to pull it out the bag if faced with the same kind of scenario or will it be the same old story. i hear Dan the man Carter has a groin strain and is out for the Canada game and there are even rumours that he may be crook for the rest of the tournament. still at least if the kiwis don't win it, they have an excuse now. Can I breathe now please? Such excitement...but you'll have to make a massive improvement to progress.....oh aye well done <through gritted teeth of course>
October 1, 201114 yr ah, so this is where you have been hiding ! its called patience and having the self belief even when things arent going to plan to over ride the storm and not choke at the business end of the game that gets teams through. even when they are up against an old enemy that have upped their game just for the one occasion. what will be interesting to see is if the all blacks will be able to pull it out the bag if faced with the same kind of scenario or will it be the same old story. i hear Dan the man Carter has a groin strain and is out for the Canada game and there are even rumours that he may be crook for the rest of the tournament. still at least if the kiwis don't win it, they have an excuse now. Get real, it isn't whether New Zealand wins or not, it's about by how much. My guess is they will whup us Canucks by about 58 to 12. And that is only if Canada plays their A game. Canada played a very poor game against Japan and were lucky to get the tie.
October 1, 201114 yr ah, so this is where you have been hiding ! its called patience and having the self belief even when things arent going to plan to over ride the storm and not choke at the business end of the game that gets teams through. even when they are up against an old enemy that have upped their game just for the one occasion. what will be interesting to see is if the all blacks will be able to pull it out the bag if faced with the same kind of scenario or will it be the same old story. i hear Dan the man Carter has a groin strain and is out for the Canada game and there are even rumours that he may be crook for the rest of the tournament. still at least if the kiwis don't win it, they have an excuse now. Get real, it isn't whether New Zealand wins or not, it's about by how much. My guess is they will whup us Canucks by about 58 to 12. And that is only if Canada plays their A game. Canada played a very poor game against Japan and were lucky to get the tie. i reckon there will be quite a few kiwis that may be feeling a little off their breaky this morning on hearing the news confirming that Carter is out for the rest of the world cup with the groin strain he picked up in training .
October 2, 201114 yr Well I underestimated the loss. The Kiwis trounced the Canadians 79 - 15 despite the Canucks best effort at territorial play.
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