Thread: Rugby!!!!!!!!!

NZ
SA
Oz
Argentina

That's my final four in the finish order.

SA just has that bit more than Oz, but NZ has such depth I think they'll be hard to top.

Good start for Tonga.

Up 3-0 against England.

Originally Posted by frenchfan

Northern teams suck this year...

France is may be the best of them (showing that by beating ireland 25-3)...
But let's face it, Southern teams are again far ahead... Even Springboks that I didn't see as a potential winner of this WC...

Australia is there...

NZ is always there and seem very impressive...

I just hope we'll find again our french flair...
BTW, our first try against Ireland is a great example of that...
But really, I don't think it will be enough to win this WC

Last World Cup, I feel Northern Hemisphere teams closed the gap on Southern Hemishpere teams, but since the gap has grown much wider again.

I feel the Northern hemisphere teams got a little overconfident and basked in their relative success compared to previous years, whilst Southern hemisphere teams pulled their socks up, worked extra hard and the results are now showing.

England struck back with some points of their own to tie at 3-3, but the Tongans have re-established the lead with some lovely play to score a try and now lead 10-3.

Looks like this is going to be a tight game, with England hitting back straight away with a try of their own to close the gap to 10-8.

Damned English!

Lol Kap!

They actually played with a bit of creativity last night and finally seemed to have a bit of fire about them.


Gareth Thomas gets his 100th cap today in Wales's crucial must win game against Fiji in just over three hours time.

At last, fifty minutes into the game, Wales regain the lead.

We are now leading 29-28 after being down 25-3 at one point and having played some of the most disgraceful rugby I've seen in a very long time.

All credit to the Fijians, they took advantage of Wales's inept defence in the first half. They look to be tiring a bit now, but still Wales have a very difficult job ahead of them.

Going to be a tense 25 minutes to finish the game.

Martin Williams interception and try scored. We needed that!

For the third time, Steven Jones hits the posts and misses :O

Still close, 34-31 to Wales.

Fourth official to judge whether Fiji have scored a try...

Argh,try has been granted!

Wales are down 36-34 with less than five minutes to go.

Make that 38-34 down.

Two and a half minutes to go, Wales need a try!

Blooming heck!

Wales just didn't deserve to win - useless!

Congrats to Fiji,they played with much more heart than we did.

GO FIJI in the quarters!

If one good thing can come out of this it will be the sacking of Gareth Jenkins, a coach I've never had any faith in.

Originally Posted by Sharkie

Fourth official to judge whether Fiji have scored a try...

Wow.


Fiji wins 38-34. Didn't get to see it, but the commentary made it seem awfully exciting.

Originally Posted by Kapaibro

Wow.


Fiji wins 38-34. Didn't get to see it, but the commentary made it seem awfully exciting.

I can think of a few other E words to add too, exasperating being one of them.