The Rugby World Cup

[Iain]

Wow. Japan just played an absolutely amazing game... Lost to Frace, but at the end of the first half they were only one point down! Good o' stuff. Japan really drove the ball and exploited some a fairly flaky French defense. The French were just so much bigger they outlasted the Japanese and powered the ball through for some late trys. Anyway, I'm getting back to watch the Motherland kick the snot out of those grubby colonials.

[Kimpatsu]

England just beat South Africa 25-6. Ha ha! The prelim. is ours! We are unstoppable!

[Jay Bell]

I thought you were Japanese, Tony

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Jay Bell
I thought you were Japanese, Tony

I'm human, Jay. Which planet are you from?

[Iain]

AAAHAHAHAA! Take that you filthy Springboks!

Seriously... Thank God their fullback couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. God I'm going to enjoy watching them getting killed by the All-Blacks.

Did anyone else notice the lovely ura-nage (German suplex) in the early minutes of the England / SA game? I forget which players were involved, but it was textbook stuff.

Cheers,

Mike

PS: Wales VERY lucky against Tonga. Plus ca change... we're going to have a hard time beating Italy at this rate.

[Jay Bell]

Just watched the Australia - Romania match (we're 3 days behind in the States)

HOLY GHOD...90 - 8 Unbelievable

Match Results

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Jay Bell
Just watched the Australia - Romania match

It was very funny to watch. A try in the firt 17 seconds...

[Steve Williams]

We had a little "trouble" against Samoa.......

Only just beat them... heads are going to roll in the England dressing room tonight


England, Ireland and Wales are GUARANTEED places in the quarter finals......

Along with (proabaly) France, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa......

The last place is in doubt at the moment....... it could be Scotland, but probably not

[primeape]

Scotland seemed sadly out of place against France. I do not know much about rugby, but it seemed to me they could never start any sustainable attack, while "les F****ng F***s" had both a working running game plus some lucky breaks. I think the scottish captain said something about being very disappointed after the game, and it seemed he had full reason to be so.
Anyway, as in ice hockey, the real games start at the quarter finals....Scotland forever, the only way is up from the France game...

Primeape
Vesa Varhee
Helsinki

[PeteBoyes]

Were the Scots taking the Micky during the National Anthems ?

It seemed every time they camera settled on a player he had to shake his head from side-to-side (ear to shoulder). They should have concentrated on the game in hand rather than silly/petty actions.

I dunno if it's an in-joke amongst themselves or a sign to the folks back home watching the TV. After a couple of England players scratched their noses I thought that they might be up to the same shenanigans, but it came to nothing - it was harder since they all had their arms around each others shoulders.

In English football they've been known to have a little competition among players who appear at news conferences - trying to mention the names of TV programs, etc. - a bit like 'jargon bingo'.

[PeteBoyes]

As regards Scotland players shaking their heads, the BBC website reckons it may have been a protest in response to the banning of one of their players (Martin Leslie).

[monkeyboy_ssj]

Also if we finish first in our group we get to dodge playing Austrailia and New Zealand til the finals.

Cheers

[PeteBoyes]

Saturday 1st November 2003 is the day.

Scotland vs Fiji
S. Africa vs Samoa
Australia vs Ireland

It's just a shame that the games aren't on at a reasonable drinking hour.

[monkeyboy_ssj]

???

Whats this thing called 'reasonable drinking hours' ?

I'm very confused, hair of the dog here I come!

Cheers