ewerk 30369 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 England getting their butts kicked by les bleus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44495 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ze English are getting ermped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Shame, I thought rugby was one game we were good at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ze English are getting ermped. Â Partez les cheeks, we arrr goin' to emp yew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 894 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Shame, I thought rugby was one game we were good at You're thinking of cricket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Can't believe we're losing to this lot who are supposedly in disarray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44495 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I know fuck all about rugby, but even I can see that this is a try. What's the telly bloke taking so long over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Truly a game of 2 halves. Shame France were better in the 2nd than we were in the 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I can't say I'm pleased England are out because I'm English. At the same time that haven't earned the right to progress, and no neutral will mourn their exit because they've been negative on the field and unprofessional and boorish off it. The players and coaches should have a good look at themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell 0 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Get in Wales. About time they beat Ireland. However, England have been shocking. Johnson and the coaches should resign, and the only players who have earned a place in the future squad are Ashton, Tuilangi, Foden and maybe Flood. Jonny should go, and the forwards should be given a rule book and told not to return until they can follow them. Â I really hope the France that played England doesn't turn up in the semi finals. Â P.S. Come on Argentina, crock a few kiwis for a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I wonder if the media will say the Rugby team is "A disgrace to the nation" and that they "Don't care about England" because they got knocked out in the Quarters or if that's just the Football team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I went to the France vs wales match tonight. The French were woeful and if they play like that in the final, will be 'umped by nz or Australia. Basically france struggled to contain a 14 man team and kicked at every opportunity....it was abit like watching England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Slap it up wales for being greedy though, they had so many oppetunities for drop goals in the last 15mins and kept pressing ahead for tries. in the words of the lad on rte "how the hell France have gotten to the final is nothing short of a miracle"  Ireland if it wasn't for that off game last week would've humped either of those teams today on recent form. ah well.  wait till ya see france win it now lol  On that showing I think both nz and oz will hump France by 30 points. Wales would've won if they could kick a football. Like you say they should have dropped for goal but they made a mess of the attempts they had. French very lucky.  I'm impressed my post was vaguely coherent as it was about 2 in the morning and I'd just got in. Saw the spear tackle on telly and I think it was harsh to red card him, even though technically correct. Spoilt the game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Magpie 0 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 the reason stephen jones didnt kick for goal near the end was he was trying wait for the french to be in the ruck as none were going into ruck it hindered what he was trying to do commit them to ruck give him space from a charge down. we should of won it woeful kicking by hook, and halfpenny short by literally inches just wasnt meant to be hope the french get an absolute hammering they were shocking against 14men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 All Blacks swat aside Australia. This place will be jumping all week, yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell 0 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Wish they could both lose the final. France are shit, lucky tossers and the Kiwis would be so full of it if they won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Wish they could both lose the final. France are shit, lucky tossers and the Kiwis would be so full of it if they won. Â You shouldn't confuse Kiwis with Aussies. Pretty level headed people as a rule. Â Anyway congratulations to NZ, 2011 champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 One of those strange sporting events that was fascinating despite being a pretty shit game in terms of quality. Always good to see France lose though. The fact they didn't deserve to making it even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell 0 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 New Zealand tried their best to choke again though. They just played like England, but got away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 To be fair they were down to their 4th choice fly half by the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 It wasn't convincing at all from NZ and was undoubtedly a bit of a choke. They were particularly bad at line outs and also Piri Weepu the scrum half had a shocker. Plus they started with a novice 3rd choice fly half and finished the match with Stephen Donald, who was a byword for choking here and a national joke till he came on and kicked the winning goal from the bench. Â However even playing poorly they'd have been over the horizon if they'd landed their kicks at goal in the first half, and for all their huff and puff the French didn't really threaten to score apart from one freak breakaway try. Â No-one should have sympathy for the French, given they were poor for most of the tournament (including a defeat to Tonga), let themselves down with silly trash talking in the build up, disrespected the haka and generally engaged in cheaty unpleasantness on the day. The All Blacks were worthy winners, whereas France wouldn't have been.......so I think it's good for rugby and the 2016 RWC in England that France didn't win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I know my knowledge of rugby could be written on a raisin, but why do people think advancing on the Haka is disrespectful? Surely the Haka is used as intimidatory as well as for tradition, so I think that surely France advancing on it is just their way of syking up their fans and the crowd. It's not like everybody gets a version of the Haka, so why is it seen as disrespectful that the French wanted it to be seen that they weren't intimidated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Aye I don't see any disrespect in walking close to them, shouldn't have to just stand there and watch like a gaggle of muppets tbh. Iirc the Irish walked right up to a haka a few year back. Aye it was them Edited October 25, 2011 by Barton7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) The haka is basically a ceremonial challenge and a mark of respect to opponents. It's up to the opponents whether they accept the challenge or not. I think it's a bit discourteous to attempt to undermine the tradition especially in the homeland of Maori but that's professional sport I suppose. However the IRB rules state that the opposing side has to stay on the half way line and they deliberately chose to ignore that....that was the disrespectful bit imo. Edited October 25, 2011 by Kitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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