Did anyone watch England vs Argentina last night?
How good was the battle between the forwards!!! It was like old style rugby!
Battered, bleeding heads and large men smashing the crap out of each other. It was so good to finally see a good piggy slug fest of good rucks and mauls.
I just wish they'd get rid of the crouch, touch, pause...............engage rule. So many scrums were pulled up for mistiming the engage. Go back to crouch, pause, engage rule I reckon. Piggies can't count to four!!
I'm lucky to still have a TV set after Argentina kept missing their penalty kicks. Good thing I was too pissed to throw straight.
The Japan France game
The Japanese must be really happy with their courageous effort against the odds
Lots of whistle blowing - the Aussies conceded 15 penalties in the game yest. If some of the teams had brought along players who could kick there would have been some good upsets - Argies and Wales to name just two. Who ever would have thought Jonny Boy would miss 5 in a row - I imagine there have been times where he missed no more than 5 kicks all season! The Argies blew that one big time and the Welsh were unlucky having that penalty kick ruled to have not gone over - that fella sure kicks them high.
I was stunned to sit down and watch the Italy game at half time to see the score at 6 all. Anyone who was around in the seventies would scoff at that prediction.
It is a lot more competitive than I thought it would be. I could have scored some points if Wales had beaten South Africa. Have a Cheetahs supporter, well The Cheetahs supporter visiting tonight[}:)]
I only made it to second row and flanker. There are so many problems with the new scrum rule that was designed to save injury.
Crouch, hold, engage..... it was consistently easy and scrums were such a powerful tool in the tactics of the game.
Now the timing is all out and each ref pauses for a different duration.
Scrums are crap to watch now.
Well I feel a bit sick after that...
Take nothing away from the Irish. They played an amazing game and deserved their win no questions asked.
What was that for a Wallaby performance? Hat's off to Beale for being the only Ozzy who wanted to win. Aussie forwards were played off the park at the scrum and didn't bother to show up anywhere else.
BLECH!!
must admit I am happy with the result - even it means we would have to play you in the semis if you make it...............ha ha ha ha
I was overcome with emotion in that last comment.
To be honest I have just had to race back through what will happen now as this scenario was not on my list! Seems you will now play South Africa in the quarters. In a way this is good for us from my perspective as I always rated those teams as our biggest problems - but now we only need to beat one of you to win it as opposed to two if other things go according to plan. Or maybe we will lose to the French so we can go to the other side of the draw all together.........wow that would be interesting. I imagine Englands odds have shortened dramatically now.
England into $11 and Aust out to $7. Good odds if you still back yourself I reckon.
. I'm watching the Broncos smash the Dragons(hopefully
) at 10pm on delayed tcast. SO GOOD to have rugby on WA television for a change. Normally we get more farking netball and the sissy's version of netball (cough**afl) here.
. I'm watching the Broncos smash the Dragons(hopefully) at 10pm on delayed tcast. SO GOOD to have rugby on WA television for a change. Normally we get more farking netball and the sissy's version of netball (cough**afl)
Wallabies had nothing. They were out-pigged by the Irish. Wait til they have to play against a really strong side like SA or NZ. It's all over for them.
Good old fashioned Northern Hemisphere rugby shuts down the "dumb" Aussie forwards which in turn stifled the backs.
This is WCR and it is boring to watch a lot of the time but that's what England, Ireland or France will have to do to win the cup....
The Wobblies will have to pick up bonus points and win against the USA and Russia and hope that Russia or (more likely) Italy beat the Irish - they looked pretty damn good tonight. Where did that game come from ??? - the Irish haven't won in months !!
To finish top of pool C we need Italy to beat Ireland to avoid (most likely) SA in QF3 and then NZ in SF2. 
Damn I'm really nervous now that we will drop out in the quarters. The Kiwi supporters will be breathing a little easier after watching that game. NZ were looking pretty good before but now they look a whole lot better....
Robbie Deans must pull his hair out sometimes 
I have watched EVERY single game live so far...and finally I wish I hadn't.
Beaten by Ireland...what a ****ing disgrace.
This has been coming for the Wallabies for a while. Too long have they relied on imported talent in the back line or a couple of superbly talented pigs -aka Phil Waugh or George Smith (Manly boy 
).
World cup rugby against teams who like playing in the wet are testing the Wallaby's piggies and they are coming up short.
No good having fast backs if the single-digit boys can't penetrate or scrummage properly.
IMHO, after watching the Boks the other night I think they have the kettle to go all the way.
Here's a thought. Super 15 rugby should add a Pacific Island team and an Argentina team to the mix. How good would that competition be??
Oh Woe, Woe, bloody football, that is what happens when you put your hope into other peoples performance.
The irish were full of wanting to win and the Wallabies were not. They did not appear to have any passion. It is all very well being technically perfect, which they weren't anyway, but there did not appear to be any fire there.
Bigwavedave, inclusions of Pacific Islander teams in the Super 15 is a great idea but I would not hold out any hope unless South Africa pulls out at the end of the contract. Rugby Union is so insidiously fraught with politics, both NSW and Queensland, that it inhibits the games potential to grow. Ask Ewen McKenzie, the worlds best coach and smartest prop. Bloody Victorian to boot!
Just got back from tripping around the Nth Island for the first 10 days. First time to NZ but 3rd World Cup and have to say the Kiwi's are putting on a bloody impressive event. Got to 5 live games and have watched the remainder in some of the best pubs and clubs I've ever been to. If you're a kiwi give yourselves a big pat on your back for really turning it on.
