Rugby

[tiner]

anyone interested????? of course , starting this after we kicked your butts is possibly a little unfair.

although the timing just before the Bledisloe cup is poor given the crusaders finish in the 12's. am going to the second game at our wonderful olympic stadium and cant WAIT!!!!! YAY!

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Tiner, you and your Aussie cohorts have been quiet in this thread recently. Fair enough you've been concentrating on the systematic dismantling of England's best cricketers at the Gabba but come on, losing to fcuking Ireland on the weekend? You're in for a hiding this weekend aintcha? Yeah, you are. I don't know if any of you lot watched England play the All Blacks last weekend but you'd be hard pressed to name a more engrossing rugby match in the last few years. It had it all and for twenty minutes of the second half England were outstanding. Were in not for Ben Cohen (man of the match for me) in the dying seconds, however, the kiwis could have nicked it. Lomu was in his usual devastating form and that All-Black Doug Howlett is faster than TTP's Larsson if ever spotted on the north side of Scott Road.

Great stuff. Roll on Saturday at Twickers for some Aussie bashing though it'll be next to impossible getting a pint anywhere in London with all the fcuking Aussies pulling sickies to watch the match.........

[SC]

what's the better toss up, visit the land of OZ in the new year for the World Cup of Rugby or head home to see the fam damily?

I know either way, I'll have a place to stay...

Anyone see the match-up between England and OZ? Or was that just a cheap re-run on Taiwanese TV?

+outoftheloopSC

[tiner]

its summer here. that means cricket.

i believe their game plan is to lull everyone into a false sense of security so they will bother to take the flight here for the world cup.

COME HERE SC!!! cant wait for the rugby. canada is playing in sydney and wollongong(south coast)

hoping i got tickets for scotland v fiji and wales v new zealand.

[SC]

Tiner, it's becoming more of a reality these days...

+SCsoontodiscuss

Head to the Cricket threads sista...

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Following complaints made to the IRB about the All Blacks
being allowed to motivate themselves by performing the 'Haka' before their games, other nations were asked to suggest pre-match rituals of their own.

The IRB Rugby World Cup 2003 Organising Committee has now agreed to the following pre-match displays:

A.. The England team will chat about the weather, wave hankies in the air and attach bells to their ankles before moaning about how they invented the game and gave it to the world, and how it's not fair that everyone still thinks New Zealand are the best team in the world.

B.. The Scotland team will chant "You lookin' at me Jimmy?" before
smashing an Iron Bru bottle over their opponents' heads.

C.. The Ireland team will split into two, with the Southern half
performing a Riverdance, while the Northerners march the traditional route from their dressing room to the pitch, via their opponents dressing room.

D.. Unfortunately the Committee were unable to accept the Welsh
suggestion following representations from the RSPCA.

E.. Argentina will unexpectedly invade a small part of opposition
territory, claim it as their own "Las In-Goals-Areas" and then be
forcibly removed by the match stewards.

F.. Two members of the South African team will claim to be more
important than the other 13 whom they will imprison between the posts whilst they claim the rest of the pitch for themselves.

G.. The Americans will not attend until almost full time. In future
years they will amend the records to show that they were in fact the most important team in the tournament and Hollywood will make a film called 'Saving No.8 Lyle'.

H.. Five of the Canadian team will sing La Marseillaise and hold
the rest of the team to ransom.

I.. The Italian team will arrive in Armani gear, sexually harass
the male stewards and then run away.

J.. The Spanish will sneak into the other half of the pitch, mow
it and then claim that it was all in line with European "grass quotas". They will then curl up under the posts and have a kip until half time, when their appeal for compensation against the UK Government will be heard.

K.. The Japanese will attempt to strengthen their team by offering good salaries to the key opposition players and then run around the pitch at high speed in a highly efficient manner before buying the ground (with a subsidy from the UK Government).

L.. The French will declare they have new scientific evidence that the opposition are in fact all mad. They will then park lorries across the halfway line, let sheep loose in the opposition half (much to the delight of Wales!) and burn the officials.

M.. The Australians will have a barbie before negotiating lucrative
singing and TV contracts in the UK. They will then invite all their
mates to come and live with them in Shepherds Bush.".

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Unlucky to poor old Scotland losing their fourth Calcutta Cup yesterday to the World Champions. Some wobbly officiating from the paddy ref combined with a far superior England side saw a brave effort come to naught.

Highlight of the day came from the commentating legend, Brian Moore.....

'That was more greco-roman wresling than rugby. And that was just a gay slap....'