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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 07-09-2011 17:35
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If New Zealand choke again this World Cup will be fine by me. Kinda hope England fail so Martin Johnson gets sacked. As ever I will be looking for a victory for the minnows. But really, this World Cup should've been in Japan. IRB are just like the UCI.
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| Juan |
Posted on 07-09-2011 17:53
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
If New Zealand choke again this World Cup will be fine by me. Kinda hope England fail so Martin Johnson gets sacked. As ever I will be looking for a victory for the minnows. But really, this World Cup should've been in Japan. IRB are just like the UCI.
Well, who cares ?
They'll get their WC in 2019, and they should be OK with it 
I don't really remember what happened concerning Japan bid, but can't really compare IRB and UCI
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Posted on 07-09-2011 18:06
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Juan wrote:
wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
If New Zealand choke again this World Cup will be fine by me. Kinda hope England fail so Martin Johnson gets sacked. As ever I will be looking for a victory for the minnows. But really, this World Cup should've been in Japan. IRB are just like the UCI.
Well, who cares ?
They'll get their WC in 2019, and they should be OK with it
I don't really remember what happened concerning Japan bid, but can't really compare IRB and UCI
You really can. All international sports associations are the same (as far as I've seen).
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Posted on 07-09-2011 18:23
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
Juan wrote:
wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
If New Zealand choke again this World Cup will be fine by me. Kinda hope England fail so Martin Johnson gets sacked. As ever I will be looking for a victory for the minnows. But really, this World Cup should've been in Japan. IRB are just like the UCI.
Well, who cares ?
They'll get their WC in 2019, and they should be OK with it
I don't really remember what happened concerning Japan bid, but can't really compare IRB and UCI
You really can. All international sports associations are the same (as far as I've seen).
then IRB is not at the same "level" as FIFA or UCI
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-09-2011 18:38
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mb2612 wrote:
I'm South African  . I think Ireland lost two weeks ago because the match wasn't that important to them, whereas England needed to win after an embarrassing showing against Wales
I was at that match, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumofmar...309474343/, and embarassing for England maybe, but it was a great defensive display by Wales.
Should be an interesting tournament. Play well, and Wales will have a chance of beating South Africa - Id certainly be dissapointed if that match isnt at least a close game, play badly, and Wales might go and lose to a Pacific Islands team and get knocked out in the group stage again.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 07-09-2011 18:40
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SportingNonsense wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
I'm South African . I think Ireland lost two weeks ago because the match wasn't that important to them, whereas England needed to win after an embarrassing showing against Wales
I was at that match, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumofmar...309474343/, and embarassing for England maybe, but it was a great defensive display by Wales.
True, but it wasn't a great attacking display by them either.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-09-2011 18:43
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
I'm South African . I think Ireland lost two weeks ago because the match wasn't that important to them, whereas England needed to win after an embarrassing showing against Wales
I was at that match, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumofmar...309474343/, and embarassing for England maybe, but it was a great defensive display by Wales.
True, but it wasn't a great attacking display by them either.
A mixture or poor attacking and good defense, yes. England do seem to play better with Wilkinson, and Wilkinson wasnt playing then.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 07-09-2011 18:45
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SportingNonsense wrote:
wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
I'm South African . I think Ireland lost two weeks ago because the match wasn't that important to them, whereas England needed to win after an embarrassing showing against Wales
I was at that match, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumofmar...309474343/, and embarassing for England maybe, but it was a great defensive display by Wales.
True, but it wasn't a great attacking display by them either.
A mixture or poor attacking and good defense, yes. England do seem to play better with Wilkinson, and Wilkinson wasnt playing then.
True. I can't wait to see Owen Farrell have a crack at fly-half.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-09-2011 21:29
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I meant England embarrassed themselves. Wales defended really well, and conceded almost no penalties, which is amazing given how far on the back foot they were
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Posted on 09-09-2011 00:35
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I started to watchich rugby 4 years ago, when I really enjoyed the last WC in France. From that time, I watched only a few matches of Six Nations in a Czech TV. But now, I am really delighted there will be finally almost full live coverage from WC again. I will favour England or Ireland for the win, but hopefully and more importantly I will really enjoy this WC.
It's only such a pity, that rugby is really not in favour sport in Czech Republic, there are almost no teams, no big interest for it - the nearest club from my town is unfortunetely for me as much as 90 km far away..
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-09-2011 01:09
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Currently I have no knowledge of the sport, but its always interested me, so I'll just say, Canada to win the World Cup.
Also I played the Rugby WC 2011 Demo, and its pretty fun.
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 09-09-2011 01:17
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valverde321 wrote:
Currently I have no knowledge of the sport, but its always interested me, so I'll just say, Canada to win the World Cup.
Also I played the Rugby WC 2011 Demo, and its pretty fun.
Haha, thats even more optimistic than me saying Ireland will win it...^^
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| roturn |
Posted on 09-09-2011 11:21
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All Blacks as expected.
Tonga showed great fight in 2nd half, so will be an interesting game against France for them. Would love to see Tonga in the K.O. stage. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 09-09-2011 11:35
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roturn wrote:
All Blacks as expected.
Tonga showed great fight in 2nd half, so will be an interesting game against France for them. Would love to see Tonga in the K.O. stage.
Would be nice, but they are the worst of the islanders normally, so I doubt it.
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Posted on 09-09-2011 11:53
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mb2612 wrote:
roturn wrote:
All Blacks as expected.
Tonga showed great fight in 2nd half, so will be an interesting game against France for them. Would love to see Tonga in the K.O. stage.
Would be nice, but they are the worst of the islanders normally, so I doubt it.
Theyre actually ranked above Fiji at the moment, Tonga, but I think theyll struggle to beat France.
NZ will probably be dissapointed they didnt win by more, considering their first half performance
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| Juan |
Posted on 09-09-2011 18:18
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roturn wrote:
All Blacks as expected.
Tonga showed great fight in 2nd half, so will be an interesting game against France for them. Would love to see Tonga in the K.O. stage.
I, unfortunately, can't agree on the second part of this.
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 11-09-2011 09:01
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Wow,
Ireland WAS pretty shit... Even O'Discroll said that we played shite... We are doomed...
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 11-09-2011 12:03
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miggi133 wrote:
Wow,
Ireland WAS pretty shit... Even O'Discroll said that we played shite... We are doomed...
First games of the world cup are always tough, especially in the first half.
I didn't see the game, but they can't have played worse than South Africa
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| LilParka |
Posted on 11-09-2011 12:17
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SportingNonsense wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
roturn wrote:
All Blacks as expected.
Tonga showed great fight in 2nd half, so will be an interesting game against France for them. Would love to see Tonga in the K.O. stage.
Would be nice, but they are the worst of the islanders normally, so I doubt it.
Theyre actually ranked above Fiji at the moment, Tonga, but I think theyll struggle to beat France.
NZ will probably be dissapointed they didnt win by more, considering their first half performance
For some reason the media here is all over the All Blacks, saying how average we played, but after a first half like that it's pretty natural to lapse in the second. Tonga vs France will be an interesting game |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 11-09-2011 12:18
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Some great underdog performances from the likes of Romania and Japan. Shame they're too early to watch live.
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