Rugby World cup thread-2007

[BusbyBabes]

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[BusbyBabes]

If you are interested in this type of ball-game (boring NFL:p) than this is the thread for YOU!:)

Due to it being held in France, bear in mind that may have to be up quite early.


Tonight at 8.00 GMT/9.00 CET in Saint Denise

France vs Argentina

Tomorrow

New Zealand vs Italy in Marseille at 1.45 pm/2.45 CET

Australia vs Japan in Lyon at 3.45 pm/4.45 CET

England vs USA in Lyon at 5.00 pm/6.00 CET

[BusbyBabes]

If you want to watch the games, you can watch them HERE

http://www.itv.com/Sport/rugbyworldcup/default.html

[MtP07]

Are the All Blacks the favorites?

[BusbyBabes]

Pool A

England
South Africa
Samoa
United States
Tonga

Pool B

Australia
Wales
Fiji
Canada
Japan

Pool C
New Zealand
Scotland
Italy
Romania
Portugal

Pool D

France
Ireland
Argentina
Georgia
Namibia

[BusbyBabes]

Are the All Blacks the favorites?

They are always the favourites but have always choked since they won the first world cup 22 years ago. The likes of Australia, South Africa, France and maybe Argentina are very backable but most of the British home nations may struggle although I am hopeful over England.

[BusbyBabes]

France 12-17 Argentina

What a game! Really was quite exciting and glad to see the frogs humbled:DThe commentator was screaming so much I have got a headache:)That was a great advert for Rugby.

[BusbyBabes]

Some thrashings here today

Australia 91-3 Japan

NZ 76-14 Italy

England start at 17.00 PM GMT/18.00 CET

[barthez4]

Does the US have a decent team?

[Achtung]

Does the US have a decent team?

Don't think so. Several of our players aren't even fully professional, I believe.

Don't really know the rules of rugby much, but I'm occasionally flipping back and forth between the college football and England-US. The US is taking a beating at the moment, but that's expected I suppose.

[BusbyBabes]

Not the best performance by England and in fact rather poor

England 28-10 USA

games on Sunday

Wales v Canada at 14.00 GMT/15.00 CET in Nantes (Stade de la Beaujoire)

South Africa v Samoa at 16.00 GMT/17.00 CET in Paris (Parc des Princes)

Scotland v Portugal at 18.00 GMT/19.00 CET in Saint Etienne (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard)

Ireland v Namibia at 20.00 GMT/21.00 CET in Bordeaux (Chaban Delmas Stadium)

[barthez4]

I can see the US getting good at rugby sometime soon. We'll be a good odds team in rugby before we'll be a good odds team in the World Cup.

[vilafria]

Scotland v Portugal 56-10. Not bad for the WC rookie :)

[billyireland]

Ireland 32 - 17 Namibia :mad:. Awful, awful performance, we need a good kick up the arse after that half-assed, error-ridden display. At least our coach Eddie O'Sullivan came right out in the post-match interview and bluntly said we were diabolical... we're going to have to do a complete 180 though. Shocking.

[BusbyBabes]

Ireland 32 - 17 Namibia :mad:. Awful, awful performance, we need a good kick up the arse after that half-assed, error-ridden display. At least our coach Eddie O'Sullivan came right out in the post-match interview and bluntly said we were diabolical... we're going to have to do a complete 180 though. Shocking.

Any worse than England's display?:(against the mighty USA. It is worrying that the Northern hemisphere teams are struggling but the Southern hemisphere teams are definately not.

other results

Wales 42-17 Canada
S Africa 59-7 Samoa
Scotland 56-10 Portugal

[BusbyBabes]

Games on 11/09/07

Argentina v Georgia at the Stade Garland, Lyon

12/09/07

USA V Tonga at Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Japan v Fiji at Le Stade, Toulouse

Italy v Romania at the Stade Velodrome, Marseille

[BusbyBabes]

USA 15-25 Tonga

Japan 31-35 Fiji

Argentina 33-3 Georgia

Italy 24-18 Romania

[BusbyBabes]

Tonight

England v South Africa at 21.00 CET at Stade de France, Saint Denis

Not particularly opptimistic with Barkley, Vickery and Wilkinson out.:(

Tomorrow-Sataurday

New Zealand v Portugal at 13.00 CET at Stade Gerland, Lyon

Wales v Australia at 15.00 CET at the Millenium stadium, Cardiff

Ireland v Georgia at 21.00 CET at Chaban Delmas stadium, Bordeaux.

[BusbyBabes]

Vive les Rosbifs!

"Sweet chariot come to carry me home............":D

:pTintin, Thierry Henry, President de Gaul, Chabal, you slimy escalopes and frogs you took one hell of a beating!!!!!!!!!!:D

[Invincible]

What's a Rugby?