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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #105 on: September 19, 2015, 07:57:13 PM »
Watched the last ten minutes of Japan v SA when I got home. Incredible victory

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #106 on: September 19, 2015, 08:03:35 PM »
And after that epic encounter, the rugby is pushed aside to ITV4 so that ITV can show some crappy talent show

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #107 on: September 19, 2015, 08:10:32 PM »
And after that epic encounter, the rugby is pushed aside to ITV4 so that ITV can show some crappy talent show

I bet there's plenty of schedulers who are thinking that right now, if ever you needed an advert for the world cup it was one of the favourites getting beaten in the opening weekend to a rank outsider.  With Georgis being rated well below Tonga that's 2 upset out of 4 so far, and Fiji had a good go at us as well, it's briliant for the tournament.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #108 on: September 19, 2015, 09:43:17 PM »
There will be a fellow Forester on the pitch at Villa Park next weekend. Wayne Barnes is the ref for the SA v Samoa game

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #109 on: September 19, 2015, 10:01:11 PM »
After sitting through the dirge of this afternoon at Villa Park seeing the end of SA v Japan made me feel a lot better about being a sports fan.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #110 on: September 20, 2015, 09:01:14 AM »
Off to Cardiff now. Come on Uruguay!

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #111 on: September 20, 2015, 01:41:48 PM »
And after that epic encounter, the rugby is pushed aside to ITV4 so that ITV can show some crappy talent show

I bet there's plenty of schedulers who are thinking that right now, if ever you needed an advert for the world cup it was one of the favourites getting beaten in the opening weekend to a rank outsider.  With Georgis being rated well below Tonga that's 2 upset out of 4 so far, and Fiji had a good go at us as well, it's briliant for the tournament.

But it needs to me maintained. Obviously it is still massively odds on that all of the big boys get through to the last 8 but the tournament, and Rugby Union as a world game can do without the kind of tonkings previously reserved for the likes of Japan.

As for Japan I couldn't get over to the missus just how big a surprise result it was and couldn't equate it properly to football. I caught the last 25 minutes on ITV+1 and saw Japan pull level at 22-22 before South Africa scored a try. I turned over at that point because I didn't want to see SA win. The 6 year-old was messing around with his dinner in a non-eating tip so I turned which ever cartoon channel he was watching (yeah, save the parental advice...)back to the rugby. The last 10-15 minutes or so saw Chez Winters engrossed in it. The last 5 minutes when Japan decided to go for it had us glued to the screen and as the fella went over in the corner the missus who cannot stand sport of any description was jumping up and down, the 6 year-old was running around, I gave it the fist pump, and the two-year-old took advantage of the mayhem to jump up and down thinking it was a precursor to fighting monsters (his current favourite game).

All in all from a depressed state of affairs due to fucking Villa RWC 2015 gave us a bizarre but brilliant family moment. I hope the rest of ther World Cup can live up to it. A passing nod to Georgia v Tonga at this point which seemed like a decent game.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #112 on: September 20, 2015, 02:54:31 PM »
It was absolutely outstanding. The whole pub seemed to turn Japanese in that last 10 minutes. The roar when they scored the last try was probably as big as it would be if England actually won the thing

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #113 on: September 20, 2015, 05:29:50 PM »
NZ v Argentina really entertaining so far. It's been a cracking WC so far

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #114 on: September 20, 2015, 05:33:13 PM »
2 yellow cards for NZ so far, including one for cheating bastard Richie McCaw.

Hopefully this is a sign that referees won't let them get away with murder like they usually do

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #115 on: September 20, 2015, 05:38:11 PM »
Has that gobshite cheat finally been sussed out?

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #116 on: September 20, 2015, 05:41:24 PM »
Has that gobshite cheat finally been sussed out?

I hope so. He's a great player, but has gotten away with plenty during his career. Today's one was so cynical

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #117 on: September 20, 2015, 05:46:12 PM »
Has that gobshite cheat finally been sussed out?

Only if the ref secretly logs on to here.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #118 on: September 20, 2015, 05:50:58 PM »
2 yellow cards for NZ so far, including one for cheating bastard Richie McCaw.

Hopefully this is a sign that referees won't let them get away with murder like they usually do

The Harlem Globetrotters won't like that. Officials and opponents alike are supposed to stand aside and marvel and applaud as the guardians of world rugby march on to glory.

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Re: Rugby World Cup 2015
« Reply #119 on: September 20, 2015, 06:02:34 PM »
Even with 2 yellows you can still count the breakdown infringements in every play, it's institutionalised cheating that's completely inseparable from the good elements of their game. I'd love to see the refs go all out in pinging them but we'd see games with 11 or 12 players on one side if they did.

 


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