UP13
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Anybody else following this tournament?
I was due to be teaching for two hours (11:00 - 13:00) yesterday, but the lecture was cancelled, and I got to see most of the Wales match instead.My eldest son was supposed to play during the England game tomorrow. Luckily that's been cancelled now.
It was tough only watching parts of the Japan game yesterday (I'm a teacher so can't just have it on in the background).
The Australia v Fiji game was definitely worth waking up at 5:30 for. Now looking forward to France v Argentina.
That headline caused me to do a double-take this morning when I saw it. That's quite an about-turn for Fiji from last November, when they got the better of France in Paris. I look forward to seeing Squidge Rugby's analysis of this match!Uruguay caused the first upset of the tournament against Fiji.
The Uruguayan Union gave a few tens of players a professional contract in the run-up to the world cup, but the total number of registered players in Uruguay is only about 4000!I believe every Uruguay player is amateur. Compared to the Fiji players with professional contracts with top English and French clubs.
I'll give that YouTuber a go.
Jolly, Jolly ruggers. Pip Pip old bean. Tally Ho. Play up, play up and play the game
New Zealand will win. End tournament. ( The fact there is £50 in the sweep stake riding on this is of no interest to me )
And no I am not watching it because it is on at silly times, I am at work, the group games are turgid and rugby folk are often dull. I might watch it at the business end as long as no real sports are on.
Bit of a lazy stereotype the first part? Not all rugby folk are the Prawn Sandwich Brigade from the West Car Park at Twickenham.
I also find the atmosphere at Twickenham is very different for club games as it is for internationals.
The "tally-ho" sterotype of rugby people you dislike isn't one that I recognise, but perhaps that's because I'm on the other side of Offa's Dyke. I'm told that of England's 2015 world cup squad, all but 3 of the 34 players were from public schools, whereas in Wales' squad, only 3 were from public schools.I played rugby for 20 years for various clubs at a decent local level. I love the game of rugby and the playing of rugby. I don't like rugby people. I never felt I fitted in and my views on people, society and life were very different to the majority.
I have never found any atmosphere at Twickers and certainly not in a club game! Nothing like football.
Anyway - England ran in plenty of tries which his always good for confidence.
They’re the ultimate bogey team.That Japan result is incredible even if it does mess up my predictor thing!
I have never found any atmosphere at Twickers and certainly not in a club game! Nothing like football.
It's not the same as football, but when I've been to watch Newcastle at Kingston Park there's been a decent atmosphere, especially at night matches. Being able to have a beer on the terrace helps, mind.
Cardiff on a big match day has a cracking atmosphere. So does Murrayfield.
It makes me wonder where you've seen rugby. I've been in plenty of passionate crowds and had that roar. I don't think I've been to a game and not heard loud 'disagreements' with the ref.
Lack of tribalism? Tell that to the Celts when they play the English...
Perhaps it is a northern working class thing?
Their rugby union has had severe governance issues in recent years. I was surprised to learn (in recent weeks) just what they've been dealing with.It's a shame Samoa aren't what they once we're.
Absolutely! I know next to nothing about rugby but have watched all the Scotland games, as I did at the last World Cup - so to go out through no fault of our own 2 tournaments in a row is infuriating.So Scotland (and others) could get knocked out of this competition if their last match is cancelled because of the weather?
What a rotten and unfair way to run a tournament!