Rugby World Cup thread!

[LeFrog]

NZ robbed of nothing, they were not as good as they were told, and France realized they could turn it around by stopping playing like an uninspired English team, looking for penalties kick and drop goals, and ending with a multiple of 3, and running with the ball instead.

Being lighter in the front, they needed to run and gain momentum, which is what they did. The ABs being heavier in the front, they needed to attack in the front, but slow and steady, which they did as well. The difference is in the number of faults committed on each side, and although the French tackled something like 178 times vers 30 something, they gave very few penalties and that's one thing you can give credit to Laporte for (and I am not a fan of his).

I think it was a very interesting game because these were two very different teams but of equal strength overall and in the end it's just about who wants to win the game the most.

I have not seen the England vs Australia game yet.

 

[spanner]

A forward pass might be Ok in France, when a try is awarded as a result, it is disappointing. Robbed again!!!

 

[LeFrog]

A forward pass might be Ok in France, when a try is awarded as a result, it is disappointing. Robbed again!!!

What forward pass are you talking about? I have seen the 4 tries several times and did not see a forward. If there had been one, they would have asked for the video review.

 

[Captain]

Schew, there has been alot of surprises in this RWC, the Boks JUST beat Fiji by the skin of their teeth; but we are well chuffed anyway and looking forward to playing France in the final (I hope), good luck.

 

[LeFrog]

I think it would be awkward and interesting if the final was between France and Argentina, who is really surprising a lot of people (and is great for the development of the sport in South America), especially when you know some of these guys are amateurs...

 

[Taffy]

+congratulations to the boks!

they played really well on the night and did the business. a firm defence and no penalties given away....

that tackle by the second row... what a man!

well done to england for really playing out of their skin. the line between succes and faliure was never so thin as the australia, then france then bok final. but that's what rugby is all about!

froggy, they blew it! go on - admit it! they got trench fright again!!!!!

regards

Taffy

 

[LeFrog]

Taffy I was waiting to see if I had to congratulate you (and your team).

I don't mind the French losing as long as they play the game the French way (very offensively). Instead they decided to play the British way (defensively and with long tactical kicks).

They need to name Blanco as the new trainer. He'd be able to lose a few pounds and to show them how the game is played himself.

I am glad Argentina managed to get the bronze, really, and it helped promote the game in South America, which is pretty good.

Over here not one image, nothing, not even a word, as if it was censored. Pitiful.

 

[Scouser]

Le Frog,
I thought that Argentina made a really good showing in the tournament. They look like they have a real future, and a few stars as well.

Everyone in England is now getting over the disappointment of Saturday night! But I think if a goal was disallowed in football world cup...Paris would still be on fire now after the riots that would have occured!! our football fans are not as well behaved as our rugby fans!

 

[Captain]

Whoo hoo, well done to the amabokaboka (the boks), The entire country has gone mad and this is really good for our nation; hopefully it will close many of our "divides" and bring us closer together; we need it.

anyway well done to all the other teams, especially Argentina and we will see you at the next one, now lets hope our football team manages to at least last in 2010

 

[LeFrog]

Hey that was cool to see Johnny Clegg sitting in the audience. The man is insanely popular in France, for some reason people still remember his songs.

"We are the scatterlings of Africa", I remember that song like it was yesterday.

I regret there were not too many tries in the finals. Giving the ball back to the kicking team in touch found on a penalty is not a good rule, or at least they should make them indirect kicks. They need to make them play by hand.

 

[Taffy]

they're looking at the laws now froggy. they know that there is far too much kicking in the game.

the way i see it there are a few law changes needed and ALL, yes ALL of them bring us nearer to rugby league which is a good thing!

you should have 13 on the pitch - dropa #8 and a centre
kicking to be made harder to use succesfully
drop goal worth just 2 and a conversion worth three or all conversions infront of the posts.
free kicks can't be kicked to touch


that's all we need for now....

regards

Taffy

 

[LeFrog]

League is league, Taffy, I played it and hated it, it was just the same all the time. Sure is an interesting tackling fiesta but I need a bit more variety.

And then if they remove all the kicking what are you going to do with Wilkinson?

 

[Taffy]

shove a rod up his arse and put him on a plinth with a little note below him saying how wonderful he is!

don't we do that to all national heroes?

oh! we wait till they're dead? sorry!

regards

Taffy

 

[LeFrog]

For Nelson you did not have to wait long to do that, thanks to a French sniper, but I digress.

They need to have a super 12 (or is it 14 now) competition in Europe, but they fear it would turn into a franchise system just like in the NFL, and I say so what, bring it on, let's pop the Doritos.