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Post by 4real on Sept 18, 2015 14:13:03 GMT -5
First game of the tournament hosts England v Fiji just kicked off so thought I'd make this thread.
Anyone here a Rugby fan? Not a massive fan though love watching international Rugby so will enjoy the next 6 weeks.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Sept 18, 2015 14:14:16 GMT -5
I'm a pretty big rugby fan. Catch the occassional Falcons game and never miss international games. Nowhere near my love of football but it's pretty high up in my list of favourite sports. England should win this easily. The real tests will be Australia and Wales.
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Post by 4real on Sept 18, 2015 14:18:00 GMT -5
Really looking forward to the Australia and Wales games the atmosphere for those will be immense. And it's only the group stage!
England just scored a try 8-0 atm and cruising.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Sept 18, 2015 14:27:10 GMT -5
watching it picture-in-picture too on my tv!
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Post by 4real on Sept 18, 2015 14:38:09 GMT -5
That Fiji try. Wow.
Edit: Try not given, shame really great run there lightning quick pace.
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Post by Bo Rida on Sept 18, 2015 15:01:38 GMT -5
What's the deal with feeding scrums seemingly being allowed these days? I thought that was against the rules?
As you can tell I'm not the biggest rugby fan.
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Post by Session Moth is over on Sept 18, 2015 15:16:40 GMT -5
Going to the Ireland vs Canada match tomorrow. Expecting a big win to get things underway.
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 18, 2015 15:20:47 GMT -5
I'd love England to win it all, but I think the All Blacks would be the favourites.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Sept 18, 2015 17:31:50 GMT -5
I'd love England to win it all, but I think the All Blacks would be the favourites. All Black's are damn near unstoppable. We tend to come up big in World Cup's though (2011 notwithstanding). That 2007 group had no right to get as close to that WC as they did. And damn it, we could've won it. Would've been the biggest upset in RWC history and probably the most blindingly rugby-esque thing ever too. Men so clearly over the hill but just refusing to accept it and bullying their way to retaining the World Cup. Hopefully we have a good run this time but our group is pretty difficult. Wales are far from full strength but they're not going to be pushovers. Getting through the Group Stage should still be considered an achievement. |
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Post by Nickybojelais on Sept 19, 2015 1:01:57 GMT -5
I'm a massive Rugby League fan, don't really like Union at all.
But I've just had a bet on South Africa to win the World Cup so I'll now be watching their progress with some interest.
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Post by 4real on Sept 19, 2015 11:36:05 GMT -5
South Africa finding it tough against Japan 12-10 the score at half time. Georgia picked up a surprise win earlier over Tonga. Ireland, unsurprisingly, heavily defeated Canada.
And Japan beat South Africa 34-32 thanks to an injury time try. Amazing.
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Post by Andy Martin on Sept 19, 2015 12:46:41 GMT -5
JAPAN!
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Post by Hurbster on Sept 19, 2015 12:48:14 GMT -5
Ireland crush Canada by 50-odd points.
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Post by 4real on Sept 19, 2015 13:00:24 GMT -5
Entered the ballot for World Cup tickets last year and South Africa v Japan was one of the games I tried to get tickets for (due to the cheapest tickets being £20 and Brighton being a half hour drive from where I live). Shame I didn't get tickets for it what an incredible game.
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 19, 2015 13:28:01 GMT -5
Japan beating South Africa is the biggest upset I've ever seen in rugby.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 13:46:09 GMT -5
Japan beating South Africa is the biggest upset I've ever seen in rugby. I would go one further and say sport in general. Amazing by the Japanese. |
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Post by Square on Sept 19, 2015 15:25:10 GMT -5
That Japan South Africa match might have been the greatest match in rugby world cup history. The drama of it was incredible
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Post by Bo Rida on Sept 19, 2015 16:56:59 GMT -5
Damn I only caught the last twenty minutes or so but Japan were amazing.
Going for the win instead of taking the draw took balls and I'm so glad that paid off for them.
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Post by Hurbster on Sept 19, 2015 18:47:17 GMT -5
Entered the ballot for World Cup tickets last year and South Africa v Japan was one of the games I tried to get tickets for (due to the cheapest tickets being £20 and Brighton being a half hour drive from where I live). Shame I didn't get tickets for it what an incredible game. My Dad went there, he only had to go from Littlehampton. He said it was amazing. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 19, 2015 21:14:00 GMT -5
That's an almighty upset right there. Almost certainly the biggest in the history of the tournament.
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