********official Rugby World Cup Thread************

[theoak01]

goto www.foxsportsworld.com or check out my thread farther down,I listed everything fox sportsworld will be showing

 

[Mandinka2]

Yup he got injured in a club match I think, bummer for Ireland.

He got injured in a friendly match against Scotland , compound fracture of tibia I'm afraid

 

[theoak01]

thats ok we will still do great

Come the day
And come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer
Our country's call...
From the four proud provinces of Ireland


Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call.

From the mighty
Glens of Antrim
From the rugged hills of Galway
From the walls of Limerick
And Dublin Bay
From the four proud provinces of Ireland


Hearts of steel
And heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight, until
We can fight no more...
For the four proud provinces of Ireland.


Im glad we went with this instead of amhran na bhFiann, seems like both sides are working together more and more

 

[Mandinka2]

thats ok we will still do great

Come the day
And come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer
Our country's call...
From the four proud provinces of Ireland


Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call.

From the mighty
Glens of Antrim
From the rugged hills of Galway
From the walls of Limerick
And Dublin Bay
From the four proud provinces of Ireland


Hearts of steel
And heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight, until
We can fight no more...
For the four proud provinces of Ireland.


Im glad we went with this instead of amhran na bhFiann, seems like both sides are working together more and more

No offence to Tuc or FatRat but that tune ripped out the hearts of most Irish fans....Nick Popplewell used to be crying with emotion singing Amhran Na Bhfiann , the French have La Marsellaise , rugby is a game anout passion , fire in the belly , witness the All Blacks and their Haka , that the Aussies might be denied Waltzing Mathilda is an absolute disgrace . I'm sorry but rugby is not a PC game , it should not be commercialized for the masses at the expense of the very thing that makes it most exciting.

 

[tuc biscuit]

No offence to Tuc or FatRat but that tune ripped out the hearts of most Irish fans....Nick Popplewell used to be crying with emotion singing Amhran Na Bhfiann , the French have La Marsellaise , rugby is a game anout passion , fire in the belly , witness the All Blacks and their Haka , that the Aussies might be denied Waltzing Mathilda is an absolute disgrace . I'm sorry but rugby is not a PC game , it should not be commercialized for the masses at the expense of the very thing that makes it most exciting.

agreed, can you imagine Beckam and co. having half the passion of thr rugby lads.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Please post any views/predictions/questions in here.

My predictions are that England will win, NZ second, Aussies third and Frogs fourth.


Dark horses are Argentina.

I predict that the England team will go in over confident and blow their best chance in like forever. Happens too often........

 

[Mandinka2]

Re: Re: ********official Rugby World Cup Thread************

I predict that the England team will go in over confident and blow their best chance in like forever. Happens too often........

As Campese said , England have the only truly reliable boot in the game at the moment in Wilkinson , he also has the one of the highest tackle rates of any English player in the last few seasons. This part of his game will have to be curbed if England are to win (and let's face it they have the potential to take it all). England can win , only the All Blacks have more firepower , but they are not the toughest side , only Martin Johnson is there to protect the backs really since Ben Crenshaw left the scene. But I expect him and Dellaglio to play out of their skins since they are both old and know that this is realy their last chance.
Overconfidence is their chief enemy at this stage.... and NZ.

 

[Y_lifter]

This thread reminds me of reading one from the E.F. en Espanol forum.

 

[Mandinka2]

NEW ZEALAND in IMMEDIATE TROUBLE

Tana Umaga , one of the best players in World rugby is almost certainly out with damage to his knee ligaments, bugger! Also Joe Rokoko looks vulnerable to injury being taken off early. However NZ beat the feck outta Italy 70 - 7 so there is some small consolation but to be honest New Zealand have already let a huge advantage slip. England and Australia must sense a chance opening up for them. But they must learn lessons from NZ and protect their most valuable attacking players. esp. England.
Ireland and France also came through reasonably comfortably both scoring well , Woody is doing fine going over for his try , still don't trust Humphries in the big games though.

 

[tuc biscuit]

The France-Fiji match was a great one to watch, those Fijians know how to hit and when a fight broke out they left several French scattered on the floor.