This tournament will forever be remembered as the one where the ref decided a semi final and all bit ensured that the Final will be a non event. They should just give the trophy to tomorrows winner, pack up and go home.
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This tournament will forever be remembered as the one where the ref decided a semi final and all bit ensured that the Final will be a non event. They should just give the trophy to tomorrows winner, pack up and go home.
Watching the All Blacks tear the frogs a new asshole will be a non-event?Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
Rugby :lol:
A team that scores the only try of the game loses.
Thats like a football team scoring the only goal of the game and losing.
Saw the red card tackle. Looked no worse than most of the tackles ive seen watching rugby.
Wales would have been a better bet against tomorrowd winner, even with 14 men, 13 if you miss out Hook whose contribution was rubbish, they were all over the French.Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
Halfpenny was really unlucky with his monster kick.
And you're right the ref got it all wrong with his assessment of the tackle that lead to the red, its a rugby not Come Dancing!
Wouldn't surprise me if France beat the All Blacks actually. However I think Australia would hammer them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coney
Australia vs New Zealand starts soon.
Try for the All Blacks! They've been hammering Australia since the start.
Not converted however by Weepu.
New Zealand 5-0 Australia.
Weepu smacks the post from a pelanty! :lol:
Weepu gets this one. New Zealand 8-0 Australia.
New Zealand 8-3 Australia.
Drop goal from Cruden.
New Zealand 11-3 Australia.
Drop goal for Australia.
New Zealand 11-6 Australia.
Wallabies can't help but keep giving away pelanties.
New Zealand 14-6 Australia.
And that is how it ends at half time.
New Zealand 17-6 Australia.
New Zealand 20-6 Australia.
Australia out. :lol:
As i mentioned earlier I'm no rugby fan but will always support NZ in everything and last night our boys were awesome. Aussie's whipped and deservedly so. Just wish the game wasn't on so late, 9pm kick-off in your own coutnry is just daft. Had to get some sleep b4 work so couldn't watch us beat Sunderland until now :dQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
We'll have a new World Champ then in my lifetime as a Rugby fan.
Not that ive watched any of the WC this year thanks to the ridiculous match times
Aussies beat Wales in the 3rd place play off
Wales treated this match with the lack of focus the fixture deserved.
Isn't there something usually riding on it? I remember back in the 90s when England lost to Lomu in the semis and they were in the play off and there was talk that the winner gets automatic qualification for the next WC
They would have already qualified I suspect.
The final kicks off in a minute. :popcorn:
New Zealand 5-0 France at half time. France have done well.
Try for France!
Try for France!
France have been quite unlucky. That NZ kicker has been terrible though.
NZ 8-7.
And it is converted!
New Zealand 8-7 France. :popcorn:
Missed pelanty for France, it was way out but they had to go for it I suppose.
Oddly I find myself cheering on the French...despite the way Wales were knocked out.
It could be that France have won me over because they've showed 'great mental strength and team spirit' and really deserved to win this final. Or it could be that I don't really give a shit and just want some drama.
The truth is probably somewhere in between.
New Zealand win!
The Haka is so fucking cool.
Do they still chuck spears at each other? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emJyEa4z2EcQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
scary
The thing I don't get about the haka is why the opponents have to watch. I'd happily just let them waste their energy and keep warming up or summin.
Well, they should watch, but laugh and point at one or two of them to put them off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
:haha: So limp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
Going by the scoreline alone, seemed like a shocker of a final