Rugby Union World Cup 2015

Can't wait for tomorrow's match.

 

:bears:

Who are Ye going fer, laddie?

 

Draw ::

 

England don't look like losing this game as it stands. Dangerous going forward.

 

Ireland back to within 2.

 

I think Sam Burgess would knock his own dick on if it wasn't tied to him.

 

Since O'Connell crossed the line, England have camped largely in the Irish half for a return of 3 points in about 17 minutes...........good pressure from England but......

 

According tae POC; 'England dealt wit' the aerial TRET really well.'

Whit's he on aboot?

 

The Luftwaffe. He's bringing up the War before the English do.

 

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That scoreline is pretty much what you could expect from an England vs Ireland game at Twickenham in the 6 Nations come next Spring.

England by 5-12 at home sounds about right, people forget that it was Ireland by a similar margin at Aviva last Spring.

I still think England might not get out of their group, I know its a Warm-Up, but camped like that in Irelands half and only having two pennos to show for it in that period is fairly ropey stuff.

Wales and Oz will punish that.

 

Also...............Wales and Australia scheming already, only 2 hookers, for the uncontested scrum......opinions please

 

Agreed that Burgess is too raw and error prone

 

Did you see the Dubs today, wha, wha, what :dunno: :bears:

Fucking rapid dey wer.

What, what, awright bud, sound. Grand.

 

Scoatland lost tae France 16-19.

Medicine woman, J. K. Rowling had this tae say:

'Went down fighting! #AsOne'.

 

Oh yes I forgot about her..................Hamish Potter, wasn't it.

 

Ah watched the game on S4C (Welsh TV)... the Welsh laddies were scared o' losing and, Ah believe, suffered two serious injuries as a result. Rhys Webb, the scrum half, is alsae oot thanks tae an ankle injury. The Italians played the game like a proper Test, like.

Ah feel terrible fer Halfpenny, one o' ma favourite players. Wi'oot him, Wales will struggle tae beat the Sasnachs. Ah ken whit knee ligament damage is like as Ah blew ma ACL way back in '98 playing rugby (no' at International level, Ah hasten tae add!). Oor laddie, Alex Dunba, suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury back in March and Ah'm worried fer him as he's only 22 year auld and it's a tough injury tae return from. Alan Shearer never had the same pace aftae he knackered his knee.

 

Good points. Furthermore, George North is also a 'concern' with regards to his multiple-concussions.
Being a 1/4 Taffy, I was rooting for them to do well...

 

Ah'll never forget when a pretty lassie informed me she wiz half Welsh and Ah told her:

'Well, Ye can be half ma friend then.'

Quick as a flash she replied:

'I don't want to be your friend at all, to be honest.'

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George North is tough as teak but his heid has taken a fair few knocks. Ah cannae remember another international being knocked oot so often. He's like the 'Herbie Hide' o' rugby players. A great shame as he's big, fast and strong... the largest thighed Welshman since Mark Hughes, like.

He needs tae wear a fucking helmet.

 

Ah wiz unaware there were injury dooubts aboot Halfpenny. The coaching team must be called further intae question. Ah remember when Ah hurt ma knee intially Ah tried tae run it off... big mistake. Wish Ah could go back in history and leave the match wi' less o ' a shagged knee.

Sadly, Alex Dunbar ran ootae time tae recover from a long-term knee injury, despite travelling to the USA for specialist surgery, like.

He will havetae spend the Autumn watching it from home in Dunbarton.

Sorry.

Mike Phillips - one o' the slowest passes in International history!

 

Ah hear Ye on the drunken injury front... ma pal once stretched his knee ligaments slipping on beer. All the laddies croowded roond him laughing and when he expressed the fact that it really hurt, they laughed all the more.

Ah completely detached the ACL back in '98. It wiz a horror show. Ah intially hurt it aftae ma foot went inta a divot (the standard o' the pitch perhaps indicates the standard o' play) and Ah twisted ma knee. It hurt but Ah wiz soon back tae ma feet and, instead o' leaving the pitch, unwisely carried on. The ball went sailing o'er ma heid aftae a kick and Ah span on a sixpence tae try and chase it and Ah actually heard a big SNAP (it felt like the soond wiz in ma heid - very difficult to decsribe) and Ah went doon like Ah'd been shotgunned. This time it really hurt. Regardless, Ah managed tae hobble ma way tae the changing rooms, have a shower and went back tae watch the game.

O'er the weekend ma knee tightened up and it wiz a wee bit sore. Ah went tae the doctors and he told me it wiz alright! ::

9 months later Ah had an MRI scan which ID'd the ruptured ACL - completely tore offae the bone.

3 years and 3 months aftae an exploratory Arthroscopy, Ah finally had the ACL reconstruction.

As long as Ah get intae the moontains, Ah dinnae mind so much tbh.

 

I kinda feel sorry for the Welsh having lost Halfpenny and Webb. You'd rather beat them knowing they were at full strength. But it's possible one or two players will step up to the plate in their absence.

 

Just watching highlights of Campese making the all blacks look foolish in 1991...question, is it permitted to do a Campese during the sacred haka dance i.e. turn your back and practice your kicking?

 

Ah'm basing this on memory, so dinnae take ma word fer it, but Ah believe rules were imposed stating there should be a 10metre gap between New Zealand and they opposition when they line up tae face the Haka. This came intae being aftae Richard Cockerill, ex-England hooker, went nose-tae-nose wi' his oppo, Norm Hewett (years later Norm Hewett wid knock Cockerill oot, ootside a bar in NZ wi' whit wiz said tae be a stunning combination) back in the nineties.

As fer whit Ye're allowed tae do during the war dance, that's a team call and usual protocol is tae quietly face up tae it in a line. The French actually formed some kindae arrow shape when they lined up against the All Blacks in the 2011 World Cup final. Southern Pacific teams wi' they own war dances are alloowed tae perform them in synchronisation wi' the Haka, which Ah find quite entertaining. Ah have never seen such primitive dances, which the notable exception o' the huddle performed ba the sloth people o' Glasgow.

New Zealand once performed the Haka in the changing rooms in Cardiff as they took offence at the Welsh wanting tae sing a song aftae the Haka.

As fer being forced tae face up to it or, as Ye say, pull a Campo... Ah think Ye can do whit Ye like, behind yer own line, but be warned the precious New Zealander's will try and punish Ye. Remember whit happened tae BOD aftae he plucked a wee bit o' grass from the pitch and let it float in the breeze?

 

The Haka? I can't watch it without thinking it's all a bit camp-theatre now - and the opposition stare-down usually ain't the much better...

 

:will:

 

Aye, some o' the variations aren't as good as the one Ah grew up watching rugby wi', like, Ah agree.

Ah wiz just kilting ::