Rugby Worldcup 2007

[garv]

so it's down to the final 8 who do people here think will win?

Game 1: Australia Vs England
Game 2: New Zealand Vs France

Game 3: South Africa Vs Fiji
Game 4: Argentina Vs Scotland


my guess:

Game 1: Australia
Game 2: New Zealand

Game 3: South Africa
Game 4: Argentina (but i hope scotland take it)

yes I think the top 4 teams in the world are going to go through. makes sense, i guess

garv

[garv]

what a one sided ref in the aussie england game

gotta go back to work :( maybe 10 minutes late.

[glenandjason]

you guys got owned!

[garv]

ok I now know that the rugby world cup is fixed for TV raitings.

basically if the team with the smaller TV viewers makes an error, knock on, forward pass, or doesn't get out of the way of a person that just falls over and asks for a penalty then the bigger TV audience gets the penalty.

or if the team with the bigger TV audience scores off a forward pass the reff and the sideline refs are told not to notice it.

in both today games it was clearly shown that the better teams, NZ and Oz, were heavily peanalised for reasons that the other teams got away with.

This is the downfall of professional rugby!!!

It may as well be called soccer for the bad calls and the oscar award winning performances to get penalties the French and the English put in there.

oh and glen and jason, i gather you're a gay couple?!

[garv]

PS I'm very drunk, downed a bottle of rum after getting out of work, mainly cause as I was cycling home, in a rush to see the rugby, some cunt through a lit cigarette, that hit me, out of a car window and yelled something like "stick the bike seat up your ass you fag!"

Scotts, I can't understand them, are they really that hard done by that they need to attack anyone that maybe slightly different!? I ride a bike to save cash. The abuse I get in Scotland for riding a bike, I've never had anywhere else in the world.

I'm in a shitty mood and thinking of heading back down under; the way many scotts behave is just foul and very sad for all humanity.

[::Asmodeu$::]

Originally Posted by garv

PS I'm very drunk, downed a bottle of rum after getting out of work, mainly cause as I was cycling home, in a rush to see the rugby, some cunt through a lit cigarette, that hit me, out of a car window and yelled something like "stick the bike seat up your ass you fag!"
Scotts, I can't understand them, are they really that hard done by that they need to attack anyone that maybe slightly different!? I ride a bike to save cash. The abuse I get in Scotland for riding a bike, I've never had anywhere else in the world.
I'm in a shitty mood and thinking of heading back down under; the way many scotts behave is just foul and very sad for all humanity.

Try Amsterdam, I hear it's one of the most cycle-friendly places in the world. Here in Melbourne, the whole cycling thing is growing, but not very quickly. Probably because you can't take the bike on buses or trams, which cover around two thirds of Melbourne's public transport network.

But hey, you could always use public transport. Too bad the trains are always late, and between 7am-10am and 3pm-6.30pm they are just packed full of people. Sometimes it's so bad that people are trying to push their way into the train and get stuck in the door. LOL.
What a fucking joke, Connex.

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Back to the topic, I (honestly) couldn't really give a fuck about the rugby. Shame it's so biased though. Referee hunt, anyone? *wields shotgun*

[lepperlemming]

I sadly watch New Zealand play (gotta support the guys in black), must say i hate the fact we had to wear silver, we are the all blacks, not all silver, but never mind. I look at it this way. The ref gave the french a penalty they didnt deserve and yellow carded our player. =3 points plus 14 men for ABs. During this 14men time they (the french) got a try. Later on the french did a blatant forward pass and got another try. thats a lot of points the ref helped score!

I want the argentinians to win now

[Venom-C]

Yes the All black france game had a poor ref (who made poor decisions against both sides), but it was in fact New Zealand who were their own enemy's in that game. France didn't play well, they just took their chances. The All Blacks have no big match temperament.


...Springboks for the World Cup!

[Korben]

Yes the All black france game had a poor ref (who made poor decisions against both sides), but it was in fact New Zealand who were their own enemy's in that game. France didn't play well, they just took their chances. The All Blacks have no big match temperament.

Yeah i agree with that, but thems the breaks

[garv]

Originally Posted by ::Asmodeu$::

But hey, you could always use public transport. Too bad the trains are always late, and between 7am-10am and 3pm-6.30pm they are just packed full of people. Sometimes it's so bad that people are trying to push their way into the train and get stuck in the door. LOL.
What a fucking joke, Connex.
/rant

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I used to use public transport a lot in sydney. i ended up creating

www.shityrail.info

the public transport in edinburgh isn't too bad, just very slow. they have a bus stop about every 100meters (sometimes less) so a 5 mile journey takes about 45 minutes a pace of 1 mile every 9 minutes.

in city cycling, I average around the 25Km (15mile roghly) to 30km (20mile roughly) an hour. So takes me around 15 to 20 minutes to travel the same 5mile. and doesn't cost $2.50Au.

It also removes some of the fat from the m&ms i so dearly love.

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I don't really care who wins the rugby any more. either the springboks or the pumas would be good as i felt they won their semis in fair calls. but i have a feeling that france may take it.