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Another rally series?
Or is it Rugby World Championship coming up again?
Rugby World Cup.
I'll see your ? and raise you 2 @ :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
See post #1Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I`m in.
Oh no. I was hoping I could avoid the rugby world cup by coming here. It'll be all over our TV screens and in our newspapers and on our radio, I was hoping this place would be a refuge.
I know! Why don't I just not read any threads about it! Great idea!
I wish we had that kind of coverage here :(Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonBrooke
The only television coverage that we'll get is the 3 matches that team Canada (yes, Canada has qualified - stop yer snickering :rolleyes: ) will play, and likely loose :mark: . ...And I have to get up at 6:00am to watch them :mark:
How about we swap locations for the duration of the world cup then?
Move to Spain it will go completely unnoticed, mind you, you will get extremely fed up with football.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonBrooke
There's an huge excitiment in Italy for the World Cup, we might end on podium this time :p :
btw welcome back knockie :wave:
You should try living in the country who are the defending champions, but who have absolutely no hope in winning it this time around :s If only the sports journos in this country would admit to it...............Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonBrooke
Luckily our local footy finals (AFL and Rugby League) has downplayed the RWC. But once it starts up i can see all those bloody one time union fans shouting 'I love the wallabies, always have. That guy who scored the try is a legend' jumping all over the bandwagon.
"you didnt love them yesterday, yesterday it was the socceroos! You bandwagon whore!" :p :
I hope anyone BUT the Wallabies win. I hate the Wallabies and the ARU... GO FIJI!!!
That's just because you're a "poor mans rugby" fan.
NO i hate the ARU because they just mulch theyre players that the Rugby League system helped to top level status (especially the Brisbane Broncos). They should be investing money in junior union instead of just buying league players. Classic example is Berrick Barnes, without the Broncos, he would be a nobody! The whole Union system is a joke, dont get me started on the super 14s. And this so called national Union competition theyve started, its very amatuer. They waste so much money, with some much corporate support you think it would be better to sort out thier many problems. Theyre a joke! they dont deserve any success!Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I have only ever met 2 Kiwis with no interest in Rugby, I'll add you to the list!Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonBrooke
Allez les Blues............... :p
I think you could also say the reverse, a hell of a lot of league players played union first and were lured across to league by the dollars thrown at them.Quote:
Originally Posted by millencolin
This changed when union became professional in Australia. I think the aru have also wasted a lot of money with some of these league players, I'm sorry but I believe Lote is a waste of space and so was Matt Rogers in union.
Allez les Blues.........
What? Because you don't like it it deserves no support? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by millencolin
Face it Union is the bigger game and that's what people want to play. Even in Australia you don't really hear about the League World Cup being on until Australia wins the final. You might hear it in Queensland and NSW but no one else really cares that much compared to Union. League is boring to watch because it's just back and forwards. No matter how good a team is at gaining position they have to give up the ball after a few tackles which is just silly. So the game just seesaw's back and forth. I once went to a League match in Auckland and was bored half to sleep. Never have that problem when watching SA play Australia. Whinging about Union stealing players is like complaining about softball losing players to baseball because people want to play the game that's more commonly played and more well know. If a player wants to play at the pinnacle of the sport and wants to get paid more then that's their choice. Perhaps you need to look at why League can't retain top players before you go whinging about Union picking them up.
Easy... SALARY CAP... everyone knows that. Union (and league in UK) can offer a bucketload more money as there isnt a salary cap like there is in the NRL. I think the Salary cap isnt big enough, but it doesnt matter how big it becomes, Union (and league in UK) will keep offering more. The salary cap is a good thing and a bad thing. Good because it evens out the competition. Without it i dont think the Tigers would of won the premiership back in 05, or South Sydney making the finals this year. if it wasn't in place, the Brisbane Broncos and the Sydney Roosters would buy most of the good players. But its also bad as other competitions can offer larger amounts of money and players who serve a club for many years can be forced out due to budget reasons (i.e Petero Civoniceva).Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Plus I wasn't ragging out against union in general (as i stated earlier... GO FIJI!!!). I wasn't saying how one game is better or more important than the other. I wasn't saying anything about 'LEAGUE IS A TOUGHER GAME' etc etc. I was just stating how I dont like the ARU/Wallabies therefore I don't want to see them win it.
Realistically I would love to see NZ win it, a country so crazy about a sport deserves to win its greatest prize. But Go Fiji!
I tell you, it would be a relief!Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
It's like that here too. To the New Zealanders, they're the only ones with a hope of winning. And if they don't win... the other teams cheated. Seriously - they're already preparing the excuses.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
You can add my mum and my brother to that list as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by cossie16
Fair enough then ;) You should watch it just for the good rugby though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by millencolin
and the answer is . . . . . .
I'll pass. Rugby is as boring as bat sh1t. Not as bad as the AFL which is the worst form of "football" ever invented.
No, it's the NFL for me. Now there's a real man's game if ever there was one! ;)
I like rugby and it starts tomorrow doesn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
By the way Hawkmoon. I wouldn't write the "S" word like that as the Mods are handing out Points like toffee for less :D
Salery caps don't work as it encourages back handers.Quote:
Originally Posted by millencolin
In the RFU amature game, the southern hemisphere teams were not supposed to be paying players so fitted players up with companies where they had to make a camio appearence to get a good wage and train the rest of the time. In effect, the Southern Hemisphere game was professional 10-15 years before the game turned pro.
GO ENGLAND!! :p :
I'm looking forward to the World Cup, and i'm thinking it might be a closer affair than people think.
That might have been the case in NZ and SA, but was definately not the case in Australia, that's why Australian Rugby lost so many good players to league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flat.tyres
I thought that 'boot money' originated in the UK, ie where amateur players would find money in their boots placed by 'unknown' people.
Alez les Blues...................
nice opening 5 minutes of the world cup.
argies all over france.
Well France lost. Supposedly a big upset but Argentina have always been strong so to me it wasn't entirely unexpected :)
Dirty English loser. Tripping one of the US players......
Very unsportsmanly conduct doing that against a lowly ranked nation.
I hope someone breaks his leg with a trip or something. I don't like dirty play at the best of times but to do it against a low ranked team is dispicable. Do they do a video review of the match after? Such a blatant trip shouldn't go unpunished!
The perfect opening game for the world cup, favourites get beaten by underdogs :D I could see Argentina doing well at this tournament, they have a strong side.
Otherwise everything going according to plan, Australia looking good after a shaky start, and the New Zealanders still my favourites to win.
And yes Daniel, what Phil Vickery did is very wrong, and he deserves everything he gets because of it, and thats coming from an England fan! I seem to remember Dominici did the same to Robinson 4 years ago, and got stick for it.
Oh yeh, England are doing rubbish as expected :p : comfortably winning though.
I do hope his leg doesn't get broken but he gets sighted for it. Bad Daniel! But when you do that it's wrong but when you do that to a lowly ranked country it just shows unsportsmanly conduct and for a captain that's just wrong. I think the Boks are going to be out for revenge for their defeat in Perth 4 years ago and it should be easy judging by this performance. I think the English have as much chance as the US of winning the world cup. Even the English fans are behind the US. Try time US! Take that! :)
Hercus converts too! Excellent play by the US. Very spiteful play by the English which is just wrong and isn't on at all.
Am I the only rugby fan here? South Africa and Samoa game is very physical at the moment. Nice high tackle from burger :mark:
South Africa with a nice convincing win over Samoa. Was a little worried with the first 40 though but they finished well.
I don't really get rugby. To me it is just a load of men rolling around in the mud with each other :sQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
That's a perfect description of football :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
You wouldn't be putting words into my mouth would?....again...
I have a friend who plays rugby and he thinks that you are more likely to get injured playing football because your legs are more exposed.
http://sportzfun.com/photos/albums/s..._leg_break.jpg