Phew! It's over. Now lets see who they're up against next week. Good play by Fiji. I'm almost sad to see them lose.
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Phew! It's over. Now lets see who they're up against next week. Good play by Fiji. I'm almost sad to see them lose.
Fiji played very well against Wales.
One thing about this world cup, there aint no easy games left in the RWC. I sure learned that lesson a few weeks ago.
I can understand why you're tense & nervous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I f there's any justice the IRB will wake up and give Fiji and the rest more money to develop the undoubted talent they have. And as for Argentina, surely the time has come to go in either 6/Tri Nations. Rugby deserves more competition if it wishes to be a truly world game, which is what we want.
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Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Indeed. Regarding Argentina, it will be hard for the organizers of 6/Tri Nations to explain why a team that - as of today - finished ahead of at least 2 out of 3 (Tri Nations) and 4 out of 6 (6 Nations, having defeated 3 of those teams) is not included in either cup.
The 6 Nations needs to be bolstered with good teams. Aprt from the two wins by France & England, the RWC has not been a good world cup for the home nations.
I just noticed, and I find it interesting: the four semifinalist teams come from just two pools (A and D). This means that there is a 50% chance that the final will be a re-match.
If the final is a rematch, I don't think the pool results will be repeated.
Just thought I'd pop in to congratulate English Rugby fans on their gutsy win :up:
Congrats and best of luck for the Finals :up:
I don't in the slightest.Quote:
Originally Posted by cossie16
Australians are bitter about the 2003 World Cup final and probably about this 12-10 loss to England (at least the newspaper were quite scathing) but they've either forgotten or been ignorant of the fact that in order to force a penalty or conceed one in the first place requires a lot more than one person.
The English forward pack pummelled the Australians into mistakes and within striking distance. The thing about Rubgy as opposed to Rugby League is that you can develop different sets of tactics because there is more than one principle method of scoring. It's akin to the NFL in that respect.
Australian crowds are largely used to seeing Rugby League which produces a different set of tactics, and then complain when something else is used.
The two codes are DIFFERENT.