The Rugby Thread, 2nd Tackle

[SirFozzie]

Remember that scene from the Replacements where angry players turn over Keanu Reeve's car?

 

The New Zealand rugby players did something similar with a fully loaded 4x4. Just moved it because it was blocking their team bus.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvJtYBN-KwA

[SirFozzie]

No surprise in the first semi, and now I'm actually wanting England to win more. It would be fun to see England get blown out and get to the "England in Shambles" posts.. but I'm TIRED of New Zealand-South Africa.

[DangerMark]

As much as I hate England RU and want them to lose every single match they ever play ever, I don't think you get to post about how they're in shambles after the World Cup Semi Finals even if SA put up a cricket score.

[SirFozzie]

Fine Fine. No rugby shambles. I'll have to take my ENgland In Shambles to the cricket thread.. although it's highly unlikely they'll be in shambles again right?

[The Natural]

World Champions South Africa trailed France until the 69th minute and won by a point.

World Champions South Africa trailed England until the 78th minute and won by a point.

England so close. Didn't expect that.

[SirFozzie]

USA Women are in the inagural WXV tournament's second tier (a 6 team tournament that will in future versions provide a pathway to the top tier WXV1 tournament). Played Samoa, and there was some internationally world-class tries scored in the USA win

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DVO_gYSl38

[ohtani's jacket]

I guess I should say something about this morning's game.

England played perfect wet weather rugby for more than an hour and would have won the game if they had made the most of two attacking opportunities they had in the corner. I thought the game was out of reach for South Africa after Farrell's drop goal, but once they got a sniff at scrum time they were like a shark with blood in the water. It's a shame that England had to lose because of a single facet in the game when they outplayed South Africa for most of the match, but sport is cruel. England needed to be more clinical with those two scoring opportunities in the corner. It was a proper semi-final, but it was slow and there was so much kicking. Plenty of emotion and passion, though.

[SirFozzie]

England is still in the final. Or at least represented at the final. England's Wayne Barnes has been named referee for the RWC final. (guess it had to be a Northern Hemishphere ref with two Southern Hemisphere teams playing, and Barnes is pretty good.

[SirFozzie]

Great third place game, but I fear that red card has ruined the final.. first ever red card in a final. Not history you want to make 

[SirFozzie]

Someone get the four leaf clover shaped horseshoe out of South Africa's collective arses.

 

1 Point win in every knockout game. Never going to be topped (unless we get rugby's version of PK's to decide a game)

[DangerMark]

It's a penalty shootout from the 22 until Martyn Williams slices his shot sending Cardiff out of the Heineken Cup.

[ohtani's jacket]

Feeling a bit empty after that. I had a bad feeling when I turned the game on and saw it was raining. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. We showed some fight with a man down and had some chances but couldn't take them. South Africa defended well, especially Pieter-Steph du Toit, and New Zealand made some costly mistakes inside the opposition 22 much like England had done the week before. I don't feel like getting into all of the controversy. I'll just say that the TMO being constantly involved is frustrating to watch. I never thought the All Blacks would get this far, but it still hurts that they couldn't get over the finish line. I really like the South African captain, though, so I'm happy for him.

[SirFozzie]

To no one's surprise... Eddie Jones? He gone. (again)

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/67254778

Probably going to fuck off to coach Japan again

[SirFozzie]

Huge win for Ireland.

 

Hugest win in fact (Biggest away win in France in their history!)

[SirFozzie]

Crazy two games between Scotland and Wales. (ok, it was one game, but it was a tale of two games)

 

27-0 Scotland then 26-0 Wales

 

Final Result 27-26 Scotland

[SirFozzie]

Scotland: Beat Wales. Lose to Italy. What the effing eff.

And hell of a game between England and Ireland too.

[DangerMark]

9 hours ago, SirFozzie said:

Scotland: Beat Wales. Lose to Italy. What the effing eff.

This will make a whole lot more sense in a few weeks when Italy beat Wales.

[SirFozzie]

On 3/10/2024 at 8:28 AM, DangerMark said:

This will make a whole lot more sense in a few weeks when Italy beat Wales.

You may have called it.

[The Natural]

On 3/10/2024 at 12:28 PM, DangerMark said:

This will make a whole lot more sense in a few weeks when Italy beat Wales.

 

56 minutes ago, SirFozzie said:

You may have called it.

P, 5.

W, 0.

L, 5.

D, 0.

Wales' first wooden spoon for 21 years.

Edited March 16, 2024 by The Natural

[DangerMark]

I thought we were friends, but clearly not.

^_~

[SirFozzie]

I think this is what we refer to as "Mad bantz, yo..."

 

[SirFozzie]

One of the best games in rugby history:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-crm54CN40

[The Natural]

Rob Burrow has passed away after a long battle with MND, he was 41. I'm gutted. Burrow and Kevin Sinfield who raised money for MND are legends.

[SirFozzie]

Ireland-South Africa was a humdinger.. England-New Zealand was good, but you know the routine by now..

 

And the USA played. The less said about that, the better.

[SirFozzie]

Holy shit. 

 

How it started: 20-3 Australia

How it ended: 67-27 Argentina.

 

Australia's biggest loss in a Test. EVER.