Rugby World Cup 2011: The Odds

JGK wrote:

JGK wrote:Just watching the Aussies scrum get annihilated by the Frogs. We suck.

Well clearly the Frogs suck more because we've just won 59-16.

I like the tactic of not dropping the ball so we don't actually have any scrums.

Fark me, that's a strange score

13 all at half time. Methinks someone put something in the oranges.

France, the Pak of rugby

Been professional for longer. More time for the bookies to get their claws in.

A totally bizarre match. Australia's backs look fan-bloody-tastic. Our forwards like they're trained by the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man.

Ben an odd sort of EOYT. Boks have looked awful then suddenly destroy England. Aus lose to England and then rape France. AB"s have looked good and then struggled against Wales

taipan wrote:

JGK wrote:

JGK wrote:Just watching the Aussies scrum get annihilated by the Frogs. We suck.

Well clearly the Frogs suck more because we've just won 59-16.

I like the tactic of not dropping the ball so we don't actually have any scrums.

Fark me, that's a strange score

The frogs reverted quickly to surrender when the fight should have been on.

The big logs they picked in the centres to run at our marshmallow where useless. Ashley-Cooper had the time of his life, never had so much time & space.

Ben Alexander had his worst Test to date He deserved to be binned & then hooked for being so feckin thick.

Why isn't the IRB looking for uniformity in the timing of crouch, touch, pause, engage?

IRB = ICC

taipan wrote:IRB = ICC

How ****** hard would it be taips. There's law for everything else but the ref's just hum their own tune.

Is the Bok game worth watching?

I would say so. The referee was a bit slow on the pause, engage bit, but otherwise spot on.

Score flatters England. We destroyed them. A line out masterclass.

taipan wrote:I would say so. The referee was a bit slow on the pause, engage bit, but otherwise spot on.

Score flatters England. We destroyed them. A line out masterclass.

Modest Mouse in the house.

You disagree with my assessment?

taipan wrote:You disagree with my assessment?

I didn't see the game but the scoreline tells me it's probably the way.

I did however, see Wales get buggered by the All Blacks.

Actually I thought the score flattered th AB's

We were typically poor in defence and possession of the ball isn't our strong point. Seems we've taken to the kicking game (in a greater sense) with little effect.

And Andy Powell tried knocking McCaw's head off.

Yeah we are sh!t.

JGK wrote:Just watching the Aussies scrum get annihilated by the Frogs. We suck.

If I were an Aussie I would be screaming at you right now. How could you be so careless to use up all your powers on a meaningless game of rugby when the first test of the Ashes was going on? Poor form JGK.

DJ_Smerk wrote:And Andy Powell tried knocking McCaw's head off.

He should have brought the golf buggy...

Hoping to see the PI Nations pull off some upsets at the world cup, they all seem to have come a long way in the discipline and professionalism of their game and with the large number of support they'll have in NZ they all are quite capable of an upset or two. Samoa and Fiji have both looked very promising in their matches and I didn't catch the game but I was surprised to hear Tonga pull through against the French Barbarians - who I thought looked a very strong outfit on paper.

Being half Fijian I'd love to see them replicate a similar feat to their run at the last World Cup. No doubt we'll need our forwards to play out of their skins if we are to pull off an upset because we do have the class in our backs.

Lako Fiji!!

Welcome aboard, mrf wizard.

skully wrote:Welcome aboard, mrf wizard.

vinaka

mrf wizard wrote:Hoping to see the PI Nations pull off some upsets at the world cup, they all seem to have come a long way in the discipline and professionalism of their game and with the large number of support they'll have in NZ they all are quite capable of an upset or two. Samoa and Fiji have both looked very promising in their matches and I didn't catch the game but I was surprised to hear Tonga pull through against the French Barbarians - who I thought looked a very strong outfit on paper.

Being half Fijian I'd love to see them replicate a similar feat to their run at the last World Cup. No doubt we'll need our forwards to play out of their skins if we are to pull off an upset because we do have the class in our backs.

Lako Fiji!!

You'll definitely overturn us in the group phases. I'm calling it.