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Heading for another rugby weekend - Oh Dear! One banned, one injured and the Captain splashed over the RedTops and drunken dwarf throwing. Not a good advert for the team is it? Or don't people think this really matters? Although I expect the Georgia match will be a doddle, as will their other matches (they got a lucky Pool) but cannot honestly see them progressing very far in the tournament.
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ALLEZ LA FRANCE!!!!!Originally posted by Anna View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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To be honest, I haven't seen any of their matches yet (these early tv transmissions are not user-friendly) but if they're playing well (are they?) I'll give them permission to winOriginally posted by Caliban View PostALLEZ LA FRANCE!!!!!
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At least they're not chucking dwarves left right and centre....Originally posted by Anna View PostTo be honest, I haven't seen any of their matches yet (these early tv transmissions are not user-friendly) but if they're playing well (are they?) I'll give them permission to win
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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The Welsh team have also had their moments. After celebrating Wales's dramatic 2010 Six Nations win over Scotland, Andy Powell was arrested at 6am trying to drive a golf buggy – top speed 20mph – the mile and a half to a service station down the M4 hard shoulder. Everyone thought that was pretty funny but he lost his place in the squad.Originally posted by Caliban View PostAt least they're not chucking dwarves left right and centre....
Moody is back as Captain and there are 9 changes for England's match tomorrow. The excuse for the over-enthusiastic night out is that they were celebrating a hard-won victory, seemed like a pretty underwhelming victory to me!
Edit: Absolutely brilliant match!!!! Ireland v Australia, heart-stopping last 5 mins, do watch it!! I am quite overcome with emotion!Last edited by Guest; 17-09-11, 11:17.Comment
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yes Anna a quite thrilling victory for Ireland, really stuck it to the Wallabies with "intent and intensity" not pretty but a hard won triumph! One of thoise games where the highlights might not cut it, it was a battle to live through ...Absolutely brilliant match!!!! Ireland v Australia, heart-stopping last 5 mins, do watch it!!According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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Originally posted by Anna View Post
Been doing some emergency work today after Building a Library... which meant that I was at the computer with the match on... caught the last 25 minutes, terrific stuff indeed!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I think Ireland kept the entire front row on the whole match, they were so dominant....looks like Gordon Darcy has had it, (ham string by the look of it)....O'Brien played a stormer....if kicks had gone over they have had another 12 points....What's wrong with these balls....??bong chingComment
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8ob, you must have been watching with my wife. How dare you, Sir! Those are nearly her exact words. She added that Wilkinson had had the same problem with the ball. Did you discuus that with her as well? Me? Oh, I was sent to do the shopping. Hmmm.Originally posted by eighthobstruction View PostComment
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But is it balls or wind? The balls have been in use for a year including the Six Nations and Tri Nations.
No good getting excited about England's match tomorrow, as I said it'll be a high-scoring walkover. Wilkinson is on the bench and replaced by Flood so no chance to see if his kicking will be as dire as last match. Bit of trivia: The only previous time England and Georgia have met, England ran in 12 tries in an 84-6 victory in the pool stages of the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Perth.Comment
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WAY-ELLES WAY-ELLES
We got a result!!!!!!! 17-10 against Samoa
(P.S. What a lovely anthem Georgia has, music taken from the operas "Abesalom da Eteri" and "Daisi" by the composer Zakaria Paliashvili, the founder of Georgian classical music)Last edited by Guest; 18-09-11, 07:18.Comment
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Why is Dillon Armitage on the wing ??....I notice that several of the squads [NZ, SA, France are using utility backs on wing....because size of squads means only 3 wingers are taken]....answered my own question....
Couldn't be bothered watching England as yet [on digi box] thought it would be an ugly disjointed match....i was right was'nt I ??....Did Banahan get some pitch time??bong chingComment
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Wondered which message-boarder you were talking about for a moment there. Two or three candidates spring to mind...Originally posted by Anna View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Talking about the 14 penalties England conceded, captain Lewis Moody said: "We made it hard for ourselves. We gave away a lot of penalties and made a lot of mistakes at the breakdown."
But he mustn't let those penalties and mistakes dwarf the fact that they won!
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