2011 Rugby World Cup :D :D

[doctormalisimo]

Any rugby fans here? I know it's not that popular outside of the UK, Ireland, France and Oceania but it's a growing sport and becoming ever increasingly popular throughout Europe and the US.

 

[goktengri]

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I don't watch it but we were playing it at garden of primary school in old times it's funny

 

[doctormalisimo]

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It can be hilarious to watch.
It's really rough though, and players can suffer some really bad injuries and most rugby players tend to retire at a younger age than footballers.

And it's the only team sprt (that I can think of) where Ireland is one of the best teams in the world

 

[doctormalisimo]

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August 2011 World Rankings
1. NEW ZEALAND
2. AUSTRALIA
3. SOUTH AFRICA
4. IRELAND
5. ENGLAND
6. FRANCE
7. WALES
8. ARGENTINA
9. SCOTLAND
10. SAMOA
11. ITALY
12. JAPAN
13. TONGA
14. FIJI
15. GEORGIA
16. CANADA
17. USA
18. ROMANIA
19. RUSSIA
20. NAMIBIA

The full ranking can be seen here: http://www.irb.com/rankings/full.html

 

[yulara]

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first preparation game tonight for us : France vs Ireland
Hope it will go well for France as, since their lost against Australia in November, they loose their game... and world cup is tomorrox now...
Allez les Bleus!

 

[yulara]

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France played very well the first 20 minutes (or was it that ireland was not there?). after that, it was a lot more complicated... World Cup will be very difficult this year...
If Blues won against Blacks in pools, they will loose in quarter against Scotland (as usual after wining the balcks).
If they loose, they will have to beat England (our ancestral ennemies), then Australia (our nightmare since november and the 16-59...) and finaly the Blacks (here, eveything is possible, we can be their nightmare)
So wait and see, hope it will be the year but actualy don't believe it...

 

[doctormalisimo]

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Ireland didnt even play for the first 20 minutes.....
It was a poor performance by us.

At least this world cup cant be any disastrous than the last

 

[yulara]

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Ireland didn't qualify for the quarter if I remember well. It was quite a shock. Actualy, the shock was Argentina finishing first of the pool, ahead of France and Ireland... When you think that most of argentinian players played in the french Top14, it's a shame
Anyway, this year, it would be ok for Ireland to qualify. even if Italy beat us in the last tournament, I don't think they're able to do like Argentina.

 

[doctormalisimo]

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The 2007 WC was just a nightmare for us. Argentina just surprised the world

I'm hoping for a semi-final this time round

 

[yulara]

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I hope we will have a good game this afternoon.
Ireland should be much more stronger than last week and for France, well, it's a completely different team than last week... Dussautoir will be not there (and god knows is a good player with a real impact on the french game) but Rougerie will come back after his injury. Really hope that he will make it as he's my favorite player of my favorite team in the french championship and he really deserve to go to new-zealand...

 

[yulara]

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Ireland was amazing during the first 30 minutes, hopefully (for us) France came back in the game but it's another match where they didn't play full-time...
Rougerie made an excellent match so I'm really happy, but on the other hand, I feel so sorry for Jones, I hope he can still go to new-zealand...

 

[Charly]

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Im not very fond of Rugby. Buy my town I live in Widnes Vikings has been granted to the super league for next year .

When I was at School during an ITC Lesson my teacher who is a fan of Rugby just saw the announcement

 

[yulara]

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Today is THE day

Allez les Bleus! Allez les Blacks! Allez les Wallabies! Allez le Trefle!

 

[doctormalisimo]

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RWC 2011 - RESULTS SO FAR
Group A:
New Zealand 41-10 Tonga
France 47-21 Japan

Group B:
Scotland 34-21 Romania
Argentina 9-13 England

Group C:
Australia 32-6 Italy
Ireland 22-10 USA


Group D:
Fiji 49-25 Namibia
South Africa vs Wales to take place soon!

 

[yulara]

waouh, Wales was so close! one of the best match i've seens in this first round (i didn't watch scotland/romania, australia/italy and fidji/namibia, too early ).

quite a difficult beginning for the french team, especialy between 40 and 70 minutes. I hope they will solve everything for Canada.

 

[yulara]

poor Japan, one point per minute against the blacks :/

 

[yulara]

Ireland, you're amazing!!!

 

[doctormalisimo]

Ireland, you're amazing!!!

yeah we are. I was watching the match with a couple of Irish people (you'd be surprised how many of us there are in Scotland) and the atmosphere was just electric. It was like we had actually won the world cup.

 

[My Star]

 

[doctormalisimo]

^although that isnt the flag of the national team. Until Martin becomes your president....