Rugby world cup final

[AussieinUk]

cheer the lads onto victory after we have wiped the floor with the aussies

wishful a little eh?  

[Nuclearsox]

cheer the lads onto victory after we have wiped the floor with the aussies

wishful a little eh?  

Yeah, come on Nelly. Be realistic!

"Cheer the lads on to a valiant score draw after we have wiped the floor with the aussies" you mean.

[Jordan]

It was the one with fluffy hair, who looked like a doll.

[T4E]

Whats this "Rugby" thing all about then?

[Cocker]

Tugay4England Posted on Nov. 19 2003, 13:13

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Whats this "Rugby" thing all about then?

T4E:  If you think about it like this.  The cavemen used to try and drive cars with sqaure wheels until a rew of them broke away with round ones.  Well the same thing applies with the rugby, Everyone used to play it until someone had the idea to make the ball round and kick it instead of carry it.  Jonny Wilkinson is a prime example of someone that wants to play football and is a bit behind the times  

[Nuclearsox]

It was the one with fluffy hair, who looked like a doll.

I presume this is the answer to Blueboy's question on page 3 and not to the question "Which was your favourite toy as a child?"

[Jimbo]

It's just that I can't stand idiotic statements such as "rugby is alot more fun to play than football".

No statement, just a personal view - If I'd been any good at football no doubt I'd have enjoyed playing that as well - but as far as the fat oaf comparison goes, if you want to frame it in sweeping generalisations, you get a lot more of them playing football than rugby just because of the mass appeal of the game - Paul Gasgione springs to mind in the professional game.

[T4E]

Tugay4England Posted on Nov. 19 2003, 13:13

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Whats this "Rugby" thing all about then?

T4E:  If you think about it like this.  The cavemen used to try and drive cars with sqaure wheels until a rew of them broke away with round ones.  Well the same thing applies with the rugby, Everyone used to play it until someone had the idea to make the ball round and kick it instead of carry it.  Jonny Wilkinson is a prime example of someone that wants to play football and is a bit behind the times  

Ah right. What is my motivation to watch it then? Bear in mind it would involve spending more time in Macnhester than strictly neccesary........

[Blueboy Downunder]

It was the one with fluffy hair, who looked like a doll.

fluffy hair....he is quite tall aswell isn't he...and with black hair in the shape of an afro....if soi it is willie mason.....and to there are better front rowers than him....he reckons he is on £70k per week...willie has got his hand on it and thinks he is better than what he actually is....

ROVERS FOREVER

[Drunx2002]

 Well the same thing applies with the rugby, Everyone used to play it until someone had the idea to make the ball round and kick it instead of carry it.  

I think you'll find that it was a game of footy and some southern toff picked the ball up in a blatant disregard of the handball rule and ran the full length of the field with it.

It was at Rugby school, thus inventing rugby.

[Nuclearsox]

 Well the same thing applies with the rugby, Everyone used to play it until someone had the idea to make the ball round and kick it instead of carry it.  

I think you'll find that it was a game of footy and some southern toff picked the ball up in a blatant disregard of the handball rule and ran the full length of the field with it.

It was at Rugby school, thus inventing rugby.

No, no, no. It's from British Bulldogs:-

British Bulldogs is a game where two teams line up facing each other and take turns to crash through the opponent’s line. It was hugely popular in English public schools where smaller boys would be forced to take part against their will allowing the bigger boys to beat them up under the watchful gaze of the schoolmasters.

One such small boy, William Webb Ellis, decided to get his own back one day having found a cluster of ostrich eggs in the playing fields of Rugby school. With the egg tucked firmly under his arm he ran fearlessly at the school bully intending to smash it in his face. Unfortunately Ellis tripped at the vital moment as he TRYed to retrieve the egg from under his arm. He fell to the ground and his teammates tripped over him. The line of bigger boys then piled in, jumping on top, kicking and punching. The egg rolled loose and was picked up by the slowest and weediest of the smaller boys (little Johnny W).

Fearing the big boys would notice and go after him he dropped it and kicked it over the school wall in one swift movement… …and rugby was born

[T4E]

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[Drunx2002]

were there many ostriches roaming the playing fields of Rugby in 1823?!

imaginative explanation though!

[Nuclearsox]

were there many ostriches roaming the playing fields of Rugby in 1823?!

imaginative explanation though!

Oh yes. But they are now extinct in Rugby as someone kept nicking the eggs.

[Tris]

were there many ostriches roaming the playing fields of Rugby in 1823?!

imaginative explanation though!

Yep.  Check with Jim - he was there

and tyrannosaurus rex ...

[Blueboy Downunder]

when all is said and done, come saturday morning and wether you like rugby or not we all should be singing inside "swing low sweet chariot"....hoping the boys can become world champions.

ROVERS FOREVER

[ABBEY]

Although to be fair, I don't mind league, it's union I can't stand.

Nah, leagues crap. They just stay in lines, running forward, lookin like a herd of elephants or something. Union is miles better, its a proper game, not a formation

As opposed to "RUN,KICK ,LIFT HIM UP TO CATCH IT,ALL PILE ON,WHISTLE FOR SOME OBSCURE PENALTY,KICK A PEN,KICK AGAIN ALL PILE ON PENALTY FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT ,OH ITS TO FAR WE WILL KICK IT OUT AGAIN?"

Hope they win but union is defo egg chasing.

oops i missed kick it out again,lift him up kick it out again

missed stuck up buggers too ie.harry and his free hospitalty packages....bet he didnt queue up early to get his ticket for the final

How can YOU criticise any form of rugby when you follow the Homosexual American version.

Stop, start, watch it on video, get the coach to look in a play book, spend 14 hours putting on all the soft padding, make the game last 4 hours with no action.

hee hee thats different

[Ste B]

Seems our Kangaroo Jockey friends have been inadvertantly helping Jonny Wilkinson

Animal welfare campaigners are calling on Jonny Wilkinson to ditch the boots which have helped kick England through to the Rugby Union World Cup final.

Activists are angry the 24-year-old fly-half is wearing boots made using leather from kangaroos killed in Australia.

The conversion specialist uses Predator Mania boots by sportswear giant Adidas, with whom he also has a lucrative sponsorship deal.

Adidas claims the boots, which cost £120 a pair in the shops, are engineered to provide more swerve and accuracy.

Other sports stars who use Predator Manias include David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane.

But campaigners from Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva!) claim the leather used in Adidas boots and others encourages the slaughter of millions of wild kangaroos every year.

"Three million kangaroo skins a year are exported from Australia and the vast majority are used to make football boots," said Viva! spokesman Graeme Wotherspoon.

"We would urge Jonny Wilkinson to boycott Predator boots and move over to ones made from synthetic alternatives."

The official number of Australian kangaroos killed - the quota for 2003 is 6.5 million - does not include the baby kangaroos who also die as a result, according to Viva!

Adidas said the cull of kangaroos is to control population figures and is closely monitored by the Australian Government.

[Sydney Rovers]

Hey, it didn't help Beckham during a certain game earlier this year did it?  

[Tris]

William Ellis had the foresight to pick the ball up and run with it. Why are England regressing the game? - Stuart Faulkner

ha ha ha !!!!

what a stupid signature !  

have you forgotten how you rock breakers "won" last time out  

not that I watched the rubbish - just pointing out the obvious

[salothsar]

I'll be watching on Sat afternoon.( Don't think I'd bother getting up early on a Sunday morning for it though.) I've watched a few matches and tried to get into it, especially as there are plenty of Aussies, French and quite a few Kiwis round here. I still can't understand why most people like it. However, to the Aussies its a means to show off their bravado and manliness. Its almost as if it were invented so they could compare it to football and call all Brits poofs.

By far the main and almost the only reason I will be in the pub on Sat and be vastly out numbered by the convicts is that I could never miss a realistic opportunity of being there when they are beaten.  Seeing them beaten by anyone is great, being beaten by England is something I couldn't miss. Australians, almost to a man, are the most obnoxious unsporting pig ignorant boring @#/?s ever when it comes to either winning or losing. I realise not all are like this but it is true of a frightningly large proportion of the ones I've met. They still brag about beating England in the football friendly and having the highest score in any international.

They are pathetic and I can't wait to see their faces if we win. However, I still expect them to win.

[Sydney Rovers]

William Ellis had the foresight to pick the ball up and run with it. Why are England regressing the game? - Stuart Faulkner

ha ha ha !!!!

what a stupid signature !  

have you forgotten how you rock breakers "won" last time out  

not that I watched the rubbish - just pointing out the obvious

But Tris, the Wallabies actually crossed the try line, something the guys in white couldn't do and in fact didn't look like doing. They'd rather let little Johnny get some kicking practise instead.

Here's a quote for you:

Great opportunity for the Sydney Swans (Sydney's Aussie Rules team), to sign new members this week. The Swans colours are right and the English fans obviously enjoy a game where the object is to get it down your end of the field and kick it between the goalposts.

[dave birch]

Doing the rounds on radio in Sydney....

Guy, carrying his dog walks into a bar in Sydney, the dog is festooned in England colours.

Barman says, sorry mate, no dogs in here.

The guys appeals to the barman, "Look, my TV's stuffed, I can't get a ticket, and I've just got to see the game"

The barman relents, but adds, at the first sign of a problem, "you're out"

Anyway, England get the kickoff, get the ball down to the 22 and receive a penalty, which JW promptly pots over for a goal.

The dog the leaps onto the bar, on it's hind legs dispensing high fives to all and sundry.

The barman says, "mate, that's fantastic, What does he do when England score a try?"

Guy replies, "No idea mate, I've only had him for three years....."

[philipl]

To say that England are favourites to beat Australia on their own turf to win a World Cup, I am completely under-whelmed by the vwhole thing.

Have to say I have found this RU World Cup very sterile and a huge amount of the sterility has come from the man mountains in white.

Football (soccer) remains thoroughly democratic. Any ordinary looking person with the requisite skill can play it. You don't have to be a physical freak to reach the top unlike rugby, american football, basketball etc etc

[broadsword]

Read one yesterday - Clive Woodward is going through Australian Customs just after his flight's touched down, and the passport officer is giving him the first degree.

Passport Officer: "Do you have a criminal record, sir?"

Clive: "Do you still need one to get in then?"