You'd better hope they've been training hard for the past 3 years.
Meh, the Scots were looking for a win. Of course they chose to trash Japan to build moral. Of course if they took on someone like italy, france, ireland etc and lost thier moral would further plummet downwards. They needed a win. Japan understood it and thats how they played.
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You'd better hope they've been training hard for the past 3 years.
Meh, the Scots were looking for a win. Of course they chose to trash Japan to build moral. Of course if they took on someone like italy, france, ireland etc and lost thier moral would further plummet downwards. They needed a win. Japan understood it and thats how they played.
Are you trying to say Japan lost on purpose to save Scottish morale?
I like how there was all this controversy over the new jerseys that the Australian players have because it is made of material that soaks ions or some bullshit so that they can perform better.
They sent them off to be tested by the anti doping comity.
Rivals complain about Wallabies' jerseys
September 5, 2007 - 8:30PM
Rival nations fear Australia will get a sneaky scientific advantage at the Rugby World Cup with ion-charged jerseys that needed to be drug-tested.
But the Wallabies won't be getting any extra assistance in their pool B opener on Saturday in Lyon, as Japan will also wear the revolutionary jumper.
The material reacts with sweat to create a negative ion charge to stimulate blood flow, bringing more energy to muscles and speeding up the removal of lactic acid.
England-based sports science testing purports to showing it gives athletes a 2.7 per cent boost.
Ironically, the jerseys have been made by New Zealand sportswear manufacturer Canterbury but the All Blacks have not taken the technology on board as they attempt to break a 20-year World Cup drought.
Australia, who unveiled their new jumper against South Africa in Sydney on July 7, and Japan are two of five nations wearing the state-of-the-art garments.
The Springboks, Scotland and Ireland are also wearing the Canterbury jersey.
The Australian Rugby Union was approached about using the material earlier this year and were made to sign a confidentiality agreement.
The jersey reportedly has upset England and the International Rugby Board had referred it on for drug testing by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
WADA have approved the jersies for the seven-week tournament.
England have missed the boat with their World Cup uniforms but three forwards - Phil Vickery, Andy Sheridan and Matt Stevens - intend wearing ionised singlets under their Nike jerseys.
Go Springboks! I think maybe South Africa stand a chance this year - they'll certainly come out tops in pool A, anyway.
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So, this finally kicks off, in like an hour with France Vs Argentina, you should be able to watch it here if you are in the UK and can get the fucking thing to work.
Some shenanigans with TV rights or something, blah blah blah
France to win tonight?
First bunch of matches.
Tonight
France - Argentina
08 Sep 2007
New Zealand - Italy
Australia - Japan
England - USA
09 Sep 2007
Wales - Canada
South Africa - Samoa
Scotland - Portugal
Ireland - Namibia
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edited September 2007
France totally fucking it up in the 1st half there, especially just before the Argentine try, seemed like such an obvious French try and Argentina steal it out from under them, they'd better play a fuck load better if they want a chance of winning.
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edited September 2007
France 12 - 17 Argentina
Good Argentine play, too many French mistakes, they should just be glad the Argentines missed so many kicks, 4 or 5, otherwise the gap would've been bigger.
3 matches tomorrow, I look forward to the Australia - Japan match ;-)
That defence on the line straight after the half time break was fantastic by Argentina. I seriously think that there won the game for them. In fact the pressure by the Argentinians was fantastic that whole half.
there's a japanese restaurant down the road which is also a big rugby spot. they play all the wallaby's matches on projector screens
the place is going to go wild
shame the match doesn't coincide with happy hour ($10 for a litre of asahi) or the place would go really wild
anyway i'm really looking forward to seeing the aussies play well in this tournament. they've been out of form for so long - i just want a few good moments, enough to let me remember why i like rugby in the first place.
a game that doesn't consist of twenty-odd points of penalties per team would be optimal
there's a japanese restaurant down the road which is also a big rugby spot. they play all the wallaby's matches on projector screens
the place is going to go wild
shame the match doesn't coincide with happy hour ($10 for a litre of asahi) or the place would go really wild
anyway i'm really looking forward to seeing the aussies play well in this tournament. they've been out of form for so long - i just want a few good moments, enough to let me remember why i like rugby in the first place.
a game that doesn't consist of twenty-odd points of penalties per team would be optimal
northern hemisphere refs are whistle happy, unfortunately
there's a japanese restaurant down the road which is also a big rugby spot. they play all the wallaby's matches on projector screens
the place is going to go wild
shame the match doesn't coincide with happy hour ($10 for a litre of asahi) or the place would go really wild
anyway i'm really looking forward to seeing the aussies play well in this tournament. they've been out of form for so long - i just want a few good moments, enough to let me remember why i like rugby in the first place.
a game that doesn't consist of twenty-odd points of penalties per team would be optimal
northern hemisphere refs are whistle happy, unfortunately
This is unfortunate because Rugby is all about flow, whistle happy refs kinda ruin that.
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You'd better hope they've been training hard for the past 3 years.
Meh, the Scots were looking for a win. Of course they chose to trash Japan to build moral. Of course if they took on someone like italy, france, ireland etc and lost thier moral would further plummet downwards. They needed a win. Japan understood it and thats how they played.
Are you trying to say Japan lost on purpose to save Scottish morale?
"What do you want"
"Listen, we really need this win. Could you intentionally play badly. It would mean a lot to us."
"Sure...I guess. Yeah, ok."
"Oh, really? Thank you so much!"
"Haha, it's fine."
"No, seriously. We owe you one."
"It's fine, it's fine."
"Alright, thanks again Japan. Bye!"
":3"
They sent them off to be tested by the anti doping comity.
Well going on that pattern it's Australia's turn to win again
That's fucking stupid.
it always happens
3 out of 4 years, the All Blacks are an unstoppable juggernaut.
Then...
fuck.
we were looking totally fucked until recently
Also if New Zealand choke in the semis again I will burn down an orphanage.
Some shenanigans with TV rights or something, blah blah blah
France to win tonight?
First bunch of matches.
Tonight
France - Argentina
08 Sep 2007
New Zealand - Italy
Australia - Japan
England - USA
09 Sep 2007
Wales - Canada
South Africa - Samoa
Scotland - Portugal
Ireland - Namibia
World Rankings: http://www.irb.com/rankings/full.html
Still going to get trounced mind.
Mind.
:O :O :O
He looks like someone's taken two half faces and glued them together.
Good Argentine play, too many French mistakes, they should just be glad the Argentines missed so many kicks, 4 or 5, otherwise the gap would've been bigger.
3 matches tomorrow, I look forward to the Australia - Japan match ;-)
the place is going to go wild
shame the match doesn't coincide with happy hour ($10 for a litre of asahi) or the place would go really wild
anyway i'm really looking forward to seeing the aussies play well in this tournament. they've been out of form for so long - i just want a few good moments, enough to let me remember why i like rugby in the first place.
a game that doesn't consist of twenty-odd points of penalties per team would be optimal
northern hemisphere refs are whistle happy, unfortunately
This is unfortunate because Rugby is all about flow, whistle happy refs kinda ruin that.
Australia 91 - 3 Japan, HAHAHAHAHA Raped and not by tentacles either.
England - USA up next.
USA played bloody well, I didn't realise they were only semi-pro. England played pretty poorly. Was a well deserved US try at the end there aswell.
And yeah, it was a pretty boring match all round.
5 tries in 15 minutes, jees.
RSA - Samoa, playing now RSA winning at half time
Scotland - Portugal: Might be able to watch this match HERE
Ireland - Namibia