OT - Rugby World Cup

[Baron Grazic]

Originally posted by oleg:
I am even more puzzled why referee took the ball out the hand of Wallabies just before that ! Sure, the guy was down but Jessus Christ !!! how could anyone think this way - "I was pushed to the ground and instead of pushing up I must play dead and release the ball" That ruling was against the very human nature and as such should promote SOME change in the rules. If I was Aussie, I would justifiably complain of Referee bias. It might be right according to rules but IMHO a blow to the very concept of sport.

All being said, England was far better team. Just MHO again

I've gotta agree with Oleg, that call was very strange.
Full credit goes to the English on the result, who, not counting the first 5 minutes of play, played better rugby most of the match.

For those people who missed the suspencefully match, this is how I saw the end game.

A minute before Full Time, with Australia 3 points down, a 'so-so' umpire call looses Australia the ball just short of the Goal line.
Australia steals the ball back and with about 30 seconds to go, kicks a Goal to tie the match.

OverTime sees the ball go from one-end of the field to the other, with England in the lead again.
A minute and a half before the end of OverTime, Australia kicks another Goal to tie the match.

With only 30 seconds to go, England gets the ball down their end of the field, the entire Australian team know the ball will be passed to Jonny Wilkinson, the English 'kicker'.
The ball pops out of the scum, and an English player (Oleg will supply a name), starts running forward with the ball, with half the Australian team already running towards Jonny Wilkinson, away from the ball.
After looking like the English could score a try, he is just taken down, after gaining 10-odd metres.
The scum forms, the Australians know, the English know, the crowd knows that Jonny will get the ball this time.
The ball pops out, its passed to Jonny, the Australian team bears down on him, he kicks a drop goal, the whistle blows and England has won the match by 3 points.

A very nice ending. Personally I would have liked it to hit the post but still a fitting end to the Rugby World Cup hosted by Australia.