OT - Rugby World Cup

[Baron Grazic]

Well it is going to be a huge long-weekend for sports in Melbourne this weekend.

First we have Derby Day at the Races, with other horse racing events following each day until the climax on Tuesday.

At the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) the Australian and Irish National Football teams go head-to-head in the 'Internation Rules Series', which is a mix of AFL Football & Irish football

At "The Dome" we have the Rugby World Cup, where Australia is playing the Irish, and I beleive both teams will get into the finials win or loose.

And to finish off the long weekend on Tuesday, we have the "Race that stops the Nation"! The famous "Melbourne Cup" horse race, in which an Irish horse is also suppose to run.

The Irish Pubs are going to make a years profit from this one weekend.

[ October 30, 2003, 21:49: Message edited by: Baron Grazic ]

[minipol]

Originally posted by Growltigger:
Gravey101, wouldn't surprise me one bit for our Gallic chums to assume that Waterloo was actually just an adjunct to Charlerois and Ligny where they beat the British and the Prussians just before getting royally cucumbered at Waterloo!

Keep in mind that the modern French still dont think even Caesar conquered them, they believe Asterix is the truth and that all of Gaul may well have been conquered, but a small village of indomitable gauls still held out against the invader, mainly through the use of magic potion!!

Hey hey hey! The Belgians (rather the tribes living in the part that is now Belgium) where the Last to stand up to Caesar while the other Gauls tribes where already conquered.
Caesar described our ancestors as "the bravest among the Gaul".
Quote: "Belgae Gallorum Fortissimi"

We might not know how to play rugby but there. lalalalala

[ October 30, 2003, 12:02: Message edited by: minipol ]

[Growltigger]

Baron, to be sure they will, to be sure.

Hmmmm, let me think about this. I am not sure what sport Belgians are actually good at. Their football team is, well, OK. THey have a couple of tennis players who do, well, OK, but do you know, I cannot think of one sport where the Belgians excel, except the one done near Leige where you have to guess at what time a cow in a paddock is going to releive itself (I kid you not).

Maybe if they introduce international mussel eating they would be in with a chance

[oleg]

Did you guys watch NZ-Wales game ? It was definetly the best game so far on this WC !

[Joachim]

Yep, NZ Wales was a great game. Equal to Samoa England in terms of sheer entertainment. Perhaps the easy way to balance the teams a bit more is to cut game time to 60 minutes instead of 80. I note that the lessor teams can compete till about then but then the superior training (ie money and time) of the core nations comes into its own.

[Growltigger]

Joachim, that is not a bad idea.

My personal view is that the game time should be left at 80 minutes, as it over the longer period that the core nations show their mettle.

Wales did incredibly well, good effort from them but being English, I am satisfied that they lost as it means we face them next Sunday, and I would rather that than the All Blacks any time!

To assuage Welsh pride and to mirror their excellent performance though, I wish the Kiwis had onl won by 1 point, or that the match was drawn. We would then still be facing Wales, but the mighty All Blacks would have been further unsettled!

[Alneyan]

England made it along with France, as planned. Next sunday the match will be England-France, and obviously England will won that one.

[Growltigger]

Alneyan, we dont know that England will win.

On our current performance, the French will take us apart and rightly so.

I hear that the Australian bookies are making France the favourites to win that match.

We will see what we will see. Sunday here we come.

Come on the Brits!!!! Boo to the French types

[Alneyan]

Obviously, England will win. They merely played quite poorly so that France thinks England are no match. They will see they were overconfident soon enough. I wish it will be so.

Do you realize what will happen if France were to win? I mean, England defeated by France! I cannot quite imagine that. (I agree, I was quite worried by the match Last week to say the least. *Grumbles*)

[oleg]

**** ! How couls All Blacks play so badly ! This weekend is ruined, who cares who will win tomorow, the only beatiful team is out already. Black day for rugby.