I have not visited this site since before the match, somewhat nervous that I would have to eat a large slice of humble pie. I was trying to think of something witty to say or provide a humorous excuse, but no matter how tightly I hold my head, it still shakes from left to right as I stare at the floor. Being unable to justify anything at the moment, I might move any reference to England coming second in that match to Off-Topic or possibly delete it.....because I can, but that wouldn't be cricket, ah the cricket, a small amount of consolation there.
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Like Barry, I thought of saying something but figured that the loss was bad enough for England without more ribbing. Now for the Welsh but I have two allegiances there . Makes up for the cricket howlers .
Those Kiwis can't even say Fush and chups so how can they beat the ozzies Rickard but they will have to get past Argentina first <216p but I'm just glad they beat the pomms :laughkkkk
I noticed the post from Rickard on the French v UnZud. Slightly outclassed is an understatement. I have to admit Oz needs to play a damn sight better than that Scotland encounter although Scotland put up a good fight so would have been a good match to attend. The southern part of Argentina (Patagonia) was populated by Welsh, so expect I them to put up a fight in the name of the home folks.
Rickard when is Sweden going to take up the sport and join the fray?
Come on you Ozzies, just beat the Argies first, otherwise I'm going to change the name of this topic to "English Cricket" and delete all the rugby posts. I know that would be an abuse of the awesome powers of the moderator, but if you don't beat them, that is a risk I'm willing to let you take
I reckon if you have an English ref who was as biased as the South African one yesterday, you could win that one too!
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Nice one.
Told you, Aussie forward pass and a try is given, and when the Argies go a bit close to the line the Ozzies were given a penalty incorrectly. Ref came from Port Stanley I reckon
Should be a good final.
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I'm a bit tired this morning Australia v Argentina didn't start till about 3 am and had to drink beer and wake the whole house up.
Now if we can just get the HARKA banned. Why you may ask? Good question! Answer. All together now "IT'S AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE"
Was working yesterday so asked the boss to record it, managed not to hear the result before I watched the game. I did think that there was hope when the All Blacks were a man down, but alas no.
What a great tournament though....
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Following complaints made to the IRB about the All Blacks being allowed to motivate themselves by performing the 'Haka' before their games, other nations were asked to suggest pre-match rituals of their own.
The IRB Committee has now agreed to the following pre-match displays:
1.. The England team will chat about the weather, wave hankies in the air and attach bells to their ankles before moaning about how they invented the game and gave it to the world, and how it's not fair that everyone still thinks New Zealand are the best team in the world.
2. The Scotland team will chant "You lookin' at me Jimmy?" before smashing an Iron Bru bottle over their opponents' heads.
3.. The Ireland team will split into two, with the Southern half performing a Riverdance, while the Northerners march the Traditional route from their dressing room to the pitch, via their opponents dressing room.
4.. Argentina will unexpectedly invade a small part of opposition territory, claim it as their own "Las In-Goals-Areas" and then be forcibly removed by the match stewards.
5.. Two members of the South African team will claim to be more important than the other 13 whom they will imprison between the posts whilst they claim the rest of the pitch for themselves.
6.. The Americans will not attend until almost full time. In future years they will amend the records to show that they were in fact the most important team in the tournament and Hollywood will make a film called 'Saving No.8 Lyle'.
7.. Five of the Canadian team will sing La Marseillaise and hold the rest of the team to ransom.
8.. The Italian team will arrive in Armani gear, sexually harass the female stewards and then run away.
9.. The Spanish will sneak into the other half of the pitch, mow it and then claim that it was all in line with European "grass quotas". They will then curl up under the posts and have a kip until half time, when their appeal for compensation against the UK Government will be heard.
10.. The Japanese will attempt to strengthen their team by offering good salaries to the key opposition players and then run around the pitch at high speed in a highly efficient manner before buying the ground (with a subsidy from the UK Government).
11.. The French will declare they have new scientific evidence that the opposition are in fact all mad. They will then park lorries across the halfway line, let sheep loose in the opposition half (much to the delight of the WELSH) and burn the officials.
12.. The Australians will have a barbie before negotiating lucrative singing and TV contracts in the UK. They will then invite all their mates to come and live with them in Shepherds Bush."
13.. Unfortunately the Committee were unable to accept the Welsh suggestion following representations from the RSPCA.
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