The Rugby Thread

[arcadianagain]

That was a bit dour. Now, if only they had played like England did against Uruguay......

[pharvey]

^^ Yep, a very tough loss to take that one Pete - especially considering the Australians were down to 13 men for some 7 minutes and didn't concede a point!! Hats off to them though - some incredible defense.

Some positives in an improved scrum (though still work to do), a good backrow performance and some stand out defense. A little worrying was the penalty count again against Wales (9-4 I think) and also injury concerns over Williams and Roberts.

So, we get the Jaarpies next Saturday for the "lucky" opportunity to meet the Blackness in the Semis!! Nothing like an easy route......

[SydneyGuy]

Go the Wallabies!!

[pharvey]

^ I wish they had done!!

[SydneyGuy]

Hopefully they are saving their best performances for the semi-finals, and please no more injuries:)

[pharvey]

Confirmed Liam Williams is out of the RWC....

[pharvey]

The Blackness vs Les Bleus in the quarters - now that could be interesting!!

Have to say, the Paddies looked pretty good today..

[PeteC]

Japan closes World Cup pool stage with 28-18 win over US

Hats off to these guys.

"Japan became the first team to win three out of four pool matches and not advance to the quarterfinals."......

http://news.yahoo.com/japan-closes-worl ... 15097.html

[JimmyGreaves]

Great weekend of Rugby.

Samoa v Scotland was a flowing great game right up to the end, followed by the Australians holding out the Welsh attack with an unbelievable defensive display, don't know how they did it but just could not believe how the Welsh boys did not score during that period, could have been oh so different.

Then the bhoys in green put on a fabulous squad display, thought we would lose it after the break with POC and JS off injured but the replacements did a great job with Henderson outstanding. So we are now in Wales boat with players dropping like flies and the possibility of SOB being cited Next weekend should be interesting!!

[Big Boy]

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[JimmyGreaves]

Wow someone still wants to talk about the hosts, I wonder why?

Reminds me of Nottingham Forest but not as good!!

[Big Boy]

No, just trying to bring people back to Earth. I think it'll be a long time before a second Norther Hemisphere team's name finds it's way on to that trophy. If England couldn't do it, what hope for the minnows?

[redzonerocker]

^^ Yep, a very tough loss to take that one Pete - especially considering the Australians were down to 13 men for some 7 minutes and didn't concede a point!! Hats off to them though - some incredible defense.

It was indeed.
Fair play to Wales, with such a depleted squad they were superb and equal praise for the Aussies, not many teams would have withstood that pressure when down to 13 men.

Not only have the southern hemisphere sides got all the flair and attacking side of the game off to a tee, they defend with equal passion.
None of the northern sides would have stopped Wales scoring in that period, especially the George North effort.

[JimmyGreaves]

One Down, Two to go - Ireland back row Peter O'Mahony has been ruled out of the World Cup because of knee ligament damage, Big Player for us

[PeteC]

^ Here's the story on O'Mahony: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34505455