The Official Rugby World Cup Thread

[Bob Garage]

Started just 40 minutes ago. With New Zealand fav's to win.

Great first half of the first game. Great to argies giving the french a run for their money.

[Luís]

Don't know a thing about the game, but congratulations to the Portuguese team, the only amateur team on the World Cup. Good luck for them.

[Snow]

so who is your money on then Bob?

England Can see these finishing 2nd in the group, but making the last 4
South Africa Will win Group A and make the last four
Samoa 3rd Behind England
United States Finshing last
Tonga 4th place

Australia Will win this group and I think the competition
Wales Will qualify
Fiji 3rd place
Japan 5th
Canada 4th

New Zealand Win the group and finish in the top four overall
Scotland 2nd in the group
Italy 3rd place
Romania 4th
Portugal 5th place

France 2nd or even 3rd
Ireland I fancy the Irish to win this group (at the moment Argentina are still 17-9 up against the French)
Argentina if they hold on to beat the French then I fancy them to qualify in 2nd place, otherwise it's 3rd
Georgia 4th
Namibia 5th place

[Bob Garage]

so who is your money on then Bob?

funny you should say that, I have £50 on France to win it.... arse!

before tonights game i would have said...

Pool 1
South Africa to win
England Second

Pool 2
Australia to win
Wales Second

Pool 3
New Zealand to win
Italy second

Pool 4
France to win
Argentina second.

but depending on how this game finishes pool 4 could be the other way round.

this time last year I would have had money on Ireland to win the whole thing, but they've lost form and I can honestly see them not getting to the quarter finals now.
my theory on France winning it was that they have home advantage and new zealand always bottle it at the world cup. however tonights game doesn't show that home advantage is helping them at all.

[metmum]

I think Australia will win, England have about as much chance as our football team of winning, so no chance Like Bob said NZ always seem to bottle it at major championships.

[Bob Garage]

France 12 - 17 Argentina.

throws the toughest group of the four wide open. amkes things interesting.

[Snow]

Well done to Argentina, I guess the first shock of the tournament is here

[Invaders]

France played fucking crap! I think Namibia will get it really bad when France wanna show that they are not useless.

[therainmaker]

Has to be New Zealand's year this time around, sure we havnt won it in a while but we have our best team in a long time.

we seem to be going great at the moment with every trophey bagged except that world cup!
and just 2 losses in 2 years (home and away)

including that 50 point win over the french last year in Paris

[Hatebreed]

Not a huge Rugby fan, but very patriotic so will watch just incase England can win anything. The Argies were amazing against France, due to my lack of knowledge was it that much of an upset??

Thanks

That French guy with the beard was a beast (useless tho).