The Official Rugby World Cup Thread

[Invaders]

Imo argentina were not amazing, France played really crappy the 1st half and had one big chanse to get back in the game in the 2nd but great argentinan defence made up for this

[Bob Garage]

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??

not really, France are ranked 4th in the word Argentina 5th. not the biggest of upsets.

Now England are down in 7th so if they beat France it would have been more of an upset, but that isn't going to happen any time soon

[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??

not really, France are ranked 4th in the word Argentina 5th. not the biggest of upsets.

Now England are down in 7th so if they beat France it would have been more of an upset, but that isn't going to happen any time soon

So have England got a chance??, Are New Zealand the favourites?, but hey as long as the Aussies don't win then ill be happy....

[Bob Garage]

So have England got a chance??,

No!

Are New Zealand the favourites?

by far, and their first 20 minute display against italy this afternoon shows why they are! 43-0 up after 25 minutes. not bad going.

[Hatebreed]

So have England got a chance??,

No!

Are New Zealand the favourites?

by far, and their first 20 minute display against italy this afternoon shows why they are! 43-0 up after 25 minutes. not bad going.

Just watching it, a class apart...
Have Wales got a chance, are they worth a watch???

[wolfie]

New Zealand are definitely the team to beat. They are a great team in great form.
England will do really well to get into the semis.

[Bob Garage]

england struggled to get past the US defence in the first half of the game, playing very poor.

Wales will get to quarters, honestly can't see them getting any further. Scotland and ireland could struggle to get that far, but they both should do it.

i can see semis being, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and France (as long as they don't perform like last night.)

[Bob Garage]

this is a quote from the bbc's website...

On a day when new Zealand and Australia have shown a real ruthless and cutting edge, this really is pretty woeful from England.

says it all about englands chances in this world cup.

[Bob Garage]

todays three games are over.


New Zealand 76 - 14 Italy
Australia 91 - 3 Japan
England 28 - 10 USA


And 4 games tomorrow:-


Wales v Canada
South Africa v Samoa
Scotland v Portugal
Ireland v Namibia

should be easy(ish) wins for Wales, SA, Scotland and Ireland

[therainmaker]

New Zealand 76 - 14 Italy

great start for us, awesome win