Rugby World Cup

[Wage Slave]

So, Wales out to South Africa . They can hold their heads high though. A great game and a huge effort but it's hard to say it was an unfair result. South Africa were very very good. Puts Japan's achievement into even sharper focus.

France thrashed by New Zealand. Not sure if this was just the well known temperamental shenanigans or whether there is a bit of a crisis in the way rugby is being coached and played in France these days. The game has moved on and France look a bit dated in their game plan now.

[legion]

The Wales game was great entertainment, evenly matched teams and down to the slimmest of differences.

France New Zealand was a disappointment, though people are raving about how great the Kiwis were on the Groaniad, calling it a masterclass. Rumour has it the French camp was is in disarray, the players had sacked their coach, doesn't really make for entertainment from a neutral perspective.

The way they are playing the Kiwis should win this cup, I think it will come down to them keeping their nerve when they hit stiffer opposition.

[legion]

First 10 minutes and Argentina are on fire

[Wage Slave]

Great stuff. Argentina playing brilliantly at times.

[legion]

Argentina thrash the Irish, despite the best efforts of the ref.

[Wage Slave]

Wow. Argentina really nailed it in the end. Some of the passing, sidestep and swerve was just unbelieveable.

[Wage Slave]

That Craig Joubert again. Poor Scotland.

[legion]

I ended up staying up to watch that, thought the sin binning was harsh and couldn't understand why it was a penalty and not a scrum at the end. The ball was slippery and flying around in broken play, knock on was the obvious call, catching the ball in an offside position was a big call to make when it effectively gave Australia the match.

[legion]

Well, the predictable final, SA v the Ozzies. Will it be two passes and kick for position ?

Shame the Argentinians went out, they have been great entertainment.

[Wage Slave]

Well, the predictable final, SA v the Ozzies. Will it be two passes and kick for position ?

Shame the Argentinians went out, they have been great entertainment.

A typo surely. Predictably, NZ vs The DOCs. Can't help feeling Australia have been more than a bit lucky a couple of times though so predictably NZ will prevail. They are very very good.

And yes, Argentina and Japan were the highlights as far as sheer entertainment goes.

[legion]

Maybe it's the wisdom of retrospect. I actually though the Irish were going to make it through until they got bushwacked.

I hope the final doesn't turn into a kicking game, especially a penalties competition.

[kurogane]

As an honest question, why on earth does the tournament itself take so long? Is it simply the wear and tear on the players from each match? I could see that if that's the reason, just curious.

[wagyl]

The Kiwis have certainly got better in recent years with practice.

[Mock Cockpit]

I wonder if any of the Wallabies will be warming up in goal during the Haka like Campo famously did one time. Get fined for that nowadays what with the haka being such an "event" and all.

[legion]

As an honest question, why on earth does the tournament itself take so long? Is it simply the wear and tear on the players from each match? I could see that if that's the reason, just curious.

It gives them time for a manicure, all that grappling in the scrum does terrible things to the nails.

[kurogane]

Seems reasonable. The bad facial hair choices aside many of them do seem quite metrosexual, and without proper nails they could never pull off those new clingy uniforms.

[legion]

Maybe it gives them time to top up on steroids

Sorry, I mean get some rest

[Takechanpoo]

[Coligny]

Japan, making rugby gay as fuck... Do you still have a subscription to beefcake Takefag ?

[kurogane]

Japan, making rugby gay as fuck...

To be fair to Japan the NZ Haka dance does a pretty good job of that on its own.

Speaking of Hakas:
Jonah Lomu died today at age 40. Sad news. He almost made rugby interesting all by himself: a hell of an athlete, and quite a nice human too, it seems. RIP

[legion]

Yeah, met a Kiwi buddy this evening, he was nearly in tears when I mentioned Lomu's passing.

Great player, very smart, unlike most big players he worked out people who where braced for impact were too tense to react, so half the time he ran around them instead.

[Takechanpoo]

Jonah Lomu
身長： 196 cm
体重： 119 kg

about time to abandon the myth that the more huge and stronger, the better and cooler.
a huge body imposes excess burdens on the internal organs and joints and definitely shorten your life.
and above all those excessively huge body (around over 185cm) gives off a smell as if when you pass by a cattle shed.

[kurogane]

Very gracious of you, Take. You're a credit to your species. In case anybody cares, he didn't die because his organs failed on their own. He had some rare kidney disorder, which suggests a more complex issue than a pocket anthropologist can accommodate. I don't disagree that the human body might have limits of size and carrying capacity, but that is not what happened to Jonah Lomu AFAIK.
Again, RIP

[matsuki]

Take is obviously not a fan of Chara....

Born March 18, 1977 (age 38)
Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 10 in (208 cm)
Weight 255 lb (116 kg; 18 st 3 lb



Built like a giraffe but a tough motherfucker...

[Samurai_Jerk]