Chris1989 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I know this board seems to be dominated by americans who play a shit version of Rugby where you spend most of the time standing around in lycra and padding, but there may be a few rugby fans on here.World Cup starts tomorrow, New Zealand are defending champs and favourites, but maybe home advantage could spur England on.I've got some tickets for later in the tournament which should be great, anybody else going or watching? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Italy fan here (you may have guessed by the avatar) I was thinking of starting a world cup thread but I see you beat me to it!I have tickets for Italy v Canada at Elland road next weekend, it is probably the only match we have a chance of winning this year! Our preparation has been shambolic, we have key players injured (including Parisse) and our form has been terrible of late so I cant see much good coming out of this world cup for us. The rest of the tournament should be a bast though, I reckon England and Australia should get our of the group of death, Wales will struggle big time without 1/2p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 1/2p - I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 What match(es) have you got tickets for Chris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 3rd / 4th place play off, and possibly something else depending on mates. Should get two decent teams in that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Our line up for Saturday:Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Samuela Vunisa, 7 Francesco Minto, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini ©, 1 Matias Aguero.Replacements: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Valerio Bernabò, 20 Simone Favaro, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Enrico BacchinPretty much our best team, with two notable exceptions being Parisse (8) and Morisi (13) I'm particularly gutted for Morisi who in 2013 had to have his spleen removed after a nasty tackle in a match against Fiji, but came back and scored this try against England at Twickers in this year's 6 nations:Here's how the surrender monkeys line up:France: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Alexandre Dumoulin, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Frédéric Michalak, 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Damien Chouly, 6 Thierry Dusautoir ©, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous.Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Nicolas Mas, 19 Bernard le Roux, 20 Alexandre Flanquart, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Gaël Fickou. Edited September 17, 2015 by sturginho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Line ups for the opening match:England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Joe Marler.Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Billy Vunipola, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Sam Burgess.Fiji: 15 Metuisela Talebula, 14 Waisea Nayacalevu, 13 Vereniki Goneva, 12 Gabiriele Lovobalavu, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Ben Volavola, 9 Nikola Matawalu, 8 Sakiusa Masi Matadigo, 7 Akapusi Qera ©, 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotu, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Apisalome Ratuniyarawa, 3 Manasa Saulo, 2 Sunia Koto, 1 Campese Ma'afu.Replacements: 16 Tuapati Talemaitoga, 17 Peni Ravai, 18 Isei Colati, 19 Tevita Cavubati, 20 Peceli Yato, 21 Nemia Kenatale, 22 Joshua Matavesi, 23 Aseli Tikoirotuma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Based entirely on the fact that points difference will play a part in Wales chances of getting out of this group I'm hoping for the Fijians to chuck it around like they're playing sevens rugby and get a try or two. They are a decent side but can't hope to live with England up front and at set pieces. But yeah keep the score down boyos give a good account of yourselves and when England forwards are blowing out of their arse on the hour mark help yourselves to a couple of tries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) What the fuck was that????? Paloma Faith doing the theme song. thats tournemant ruined. Edited September 18, 2015 by spunko12345 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 My hairs stood on end as they called Martin Johnson then - I was 14 again, watching him lift the trophy. I've lived to see England win the men's and women's rugby world cups and the t20 cricket world cup for men, and the women's cricket world cup.Let's take the webb Ellis cup back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 You do realise that the story of Webb Ellis picking up a football and inventing rugby is a load of bollocks don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 You do realise that the story of Webb Ellis picking up a football and inventing rugby is a load of bollocks don't you?Couldn't care less, as long as we being that trophy home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 You do realise that the story of Webb Ellis picking up a football and inventing rugby is a load of bollocks don't you?Couldn't care less, as long as we being that trophy home!Good luck, if this England side can pull it off then I'd be impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 England are, maybe one of the top two teams in the northern hemisphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 You do realise that the story of Webb Ellis picking up a football and inventing rugby is a load of bollocks don't you?But it is true that he kicked the ball into orbitGeorgia doing well against Tonga here, just scored in the corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I think Wales, England and Ireland have as decent shot of any outside the all blacks. What is South Africa like now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Given that they are struggling against Japan I would say not very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 29 all with ten minutes left this is incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Holy fuck. That's the greatest thing I've ever seen, give them the trophy right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 The James Buster Douglas of Rugby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Can't believe I missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I thought for one minute that we would have another upset in the NZ-Argentina match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The scheduling is weird. Japan v Scotland, Japan on their second game whereas Scotland on their first! What is logically and fair about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The scheduling is weird. Japan v Scotland, Japan on their second game whereas Scotland on their first! What is logically and fair about that? Nothing is fair about it, it is a by product of having groups of five teams. They have actually put some effort in this time to make the spread of matches a little bit more even and less punishing on the smaller teams. At the last World cup there was a furore over the number of games Samoa had to play in a short space of time. If they increased the number of teams to 24 this problem wouldnt even be an issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 some information about French rugby for the uninitiated: http://boucherie-ovalie.org/2015/09/19/god-saves-the-ouin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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