Rugby World Cup - 2011 - New Zealand

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:02 am

Well, on reflection, England really weren't ready after all, lol. A win is a win is a win, but this was a very ugly performance. Only started to turn round after Ben Youngs came on at scrum half.

Just goes to show: you can prepare as meticulously as you like, try to cover every angle, but if you're a coach, you have little control over what happens when the team goes over that white line.

PS - I doubt that Jonny Wilkinson will have such a poor game again, ever.

PPS - can we now ditch that stupid black kit, and play in white again?

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:28 pm

I get the games live in TSN2 as part of my satelite package ... :lol:

NZ is the team to beat in this RWC, for sure.

I wish we had plated the first half as we did the second. We will recover.

France looks very good too. :cry:

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:30 pm

Redskin in Canada wrote:France looks very good too.

To a Canadian, maybe.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:43 pm

Scotland survived their own scare. They play well in the summer/autumn tests when it doesn't matter but tend to wilt under the pressure of a big tournament.

Can't wait until we start getting some of the big matchups.

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:36 am

Redskin in Canada wrote:France looks very good too.

Are you drunk? ;-)

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:20 am

UK Skins Fan wrote:PPS - can we now ditch that stupid black kit, and play in white again?

And how about uniform numbers that don't rub off the first time a guy is tackled? I've never seen such a poor choice of uniforms in professional sports.

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:53 pm

Irn-Bru wrote:
UK Skins Fan wrote:PPS - can we now ditch that stupid black kit, and play in white again?

And how about uniform numbers that don't rub off the first time a guy is tackled? I've never seen such a poor choice of uniforms in professional sports.

It was truly awful. I'm sure team management were on the phones during the game to the kit manufacturers - absolute embarrassment. England looked like a team of amateurs in more ways than one.

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:20 pm

Deadskins wrote:
Redskin in Canada wrote:France looks very good too.

To a Canadian, maybe.

You are just lucky the US does not get to play against them. :twisted:

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:25 pm

Redskin in Canada wrote:
Deadskins wrote:
Redskin in Canada wrote:France looks very good too.

To a Canadian, maybe.

You are just lucky the US does not get to play against them.

I wasn't talking about the rugby team, but we Americans don't fear anything French. :twisted:

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:03 pm

Fantastic result for the Irish today - that must have come as quite a shock to the Australians!

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:25 pm

UK Skins Fan wrote:Fantastic result for the Irish today - that must have come as quite a shock to the Australians!

Uh oh, SkinsJock. :oops:

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:15 pm

The WC coverage has me walking around all day with Holst's Jupiter running through my head. :lol:

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:06 pm

Irn-Bru wrote:The WC coverage has me walking around all day with Holst's Jupiter running through my head.

For some sick reason, when I first read this, my mind managed to combine your sentence with the reference to Skinsjock in the previous post - and voila! I concluded that you were walking around with an image of Holst's Jockstrap in your head.

I haven't even started drinking yet. :oops:

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:22 pm

Have to admit that I thought the Wallabies would be able to handle the Irish guys but more power to them

I think it's a lot bigger deal for Ireland - it might mean they don't have to face the All Blacks until the final

The All Blacks should win this WC but no matter what the Wallabies will want to play them and beat them

The winner of the game between the All Blacks and the Wallabies is winning the 2011 World Cup :lol:

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:03 am

My Ikale Tahi did well defeating France! They did not move to the next stage though ... :cry:

Knockout stage:

Ireland - Wales
England - France
South Africa - Australia
New Zealand - Argentina

My Hognostications:

Wales
France
South Africa
New Zealand

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:37 pm

Redskin in Canada wrote:My Ikale Tahi did well defeating France!

And it was a great game, too.

My Hognostications:

Ireland
England
Australia
New Zealand

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:31 am

Irn-Bru wrote:My Hognostications:

Ireland
England
Australia
New Zealand

I hadn't thought about the possibilities of Ireland vrs England & Wallabies vrs All Blacks

this would be the best match-ups for RWC 2011

I'll go with that too for this weekend

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:24 am

SJ, always copying other's Hognostications.

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:45 pm

Deadskins wrote:SJ, always copying other's Hognostications.

curses, foiled again - that's been my secret for making sure I'm a better hognosticator than you

as a matter of interest, how did you know I was using Kaz and Trey's picks as a guide :lol:

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:20 pm

SkinsJock wrote:
Deadskins wrote:SJ, always copying other's Hognostications.

curses, foiled again - that's been my secret for making sure I'm a better hognosticator than you

as a matter of interest, how did you know I was using Kaz and Trey's picks as a guide

I don't come here to be made sport of. I'm complaining to staff.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:04 pm

SkinsJock wrote:
Irn-Bru wrote:My Hognostications:

Ireland
England
Australia
New Zealand

I hadn't thought about the possibilities of Ireland vrs England & Wallabies vrs All Blacks

this would be the best match-ups for RWC 2011

I'll go with that too for this weekend

I may be picking with my heart to some degree, and not just with my head. Of course, you just don't know which English or French team will show up to play. Could be a close game, but I could also see it being lopsided in either direction if one team comes in unfocused (which is a real possibility for both). But since the French have really been mired in chaos this WC, I give the edge to England.

Wales vs. Ireland is tougher. Wales has been on fire recently. But I think ultimately Ireland has more talent and experience. And if the game turns into that stereotypical world cup style of play, with lots of kicking and slow play, I think Ireland has the advantage.

New Zealand is pretty obvious.

Aus vs. RSA is a wash. I'd rather see Australia win, so I pick them. Will Beale remain healthy? Can South Africa disrupt the Genia-Cooper combination? More than anything else, I see this game hinging on whether South Africa can slow Australia.

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:16 pm

You guys never learn ... [-X

These are MY HOGNOSTICATIONS, they are not guesses. They are the right stuff.

So far:

England 12 - France 19
Ireland 10 - Wales 22

Waiting for SA and NZ to win today there, tomorrow here ... whatever. :lol:

So much for criticism against France's Team in this board :roll:

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:33 pm

I hope you are wrong about RSA, RiC. South Africa is the one team I really dislike.

A France-Wales semifinal should be good. When France plays rugby at their best (as they did in the first half against England), it is something to behold.

Hard to see anyone slowing New Zealand down, of course.

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:47 pm

Yes indeed, the "good" France turned up at the weekend, whilst the very worst of English rugby was on display. No complaints about that result from this Englishman (apart from the fact that losing to the French makes my skin crawl, of course).

New Zealand aren't really sweeping all before them, but they still have to be favourites. However, if they do beat the Aussies to get to the final, the All Blacks may face a real test. Both the Welsh and French are the sort of teams who can raise their games to previously unseen levels for 80 minutes.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:17 pm

Welsh world champions? Yeesh.