By melbourne_terrace - 18 Sep 2015 9:14 PM
So this kicks off tomorrow morning. \:d/
There is a Rugby Union thread but i can't find it/cbf. Anyway, imo the events big enough for a fresh thread.
Schedule for the Weekend
Sat Sept 19 England v Fiji Twickenham, London 5:00am Gem and Fox
Sat Sept 19 Tonga v Georgia Kingsholm, Gloucester 9:00pm Fox
Sat Sept 19 Ireland v Canada Millenium Stadium, Cardiff 11:30pm Fox
Sun Sept 20 South Africa v Japan The Amex, Brighton 1:45am Fox
Sun Sept 20 France v Italy Twickenham, London 5:00am Fox
Sun Sept 20 Samoa v USA The Amex, Brighton 9:00pm Fox
Sun Sept 20 Wales v Uruguay Millenium Stadium, Cardiff 11:30pm Fox
Mon Sept 21 New Zealand v Argentina Wembley, London 1:45am Fox
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By melbourne_terrace - 3 Nov 2015 1:03 PM
BETHFC wrote:melbourne_terrace wrote:BETHFC wrote:Munrubenmuz wrote:BETHFC wrote:Munrubenmuz wrote:Scotch&Coke wrote:BETHFC wrote:The way the Aus media whinged and bitched about the refereeing it's as if you were actually robbed instead of being outplayed :lol:
At least the players and coaching staff have more class. True. But to be fair, a significant number of their points came from some shocking calls (or no calls in some instances) Well yes. Like I said NZ were the better team but that forward pass, literally 5m in front of the linesman was a shocker, and that led directly to a try and 7 points. The Kiwis are the best "cheaters" (or rule benders if you like) in the world. They are constantly pushing the boundaries of the rules, each taking turns so there's no repeat offenders so it's harder for the ref to sanction one of them. A perfect example early on was when an Australian was lying down in the ruck and the Kiwi picked the ball up and ran deliberately into him to draw the penalty. If he wasn't lying there there's no way the Kiwi would have even run that way. He would have just passed it. Probably not "illegal" but just one of the million little thing they do every game which disrupt the flow of the game and provide them with an advantage. They are the masters of it. :lol: Butthurt level 10000 Had no idea you were a low scum Kiwi boat person. Farking non-assimilating bloody Kiwi that probably has a silver fern sticker on the back of his car. That's it , gloves are off. You grew here I flew here with my whanau mate :lol: I support Australia in all sports except rugby union. I would rather jump off a cliff than have a silver fern sticker on my car. Seriously, if you love NZ so much that you need a sticker on your car to tell everyone, fuck off back there. Honestly though I just cannot stand the wallabies. They just cannot take a loss. I'd literally support anyone against the Wallabies. I think it comes down to Channel 7 commentary back in the day, so biased. It really put me off adopting the wallabies. Exactly the same boat here. I've been pretty happy adopting Australia as my team but I will never support the Wallabies. The players are massively unlikable, the commentators can't stop blowing smoke up each others arses, the ARU is an old boys club for private school bellends and the fans are self-entitled elitist prats who carry on like the whole rugby world exists solely to stop them from reaching #runningrugby utopia. /rant But i do agree with Manrub, All Blacks have always been extremely good at the "Dark Arts" and it's why they always manage to dominate the breakdown. McCaw is so critical to the team is that he is a genius when it comes to interfering at the ruck without getting caught. He is the master of "finding himself" on the wrong side of the ruck, blocking support players from entering the ruck with momentum, grabbing the 9's limbs as he attempts to play the ball....... I played as a openside flanker and it's just part of the job but you always run the risk of a yellow whilst McCaw rarely get's penalised for it. The issue with all of this is that Australians in particular seem to think that their players don't do exactly the same thing :lol:
Off course they do it, they just aren't anywhere near as good.
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