The Rugby Thread

[Nando]

Not sure why I thought we'd get something out of this. Serial bottlers when the pressure is on.

 

[Tredman]

With respect to Paddy, DDW and any other Wales or Ireland fans, that's the viewing figures fucked for the rest of the tournament.

Plenty of plastic Celtics around to watch the rest of the World Cup

 

[North West Wanderer]

No it is driving a shoulder into the head of an opponent

Yep. But that's not what they said the offence was.

 

[North West Wanderer]

The without the ball thing tells me Poite and the TMO have got mistaken identity. Farrell was worthy of a yellow for the type of tackle. The other tackle was the tackle of man without the ball.

Yep. Piss poor

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

With respect to Paddy, DDW and any other Wales or Ireland fans, that's the viewing figures fucked for the rest of the tournament.

Well, I don't think you will find that is the case necessarily. Rugby Union fans will still watch rugby. ITV will be peeved, for sure, but I didn't realise that TV meant England should get a bye. It isn't fucking marbles, and England haven't been good enough.

To put it the other way, the football world cup still got good viewing figures without England.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

We've been well and truly beaten tonight. Australia have looked very, very good.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Plenty of plastic Celtics around to watch the rest of the World Cup

And real ones

 

[jd1981]

Virtually all the part time rugby fans in England will switch of from the tournament, as a spectacle it isn't good when the hosts drop out early.

 

[Tredman]

And real ones

Nah, only about 11m?

 

[ROVERT47]

Plenty of plastic Celtics around to watch the rest of the World Cup

Maybe, I'm a sports fan rather than a RU fan, the only two games I've watched so far have been this on and last Saturday's, I'd imagine there's quite a few others like me.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Cheika looks pretty pleased, fair play, he's a top coach, he brought the Heineken cup to Leinster, and the Aussies looked so good tonight.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

Lancaster is looking very glum indeed.

 

[Nando]

Spanking.

Bye Lancaster.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Well. I think it will still be a great knockout stage. And some great rugby. Anyway I am now laughing my tits off at John Inverdale crying because he is an insufferable cunt.

 

[Tredman]

And robshaw. Rightly so, bottlers.

 

[ROVERT47]

Oh dear, reminded me of the 3rd round of the FA cup when a league 1 side comes up against the top of the Premier League, occasionally there's a shock result but usually the better quality comes through.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

The British fans and media will be SAVAGE now.

 

[Tredman]

*english

 

[jd1981]

The British fans and media will be SAVAGE now.

Rightly so that was an absolute disgrace.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

The British fans and media will be SAVAGE now.

And with reason you'd think. Our back line in the second half was laughable; two flyhalves, a centre on the wing and a bloke with three caps (who's widely recognised as a flanker) in midfield.