2007 Rugby World Cup

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:37 am

Where to watch the final?

At home with a pile of tinnies, with my wife lamenting the absence of Monsieur Chabal?

In the pub (but which one)?

At a South African friend's house?

Decisions, decisions.......

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:59 am

Well i will be in Leicester on Sat watching Leicester Tigers play Worcester and then will be watching the final in the pub in Lutterworth (thankfully around the corner from where my parents house is).

Post by **jtaylor** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:35 am

I have a Kiwi mate I might just share the match with.....could be fun!!

J

Post by **jtaylor** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:39 am

Anyone seen this??
http://sport.scotsman.com/rugby_interna ... 1656132007

35 yard head-start - and he lost.....maybe Tait's got a chance of catching him?!?

J

Ajarn Philip · Post by **Ajarn Philip** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:54 am

"The cheetah chosen to run against Habana was a two-and-a-half-year-old female named Cetane."

I wonder if she has an English grandparent...?

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:37 am

It's nice of ITV to allow a massive half hour build-up to tonight's final!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:52 am

Jude sent me this. (Wasn't HE the patron saint of lost causes?)

http://www.blesstheboot.com

lonelymom · Post by **lonelymom** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:13 pm

Great game, disappointing result. Well done to them for getting into the final, they did brilliantly.

Post by **jtaylor** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:44 pm

Agreed - well done for getting that far, but real shame about the result.
I probably wouldn't have been fair justice for them to win, given their track-record over the past few years.
Hopefully by 2011 the team will have grown a bit more, and have built on the current run.....

Well done England - nice one!

J

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:58 pm

It was a great final-and a shame but we did so much better than we thought we would.
Funnily enough the video ref who dissallowed the try was an aussie (who was still smarting from 2weeks ago-clearly)

Post by **jtaylor** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:20 pm

Gotta love the red boots....

And Flood does exactly the right thing....

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:43 pm

When he crashed into the camera, I had to laugh!

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:29 pm

The people in the pub with me spent the whol second half laughing at Percy-everytime he got tackled/pushed over boards, hair ruffled and went down with injury we all had a good laugh.

I dont like the negative view point the news programmes are taking-they are making it sound like we were favourites and failed! We should be really proud of the team to come back like they did from that thrashing and get themselves through to the final when no one expected them to make it out of the group stage

Ajarn Philip · Post by **Ajarn Philip** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:17 pm

I'm not sure why you'd laugh at Montgomery, the guy virtually won the game for S. Africa. The shove into the camera was one of the low points for me, and Flood was lucky to get away with it.

England outplayed and outfought the Boks for the first 60 minutes, but the Boks defended well and got the breaks. I haven't seen much UK news coverage of the game here, but I think I was most disappointed because we could, and perhaps should, have won the game, favourites or not.

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:04 pm

because it was funny-he is quite poncey!

It really isnt a push more Flood using Percy to stop himself!

We did play well but we didnt fully execute our chances when we had them. But its done now so time to move on.....