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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:37 am
by Richard Ruck
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.......
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:59 am
by blondie95
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).
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:35 am
by jtaylor
I have a Kiwi mate I might just share the match with.....could be fun!!
J
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:39 am
by jtaylor
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
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:54 am
by Ajarn Philip
"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...?
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:37 am
by Richard Ruck
It's nice of ITV to allow a massive half hour build-up to tonight's final!
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:52 am
by englishangel
Jude sent me this. (Wasn't HE the patron saint of lost causes?)
http://www.blesstheboot.com
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:13 pm
by lonelymom
Great game, disappointing result. Well done to them for getting into the final, they did brilliantly.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:44 pm
by jtaylor
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
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:58 pm
by blondie95
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)
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:20 pm
by jtaylor
Gotta love the red boots....
And Flood does exactly the right thing....
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:43 pm
by Great Plum
When he crashed into the camera, I had to laugh!
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:29 pm
by blondie95
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
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:17 pm
by Ajarn Philip
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:04 pm
by blondie95
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.....