Be Excellent To Each Other

the RWC 2011 starts today, with the 1st England match tomorrow. Going to be odd watching the rugby with a coffee instead of a beer.

It's saturday, treat yourself.

First game starts in an hour. I don't think I'll get to see a lot of the whole tournament, though.

I'm supporting Suid Afrika as they speak dutch-ish, so it sounds like Oranje is playing, and Italy, because they're the underdog and my university was next to stadio flaminio - where italy plays its six nations games- when i lived in rome

Does it, I thought it was 4:30. thinking of an excuse to leave work now...

It's about to start.

Tonga and NZ doing their hakas was quite a sight just now.

Did they do it in a call and response fashion?

"KA MATE!"
"Sorry?"
"KA MATE!"
"Oh, no thanks, I've got one"
"KI ORA!"
"Sorry, I have a bad reaction to tartrazine"

Yes.

Very intense, but very polite.

Will get on teh itvplayer when I get home...


Please don't post any scores

This game is awesome. 37-21 already!

*sharpens pitchfork*

Can't believe that Tonga are winning by fifty clear points!






Actual in-game comment, so I'll spoiler it for the sake of Kovacs:

If anyone's interested in the Xbox game, don't bother as it's a bit shite, apparently. Jonah Lomu's Rugby Challenge comes out in October and that looks a lot better.

Obligatory reference

I should keep out of this thread.

I was thinking of getting the xbox game, is thee a demo?

Yeah, I had a quick go the other day. I don't think it was a patch on the original Jonah Lomu though, so it'll be interesting to see what that's like.

I know I shouldn't expect miracles, but the ITV stream has disconnected 3 times now and I've had to watch that bastarding Barclays advert before it starts again.

GRUMBLE

The original Jonah Lomu game was great.

"He's digging like a demented mole, there!"

Not sure it'll have withstood the test of time, tbh.

You should totally complain to IT support.

He should raise a ticket.

Rugby Challenge, or the World Cup one? I've already said avoid the WC game.

I was talking about the World Cup one, I only found out that there was another game about 30 seconds before you mentioned it.

review:

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thumbs.aloft/w ... /rugby.htm

any one know why the rugby is on itvplayer on my pc but not on virgin itvplayer

I had no idea they were doing one of these again. Will we win?

Currently watching England vs. Argentina in HD and there's a lovely girl running up and down the touchline with a boom mic. This is why HD is better.

I don't really care about Rugby that much but still, we've qualified for the World Cup so might as well watch it. I like the bit after they all fall down where the cross man has to explain all the stupid rules to the players, it makes me feel better about not knowing them wither.

Qualify? You're really not a rugby fan, are you?

The first half was a bit scrappy, but the game picked up about half-way through the second half.

World Cup in HD? Lucky sod. I'm having to cope with a very fuzzy analogue picture as I can't get ITV on digital at the moment. Might catch some of Ireland v US tomorrow: I like the idea of seeing how the yanks are developing as a team.

Also: did I imagine it or was there a streaker?

What, you just get automatically allowed into the biggest rugby competition in the world?

I'm starting a country!

Bagsie President!

Yes there was with a blue face...

The England game succinctly proved why Steve Ryder is an utter cock.

1. At half time, a man dressed in sky blue, with sky blue face paint, draped in an Argentinian flag was wearing a t shirt saying "thank you to my wife for letting me come to NZ" or similar. Ryder questioned whether he would be so thankful now, given England's first Hals performance. He wasn't an England fan, you prick.

2. Leading into the first ad break post final whistle. "so, an England win, but will their supporters be satisfied winning by only one point". Sentiment is relevant, but it was a four point win.

Utter cock who shouldn't be on TV.

Wales played really well this morning.

The other people in my team and on the surrounding desks are all South African, Welsh Kiwi or Australian. The two in my actual team are a Saffer and a Welsh, and both love rugby.

Would have been hilarious for me if Wales had won.

Slept in, missed everything. Stupid time zones.

There on ItV player..

isn't globalisation amazing when i can watch in a bath in the united provinces, following a stream from an island of the coast of europe, some people from some pacific islands playing some african country with penguins on an island off australia.

go saffers!

Well done Ireland...

If England play this way against a top team they will be destroyed.

Have Georgia got Brian Blessed playing for them?

GEORGIA'S ALIVE!

No, I don't think so.

If we can stop giving away penalties... I think England can and will do well...

If. Never had any discipline under Johnson. Lets hope they can find some.

He just needs to pull a few limbs off and they might pay attention...

I missed the first half, and the first few minutes of the 2nd half, what I saw was a very reasonable, but yeah, they can't afford to give away that many penalties, as a better kicker would have punished England.

If England top the group, they have France and then Ireland (if they get that far)?

Malc

Nobody is kicking well this tournament. Haven't they changed the ball or something, which is why pretty much every team is kicking under 50% from non-trivial kicks?

From what I've seen only the northern hemisphere seems to be struggling.

That's cos the Coriolis effect makes the ball spin the wrong way down there

Malc

Argentina barely hit a kick all game against England.