RUGBY WORLD CUP THREAD (?)
JLR
3,835 Posts
Does anyone care? 
JLR
3,835 Posts
Does anyone care?
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Not in the US.....I can't find coverage on any service, except maybe Setanta which I'd have to subscribe too. Either that or it's a trip to the Kings Head in Santa Monica **shudder**
might get onboard a little more towards semi finals etc.
it's a pretty big deal to a lot of New Zealanders though...
(for example, at the local service station, my girl was randomly offered an 'All Blacks' flag to fly from her car)
Not as bad as UK strutter Mark Illmod but - that dude has tied his holidays to tours of the southern hempisphere
The tournament is kind of drawn out, 7 weeks all up. No doubt things will get a bit more exciting once the knockout stages begin.
Hoping to see the All Blacks take it over here
Zidane popped into their training camp for some tips last week
I played AFL growing up but managed to tour the world playing rugby (Malayasia,HK,Singapore,US,Canada,England,Northern Ireland,Scotland) with the Victorian schoolboys, U19 and U21's.
A mate was a state rep and said they needed people to help with training for their upcoming tour.When I was 17 I was 100kg of mostly muscle and ended up making the team without ever having played a game of rugby in my life (first game was in Hong Kong)Funny thing was I made the team every year even though our school didn't have a rugby team and i played AFL each season.
So rugby was pretty good to me. I got to see the world and drink too much in many different countries.
Thats pretty funny - my school in Auckland was a big rugby school and several guys I played with went on to play for the All Blacks. Weighing in at a meagre 75kg I was never going to get far, especially with the large polynesian population - those dudes were naturally bigger, stronger and faster than pakeha's like me
Yeah the funny thing was when I did contemplate playing club Rugby in Melbourne The only team I wanted to play for was Kiwi-Hawthorn which was full of Maoris and Islanders and a couple of Pakehas and whose supporters would drink kava during the games on Saturday and run on the field and punch oppostion players if a brawl kicked off.
Better to play with them than against them.
Christ, this brings back memories.
school sanctioned beatings called rugby games where teachers would cheer when some poor little fella got his face stomped in the mud by a much larger kid.
I hated school rugby.
plus being one of the few pakeha boys... well, you can guess who was getting the face stompage.
Funny how time and distance will affect a man though, now ive been away from NZ for over 10 years now i find myself watching much more rugby than i ever did at home.
Although the TV coverage here is basically nothing, and i hate sitting in 'irish' bars with a bunch of lagered up dickheads just to watch a game... so its been youtube to the rescue.
The All Blacks/Italy game was what everyone expected, but we will see how the boys handle a real team soon enough.
One thing i can say for sure: the All Blacks look fighting fit this year.
Go the Kiwis.
This guy is about as good as it get though.
On the topic of
I may be called a traitor in Australia but the All Blacks deserve to win the World Cup and if The wallabies dont win it (unlikely) I wish the All Blacks take the trophy. I couldn't bear the Sprinboks winning it...
Funny thing is I never really enjoyed playing rugby . As a front row forward (Tight Head) all you do is run around the field and smash and get smashed while the wingers prance around and score the tries and get all the glory.
There must be some torrents kicking around a day or so after each match which would be much better quality than youtube.
that is the best photo ive seen in a long while...
hairtastic.