SWING LOWWW - The Rugby World Cup Thread

[TightEnd]

Sam Burgess on verge of making return to Rabbitohs, according to Channel Nine in Australia. http://skysports.tv/rXA95c 

[TightEnd]

this is good

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06hh344/nigel-owens-true-to-myself

[kukushkin88]

Anybody got any idea what's going with this ref. 5 stonewall penalties missed on SA in half an hour, 2 vs Argentina, 5 miles forward passes missed on SA, two knock on's at the base again. It's as though he's only actually watching circa 50% of the game.

[kukushkin88]

Such a pity, someone must have told SA the TMO wouldn't be looking at foul play. Some great careers end in a sad, clown based comedy.

[kukushkin88]

First time I watched a 3/4th place play off 1987, last time I watched a 3/4th place 2015. What a fucking shambles.
(and I watch Saracen's almost every week, so I'm not desperate to be entertained) The referee has just been asleep in so many key spots, SA would have won anyway.

[rfgqqabc]

I think camera angles have got to you a bit. I did back SA though.

[kukushkin88]

I think camera angles have got to you a bit. I did back SA though.

I wouldn't moan money based, out of a silly sense of misplaced pride. I just think the game I was brought up to love is diminished in a spot like that. 10/2 penalty count while it was competitive, he wasn't watching the same game.

[kukushkin88]

and he ignored a ton of offences the other way too, just a shambles. The RWC long term would be so much better without that game, share 3rd.

[tikay]

and he ignored a ton of offences the other way too, just a shambles. The RWC long term would be so much better without that game, share 3rd.

Technically incorrect - think of the money honey. There is not a single other reason than the income it generates.

Get your point completely, though, have never & will never watch a "losers play-off".

[TightEnd]

would like to see a plate competition

all unseeded pool non qualifiers go into a knockout competition. final played the night before the final

more experience for the tier two countries. winner of the plate goes straight into the next world cup....

[TightEnd]

Twickenham in the 30s



its an impressive rebuild, the modern stadium but what character it had in the old days

[TightEnd]

RWC 2015 been best attended RWC EVER. 2,477,805 people at 48 games, avg 51,621 a game. That's 95.8% capacity. At avg of £104.17 a ticket.

[buzzharvey22]

Shits just got interesting

[TightEnd]

thought that was a great final

one of the all time great teams with 6 or 7 all time greats in the side

[Marky147]

Superb game.