England Through To The Finals!!!

[Culhwch]

Well, alright. If I sound bitter, it's mostly due to the fact that mine is the club that the ARU tends to prefer to poach from over here. Of the current Wallabies, Tuqiri and Barnes were trained up by us...

[Ursa major]

But now they're out of your league.

[pyan]

Gods....

I'll hold the bear down, Cul - you can hit it......

[Culhwch]

I thought those kinds of puns were outlawed, on threat of banishment...

[Ursa major]

Originally Posted by pyan

Gods....

I'll hold the bear down, Cul - you can hit it......

It won't do you any good: the bear, as you can see from the picture, was stuffed a long time ago.

(And Ursa is studiously avoiding posting in a certain thread, to let the chosen ones have the kudos of making it the longest in its section. Shame that these chosen are all asleep or elsewhere.)

[Rane Longfox]

Final. Not finals

Good to see England realise that they can't play flowing backs rugby, and go back to the tried-and-tested demolition job in the pack. Boring? Yes. Successful? Yes.

[Rosemary]

Originally Posted by gully_foyle

*** Gully bristles, puffs out chest in vain attempt at machismo, goes purple and hollers *** "Aussie Rules Rules. Only Curling comes close to its heady mix of gymnastics, ballet and mindless violence!"

That's it Gully, you tell them! Anyway, I hear Australia beat New Zealand in the other Rugby match which is good. Oh, and well done England for your win.

[SpaceShip]

It's gonna be quiet on the streets next weekend eh?

[Talysia]

Looks like we get to play South Africa in the final. Looking forward to it!

[Sephiroth]

Come on, South Africa!!!






Heh.......

[SpaceShip]

I can remember being on holiday in Turkey once and half the hotel was invaded (sorry, but can't think of a more appropriate word) by Scots. One evening they showed a footie match between England and something like Uzbekistan. You can guess whose side the Scots were on!

[Ragnar]

If someone had told me 2 months ago that we'd be in the final, I'd have thought they were insane

I looked over Jordan, what do I see
Coming for to carry me home
A band of angels coming after me
Coming for to carry me home


All together now...

[Marky Lazer]

The RSA slaughtered the Argies! Only saw first half cause it only showed on French telly, and the commentators were speaking in French all the time :P

Anyway, England has to perform well to beat RSA Saturday!

[Ursa major]

I agree, Marky.

Argentina played well below their best: quite a few knock-ons and other fumbles. Their cause wasn't helped by having a referee from New Zealand. I detected little or no bias as such, but it must help a team if they're being refereed by someone emersed in the same tradition of rugby, in this case the Tri-Nations.

I understand that the referee for the final is from Ireland; having a Northern hemisphere referee (i.e. Six Nations) may help England (I hope).

* returns to fervent praying *

[GOLLUM]

An an Aussie I pray and dream of a South African victory. The alternative is just too painful to contemplate, ARGH!!!!!