2011 Rugby World Cup * official thread*

[Normal Rob]

Anyone else doing an all-nighter tonight? My Welsh mate and I are staying up drinking until 04.30, then watching both games (assuming we're both haven't passed out by then). Could be an interesting night...

That's one of the least appealing ideas i've ever heard!

 

[One Love]

Draw looks great now with a good chance of a southern hemisphere team making the final.

 

[Seagull27]

Anyone else up then? Sufficiently pissed/wired on pro plus and well up for the Wales, then England matches

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[Finch]

That was an awesome game for having no tries. It really makes it so tri-nations are on one side of the draw and a lot of the European teams on the other (as long as ireland don't bottle their remaining games). Highly likely to see one of France / England / Ireland / Wales in the final which is nice. Even Samoa or another slightly less fancied team has a good shot of putting together a couple of good games on that side of the draw.

 

[happypig]

Wales struggling against the Samoans

 

[Seagull27]

My Welsh mate just gone mental. They should close this out now.

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[Barrel of Fun]

Pleasing. Good to see Samoa give them a run for their money.

Really looking forward to England vs Georgia.

I'm going with 51 vs 13 to England.

 

[chimneys]

Anyone else doing an all-nighter tonight? My Welsh mate and I are staying up drinking until 04.30, then watching both games (assuming we're both haven't passed out by then). Could be an interesting night...

So have you made it?

Oi wake up!!

 

[chimneys]

It really makes it so tri-nations are on one side of the draw and a lot of the European teams on the other (as long as ireland don't bottle their remaining games). Highly likely to see one of France / England / Ireland / Wales in the final which is nice. Even Samoa or another slightly less fancied team has a good shot of putting together a couple of good games on that side of the draw.

Any chance the Springboks might throw a group game from here?

 

[Seagull27]

So have you made it?

Oi wake up!!

I'm still here! Caffeine just about keeping me awake, still a bit drunk too! Think I can write the rest of today off though..

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[Seagull27]

Well this is me signing off. f***ing good night.

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[chimneys]

I'm still here! Caffeine just about keeping me awake, still a bit drunk too! Think I can write the rest of today off though..

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Great effort!! Sleep well.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Any chance the Springboks might throw a group game from here?

If they had any brains they would. So no.

 

[chimneys]

If they had any brains they would. So no.

Good buddy of mine is a Saffer. Keep text teasing him about that Aussie result!!

Still all they have to do is beat Australia then New Zealand and they will get the chance to play us in the final!

Cant help thinking they might not try very hard against Samoa now though!

Steencamp must be the freakiest looking player in this World Cup. Gotta love those Afrikaans!!

 

[KZNSeagull]

Good buddy of mine is a Saffer. Keep text teasing him about that Aussie result!!

Still all they have to do is beat Australia then New Zealand and they will get the chance to play us in the final!

Cant help thinking they might not try very hard against Samoa now though!

Steencamp must be the freakiest looking player in this World Cup. Gotta love those Afrikaans!!

Yes, there was a lot of jubilation here when that result came about. But I think the realisation has begun to set in... I would be surprised if they did throw the Samoan result, but you never know. One of the locals keeps bragging that he is going to the QF's, Semi's and Final and I have been saying all along that SA almost certainly wont be going to all of those, so this is now more ammunition for me!!

Gotta love those Afrikaans? No comment, other than I have never seen so many enormous people as I have with Afrikaaners. 6ft 4 and 25 stone appears to be the norm (and that's just the women!!)

All I will say is the freakiest I have seen is Bismark du Plessis's brother, who I am sure is wider than he is tall!! The Sharks squad were up here training and some of them came in my shop - even J P Pietersen, who looks small compared to the forwards, is enormous! They did not buy anything from me though as I own a book shop - enough said.