Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Rugby World Cup: McCaw, Wales, Chabal And The Web
Apart from Scotland beating Romania there isn’t much to report rugby wise today so here a few bits to browse:
Jed of Alternative Rugby Fame has set up a Facebook site to ‘Save the Wales’ against the might of the Japan Cherry Blossoms in the next couple of days. If you love Wales or love watching Wales struggle (and that would just be mean); join Jed’s campaign to support the hapless Dragons on their quest to overthrowing Japan plus any possible breach of international (rugby) convention.
It was only a matter of time before the traditional war of words kicked off again between Stephen Jones and whatever smuck would rise to the bait (this time Jim Kayes pre-empting things at the Dom) with regards to the often perceived poaching of the pacific Islanders by the NZRFU. This debate has to be the most pointless, hypocritical and boring rugby argument since Tana-gate. Both sides need to call it a day and move on.
Richie McCaw has temporarily halted the All Black brawn drain and has signed to stay in New Zealand for another year – or three. I actually thought he had done this about two months ago, but I guess they’ve got to keep on churning out news stories somehow. Especially considering Bernard Laporte hasn’t spat the dummy for at least a week.
The UK Independent has an interesting online Rugby World Cup game. Alas – it never seems to work. I'd be interested to hear from anyone that has got it up and running. In the meantime, here are a couple of good free online games to have a punt at.
Now for something completely gratuitous: Sebastien Chabal. He is an oft searched for figure in the google engines so to increase my hits (a mere pittance at the mo) here is a profile and picture for all those dedicated Chabalists out there who hunger for news of the glamour boy of France (this excludes the Namibians who don’t seem too keen on him at the moment).
Jed of Alternative Rugby Fame has set up a Facebook site to ‘Save the Wales’ against the might of the Japan Cherry Blossoms in the next couple of days. If you love Wales or love watching Wales struggle (and that would just be mean); join Jed’s campaign to support the hapless Dragons on their quest to overthrowing Japan plus any possible breach of international (rugby) convention.
It was only a matter of time before the traditional war of words kicked off again between Stephen Jones and whatever smuck would rise to the bait (this time Jim Kayes pre-empting things at the Dom) with regards to the often perceived poaching of the pacific Islanders by the NZRFU. This debate has to be the most pointless, hypocritical and boring rugby argument since Tana-gate. Both sides need to call it a day and move on.
Richie McCaw has temporarily halted the All Black brawn drain and has signed to stay in New Zealand for another year – or three. I actually thought he had done this about two months ago, but I guess they’ve got to keep on churning out news stories somehow. Especially considering Bernard Laporte hasn’t spat the dummy for at least a week.
The UK Independent has an interesting online Rugby World Cup game. Alas – it never seems to work. I'd be interested to hear from anyone that has got it up and running. In the meantime, here are a couple of good free online games to have a punt at.
Now for something completely gratuitous: Sebastien Chabal. He is an oft searched for figure in the google engines so to increase my hits (a mere pittance at the mo) here is a profile and picture for all those dedicated Chabalists out there who hunger for news of the glamour boy of France (this excludes the Namibians who don’t seem too keen on him at the moment).
Thursday, 13 September 2007
Tonga V US Eagles
Tonga 25 USA 15
When Tonga plays we can all expect a bit of crunch. And The Eagles didn’t disappoint either. It was a competitive match and even though Tonga started strongly, the Eagles matched them for possession and territory as the game wore in. The Tongans didn’t help themselves by some wayward kicking but managed to stay ahead of the spirited US who did well to pick themselves up so soon after their game against England in the weekend.
Fiji 35 Japan 31
I wish I could have managed to stay up for this one. It sounded like a stunner. Both teams can play that attractive running style of rugby and it would have been a nail biter for the Cherry Blossom and Fijian supporters. Poor old JK.
Italy 24 Romania 18
This was another unexpectedly close match, with the Romanians taking the Azzurri to the wire. Good on those Romanians god damn it. What has happened to Italy though? They showed so much promise in the Six Nations (ok, they didn’t win the wooden spoon for a change but that’s promising, surely?) I only saw the last twenty of this match and definitely the worst feature of this was some geriatric British commentator who moaned continually about the standard of the match and how boring it was. A lot like the sound of his voice, I thought.
When Tonga plays we can all expect a bit of crunch. And The Eagles didn’t disappoint either. It was a competitive match and even though Tonga started strongly, the Eagles matched them for possession and territory as the game wore in. The Tongans didn’t help themselves by some wayward kicking but managed to stay ahead of the spirited US who did well to pick themselves up so soon after their game against England in the weekend.
Fiji 35 Japan 31
I wish I could have managed to stay up for this one. It sounded like a stunner. Both teams can play that attractive running style of rugby and it would have been a nail biter for the Cherry Blossom and Fijian supporters. Poor old JK.
Italy 24 Romania 18
This was another unexpectedly close match, with the Romanians taking the Azzurri to the wire. Good on those Romanians god damn it. What has happened to Italy though? They showed so much promise in the Six Nations (ok, they didn’t win the wooden spoon for a change but that’s promising, surely?) I only saw the last twenty of this match and definitely the worst feature of this was some geriatric British commentator who moaned continually about the standard of the match and how boring it was. A lot like the sound of his voice, I thought.
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