Rugby World Cup

Absolutely awesome performance against a grizzled and very good Ireland team. I really thought that the Irish would be a bit too strong, a bit too ferocious, for a young young Wales team ....... but the truth is that we easily held fim in defence and whenevr our backs had the ball we looked dangerous. A surprisingly easy win, unbelievably.

Rugy is more than a game to Welsh people - out team are representing our tiny country overseas, punching well above it's weight, behaving professionally and courteously in NZ and winning fans by playing rugby the Welsh way, the way the game should be played.

I can't say I was sorry to see Ebngland go home, they have played stidgy rugby, using a tired old tactic of big boring forwards and a good kicker. Thats not entertaining, and they have also let their manager and their country down by behaving like idiots in their own time.

Anyway, Wales go onward into a winnable game aginst France (though we traditionally fuck it all up when we are the favourites), then we either play an Australian team as young as we are, ot an All Blacks squad who look quite ordinary without the peerless dan carter pulling the strings.

Australia vs. South Africa was intense!

Australia won for one reason and one reason only... DAVID POCOCK! I'm sorry, but he is the best openside flanker in the world at the moment, McCaw has had his day.

The lad is built like a brick shithouse! I can't remember ever seeing such a complete performance from a 7 in my life, amazing the amount of times he ripped the ball away from the South Africans as they neared the Wallaby line.
I'm seriously glad he was injured for the Ireland match. ;D

Cracking matches coming up in the semi-finals now.

The nerves have been building all week, interspersed only with the occasional dream of being an extremely late call up due to the best 1,500 tight head props in Wales all getting injuries at the same time, the Semi Final is finally here tomorrow morning. Indeed, 13 hours and 20 minutes from when I am typing this now.

As I wrap my red dragon themed duvet around me, dash to the loo for a quick leek before it starts, and enjoy the feel of woollen slippers on my feet, I'll be confident that the fiery blast of the Welsh dragon, aimed directly at the fly half/inside centre channel in the form of three or four big rollocking backs and back rowers will demolish the French resistance. Parra may as well be a parra-plegic for all the good his defensive skills will do, and Van San Clerc should be back in the office rather than at full back. With a glass of brains in hand, and a slice of bread of heaven toast in the other, a glorious morning awaits.

I'm so angry my hands are shaking. What was Alain Rolland thinking to give a red card at 20 minutes oif the workld cup semi final for waht was debatably even a yellow card offence. We have been cheated of the world cup.

To get to 8-9 with 14 men for an hour, we would have slaughtered the French with Warburton on the pitch.

Forget all this shit about brave performances and gallant losers. We were cheated, simple as that.

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Originally Posted by X

I'm so angry my hands are shaking. What was Alain Rolland thinking to give a red card at 20 minutes oif the workld cup semi final for waht was debatably even a yellow card offence. We have been cheated of the world cup.

To get to 8-9 with 14 men for an hour, we would have slaughtered the French with Warburton on the pitch.

Forget all this shit about brave performances and gallant losers. We were cheated, simple as that.

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The anger after Wayne Barnes' performance short changed us against South Africa has now paled into insignificance. What with all this talk of betting irregularities in cricket etc, I wonder what the odds on a red card were?

It was an excellent effort, and we still could have won, but we would have destroyed them without that shocker of a decision from Rolland.

dwi fel 'n ddicllon buom caffledig. Allasom wedi ennill 'r chrynswth beth.

Cant remember the last time I felt so pissed off at a sporting event.

Yes, I'm still bitter. No, I don't want to get over it. And I still mean what I said about Alain Rolland.

A day of not being able to concentrate on anything else, with occasional periods of staring into space and quietly seething.

Very hard luck fellas, France do not deserve to be in the final. What a waste of a team they are when you consider the talent they have at their disposal. Wales were still comfortably enough outplaying them despite being unjustifiably down to 14 men (and Warburton is almost worth 2 players on current form). Add to that the fact that Adam Jones had to go off so early (which fucked the scrum) and no Rhys Priestland to set the backline alight, I think the Frogs can consider themselves very fortunate. All the planets aligned for them really!

Halfpenny's agonizingly close penalty attempt from the halfway line just highlighted how close Wales came. :(

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Originally Posted by Oggie

Very hard luck fellas, France do not deserve to be in the final. What a waste of a team they are when you consider the talent they have at their disposal. Wales were still comfortably enough outplaying them despite being unjustifiably down to 14 men (and Warburton is almost worth 2 players on current form). Add to that the fact that Adam Jones had to go off so early (which fucked the scrum) and no Rhys Priestland to set the backline alight, I think the Frogs can consider themselves very fortunate. All the planets aligned for them really!

Halfpenny's agonizingly close penalty attempt from the halfway line just highlighted how close Wales came. :(

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Don't worry, I'm sure we'll be back to our average standard of play by the time the six nations comes around. Trying to avoid bitching too much, but I can't say that the best team on the day won.

I feel similar to how I felt when Wales lost to Russia in the playoffs for a European Championships a few years ago, just stunned and a little bit sick.

Spewing, I was hoping Wales would win for you lads.