Alexjc Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Second Half. Argentina guns blazing another penalty against NZ (still a player down) 16 - 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) All Blacks finally in front, just. 19 - 16. Argentina still very dangerous. And NZ finally pulls away... 26 - 16. Still a butter fingers performance against a very accurate but starting to tire Pumas. Edited September 20, 2015 by Alexjc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Full time NZL 26 - ARG 16 Heart and Soul from Argentina to be praised, will go very deep into the tournament. New Zealand, well as that saying goes, "lots to work on". Discipline and ball handling the big two. Sonny Bill Williams a game changer and Dan Carter's kicking the only really shining bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Didn't Sir Alex decide he didn't want Old Trafford to be used when they were deciding the venues, so Man Utd pulled away from hosting? I think if that hadn't happened there might be a better spread. That may have been a factor, but a more practical issue is that Old Trafford is the traditional home of the Super League Grand Final which is played on the same night that England play Uruguay at Eastlands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Arwebb, great to see you, long time tween posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Just reminding you good folks I'm alive. 'Twas an interesting weekend after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Just when I got used to USA rugby Guy. I started to say it before, but didn't want to be on the little guy's back, and he's never been one to take advice well. But It pissed me off how he mucked it up this year. The RWC sweep is one of the two, along with the FIFA WC sweep, that has worked well and been fun here in the past. It was one of the things to look forward to here this year. But then Tony, in his desperate rush to claim sweeps as his "thing", had to wreck it by doing it half-arsed and wrong. Don't forget about our Commonwealth Games sweep from a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Don't forget about our Commonwealth Games sweep from a year ago.Yeah...only ever works on singular sports events...wasn't really thought out that one.I thought about quickly pulling together a quick top twelve only s/takes last week...Japan would've missed out - woo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Game 2 for everyone's second team soon...Scotland will be taking this much more seriously than planned Could be a good game, & the atmosphere at Kingsholm will be amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Scottish Rugby @Scotlandteam Full-time: Scotland 45 v 10 Japan! #AsOne #RWC2015 390 retweets 384 favorites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Back down to Earth for Japan.Scotland will feel a little more invigorated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Australia has finally made an appearance at RWC15. AUSTRALIA 28 - Fiji 13. Typically hard game when you take on Fiji...Especially in the Pool of Death. Australia looking good to possibly top the pool. France v Romania underway at "Main Stadium Elizabeth Park"... 10mins to go and Les Blu has fired up and now pulling away through the bonus points mark. 31-6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Fulltime in "Newham". FRANCE 38 - Romania 11. Still it took France 60mins to crank up, and Romania really pushed hard until they simply ran out of energy. Will make the France v Ireland clash interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 I can't believe they actually called it Newham - nobody calls the place that, it's Stratford, always has been, always will be Also yay, good win for Les Bleus. Allez! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 I can't believe they actually called it Newham - nobody calls the place that, it's Stratford, always has been, always will be Yeah I thought so as well. Then again in the 2011RWC, North Habour stadium was in "Auckland" instead of Albany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Australia has finally made an appearance at RWC15. AUSTRALIA 28 - Fiji 13. Typically hard game when you take on Fiji...Especially in the Pool of Death. Australia looking good to possibly top the pool. France v Romania underway at "Main Stadium Elizabeth Park"... 10mins to go and Les Blu has fired up and now pulling away through the bonus points mark. 31-6 Australia vs England is going to be a fascinating match. I think England might run over the top of Australia. England are going to be hard to beat at home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 I can't believe they actually called it Newham - nobody calls the place that, it's Stratford, always has been, always will be That's what £40m gets you I guess. http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/heritage/newham_council_confirms_prudent_40_million_olympic_stadium_investment_1_1439495 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 NZ v Namibia...prepare for a cricket score, & for the World Cup minnow detractors to start carping. Brace yourselves 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 NOT Quite! NEW ZEALAND 58 - Namibia 14. Admittedly a second string side that needed McCaw to come off the bench to fire up a sluggish performance against a go get'em Namibia that seem to know where to boggle the All Blacks. TMO is a pain in the so and so!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Yeah, not convincing, but what a find Milner-Skudder is :/ The Namibian try was a wonderful moment though Olympic Stadium looks better than I though it would too (But the tunnel looks awkward, like a botch job) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Australia vs England is going to be a fascinating match. I think England might run over the top of Australia. England are going to be hard to beat at home. Maybe, but I'm very nervous about Saturday night and I fancy Australia to win the tournament. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 NOT Quite! NEW ZEALAND 58 - Namibia 14. Admittedly a second string side that needed McCaw to come off the bench to fire up a sluggish performance against a go get'em Namibia that seem to know where to boggle the All Blacks. TMO is a pain in the so and so!. Yes I am really not impressed with the TMO... The start/stop nature of these games is really off putting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Olympic Stadium looks better than I though it would too (But the tunnel looks awkward, like a botch job)Half way through a conversion into West Ham's home ground. Place does look different from the amazing stadium of 3 years ago...itself a mainly temporary layout. Those triangle light stands now inverted as part of the roof supports.All part of the continuing high use legacy for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 ...Another bright shining little star has crashed back down to earth... ARGENTINA 54 - Georgia 9 Yeap...Pool C almost sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Pool C Sorted basically. A couple of big games today including Samoa vs South Africa and Wales vs England. Ill be cheering for Samoa and Wales! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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