Rugby World Cup

[Air One]

I didn't understand, which is the reason ?

Le Hakka est un cri de guerre supposé donner du coeur au ventre des guerriers maori de Nouvelle Zelande. L'équipe de France a tenté de déstabiliser les Néo Zelandais en approchant très près durant le déroulement du Hakka. Chaque joueur français avait face à lui 1 seul All Black, les yeux dans les yeux. Du coup l'impression de groupe soudé irradiant la puissance et suscitant l'effroi disparaissait. Les All Blacks eux mêmes devaient se sentir un poil ridicules je pense...mais là, j'extrapole...

 

[tridacna]

To be fair no one here actually gives a hoot about the world cup...

The only cup that matters is the Bledisloe Cup.

The "what" cup?


Well well. Seems like the two of you have loads of time to play for that now! I guess that was the reason for your early exits. Wow, Kiwi fans are a bunch of lousy losers. :10:

 

[ScubaTexan]

FWIW, I saw the replay yesterday and it did look like a pretty blatant forward pass to me. The broadcasters were pretty adamant about it, as well.

 

[Kim]

FWIW, I saw the replay yesterday and it did look like a pretty blatant forward pass to me. The broadcasters were pretty adamant about it, as well.

I'm still waiting to actually see it myself. As I already said though, from what I've heard I'm fully expecting that that's what happened. The point is though that there have ALWAYS been bad calls in sport, and yes, ones that have given games away. They don't all go to one team though do they? Everyone gets the benefit sometimes, and loses out at others. I've yet to see ANY team stand up and say - "Hang on....we just scored those points unfairly"!

To me the main point here isn't about a few points. Given how much the New Zealand team was talked up to start with, why did this game turn on such a close score to start with?

Still - I'll need to see the game myself to draw any conclusions about that.

 

[Azza]

Yes : a bad loser.

To be fair, I'm not a bad loser....as I said no one here really gives a hoot about the world cup. It only happens every 4 years and is not a true representation of the rugby being played around the world. Try watching the Tri Nations or Bledisloe Cup games sometime...they are real rugby and not this "strategic" game that gets played in the northern hemisphere.

See the difference between us mate, is that if we had won, I would have said. "Hey tough break mate, you played well". You fella's on the other other hand decide to post video clips and make derogatory comments about us and about our haka which is a cultural practice. There are many french cultural practices I could laugh at but choose not to do so. I guess it just shows you are intimidated by the Haka...not my problem really...

In France we do have a great respect ( may I say admiration ?) for the All Blacks, the same for the Brasil foot ball team, that's why we love beating them.
Does the kiwis have any respect for the french teams ?

We have respect for every team that plays rugby.

 

[Air One]

I guess it just shows you are intimidated by the Haka...not my problem really...

Well..facing 15 all blacks shouting their haka...I would probably be frightened.

I'm not laughing at the Haka, you don't speak french I guess ? So you didn't translate what I said to Tom ( our Swiss penguin).
I'm just saying that that the french team tried to make the All Blacks doubt.
They tried to reverse the situation : the haka is a maori battle cry, you could translate the words, it would be interesting ( and I'll translate the "Marseillaise, wich is not better...), they shout it to provide fear.
But being so close, facing just 1 single player it was ....different...and absolutely ineffectual.

I have to tell you that I look at the 3 nations sometimes (we have it on Canal+ channel), nothing to do : I prefer the 6 nations one, much more intense even if there is a bit less muscles. You realy should let few more teams come in ( Tonga, Samoa, Fidji and Argentina ?)

But when I compare your super 12 to our super 14...the super 12 is very much better.

To be fair, I'm not a bad loser...

To be very fair : yes, you are. And I love it !
I probably was the same after France-Italy 2006 and I changed my mind since that awfull day.

 

[Kim]

I probably was the same after France-Italy 2006 and I changed my mind since that awfull day.

Just wait till next week!
(I hope!!! I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope - Please Lord.....I'll be good...very very good!)

 

[Air One]

"Hang on....we just scored those points unfairly"!

That was a real forward, but I'm not sure that the players one the field could say it ( nothing to see with the "the hand of god").
I haven't seen the All Blacks protest anyway : they haven't seen it and they know why they have lost the game; I've never seen so many blacks on the ground defending the ball on the pick and go, look at the match , each time they were 4 or 5 ! Unusual isn't it ?

 

[Air One]

Just wait till next week!

Please NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Not once again !
( this could cause my suicide !)
We are gonna call Diego to have the hand of God's help !:mooner:

(I hope!!! I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope - Please Lord.....I'll be good...very very good!)

Don't believe him God !
He is an ENGLISH !!!:11:
Come on...You know what they are...

 

[Diving Doc]

See you on Saturday Frenchy!!! Waterloo and all that!!. Seriously though, should be a cracking game