The Official 2003 Rugby World Cup Thread

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Regardless of how badly England have or havnt played, we are in the final!!!! Go Johnny!....

Originally posted by Hentschel
England are not a pretty team but they will be really up for the France game and I think they will pull through with the 'let's give it to Johnny so he can kick all our points' tactic.

Well, if the French thought poor disipline and dirty tricks would see them through, they were sadly mistaken. If teams want to consistantly give away penalties to us, you cant blame us for making the most it!!😏

I could have sworn that in another rugby thread somebody promised me it wouldn't rain in Sydney in November! England managed to play to the conditions much better than France and did grind out that win. Here's to a great game on Saturday - the 3rd 4th play off should be pretty good as well as long as both teams are up for it. I do feel a bot sorry for them having to play that game though.😀😀

Hey Mat, haven't heard from you in a while dude.

All my favourites are out now, I think I won't even switch on the TV on Saturday.

England versus Australia...phew! Gonna be tough, so place your bets! I bet two games on Australia winning.

Go England!
Okay, so JW scored all the points again, but, as my missus said, England were pressuring France so much close to their line that eventually France had to concede penalties, so the points were well deserved.
Also, I don't think France's try was legitimate anyway, so it should have been 24-0! 🙂

Oh, and France played very dirty, too, as usual.

Sorry for not many posts have been travelling to work have come to Dubai and have had very little internet access - to make matters worse I had to use planet rugby to'watch' the semis. Might have to for the fianl too. Apparently this ship I am on has sateliite tv and can pick up one SA sports channel - do you happen to know which SA sports channels are showing the final it will be just my luck that this one isn't one of them - as yet don't know its name.

Neither Aus nor England have played particularly well so far. I think that the English backrow with a fit again Hill might well be the difference by all accounts it was against the French.

WOuld I raterh lose Hill or Wilkinson from my team with no doubt my answer is Hill what a great player.

If you can receive the MNet or SuperSport channel (I think it'll be on SS1) you can see the game.
No SkySport?

Was it just a coincidence that the 3rd (Video) ref in the England game was an Aussie and thus would be bias against England anyway and the New Zealand one looked more of a try than the French one. Let's hope that the referee and his assitants are strong and truly neutral on Saturday.....Given the fact the Aussie's beat us at Twickenham in '91 to lift the cup, im sure it would truly be payback if we win in Sydney on Saturday......

heyheyheyheyhey...442, I give you a penalty, you bias english type person!!😛

And the judge wasn't bias, they all have an oath to be unbias towards the different teams...and there's a ref from each participating country, to the extent of my knowledge.

Ha!Told you guys SA will make it to the final.We will be represented by Mr.Andre Watson the referee on Saturday.Oh some people are going to hate him come Sunday morning.Question is will it be the Aussies or the English?I reckon the English will love him come Sunday.

Originally posted by Dr. Brain
Ha!Told you guys SA will make it to the final.We will be represented by Mr.Andre Watson the referee on Saturday.Oh some people are going to hate him come Sunday morning.Question is will it be the Aussies or the English?I reckon the English will love him come Sunday.

Originally posted by 442
Let's hope that the referee and his assitants are strong and truly neutral on Saturday.....