world cup rugby-hooray for England

[Steviefan49]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

Meh...I'm not even British so I don't qualify for the old English-French rivallry thing..haha..no...but occasionally we like to go for the old Aussie jugular ..(just kidding!)

Hey!!! Watch it! I have Aussie friends, and them, there are fighting words! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[rubytuesday]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

Meh...I'm not even British so I don't qualify for the old English-French rivallry thing..haha..no...but occasionally we like to go for the old Aussie jugular ..(just kidding!)

lol My fiance is Australian but I just live on their turf and occasionally I do the same so no offence taken. They're so obsessed with Aussie Rules here in Melbourne, or skinny men running in circles wearing tiny outfits 3 sizes too small, as I refer to it. It's hard not to make fun of their obsession with sports. It's all in good fun though, that's the good thing about it here and it's the same back home really, they don't take themselves too seriously.

[tuigirl]

oh, now Aussie Rules....thats an exciting (but brutle) game. Is that how you spell brutle? ?? You think rugby is hard, I'm certain this is harder! I'm sure "skinny" really means super fit and solid (you'd need to be with all those hard knocks!) Good stuff to watch though

[rubytuesday]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

oh, now Aussie Rules....thats an exciting (but brutle) game. Is that how you spell brutle? ?? You think rugby is hard, I'm certain this is harder! I'm sure "skinny" really means super fit and solid (you'd need to be with all those hard knocks!) Good stuff to watch though

Two ways of looking at it really. There doesn't seem like there'd be much more scary than one of those scrums against any team but particularly those top teams. They nearly trample each other to death and the thighs on those guys...wow! ANd just tackles in general, the player gets stomped on by about 6 giants whenever he gets the ball. But in Aussie Rules it's more that they have to run backwards and forwards over that giant field (it's the cricket fields they use so that's some distance). Backwards and forwards like basketball except over giant distances. I don't know how they keep it up.

[tuigirl]

Here you go then..for all those Ledgies lurking on this thread...


A little bit of action and a very cool song from a very cool band (always makes me smile to think that the lead singer is a Geordie!)

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

oh, now Aussie Rules....thats an exciting (but brutle) game. Is that how you spell brutle? ?? You think rugby is hard, I'm certain this is harder! I'm sure "skinny" really means super fit and solid (you'd need to be with all those hard knocks!) Good stuff to watch though

I saw NZ play South Africa in Wellington. It was a thrilling game. I also saw the sevens, where multiple teams played. I never realised how tough (brutal) a rugby game actually is. We Americans are wussies! haha...

[tuigirl]

BrutAl...I knew it had an A in it somewhere!! Thanks for that. Yes, South Africa, sure look pretty formidable. There was a thing on Sky news yesterday, showing their winger (the African guy) racing a cheetah over 100 metres...boy is that guy fast (he was the one who ran half way down the pitch on Sunday and scored). Will be interesting to see how sheer brute strength and fast pace are going to work..or not.

[Stew_Matthews]

Well done South Africa and they leave the tournament as the very best side in Union. I would have liked England to win but South Africa were better on the night - good effort to make the final though.

[rubytuesday]

Yay! That was brilliant. I'm so happy they won.

[tuigirl]

yes, it was a good match..enjoyed it. Well done SA, they were the best on the night for sure.I didn't quite understand though, how the English try wasn't awarded (the rules have changed so much and theyr'e so technical, theyv'e taken the fun out of it a bit), I suppose there'll be some sort of national debate about it now!! Anyway, a good game.