Rugby World Cup

I'm only just getting into this having been married to an ex player for 33 years! I saw some of yesterdays match and my interest was caught by a lovely hairy bearded player for Georgia who came on some time through the match Yum Yum. Am going to my first match at Leicester Tigers on Saturday hope I like it the tickets were extortionant.

A lovely local French resturant ( an old pub thats what should happen to all old pubs) is having breakfast and rugby but cant persaude my husabnd to go - the chef is French and quite lovely (so is his wife). If you are in this area its La Table D'yvres Thorpe Satchville

oh lord that Welsh win was a bit of a cliff hanger....

Very true, Jacey. It could be the best hope for Scotland if they can force England into conceding penalties and Parks or Paterson has his kicking boots on. I would like to see the look on Andy Robinson's face if Scotland can beat the side he was sacked from.

Well done Wales ...you worked hard for that
England ...score looks good on paper ...BUT ...what would have happened if Georgia had made all their penalties? ...even the manager called it a 'sloppy' performance! ...as for getting a 'sin-bin'???

They were saying that due to Ireland's win over Australia ...on paper ...looks as if Ireland, Wales , England and possibly Scotland will all get through to quarter finals ...it only wants another 'upset' score in this round to scupper that pipe dream!

How good it was to see the England backs being allowed to cut loose and run the ball with great effect against the hefty Georgians. That's more like it! But now I fear for Scotland!

And Wales playing again tomorrow... but some of those Samoans look terrifying!

What a claim to fame, Jess!
I only saw the highlights Acheron, but it looked brilliant, though I thought the Wales-South Africa match was excellent as well.

He slept on my sister's sofa once! My niece had spurned his advances. Imagine !!!!

The Ireland -Australia match was the best I've seen so far. Well done Ireland and well deserved. Brian O'Driscoll is one hot guy.

How about that!

Likewise Annobel just got back from taking relatives to Gatwick ...I was actually yelling at the television . A fantastic win for the Irish ...seemed to be a very physical ending period!

I had to go out and have a haircut, so missed most of the Ireland-Australia match. Switched on when I got back and saw the last ten minutes. What a great result for Ireland. The grin on O'Driscoll's face was worth a $million!

Oh ...glad didn't see the 'slaughter' live ...just caught NZ's score. Bet they've not been in the media's eye.

Don't these guys realise that they are 'news' ...someone ...somewhere ...is going to earn some money 'selling' where they are ...and of course the media will use every innuendo going to 'create' a story. So naive!!

It was invented there, as far as I know. I watched them doing it in a gorge near Queenstown and it made me feel ill just standing on the bridge. They were offering jumps free to pensioners. Were we tempted?
I don't think anything untoward happened in the bar. The manager commented that they were well behaved and there was no 'dwarf throwing'. That's OK then.

If you take em to queenstown then ... well bungee jumping is what people do there. I think it might have been invented there...
I think they should restrict their drinking to one or two pints or a couple fo glasses of wine with a meal, max, while they are on tour, representing their country. They should not be allowed to "go out drinking" as in an evening of beer swilling and getting drunk. They are getting paid to keep themselves fit, apart from anything else, not poison themselves.
Poor Japan. My DH just commented "the Maori's showed no mercy. Must have been like being bludgeoned on the head with greenstone"

Well done Scotland ...another win! Surprising to see no tries in a match at this level though.
Watched second half live this morning ...seems the team hosted a fund raiser over the weekend in aid of Christchurch!

OK ...see England in news today ...should they have been allowed to have a day off? Do high risk sports? Should we have a suspension?

Me ...yes to all three ...but what do I know ...surely they are more at risk on the field of play of getting an injury? personally think this was a better way to 'let off steam'; 'bond'; 'relax' ...than drinking or gambling!! Which some of our other teams appear to prefer when involved in playing abroad.

No Jacey I remain to be convinced and sometime I will look for some research on it.
Maybe it just stops them whingeing about the intensity of the other training they are doing as part of that camp!

Sorry JessM ...my last post should have said "all home teams have points" ...blame this westerly wind!! ...as in addling my brain .

Thank you for cryo explanation ...but still don't really see how it will improve anyone's game

I should think if you were in a fridge together, you'd bond pretty quickly! Good training for the scrum?

The penalty was oh so close wasn't it. I thought it was in but there was not much sound from the crowd if I recall.
My son was there, so when I speak to him I will ask what he thought.
I think the cryo training is about resistance to stress. They basically have to endure extreme cold in special fridges. Every time they do that their fight/flight response is going to be activated. This will have many effects on the body...
The chap in Poland makes a lot of claims about them being able to train harder etc. Not sure how the science stacks up though. Probably works well as a bonding exercise!

What about that penalty, Jess? Hook thought it had gone over, but the ref took the word of the touch judges and didn't refer it to the TV ref.
My loyalties are, of course, with Scotland, but I love watching Wales for their enterprise and willingness to take risks, unlike the very boring English.

Then JessM ...what do you know about this 'low temperature' training they've had in Poland please? I only just caught some images of it this morning and missed the explanation.
Did watch all match 'live' this morning ...a good game ...but didn't feel either side played their best at the same time.
So ...all home teams have a win under their belts.

Well well - Welsh team... I knew they didn't win but they certainly looked credible members of the final rounds. Benefitted from a long summer of training and being a fresh young team.
I'm Welsh so obviously they are my team of choice.
And playing in my favourite capital city...