Rugby World Cup

[Swiss.]

Not a massive fan of this sport. Seems everyone forgets the rules when on the pitch and give away stupid penalties. One thing thoug I'm pretty sure it was meant to be played in 30C temperatures. Those big guys will be collapsing in this heat.

[Side of Ham]

"Jonah, your indigenous people are good at a sport that is hardly global….it’s not really a world sport when very few of the world powers compete in it seriously is it….you are really ….apart from a few stragglers and France…. multi commonwealth champions of rugby…."

[jfk]

"Collyrob, You seem a decent bloke at times and obviously a love seeing West Ham do well. My missus is Irish from West Cork don’t think I need to say much more regarding the obvious. We go over at least once a year and having been in construction for the best part of forty years have loads of very good Irish mates none of them mention what happened decades ago.I’d wager most on here originally came from very humble backgrounds going back generations. I really dont understand why given any opportunity you pipe up with anti English bollocks. It’s very fucking unlikely any of our forefathers had anything to do with the suffering Irish people went through donkeys years ago. This is West Ham fans forum not somewhere to spout off something none of us or great great grandparents had to do with.if you don’t like it I suggest fuck off somewhere else more suited."

[Jonah Lomas]

"Ha ha heads held high? It's going to be like the football isn't it. Just that one single, solitary, outlier win, for decades."

[JAC]

"Oh ,stating the obvious.Jonah is a cսnt."

[JAC]

"Ultimately we got further than any of the other NH teams and were unlucky tonight. We were written off pre tournement and got to the semis unbeaten. Don't give it all the ""luck of the draw "" bullshit.It was done in 2020 after the last WC in 2019 and based on those rankings at the time. All the Paddy's,Taffs and Jocks gave it large and did not deliver when it mattered.simple. We walk away with our heads held high."

[Jonah Lomas]

Minority sport - there's over 2 million registered players in England and 150k here. That's 14 times the number of players.

[BRANDED]

No matter what sport you play you have to play to your own strengths. England were very close but SA have a bit more strength in depth. I loved the way we played to our strengths though. Very West Ham.

[Takashi Miike]

"all these shitbags having a pop. hundreds/thousands of miles away, yet can't resist taking the piss. what sad, pathetic oxygen thief cunts. especially that sheep shagging minge from down under"

[Westside]

"I guess if you have a very low bar for judging success then yeah, England are absolutely the NH World Cup daddies. For a minority sport, England have punched above their weight this and previous World Cup. Rugby, is not the be all and end all, like it is in NZ. England played to their strengths and actually beat one of the other semi finalists, in the group stages. Plenty were tipping England, not to get out of their group. However, not scoring a try in the game, is going to make winning difficult."

[Eerie Descent]

We can maybe borrow the open top bus once it's toured Ireland celebrating South Africa's semi-final win?

[Side of Ham]

"Rugby for most the English is a bonus achievement, for some it’s their only way of getting the world to look their way, worse still for others it’s their biggest sport for competing against the world….well mainly the commonwealth countries….and they still can’t get past the quarters even with the NZ b-team…."

[collyrob]

Is there going to be an open top bus parade for the “NH World Cup daddies” ?

[Jonah Lomas]

"I guess if you have a very low bar for judging success then yeah, England are absolutely the NH World Cup daddies. We're trying to win it for the 4th time and are disappointed it's that few."

[Eerie Descent]

"""And for all your "" NH world cup daddies"" success Eerie, you've won it once."" That's once more than every other NH team, you fucking plank. ""That's like being the tallest dwarf in the world."" That's you apparently, short stuff. That weirdo Hugh met you and posted on here that you tapped him on the knee."

[Jonah Lomas]

20 years ago too. Absolute daddies.

[MrTrentReznor]

"Alex G that is a bit unfair. ENG played the way they did for two reasons. 1st they were ahead & 2nd the conditions. Most of the game was played in the SAF half because of that. You had to kick the ball to the opposition in their half because you were ahead & ball handling was difficult. I'm speaking as an Irish person who would've preferred ENG would win & genuinely thought it was a 'coin toss' as ENG can produce these type of performances. I was going to back ENG +13pts on the hcp but in the end went for SAF to win by 1-10pts. At no stage did SAF look like winning the game. There was one scrum where SAF was awarded a penalty & I thought it should've been an ENG penalty. That was embarrassing. The Virgin One (tv channel) panel of Matt Williams, Ian Madigan & Rob Kearney, here in Ireland have metaphorically given the ref a right kicking"

[Jonah Lomas]

"And for all your "" NH world cup daddies"" success Eerie, you've won it once. Out of 10 attempts. That's like being the tallest dwarf in the world."

[Alex G]

Briano 12:29 Sun Oct 22 Can you explain the difference to me then please? England seemed to be operating safety first... very little attempt to get anywhere near the try line. Happy to secure points by going for penalties rather than committing to attacks.

[Alex G]

Briano 12:29 Sun Oct 22 Can you explain the difference to me then please? England seemed to be operating safety first... very little attempt to get anywhere near the try line. Happy to secure points by going for penalties rather than committing to attacks.

[Briano]

Bang on Alex …you’re not a Rugby expert

[Alex G]

"I'm not going to pretend I'm a rugby expert, but wasn't the England performance that everyone is raving about here just the rugby equivalent of 'Moyesball' that most of the posters on here claim to despise with every atom in their body? Sit back... absorb pressure... defend in an organised way... offer little attacking threat or excitement in their approach to play.... buckle when the superior team show a little bit of quality."

[Eerie Descent]

"happygilmore 12:20 Sun Oct 22 I'd be burying my head in the sand if I was you, your bunch of Kiwi chokers will be lucky to make it out of the group stage in 4 years time."

[Eerie Descent]

"MrTrentReznor 12:18 Sun Oct 22 He has been the ref in 3 Saffa games at this World Cup, including against France, when he was giving them some strange decisions as well. But we expect it with England, so no point moaning about it, we were brilliant tonight when no one gave us a sniff of a chance, and deserved to win it. On to the next World Cup. Hopefully another NH team can make it past the quarter finals with us, but don't hold your breath."

[Takashi Miike]

"the front to mention bottle, when the cսnt's own team has never won a quarter final"

[happygilmore]

"Decent effort by England, but in the conditions, with 11 mins to go a 9 point lead was huge to give up. Just didn't have the bottle to see it through."