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.

[MrTrentReznor]

"Watching the Irish tv panel @ ht & they all agree it was a red card, but I don't they are right. I think there is mitigation. Cane is going in the 'wrong direction', ie he is kind of going towards his own try line. He has only a couple of steps to adjust his height because Jesse Kriel changes direction & moves towards Cane. I think it was harsh."

[lowlife]

I’m wanting NZ to win but wish their scrum half would stop screaming like a little kid.

[Capitol Man]

"Fair point about taking O’Driscoll out of the tour - one of the worst attempts to deliberately injure someone that I’ve seen. But the guy with the ball turned into Cana meaning he got there sooner than planned. Letter of the law I suppose - but yellow was appropriate there. Hopefully doesn;t destroy the,game."

[,]

"Definite red card, much worse than the Curry tackle. No sympathy at all for the ABs, remember the two man tackle they perpetrated on O’Driscoll a few years back on a Lions tour. Anyway now the ABs are a man down it means that the only way they can win is to run the ball. And that could be entertaining."

[Capitol Man]

"Yellow,card should have been it for that. Why the hell was there a need to upgrade that in the final?"

[Takashi Miike]

"harsh decision for me, but the week leading up has shown they (world rugby) want south africa to win. possibly the first time ever I've wanted the kiwis to win"

[Capitol Man]

Terrible decision. Saffas have had the refereeing go their way in this World Cup.

[lowlife]

New Zealand red card. Whoops.

[MrTrentReznor]

Eben Etzebeth's underpants is very distracting at scrum time.

[ray winstone]

The Saffa waycist off injured.

[lowlife]

"Yellow card 2 minutes in, what a twat. What was the point of that?"

[Chigwell]

"I'm getting nervous already 2 hours before the Final. Throughout my life in the UK I have unhesitatlngly supported two teams: West Ham and the All Blacks. The first, because i grew up in the catchment zone for the Hammers and had various connections with the players in the 60s and 70s. The second, because I was born in NZ, and supporting a team which usually won made up for supporting one which often disappointed. I would love to see the ABs subdue the Boks' physical power in the first half, then use their speed and skill to tear holes in the South Africans' defence. I hope but don't expect that Damian McKenzie will be brought on because he has awe-inspiring ability when the game is open."

[JAC]

"Don't forget that racism only works one way. BTW ,Theo Dan will be a top player."

[Eerie Descent]

"Jonah Lomas 12:00 Sat Oct 28 You are completely missing the point. I actually agree with you, people shouldn't be found guilty purely on the account of one person, who is claiming to be the victim of racism. However, that game has completely changed. Look at the Yorkshire Cricket scenario, tens of people lost their jobs and had their lives ruined essentially on the back of one man's accusations. I'm not saying everything he said didn't happen, bit there was so many holes in his story, yet it didn't matter. I also gave you the example of the Czech player, who got an instant 10 game ban for allegedly using a racist slur that one person heard. The precedent has been set. Ordinarily, I agree with what you're saying, but those are not the rules anymore. Well, not always, as in this case strangely. THAT is the point being mad here."

[Side of Ham]

Jonah Lomas 10:20 Fri Oct 27 Have you ever thought to yourself…. maybe you should go on a RUGBY forum for decent chat about playing in this COMMONWEALTH Cup instead of a WEST HAM UNITED FOOTBALL forum…..you thicko…..

[BRANDED]

White Sherman cսnt

[Capitol Man]

"As I said Lomas, it's been overplayed, much on here by the usual suspects with the victim mentality. But I'd be very surprised if he had zero awareness of what he was saying to Curry or very much in his proximity. England did better than expected through the tournament - despite an easy path. Just so poor in terms of creativity. Hopefully they can go back and build from scratch, but they need to decide what game they want to play. Ireland have become very effective as shifting the ball out of contact, or letting the ball go just before contact to change the point of attack. Be interesting to see if they can sustain what they have built over the past few years with a few key players retiring. Hopefully for England there can be a bit of time to develop a new gameplan and get the right players the experience to make it happen."

[Capitol Man]

"As I said Lomas, it's been overplayed, much on here by the usual suspects with the victim mentality. But I'd be very surprised if he had zero awareness of what he was saying to Curry or very much in his proximity. England did better than expected through the tournament - despite an easy path. Just so poor in terms of creativity. Hopefully they can go back and build from scratch, but they need to decide what game they want to play. Ireland have become very effective as shifting the ball out of contact, or letting the ball go just before contact to change the point of attack. Be interesting to see if they can sustain what they have built over the past few years with a few key players retiring. Hopefully for England there can be a bit of time to develop a new gameplan and get the right players the experience to make it happen."

[Jonah Lomas]

So what did he actually say Captol? Was it in English? Afrikaans? Another language peculiar to the area he was born? Why did he specifically say it to Curry? Why would he call someone a white cսnt when he plays with white people? Why should he stop using Afrikaans when that's pretty much all they use on the field? Why is everyone so upset and offended on Curry's behalf? Where's the evidence of any wrong-doing? Etc etc

[Capitol Man]

nich the d 9:17 Fri Oct 27 Re: Rugby World Cup & Lomas and the point with there's enough English language with the player or the rest of the side and he's played international rugby for long enough to understand that this particular phrase when spoken could be problematic. That we do know. It's all be a bit overblown though. It's a shame the best sides in the tournament got unlucky and didn't make the final. Six or seven times out of ten France beats SA and Ireland beats the ABs. Since they got past those many years when Kiwi's would fold tournament after tournament both they and SA have a bit more experience and nous of performing when the chips are down.

[LeroysBoots]

"Fuck.me this England team are tedious Dull dull dull, not exciting rugby at all"

[Hermit Road]

You hear a lot about how good VAR is in rugby when it’s fallen short in football. That was a joke for their first try.

[swindon hammer]

Fair enough Jonah.

[RM10]

Your right on that Jonah ?üòÇ

[,]

Clear forward during the build up to the Argie try. The officials owe England a favour now.