A bit of alliteration there - but the American Eagles really did get a proper doing 64 -0. Now I expected a bok victory but it was so total, so complete that there was only 1 team on the pitch -especially in the second half. The American scrum was awful - pushed all over the park by the stronger South Africans almost at will.
Frankly I was surprised at how bad the USA were. They have played better but the Springboks are really on form now.
Wales have a hill to climb I really hope they can do it.
Now if Samoa beat Scotland- unlikly I grant you but not impossible tyhen Japa may Qualfy- which would be fantastic especially as they should I hope be able to beat the USA. Though we are told the USA have "targeted" that game and fielded an understrength side against the boks ..... Hmmmmm
Should be an interesting weekend of blood and thunder.
Times of the games here.
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/fixtures
Along with lots of other info
You will of course notice that I've been notably silent about the England disaster. I didn't see it as I was in Derby but the result says it all. A customer- Derek was there and knows his rugger, better than I and opined that the Australians gave us an object lesson in how to play a game. English Discipline was again very poor so we deserved our kicking !
Nuff said move on .....
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Thursday, 8 October 2015
Monday, 28 September 2015
Brutal Boks Bounce Back
England lack disipline and give away a 10 point lead .
What a weekend. England blow it in spectacular fashion- help by some seriously good Welsh kicking by Dan Biggar. But to squander a 10 point lead by simple indiscipline is appalling- I lost count after 13 penalties- including at least one given away by the bloody captain.Laugh! I thought I'd never start ! To cock it up so mightily in your own back yard takes real "skill" What did my head in was that- England played well in the first half and barring the penalty count were doing OK until the last 20 mins or so then when the subs came on it all fell apart
The Sprinboks batter Samoa and looked like a different team becasue they had something to prove .
Now Its up to France .... or just possibly Ireland. Wales simply won't have any men left but if they can stick a band-aid on a few .... maybe
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Brave Blossoms Bash Boks
Never to be thought of. The Japanese beat the Springboks in Brighton ! What am I going on about. The Rugby World Cup of course- the greatest sporting event in the world. Forget all those elen a siode round ball pansies. Soccer as we know is a game for girls.
Mind you maybe I should be a bit chary about mentioning the Rugger as the last World Cup caused me to leave the "dwedfully" middle class OFW group- not that I cared in the end. After all when some over paid (or over pensioned) middle class tosser tells me "This is not a dmocracy"- the second word in my considered reply will be "OFF" .So as it happens I'm well out of it.
So on to better things. What a game! The Brave Blossoms were awesome. Inventive ,sharp, clinical, fast,. The Boks- well possibly complacent - expecting to win by 30 points so it took them a while to get that they were in a game. but at times they looked depressingly old and ordinary
If you are a rugger fan and you have not seen the -Ion its you I'm talking to- its well worth a watch.
England- well they just got away with it against Fiji but no-one had any broken legs or bones sticking out of the snotter so OK for the next bout
Catch Samoa against the USA next but my next "must see at all costs " is Japan v Scotland on Wednesday can the Blossoms do the Porriges ??? On current form they may well.
Wargames- well I did play a Ancients game to Tactica yesterday in 15mm and yes it was a tight gems- went doem to the wire BUT- because I fannied about I came second- Should have sent the forwards in (Roman Legionaries to the untutored) to make the Hard Yards up the middle instead of worrying about the wingers until it was too late- poor timing. Mind you his back line was faster(more cavalry) and his front row(Elephants) didn't half taker some stopping.
Picture when I get them out of the phone !
PS- The Welsh seem to be made of porcelain 4 more injuries against tiny Uraguay- at this rate they'll have nobody left. They are having a very poor run of luck that way
Mind you maybe I should be a bit chary about mentioning the Rugger as the last World Cup caused me to leave the "dwedfully" middle class OFW group- not that I cared in the end. After all when some over paid (or over pensioned) middle class tosser tells me "This is not a dmocracy"- the second word in my considered reply will be "OFF" .So as it happens I'm well out of it.
So on to better things. What a game! The Brave Blossoms were awesome. Inventive ,sharp, clinical, fast,. The Boks- well possibly complacent - expecting to win by 30 points so it took them a while to get that they were in a game. but at times they looked depressingly old and ordinary
If you are a rugger fan and you have not seen the -Ion its you I'm talking to- its well worth a watch.
England- well they just got away with it against Fiji but no-one had any broken legs or bones sticking out of the snotter so OK for the next bout
Catch Samoa against the USA next but my next "must see at all costs " is Japan v Scotland on Wednesday can the Blossoms do the Porriges ??? On current form they may well.
Wargames- well I did play a Ancients game to Tactica yesterday in 15mm and yes it was a tight gems- went doem to the wire BUT- because I fannied about I came second- Should have sent the forwards in (Roman Legionaries to the untutored) to make the Hard Yards up the middle instead of worrying about the wingers until it was too late- poor timing. Mind you his back line was faster(more cavalry) and his front row(Elephants) didn't half taker some stopping.
Picture when I get them out of the phone !
PS- The Welsh seem to be made of porcelain 4 more injuries against tiny Uraguay- at this rate they'll have nobody left. They are having a very poor run of luck that way
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