[Other Sport] Rugby (Union) World Cup Official Thread

[Jeremiah]

Well I'm just hoping that at the end of the tournament we (England) are still the only Northern Hemisphere side to have won it .

Not hopeful of this after having my Geoff Hurst fact ruined by Mbappe last World Cup.

 

[Icy Gull]

WTF Bill Beaumont giving an opening speech in English to a French audience. They are so bored they are singing La Marseilaise over him.

Fecking bizarre

Macron getting a frosty reception

 

[crodonilson]

Come on those All Black's, can't wait to see the Haka.

 

[Jolly Red Giant]

Same for me, but instead of your New Zealand I'll be supporting Ireland. (And yes I know they wouldn't reciprocate, but I don't care.)

anybody but England

 

[Icy Gull]

Allez Les Bleus but I won’t be gutted if NZ win, the perfect game for the neutral.

 

[kojak]

I wouldn't mind betting we get more red cards than anyone else
I don't know why they'll bother,we're not very good at the moment

Whoever wins tonight,will lose the final against the same team

 

[kojak]

anybody but England

Ireland will play either the French or all blacks in the next round
Goodbye

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I wouldn't mind betting we get more red cards than anyone else
I don't know why they'll bother,we're not very good at the moment

Whoever wins tonight,will lose the final against the same team

Isn't this what England do? Stink the place out then somehow do ok at WC

 

[Frutos]

They made an utter mess of La Marseillaise there.

 

[kojak]

Isn't this what England do? Stink the place out then somehow do ok at WC

Not this one

 

[crodonilson]

Is there any finer sight in world sport than the Haka? Absolutely breathtaking.

 

[Gwylan]

They made an utter mess of La Marseillaise there.

How did they manage to make the most rousing of all anthems into a mess?

 

[crodonilson]

What. a. start.

Vintage All Blacks

 

[Frutos]

How did they manage to make the most rousing of all anthems into a mess?

By having an a capella choir singing it at a different tempo than either the players or the crowd.

Made it sound like one of those round-robin things I remember from primary school where someone starts, someone else then starts when the first one gets a few lines in and so on.

 

[Bozza]

If the French lose this, they deserve it after that monstrosity of La Marseillaise.

I was looking forward to hearing the home crowd belt it out, and they completely f***ed it up.

 

[Frutos]

I was looking forward to hearing the home crowd belt it out, and they completely f***ed it up.

This.

 

[ManOfSussex]

I was expecting La Marseillaise tonight to be up there with the ones in Casablanca or Escape to Victory. Very disappointing.

 

[LamieRobertson]

What. a. start.

Vintage All Blacks

Nullified by two pens to the French….followed by desperate French defending

 

[Iggle Piggle]

If the French lose this, they deserve it after that monstrosity of La Marseillaise.

I was looking forward to hearing the home crowd belt it out, and they completely f***ed it up.

We watched the start as I was closing the cricket club up after training. We thought there was something wrong with the sound at one point!

 

[Eeyore]

Well I'm just hoping that at the end of the tournament we (England) are still the only Northern Hemisphere side to have won it .

Not hopeful of this after having my Geoff Hurst fact ruined by Mbappe last World Cup.

I think we may be. Although you can never be sure which version of the French team will turn up.

It's a very long tournament as ever, so at least the home teams will be around for a while.