The Rugby World Cup 2015 Thread

[Duffman]

So, who else is looking forward to the Rugby World Cup starting tomorrow?

Well if you are then this thread is the place to be

And of course we start off with the opening match between England and Fiji which I SHALL be watching

Then Saturdays fixtures are:

Tonga vs Georgia

Ireland vs Canada

South Africa vs Japan

France vs Italy

And Sundays are as follows:

Samoa vs USA

Wales vs Uruguay

New Zealand vs Argentina

 

[Fijiandoce]

You know Fiji are going to boss this tournament

In serious though, New Zealand are looking like the side to beat. In the space of a couple weeks, the took a narrow loss to Aus and turned it into a thrashing victory...

 

[podsaurus]

I've never watched rugby but I am, on a whim, going to find someplace I can watch it anyway. Not sure if they will carry that here but I'll see.

Sent from 2000ft under the crust

 

[Fijiandoce]

[QUOTE="podsaurus, post: 6475960]I've never watched rugby but I am, on a whim, going to find someplace I can watch it anyway. Not sure if they will carry that here but I'll see.

Sent from 2000ft under the crust[/QUOTE]
Watch Fiji thrash England tomorrow night! :snicker

Jokes aside, it should make for an entertaining opener at the very least. Fiji will run the ball any chance they get. Should probably expect a few big hits from the fijian backs.

 

[Duffman]

[QUOTE="Fijiandoce, post: 6475969]Watch Fiji thrash England tomorrow night! :snicker

Jokes aside, it should make for an entertaining opener at the very least. Fiji will run the ball any chance they get. Should probably expect a few big hits from the fijian backs.[/QUOTE]

Don't think it will be a walk over for England I must admit but it's a game we really should win, massively excited about watching the opener tonight and the whole tournament in general

 

[Sekhmet]

I love the world cup. Will definitely be watching tonight. Massively excited about the tournament.

 

[Duffman]

[QUOTE="LadyBlack007, post: 6476010]I love the world cup. Will definitely be watching tonight. Massively excited about the tournament. [/QUOTE]

Who are you rooting for?

I'm so excited about it I'm even tempted to watch the minor nations matches

 

[Sekhmet]

I would be excited if England won but I think New Zealand might take it. Who are you rooting for?

I do that with six nations too, I watch all matches.

 

[Fijiandoce]

[QUOTE="Duffman, post: 6476007]Don't think it will be a walk over for England I must admit but it's a game we really should win, massively excited about watching the opener tonight and the whole tournament in general [/QUOTE]
I expect England to shut Nadolo down quickly when he gets the ball (or try to at least). Of all the fijian backs, this guy will cause problems for most teams.

 

[Duffman]

[QUOTE="LadyBlack007, post: 6476012]I would be excited if England won but I think New Zealand might take it. Who are you rooting for?

I do that with six nations too, I watch all matches.[/QUOTE]

Well it would be nice for England but like you say I think it will be a New Zealand vs South Africa final

[QUOTE="Fijiandoce, post: 6476013]I expect England to shut Nadolo down quickly when he gets the ball (or try to at least). Of all the fijian backs, this guy will cause problems for most teams.[/QUOTE]

They will have to be careful, one laps of of concentration and they seem like a team that will punish you!

 

[Admartian]

I'm hoping for Italy to upset France in their pool. Because Ireland or France in a Quarter will be abitch.

 

[Duffman]

Well it wasn't pretty and it wasn't a wash over but we shall take the win and the bonus point, can't play like that against Wales and Australia though so hopefully the next performance is a massive improvement! There were signs of it and some of the passing was flowing and fast but there just seemed too many lapses in concentration

 

[Sekhmet]

[QUOTE="Duffman, post: 6476252]Well it wasn't pretty and it wasn't a wash over but we shall take the win and the bonus point, can't play like that against Wales and Australia though so hopefully the next performance is a massive improvement! There were signs of it and some of the passing was flowing and fast but there just seemed too many lapses in concentration[/QUOTE]

Agree. The player that stood out the most to me was Mike Brown. Australia and Wales will annihilate us if we play like that again. Looking forward to Ireland v Canada today. Hopefully Ireland will win.

 

[Duffman]

[QUOTE="LadyBlack007, post: 6476254]Agree. The player that stood out the most to me was Mike Brown. Australia and Wales will annihilate us if we play like that again. Looking forward to Ireland v Canada today. Hopefully Ireland will win.[/QUOTE]

I can't see Ireland slipping up against Canada but you never know, France vs Italy should be a close run game though!

 

[Sekhmet]

[QUOTE="Duffman, post: 6476256]I can't see Ireland slipping up against Canada but you never know, France vs Italy should be a close run game though![/QUOTE]

I can't see it either but I just like the way Ireland play mostly. That's the next game I'm looking forward to the most. I hope Italy win.

 

[Duffman]

I can see South Africa thrashing Japan today in all honesty......

 

[Duffman]

[QUOTE="Duffman, post: 6476262]I can see South Africa thrashing Japan today in all honesty......[/QUOTE]

How wrong was I :lol:

Amazing display by Japan, definitely an upset when you consider South Africa's rugby pedigree!

 

[Fijiandoce]

Yeah, poor showing from South Africa. I heard it on the news this morning and had to have a little reality check seeing as i just woke up :snicker

 

[Duffman]

[QUOTE="Fijiandoce, post: 6476434]Yeah, poor showing from South Africa. I heard it on the news this morning and had to have a little reality check seeing as i just woke up :snicker[/QUOTE]

Don't think you are the only one, apparently Japan actually has a massive rugby following and it's own super league, who knew :lol:

No surprises today though, Uruguay put on a good show at the start but Wales have decided to start playing now

 

[Admartian]

Surprised that it was against SA, but not surprised that Japan played so well.


Am I the only one (outside of Japan) that aren't surprised at their good play?


Good win today - don't listen to media about it being sloppy. We were ill disciplined, and the Pumas defence was just that good.

 

[PBM]

I used to be able to watch Rugby at home ... but my douchey cable company keeps slowly removing channels. >_>

 

[Admartian]

https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbystreams is your friend, Brandon.

 

[PBM]

Nice! Thanks.

 

[PS4freak]

[QUOTE="Brandon, post: 6476506]I used to be able to watch Rugby at home ... but my douchey cable company keeps slowly removing channels. >_>[/QUOTE]

They are on ppv on DirecTV so... Never watched a game and wanted to check it out. I'm guessing the semis and final will be on some channel I get. Wouldn't mind checking it out.

 

[-Dj-]

[QUOTE="PS4freak, post: 6476515]They are on ppv on DirecTV so... Never watched a game and wanted to check it out. I'm guessing the semis and final will be on some channel I get. Wouldn't mind checking it out.[/QUOTE]
to bad ant a site broadcasting all sports games http://www.sportstream.tv/

 

[PS4freak]

[QUOTE="-Dj-, post: 6476520]to bad ant a site broadcasting all sports games http://www.sportstream.tv/[/QUOTE]

Can't stream. Data caps.

 

[Duffman]

So, no games tonight or tomorrow but here are the fixtures for Wednesday:

Scotland vs Japan

Australia vs Fiji

France vs Romania

 

[XperienZ]

[QUOTE="Duffman, post: 6476628]So, no games tonight or tomorrow but here are the fixtures for Wednesday:

Scotland vs Japan

Australia vs Fiji

France vs Romania[/QUOTE]

Anyone brave enough to predict that Scotland Vs Japan game? lol

 

[Duffman]

[QUOTE="XperienZ, post: 6476743]Anyone brave enough to predict that Scotland Vs Japan game? lol[/QUOTE]

Well a couple of days ago you would have said a walk over for Scotland but Japan could very well make it 2 wins on the bounce!

 

[Sekhmet]

I think Japan will win.