Rugby World Cup
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Does anyone have any idea why the Rugby World Cup[^] website repeatedly refers to tries as touchdowns? There are no helmets, no padding and no 4 hours games so why the hell are we trying to make it sound like the NFL?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Maybe becuase unlike the dodgy American game the players actually do have to touch the ball down? As SA have unfortunately demonstrated numerous times thisafternoon!
Paul
pprice wrote:
As SA have unfortunately demonstrated numerous times thisafternoon!
Wooohooo! Took some nasty tackles from the Samoans but we kept our cool.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Does anyone have any idea why the Rugby World Cup[^] website repeatedly refers to tries as touchdowns? There are no helmets, no padding and no 4 hours games so why the hell are we trying to make it sound like the NFL?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
It's French, isn't it?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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It's French, isn't it?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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No, it's made by the IRB. The RWC belongs to the IRB.
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
Well. That explains that then. The IRB did it ;)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Well. That explains that then. The IRB did it ;)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
The IRB really, really, really sucks - It's one of the last fortresses of the white anglo-saxon establishment and does whatever possible so it stays like this :mad:
When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?
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It's French, isn't it?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Yes it must be French. Boy am I glad that I am not in the French team after Friday night... The Boks played well today and should put up a good fight against the English next. It will be another classic clash against them as they normally come back strong after a disappointing show, albeit a win. Op die Bokke!!! Francois Benadie South Africa(born and bred) and UK(living and working)
Francois Benadie
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The IRB really, really, really sucks - It's one of the last fortresses of the white anglo-saxon establishment and does whatever possible so it stays like this :mad:
When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?
Is the French Rugby board any less so? South African Rugby board is pathetic. Used to be a bunch of old, racist, white guys and is now a bunch of old, racist, black guys. They keep dicking around with the coach and the team. They've gone so far as to tell Jake White he has to play a certain player or he will loose his job. Management shouldn't tell a coach how to do his job.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Yes it must be French. Boy am I glad that I am not in the French team after Friday night... The Boks played well today and should put up a good fight against the English next. It will be another classic clash against them as they normally come back strong after a disappointing show, albeit a win. Op die Bokke!!! Francois Benadie South Africa(born and bred) and UK(living and working)
Francois Benadie
Nice to meet a fellow Saffa :) Yeah. We should handle England fine but they won't be a walk over. Our game today was good, Samoans are always tough. I hear De Villiers is out though, damn.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Nice to meet a fellow Saffa :) Yeah. We should handle England fine but they won't be a walk over. Our game today was good, Samoans are always tough. I hear De Villiers is out though, damn.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
To bad for De Villiers, but there is a very capable replacement in Francois Steyn - bright young rugby mind. Needs a bit of muscle and he will play the socks of the likes of Dan Carter for 10. When I first saw him it immediately conjured up images of the kings of fulbacks: the one and only Jubba. I hear that after the world cup the Springbok emblem will be a thing for the display cabinets only:mad: Real smart guys in SARFU are busy gutting the duck that lays the golden eggs. Where do they think the sport and the money will go if they take away the one and only thing that every rugby fanatic in SA respects??? If they continue to mess with the national side, Aus and NZ will put action to there threats of cutting us out of the Tri-nations as we will not be a worthy opponent by any standards.:doh: There, that was my rant for a late saturday night...just finishing some chapters on C# that I'm studying at the moment. Enjoy the rest of the games this week. WE can have another chat after Fridays game:cool:
Francois Benadie
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Is the French Rugby board any less so? South African Rugby board is pathetic. Used to be a bunch of old, racist, white guys and is now a bunch of old, racist, black guys. They keep dicking around with the coach and the team. They've gone so far as to tell Jake White he has to play a certain player or he will loose his job. Management shouldn't tell a coach how to do his job.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
Management shouldn't tell a coach how to do his job.
It depends of the coach :sigh: - When the coach sucks he should be fired by the management, even if he's a friend of the Head of the State. In France there's the Federation, the FFR and the Professional League, the LNR. Both fight continously, the first to get the player play for the national team (in fact the Federation team) and the other to protect the professional teams of the French Professional Championship. The result is that international and national competitions overlap, players play way too many games per year, there are many injuries and players are exhausted at the end of the season. With Rugby becoming professional, we are now seeing Rugby going through the same pitfalls that football, the economic interests take over the game and sportsmanship :mad:
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