2007 Rugby World Cup

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:47 pm

The way an Australian should always greet an English gentleman

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:54 am

Jonny I love you nearly as much as Amy does!!

(In a manly backslapping sort of way of course!)

Bring on those Argies!

Confession time: I moaned to high heaven when Lewis Moody was replaced by Joe Worsley. Shows what I know! What a tap tackle that was!

Ajarn Philip · Post by **Ajarn Philip** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:59 am

Unbelievable stuff! Chuffed to bits!

It's so much more exciting when England win late like that - who wants to see them leading by 20 points at half time and strolling on to an easy victory...?

I do! In the final against Argentina!

P.S. In a mad moment I had my students singing Swing Low the other day. With some of the actions, but not all...
Well, it was a cross-cultural class!

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:41 pm

Wow what a game, i was in Maidstone watching that downing a lot of vodka lemonades firstly to ease the nerves then in celebration.

It was a fantastic match to watch, had me on the edge of my seat. The England defence when they were on the try line in the dying 15mins was fantastic.

And although Jonny didnt kick every kick he got the two that mattered at the end. Corry had a couple of awful moments but Danny Hipkiss was fantastic.

Come on next weekend!

John Knight · Post by **John Knight** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:40 pm

blondie95 wrote:And although Jonny didnt kick every kick he got the two that mattered at the end.

Interesting to see that he refused to use one of the balls given by the ball boy as it was not one of the 'match balls'.
How many other times did they pull that trick?

marty · Post by **marty** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:41 pm

New IRB rules:

Post by **jtaylor** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:07 pm

This arrived from Adrian Bawtree at CH, and I thought I'd share it more widely as it certainly worked for last Saturday!

Dear Folks,

The attached track (which I hope didn't take too long to download) is my own effort to "gee up" the troops in advance of our momentous game on Saturday.

The background tune is called, "England Expects" so I unashamedly use it here in advance of the England v France game - after all, they just saw the Battle of Trafalgar as a mild skirmish when they killed our Commander in Chief!

Please feel free to:

a) listen
b) pass on
c) delete as jingoistic crxp

As I say, it is one musician's attempt in entering into the spirit of it all.

Best wishes
Adrian

Here's the file:-
http://www.chforum.info/audio/EnglandExpects.mp3

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:22 am

MIke Oldfield would be proud.

I find it a bit slow, though if it means the England boys tmarching over the prostrate bodies of the opposition then it certainly seems to have inspired Josh Lewsey. (played junior rugby at Amersham and Chiltern, shame about the hamstring)

midget · Post by **midget** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:47 pm

Anyone know a way to sneak this onto the PA system in Paris?

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:05 am

great semi final - I suppose it's going to have to be another 3 am job for me then.....

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:17 pm

Why are New Zealanders banned from owning dogs?

Because they don't know how to hold onto a lead

marty · Post by **marty** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:56 pm

Why are Australian rugby players not allowed to watch Star Trek?

Because they sh*t themselves everytime Captain Picard says "engage".

Post by **jtaylor** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:39 pm

I just checked my betfair account, and found that I placed a bet I'd completely forgotten about - Â£10 on England to win, placed in August, at 32:1 - now I just KNOW that England won't win!! I've jinxed them....

J

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:19 am

jtaylor wrote:I just checked my betfair account, and found that I placed a bet I'd completely forgotten about - Â£10 on England to win, placed in August, at 32:1 - now I just KNOW that England won't win!! I've jinxed them....

J

Nice result if they do pull it off though!

Does that mean we don't need to worry about our forum donations now?

Post by **jtaylor** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:25 am

I think it might just mean it brings me into credit on my accountr!!