jdoyle Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 thoroughly enjoyed the France vs Ireland game yesterday :-) Not good re O'Connell and O'Mahony though.
sonofsanta Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Had a great view of the UK Paper Plane Championships on Saturday night: The players on the field must have been so confused as to why they were getting cheered at completely random points; little did they know we were all cheering a paper plane made from an England flag successfully making it to the pitch. Best I saw was from the South Stand (where I was sat) making it all the way to the entrance tunnel at the halfway line. Second half was a bit better, but in the main I'm actually quite annoyed I missed two of the best games of the tournament in SCOvSAM and AUSvWAL in travelling up to Manchester. Organisation in the stadium was terrible as well--Park and Ride was overwhelmed and they had to announce that travel was free, because the queue for the two ticket machines was so huge. Queue for the bag check was about 10,000 people big (not kidding). And the bar! With 50,000 people at a rugby game you could basically sell beer as fast as you could serve it, but they had no idea what they were doing. One of my friends went to the bar ten minutes before half time, and didn't make it back until fifteen minutes into the second half. 45 minutes to get a round in! It was summed up nicely by the KFC at the Park & Ride at the end of the day: they ran out of chicken. At Kentucky Fried Chicken.
elsiegee40 Posted October 12, 2015 Author Posted October 12, 2015 Disappointed that Wales loss means they must play South Africa next. Brutal France v Ireland game with the desire not to play NZ next. Looked like the stadium had 85% Irish fans in it which must have helped. With any luck they'll get through to the semis. The Irish seem to be the best of the 4 home nations. Although it looks like they have key players out for the rest of the tournament now.
36Degrees Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) Organisation in the stadium was terrible as well Did you find the toilets in the Fan Zone? The main ones weren't actually marked on the map but the accessible ones were so there were huge queues at them. We finally found some after fighting our way through the bar queue and using the ones there. Then they wouldn't let you out of the side gate, you had to fight your way back through more of a crowd to get out! Then we noticed the field full of porta-loos as we went to find somewhere without a mile long queue to get a cup of coffee. (We got there very early so couldn't go into the stadium) Also found myself in front of some rugby "experts" who didn't even know who was playing. Highlight was one guy trying to name the team even though it had been announced, with pictures, 2 minutes before - "Andy Goode's at full back" (you mean Alex Goode - Andy Goode was a fly-half who retired recently) followed by "something Nowell in the front row" (Jack Nowell is on the wing, the player you can't think of is Mako Vunipola) Edit: just to clarify, they seemed to have strong views on who was playing despite not knowing who they were! Edited October 12, 2015 by 36Degrees
rich_tech Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Irish seemed the best of the home nations yesterday, though I think a couple of their key players are injured now and not looking great, also they have a disciplinary pending for O'Brian which doesnt look good for them, why they bother with stupidity like hitting one another when cameras film everything beats me at that level.
sonofsanta Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Did you find the toilets in the Fan Zone? The main ones weren't actually marked on the map but the accessible ones were so there were huge queues at them. We finally found some after fighting our way through the bar queue and using the ones there. Then they wouldn't let you out of the side gate, you had to fight your way back through more of a crowd to get out! Then we noticed the field full of porta-loos as we went to find somewhere without a mile long queue to get a cup of coffee. (We got there very early so couldn't go into the stadium) Also found myself in front of some rugby "experts" who didn't even know who was playing. Highlight was one guy trying to name the team even though it had been announced, with pictures, 2 minutes before - "Andy Goode's at full back" (you mean Alex Goode - Andy Goode was a fly-half who retired recently) followed by "something Nowell in the front row" (Jack Nowell is on the wing, the player you can't think of is Mako Vunipola) Edit: just to clarify, they seemed to have strong views on who was playing despite not knowing who they were! Didn't go into the fanzone (I think that's what the enormous crowd was queeing for); we left Lincolnshire about 3:30 and actually made it into the stadium at about 7:15 (followed by twenty minutes at the bar before giving up because we hadn't moved). I was both delighted and distraught that Nick Easter got a hat trick and man of the match. It's brilliant that Nick Easter of all people was our best player, it's like bringing Chris Moyles on the pitch, but honestly, what was the point in playing him? Fine for Aus where you want your strongest team here and now, but that game should have been used to give young players a run out and experiment. We're not going to be taking him to Japan at 41, are we?
elsiegee40 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 Getting ready for a busy weekend supporting Wales, Ireland, Scotland and France. It's going to be bloody, but it would be nice to hope that one northern hemisphere team can survive and win.
featured_spectre Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Anyone that is Welsh should be exceptionally proud of thst performance. 1
ButterflyMoon Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Bloody hell that was close. Wales played really well am just sorry they didn't quite make it 1
elsiegee40 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 So near and yet so far. At the Millennium Stadium they may just have won. Now for Scotland. Every possible deity needs to be brought on side! 1
featured_spectre Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Really looking forward to this game now. France have a history of upsetting new Zealand at the world cup..
elsiegee40 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 France appear to have tried to disguise themselves by wearing Welsh kit to get local support I would love to think they had a chance, but... NZ are so good and so quick
elsiegee40 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 Wow! What a kick from Scott Spedding!
featured_spectre Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 France have given up...there appears to be a serious lack in the French team. Still a south Africa v new Zealand semi would be fun to watch 1
kearton Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 What a run and try!! Awesome Julian Savea is a machine... #proudtobekiwi 1
elsiegee40 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 New Zealand just SO good. The French don't have a hope; their best wouldn't be good enough
ButterflyMoon Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 My cousin is watching live in Paraparaumu in the South Island NZ and it is half 9 Sunday morning there!
kearton Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 My cousin is watching live in Paraparaumu in the South Island NZ and it is half 9 Sunday morning there! Paraparaumu isn't in the South Island... 1
ButterflyMoon Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) No your quite correct my mistake lol Blame it on the excitement of watching the match Edited October 17, 2015 by ButterflyMoon
elsiegee40 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 Well, that's one team that will be in the final ... Possibly one ref too. Got to admire Nigel Owens silently waiting for the handbags to be put down before sorting out the cause of the fight. Can a ref be Sports Personality of the Year?
kearton Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 When is a punch not a punch? When it's a closed fist "push" to the face...
elsiegee40 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 When is a punch not a punch? When it's a closed fist "push" to the face... Only in rugby! 1
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