: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:21 am  

Catalancs wrote:

worst attempt at irony ... ever

Shadow is like a parasite that lays dormant waiting for a willing apologist host to innocently wander past that he can cling to.

: Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:04 am  

tigertot wrote:

Shadow is like a parasite that lays dormant waiting for a willing apologist host to innocently wander past that he can cling to.

That's a little harsh

: Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:15 am  

Shadow wrote:

That's a little harsh

You've made me feel guilty now.

: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:27 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

fair enough. i still say it depends on the game.
when the union press come out saying its a global game and then the all blacks put towards 100 points on a 'strong' union nation like samoa you have to say that its a bit of an exagerated claim.
as far as i know the vast majority of folk esxpected england to easily beat the young, largely inexperienced wales team on friday.
i certainly did. that's why i had 20 quid on england -36

Rugby Union is not a global game by any stretch of imagination, still at least they are increasing the amount of games for the smaller nations against the giants of world rugby. They can only get better that way. League is very shoddy when it comes to this, take PNG for example, how many tests have they played since WC 2000, about 6/7 at most. They should have made the 4 Nations tournament scuedled for 2009 a 5 Nations tournament. PNG is the only country in the world where Rugby League is the national sport, at least the RU bodies look after the smaller nations.

: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:31 pm  

freshwater wrote:

Rugby Union is not a global game by any stretch of imagination, still at least they are increasing the amount of games for the smaller nations against the giants of world rugby. They can only get better that way. League is very shoddy when it comes to this, take PNG for example, how many tests have they played since WC 2000, about 6/7 at most. They should have made the 4 Nations tournament scuedled for 2009 a 5 Nations tournament. PNG is the only country in the world where Rugby League is the national sport, at least the RU bodies look after the smaller nations.

couldn't agree more

: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:56 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

i read last week that the romanian team in the euro competition, buceresti (spelling?) is made up of the best romanian players.
im pretty sure they play their games in romania.
1,000 turned up to see their game at the weekend.
also 3 or 4 more sub 2,500 crowds over weekend

It's actually made up of the best Romanian players from their own league, not just the Romanian players as that would just be the Romanian side. The argument used was that Georgias top players mainly play elsewhere, but I thought Romanias did as well

: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:22 am  

Catalancs wrote:

:CLAP: couldn't agree more

Me too.

: Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:27 pm  

freshwater wrote:

PNG is the only country in the world where Rugby League is the national sport, at least the RU bodies look after the smaller nations.

1- PNG can only join the 3/4 Nations if it is financially viable. ATM it is barely financially viable without them.
2- I reffer the honourable gentleman to the RFU's treatment of Tonga in the last two world cups, and would suggest that RU bodies do, in fact, not look after the smaller nations.

: Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:56 pm  

belgianxiii wrote:

2- I reffer the honourable gentleman to the RFU's treatment of Tonga in the last two world cups, and would suggest that RU bodies do, in fact, not look after the smaller nations.

And what treatment would that be?
The RFU have nothing to do with running the RWC.

: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:47 pm  

Best game of the Heineken Cup so far today at the Millennium Stadium.
Looks like the gamble to switch grounds paid off with 27000 attending.