Rugby World Cup

[Jonferimonic]

38 days to go, just wondered if anyone else is gonna be glued to the tv during september/october.

(ps for you americans Rugby is like soccer but the ball is a different shape and the blokes dont wear fancy dress like in Gridiron..)

Any kiwis out there?!

[ene.xis]

not me....just might watch the amateur portuguese team matches...
they have made an amazing achievment allready!

[Jonferimonic]

Ive not seen the portuguese play any rugby but NZ V Portugal is on September 15th, very keen to see how they do.

[joconnell]

Yup gonna be interesting alright - we're in with a shout this year but we've got a tough enough group - depth is our problem, got a few too many irreplaceables on the side...

[rivoli]

I will, well maybe not totally glued but still.. and we play new zealand on our first game.

[Jonferimonic]

joconnell - im really looking forward to seeing ireland play, you're a very tough side. My boss is irish and reckons we'll be playing you in the semis and that he might have 4 tickets to the match(id give my left leg for one!)

rivoli - good luck mate!

[rivoli]

rivoli - good luck mate!

cheers for that, we may use a wee bit of luck there

[joconnell]

do us a favour and take out carter and mccaw thanks

[Jonferimonic]

No problem, we'll bring back Tana Umaga (the predator) to replace them!

[rivoli]

you reckon it'd be considered fair play?

[Jonferimonic]

more like 'fear' play!

[priad]

I'll be glued for sure

[joconnell]

No problem, we'll bring back Tana Umaga (the predator) to replace them!

I'd say it'd be interesting to see tana playing ireland again - there's a few flankers that wouldn't mind a run at him - slightly more direct than luke mcallister - aaron mauger seems to be the targeted weakness in your back five at the mo...

[Jonferimonic]

I'll be glued for sure

The only man who scares me on the french side is Sebastien Chabal - did he used to wrestle dinosaurs?
Just kidding - you boys always produce results in WCs, whereas we tend to lose it under pressure.

[joconnell]

Chabal got battered by munster but yeah he got a nice hit in on one of your pack a while back - I'm sure jerry collins fancies a go...