Rugby Union discussion: Rugby World Cup!

Not long until September 9th, the day the Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand, excited as hell. Here are the pools:






Thoughts? Predictions? Discuss everything Rugby here!

 

Bumpage

 

I guess Reds

 

Lol Reds won, Quade Cooper ftw this year =p

 

What a game, Genia and Ioane were amazing.

 

Late response ftw!
Anyway the game was amazing
QLD are dominating in pretty much every sport in Australia haha.. well except for AFL.
Origin 6 years in a row, red win, roar won the a league, broncos and cowboys are doing pretty good in the nrl, produce some good athletes.
We own haha

 

Lol, Josh, I was actually thinking the same thing and looking at all the different disciplines in which QLD are owning in the other day Attractive place, I guess.

 

It was obvious the Reds would win.
The Crusaders lost the past four meetings between the two prior to the GF.
They both showed that they were hungry at the start but Carter's kicking was always going to trouble them.
Thankfully the Crusaders lost the ball at the end or else they could have won thanks to Cooper's 2 missed conversions.

So happy for them. Two years ago they were useless but they have rapidly improved

 

If only Cooper would play for the All Blacks :'(

 

crusaders all day

 

haha John he's ours XD
Wish he went to rugby league though!

And yeah Aussielad they sucked so bad haha. Really good coaching

 

Crusaders !

 

I would love for him to switch to league man after the RWC, I reckon he would suit that style of game so much better.

 

haha yeah he'd be very exciting to watch
Love to see him come in Lockyer's place at the Broncos, Maroons and Australia because yeah he's retiring at the end of the year XD

 

reds by far lol

 

Yeah, he just has that style of game which is very fitting of league. But with the maroons, I think Cooper Cronk will be replacing his jersey. Not sure about the Australian side, though.

I also had to LAUGH at Australia losing to Samoa. Not a great start for their RWC campaign

 

All Blacks Rugby World Cup squad was announced yesterday: http://www.allblacks.com/news/17223/All-Blacks-squad-named-for-2011-Rugby-World-Cup

Looking interesting. 16 days till the RWC starts!

 

Can't wait! Wales have been in bad form in terms of the past 2 years but we are coming off with a win over England and Argentina, I have high hopes of getting out of the group stages this time, Fiji are dangerous though, and South Africa may not be in the best form but we all know how they can play especially at a World Cup, I'm going to stick my neck out and say we'll top the group but beating South Africa may just me being optimistic, especially as we have a shit ton of injuries.

My money is on New Zealand, although I think France can win it if they get their heads together.

 

Great 25-20 win for Australia over New Zealand, nice to see the All Blacks aren't invincible coming into the WC. Still think they'll win it though.

Time to get a few beers for the Ireland vs England game although I can see it being a bore-fest, Ireland are out of sorts and so are England, both offering little penetration in the WC warm-ups. Ireland win hopefully.

 

NZ v Aussie final.

Go the Wallabies.

"Go you good thing..."