RUGBY WORLD CUP THREAD

[tyreguy]

My Picks for round 2 are

 

Scotland vs Japan  Scotland to win 13+

Australia vs Fiji   Australia to win 13+

France vs Romania    France to win 13+

New Zealand vs Namibia   NZ to win 13+

Argentina vs Georgia   ARG to win 13+

Italy vs Canada    ITA to win 1-12 point margin

South Africa vs Samoa    SA to win 13+

England vs Wales   ENG to win 1-12 point margin

Australia vs Uruguay   AUS to win 13+

Scotland vs USA   SCO to win 13+

Ireland vs Romania   IRE to win 13+

 

Edit...just doing this for a bit of fun at work.

[Gym rat]

I have pretty much got the same picks. Watched the reply of the all blacks vs Argentina game on prime when I got home from work yesterday. Thought the all blacks looked a bit average at times .win is a win. The only low point of the game was waney Barnes being the ref.

[tyreguy]

I thought Wayne Barnes did an outstanding Job Gymrat, he wasn`t too biased

But I wouldn`t want him like say in a semi-final, He`ll f**k us over. He was over heard from the sideline by one of the All Black Physios when we played Aussie at Eden Park not long ago, It was a kick return by Izzy Folau and as he was scooting down the sideline to score, Wayne Barnes was heard Yelling Go Israel, Go Israel!!, Go Israel!!..Dodgy c*nt!

[Wookie]

I don't think the Japanese are going to suddenly run out of luck. They won by skill and heart. I'd say it will be close against Scotland.

[Gym rat]

Regardless of waney Barnes doing goodo job of refing yesterday. Still hate him and think he is a Muppet

[Bruce Al]

Im picking japan to beat scotland and samoa to beat south africa.

[Pseudonym]

While researching my Round 2 picks today, I found a 100% true astrological prediction that Scotland will beat Japan. So there's absolutely no doubt.

[Gym rat]

Hope aussie beat England and knock the poms out of the world cup.

[maccaz]

Hope aussie beat England and knock the poms out of the world cup.

best post you've made gym rat.

[maccaz]

im actually starting to get into rugby just from following and watching bits of this rwc.

have never really enjoyed watching it previously (am i even male and from nz?!) 

[crazyfacials]

Hope aussie beat England and knock the poms out of the world cup.

Gymrat plz.... lets hope England can get their shit together, was so mad last game

[Wookie]

Noticed a number of "why England must stay in the Cup" articles on the Herald.

 

Apparently it will kill the momentum of the cup if England get booted out. Fans won't show up.

 

And yet the 2 highest attended games have been NZ vs Arg and Ireland vs Romania.

 

 

Pfffft.

 

Watching the world burn is fun sometimes.

[Skeletor]

Ill be cheering for Australia even though my mums a pom. So if England lose will they be out of quarter final contention?. Id love for Wales to go on and beat Aussie though and even win the cu if NZ dont.

[Gym rat]

If aussie beat England and I can just imagine that the English media would end up having a massive field day by ripping into the English rugby team when England gets knocked out of the world cup

[Pseudonym]

I've picked Aussie by 12-or-under. With that much pressure on England, it would be incredible if they're unaffected by it.

[Realtalk]

Australia could still beat England and England still get through. If England loose to Aus but still get 2 bonus points against Australia and then a win and a bonus point vs Uruguay (which they almost will). Then it would come down to points differential and England would more than Likley go through ahead of Wales that's given Australia beats Wales in their last match.

This pool is really interesting still and it's not a done deal until the final games.

[jimmybro1]

Australia could still beat England and England still get through. If England loose to Aus but still get 2 bonus points against Australia and then a win and a bonus point vs Uruguay (which they almost will). Then it would come down to points differential and England would more than Likley go through ahead of Wales that's given Australia beats Wales in their last match.

This pool is really interesting still and it's not a done deal until the final games.

Not like New Zealands pool...

I hope Australia sticks it to the British twats and Wales gets through

[Realtalk]

All blacks played like shit this morning. Carter was rubbish.

[Gym rat]

Nz pool has got sides which are fairly easy to beat like compare to the pool of death which is a hard pool. Hard to pick who will go through to the knockout stage from pool d

[Bruce Al]

I was concerned in 3/4 of the georgia game how our scrum was fucked over. 

ps - catch ya lata england.... swing low

[Skeletor]

Hmmmmmm.   England out , Australia take Wales with them through to the quarters and South Africa back in form. Good win by Japan over Samoa to.  Fricken exciting stuff

[Pseudonym]

I've picked Aussie by 12-or-under.

Hmph. Looks like I gave England too much credit!

 

All blacks played like shit this morning. Carter was rubbish.

Apparently we're holding back.

[Realtalk]

Hmph. Looks like I gave England too much credit!

Apparently we're holding back.

Sure, 10 handling errors in first half and missed conversions, kicking penaltys dead. It was pathetic. I don't buy into all this "peaking" talk. Peaking is a term for individual athletes training towards an event not a rugby team who have been together for more than 4 years and have a rest and rotation policy. Rugby teams should be "peaking" every week. Hansen has these words he loves uses and has no idea what they even mean. I hope carter gets injuried next week so Hansen is forced out of his blind loyalty to him and sopoanga starts in the quarters.

[Wookie]

Hansen said gameplan was to not kick so they were forced to try find holes in a rush defence. Carters mistakes make more sense in that regard.

[Gym rat]

Was checking the updates on the Sydney morning Herld website for the England vs Aussie game was very happy about Aussie knocking England out of the World Cup .