Rugby World Cup

Two great games planned for tomorrow; England v Estonia in the football and then the big one at night.

We certainly aren't going to run over their forwards this time and the scrum and breakdowns are going to be a lot more heavily contested, so I'm hoping for a bit of flair in the back line. Hopefully Jonny can orchestrate some good running rugby and get Tait and the other creative players into the game.

Allez les Blancs...or however it translates.

Surely there are more than 3 people watching the World Cup??? You can't all be uncultured football louts/Yanks, surely?

Au revoir!

We've bloody done it again. God knows how, but we've done it. It was a dire game, which I'll say the French probably edged territorily and in terms of the rugby played. The kicking was poor all around; both out of the hands and place kicking, and there were still too many silly errors around the breakdown. All of that is irrelevant right now, however, as we're there. A rematch with the Boks would be interesting Bring on next Saturday.

I have to say I'd fancy our chances more against SA (or even Argentina!!) than against the All-Blacks if they'd made it through, so it isn't as easy to guess who's gonna walk away with the trophy this time round. How exciting!!

South Africa played an amazing match!! Was a pleasure to watch. Will be interesting to see how the final plays out.

It was more the fact that Argentina played such a dire match, to be honest. Their execution of even the basics was shocking. The majority of SA's points came from ill-discipline and turnovers at the breakdown (with the odd telegraphed, intercepted pass thrown in for good measure). I'd be hugely surprised if England gave them the same opportunities. That said, I still fancy the Boks for a win; their pack is immense and, in Botha and Matfield, they have two of the best line-out jumpers in the world.

Yeah, I reckon SA will do it but I think it'll be a tight game and England will keep it interesting till the end.

Still, there's always a chance....

I have a reall problem with rugby, I dont understand the rules and I have tried to for yrs... perhaps its because Im so much into nfl I cant get my head round rugby.... they do some weird things... anyway...I have watched the games , I think SA will win by a lot...but hope England manage to pull it out of the bag. I love Jonny Wilks, he looks so funny everytime before he kicks the ball he sticks his butt out and his thumbs in the air ...

Dawn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...nt/default.stm

Go! Have a good read before Saturday!

As for Jonny, he says himself that he has no idea why he ends up in that position, but it seems to work so we'll leave him be!

Kick like Jonny:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...ls/default.stm