UK Time kick off.

Australia's next five matches are against Wales !!!

Friday in NZ
Dec at Millenium
Jun (x3) In Oz


Bring it on !

Exec ... the decision was correct according to the letter of the law but it's the inconsistency in applying that law that's the problem.

A directive was also sent out within the last year about feeding the scrum. How many refs have paid any attention to that ?

We're still out there Keyadian unlike some :-)

Bye bye Dil, lol, bye bye.

No more wailing for Wales on Friday, we are going to have a whale of a time.

Where's my coat?

Aye , breakfast in Wetherspoons again Friday Kim.

Today's Western Mail.



(Courtesy of Rory Cellan-Jones of the BBC)

Hope there's a good Picture there Dil! :o)

Thanks to MM and Rory! Sums it up.

I do have a question, why was there not a drop goal just after the 80 mins was up?

I think that's what we were all waiting for . . .

There was a better chance for one a bit earlier Keaydian but after cocking one up I think Jones lost his bottle but hey ho it's done now.

And unlike the Western Mail I think New Zealand would have won the final but it would have been nice to have had a crack at them.

Jones was in position, drop goal I shouted out to the missus, she said don't shout.

From all the games I watched I have to give credit where credit is due, the Argies I thought came of age, just hope the Italians can do the same. England were woeful and Wales a PR publicity stunt :-).

Just hope the All Blacks knock some points up against the French.

M

Saw the Argies in their one and only warm up game against Wales and was suprised how good they looked with ball in hand and playing a running game.

All England need is a coach with a bit of bottle to pick a few flair players instead of over rated ex rugby league players.

Where's Cipriani these days ?

I wondered how the ref. had such good French, it was because he is, wasn`t it, aye no?

Oz

Well get him back and build from there.


Sequestor , he speaks it fluent as a native ... his father's French.

England's world cup was over when Big Ted got injured.

Rugby World Cup 2011: IRB to assess Warren Gatland cheat claim

The International Rugby Board is to review Warren Gatland's claim he considered cheating in Wales' defeat by France in the World Cup semi-finals.

Gatland admitted he considered asking a prop to fake an injury, which would have led to uncontested scrums.

That would have helped Wales, as their pack was already a man down following the dismissal of captain Sam Warburton.

Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Roger Lewis said Gatland should actually be praised for choosing not to claim a fake injury though.

"Warren Gatland should be applauded in this professional era where tough things and tough decisions are made that he didn't go into that particular zone," said Lewis.

Wales Rugby Union chief executive Roger Lewis praises Gatland's honesty
"That was something that was considered and the guys said 'we are not going there'.

"In professional sport there is always an opportunity to manipulate the laws and that opportunity could have presented itself.

"But we did not go there and I think it is a tribute to Warren that he honestly expressed that. Warren Gatland is a brutally honest rugby coach. He is a very serious thinker and he tells it as he sees it.




While on the other hand ...




The former England coach Dick Best has told the BBC he is amazed Gatland did not cheat, as it goes on all the time in the sport.

... says it all .