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| Dom |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
Twas a pretty tough time to be a dual national. :-/
I honestly didn't give a who won (doubled by the fact that, up until this world cup, I'd hardly watched a game of rugby in my life - one of the many benefits of being a Victorian ;) ) but what I couldn't stand was the bull invective coming from both sides during the world cup and leading up into the final. It was primarily media based, but still, the kinda that was being written (by both the Australian and English media) about the other side was shocking. I think the English and the Australians are more similiar than we'd care to acknowledge, yet based on what I've seen and read from journalists from both sides, you'd think we'd been at war with each other for decades. So a big " you" to both the English and Australian press who transcended the normally jocular way in which we get stuck into each other and transformed it into humourless national warfare.
Yet, having said that, congratulations to England and bad luck to Australia. Both played well (based on what I know about rugby :rolleyes: ) and I'm sure we'll all agree that it was a good game and it was a shame there had to be a loser. Hopefully all the parochial s will shut up for another four years and we can put all this behind us.... until the ashes of course. ;) |
to be fair, there is no comparison between the way the aussie media reported and the way the english media reported.
i'm not even gonna bother with the ashes, the australian cricket team is phenomenal. |
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| jåcë |
| quote: | Originally posted by hey cheggy
A trophy to the man who breaks Johnny England's Left leg. He's single handedly ruined the game of Rugby Union with his pathetic field goals. |
I disagree very much so. As much as rugby is a full on physical sport, kicking and accuracy is vital as it brings a different element in the gane.
For a team to have such a good goal kicker as johnny wilkinson is vital to their performance.
I think England played a very good game of rugby and deserved to win.
but what would I know.. im south african after all |
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| dj_mdma |
wooooo
gg everyone ;)
*waves |
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| escee |
haha lol @ some of us.
It was only the best game of the tournament guys, so we didnt win for once, boo hoo. A lot of people at the start of the tournament didnt even expect us to get this far. |
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| dr me |
| quote: | Originally posted by escee
haha lol @ some of us.
It was only the best game of the tournament guys, so we didnt win for once, boo hoo. A lot of people at the start of the tournament didnt even expect us to get this far. |
i was one of those who predicted australia to lose in the semi final, but hey, they put up a good fight and gave us a great game. its been said before, the winner last night was rugby :tongue3
oh, and the bloody poms :tongue2 |
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