About time we had a rugby World Cup thread?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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gareth thomas on radio rugby wales this morning " the whole of france erupted at the final whistle"

The average French man is far more interested in football than rugby

[William Treseder]

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So much negativity already in this thread.
If you don’t like the game, just bypass the thread.
I hate cricket and F1 with a passion, so wouldn’t waste my time opening a thread on either.
Just waiting on ETHB and Tony Tit to turn up and tell everyone for the umpteenth time how much they hate the game.

[William Treseder]

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The average French man is far more interested in football than rugby

Unlike Wales, other countries like Scotland, Ireland, France etc don’t mind minority sports doing well. They get behind them. We’ve still got the “My PE teacher forced me to play rugby” mentality. It’s pathetic really. I prefer football to rugby, always have. But I still want Wales to do well in the 6 nations and WC.

[life on mars]

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The average French man is far more interested in football than rugby

and shagging

[William Treseder]

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and shagging

And going on strike.

[City123]

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Romania take the lead against Ireland after 3 minutes!

[City123]

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It was fun while it lasted...

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Unlike Wales, other countries like Scotland, Ireland, France etc don’t mind minority sports doing well. They get behind them. We’ve still got the “My PE teacher forced me to play rugby” mentality. It’s pathetic really. I prefer football to rugby, always have. But I still want Wales to do well in the 6 nations and WC.

There's a reason why a lot of Welsh football fans can't stand rugby

It's perfectly understandable because of what you mention during school days for many of us and the pathetic and nauseating press coverage we have to put up with

There aren't just a few dissenters on CCMB

Plenty of Swansea City fans I know can't stand Welsh rugby and are happy to say so .

[Dave Blue]

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Some thumping wins this afternoon. The problem with this ‘world game’ is they need utter minnows who wouldn’t beat a local village to turn up to make up the numbers. It will take weeks for this event to get going and doubtless the same two who started it off will finish it.

[Der Kaiser]

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Some thumping wins this afternoon. The problem with this ‘world game’ is they need utter minnows who wouldn’t beat a local village to turn up to make up the numbers. It will take weeks for this event to get going and doubtless the same two who started it off will finish it.

They want to expand it as well! Any country conceding 50+ points to Italy shouldn't be at a 'World Cup'. It's farcical.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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If you love rugby the world cup is great

Plenty of high profile games in a short space of time

But I think they try too hard to talk about it as a world game as it clearly isn't

The British Isles and ONE team in Europe make up half of the big boys

Throw in New Zealand and South Africa the only world nations which could call rugby their obsession and Australia where the sport is below aussie rules , rugby league , cricket and football ......

And that's it

[Dave Blue]

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Would any Irish person have enjoyed watching that. A waste of an afternoon.

[Trigger]

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One thing I want to moan about last night was the choir , although I'm sure very talented, they ruined the French national anthem for me .

Thought it a good game, tbf I'm not a rugby expert but for me was nice to see there are norther hemisphere countries out there that don't just melt in front of the all blacks.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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How often do you see scores of 7 nil ......a complete hammering...... in European or World football ? It happens but not as often as the beatings dished out by Ireland and Italy today

How often is there a genuine shock in the rugby world cup ?

It just seems so mismatched

The way the six nations ......which is enjoyable for many ....is sometimes referred to as the European rugby holy grail .....is a bit daft really as only Ireland, Great Britain a France and Italy are involved

Holland , Belgium , Germany , Spain , Greece , Poland , Norway , Sweden , Denmark etc etc ?

[MacAdder]

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Apparently ticket prices are extortionate too, even for the mis-matches.

Doubt I will watch many games at least til the knock out stages.