*** The Official Rugby World Cup 2015 Thread ***

[McBain]

You all need to support France

The very thought of it makes me feel like taking a shower.

I look forward to seeing New Zealand smash some teams.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

A world cup host having home advantage? Who'd have thought it!

No need to be so aggressive. I'm only pointing out that you can't complain that Wales playing at Millennium Stadium is an advantage when you've played both your games at home.

I'd say fair enough if England played Wales at the Millennium Stadium, but they didn't? Fact of the matter is, I couldn't care where the games are played so long as there's an element of fairness.

Perhaps the World Cup committee decided attendances for the Wales games would be much higher if they were held at Wales. Maybe the WRFU paid toward the cost for the games at the Millennium.

I couldn't care about the banter or the rivalry, but Jesus some people in this thread are so bitter

 

[koolpc]

EVH, yea, some are very bitter and then jealous of Wales doing so well!!

 

[anything I don't mind]

Watched sa beat scotland yesterday, had great tickets just behind the posts. Was worth the money although ticket touts offered 1800 for my 125 ticket on way to stadium.

Shame about England though. Now can focus on sa winning.

 

[D.P.]

Shame about England. Quite a strong and convincing performance by the Aussies though.

Genuine question - why do Scots and Welsh not support England? It's weird as I have friends from both camps and some of them always support the team going against England. Whereas myself and the majority of my friends will support which ever team of the UK and/or northern hemisphere if the former isn't applicable.

A Scottish person at work refuses to give England any support which I find strange.

My Scottish and I supported England. The only scots that wouldn't
Are likely racists and not worth bothering about.

 

[koolpc]

My Scottish and I supported England. The only scots that wouldn't
Are likely racists and not worth bothering about.

lol

 

[Locky]

EVH, yea, some are very bitter and then jealous of Wales doing so well!!

Not really, it's just you with your massive chip.

 

[koolpc]

Not really, it's just you with your massive chip.

No chip! Just love Wales! Plus,love it when England get hammered!

 

[platypus]

No need to be so aggressive. I'm only pointing out that you can't complain that Wales playing at Millennium Stadium is an advantage when you've played both your games at home.

I'm not being aggressive, I'm pointing out that the home side in a world cup having home advantage is understandable and ok.

A team not hosting the world cup having home advantage is not ok, and I think it's a ludicrous situation. Is that easier for you?

It's exasperating when it seems people can't grasp such a simple concept.

 

[Scipio_127]

C'mon Ireland!!

 

[pepsilol]

I don't watch Rugby nor do I follow it.

I played Union for 13 years and decided to watch England Vs Australia.

Isn't this team supposed to be the best the country the has to offer? I've never seen such a slouchy unfit pack in my life!

 

[sbi5ar]

A team not hosting the world cup having home advantage is not ok, and I think it's a ludicrous situation.

Regardless of what you think... The organising committee will have agreed the conditions on the use of the stadium. Regardless of whether you think this constitutes an advantage, the organising committee allowed it to go ahead... so suck it up and deal with it boyo

Edit - To add to this... Home advantage isn't always everything... *cough* England *cough*

 

[Nursie]

Some really good tries in the Argie V tonga game, well worth watching the highlights.

 

[platypus]

Regardless of whether you think this constitutes an advantage, the organising committee allowed it to go ahead...

I'm not sure what your point is.

Obviously the organising committee allowed it to go ahead, which is why I'm complaining about how unfair it is.

Boyo.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I'm not being aggressive, I'm pointing out that the home side in a world cup having home advantage is understandable and ok.

A team not hosting the world cup having home advantage is not ok, and I think it's a ludicrous situation. Is that easier for you?

It's exasperating when it seems people can't grasp such a simple concept.

Passive aggression?

I don't disagree that Wales having a home fixture isn't an advantage, so not sure what you're making easier for me. The point you failed to address in my post was that England played both their top games at Twickenham, and lost. Separate entities to the Wales games.

Someone in the World Cup committee must have said "yeah, let's use the millennium!".... I can bet the "home advantage" effect came up in discussions and it was allowed for various reasons. It's a top stadium and one that isn't used on a weekly basis (unlike some of the premier league stadiums, at this time of year).

Regardless of where the other teams play, England still need to do the job. They didn't... So they're out. Simple

 

[koolpc]

Passive aggression?

I don't disagree that Wales having a home fixture isn't an advantage, so not sure what you're making easier for me. The point you failed to address in my post was that England played both their top games at Twickenham, and lost. Separate entities to the Wales games.

Someone in the World Cup committee must have said "yeah, let's use the millennium!".... I can bet the "home advantage" effect came up in discussions and it was allowed for various reasons. It's a top stadium and one that isn't used on a weekly basis (unlike some of the premier league stadiums, at this time of year).

Regardless of where the other teams play, England still need to do the job. They didn't... So they're out. Simple

Agreed

 

[platypus]

Ok we'll leave it there.

But I appreciate the final little dig.

 

[Participant]

What's always sweet is how much of an inferiority complex the provinces have when it comes to England in sport. England got dumped out of a world cup by losing narrowly to a plucky Wales and heavily to one of the best test nations on the planet, and it's a huge deal for most of the rugby union world.

By comparison a big deal for Scottish rugby is if they narrowly beat Italy in the 6 nations.

His post is slightly embarrassing.

A part of me does wonder though what the English reaction would be if it was Wales in this position.

Total ambivalence and a passing shrug at the exit of a second tier rugby nation, probably.

 

[PlacidCasual]

The unfairness comes from the fact Wales don't have the right to home matches but it is expedient. Australia being a large nation won't be bullied and so play Wales at Twickenham, Fji and Uruguay are minor nations and have to live with the disadvantage. It's not unprecedented but Fiji and Uriguay didn't get the same treatment as Australia, that sounds the definition of unfair to me.

 

[sbi5ar]

Can everyone bickering about the Stadium situation, just let it be...

People better qualified than you, much higher up than you (in the rugby world) made the decision and that is that. Had they of thought that it would have a significant effect on the game (or that this significance could not be compensated in some way) then they would not have gone ahead.

To answer PlacidCasual, it is true that Fiji and Uruguay didn't get the same treatment as Australia... But that is NOT Wales' fault... Again, people within the RFU will have decided that it was okay for Fiji and Uruguay to play Wales in the millennium stadium (possibly because home advantage would matter less?). I personally thought it was poor for Wales to play Australia at Twickenham... (no I didn't want it in Wales, but somewhere other than Twicks)