RWC - New Zealand v France - 24th September

[AngrySeahorse]

The bagpipe ban is so stupid.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

60800 in the crowd. Le Frogge supporters very vocal. Wouldn't think it was a home game for the Darkness.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

The bagpipe ban is so stupid.

Nothing better to raise the hairs on the back of your neck than to hear about 200 bagpipers play The Flower of Scotland at Murryfield, even for the non Scot.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Kahui has an ice bag on his hamy.

 

[Jay]

60800 in the crowd. Le Frogge supporters very vocal. Wouldn't think it was a home game for the Darkness.

Well, over the last 4 matches in France the average scoreline is 39-8 to the AB's, so you might be onto something.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Drop kick Carter. The Lords of Darkness must have issued the directive to be clinical and leave nothing to chance.

Take the points that are available. Do not allow the French any momentum.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Dagg limping, Thomson went down holding his knee.

EDIT: looking at the replay I just think Thomson had his leg caught in between a couple of players & just got stuck, at least it looked that way to me. Didnt see what happened to Dagg.

 

[Jay]

Dagg limping, Thomson went down holding his knee.

EDIT: looking at the replay I just think Thomson had his leg caught in between a couple of players & just got stuck, at least it looked that way to me. Didnt see what happened to Dagg.

Thomson's injury looked nasty.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Thomson's injury looked nasty.

I hope for his sake its alright he's had a few injuries lately. He may well have hyperextended it which never feels good.

Interesting try decision there for Fra but NZ hit back again with SBW, my NZ by 20 seems to be pretty spot on pending the conversion.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Masterful manipulation of the ref there by Sir Richie. Lucky he wasn't penalized himself for not binding properly.
Didn't change Mr Rollands mind though regarding the French try.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

The booing crowd doesnt seem to realise no offside rules in general play.

EDIT: Dagg has ice bag on the quad it looks like. A couple of worries there for NZ but no where near the damage the Wallabies got, by comparison.

 

[Jay]

I hope for his sake its alright he's had a few injuries lately. He may well have hyperextended it which never feels good.

Interesting try decision there for Fra but NZ hit back again with SBW, my NZ by 20 seems to be pretty spot on pending the conversion.

Interesting meaning "Total bullshit from the Paul Honniss book of bullshit".

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Did anyone feel that sudden gust of wind from the East?

I think it might be the release of 4 million collective sighs of relief after Thompson scored first.

The incoming wind was assisted by the sucking in of wind from the bookies, who must have had Thompson at fairly long odds as the first point scorer.

Full time.
Another gust of wind felt as another collective "phew" from 4 million Kiwis is issued as the Darkness remove the French bogieman from their throats.

 

[Victorian Reds Fan]

NZ scrum did not look great.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

NZ scrum did not look great.

I noticed that too, Woodcock seems to be attracting a few penalties, with good cause cause I'm sure he was the one going down first a few times. Maybe someone thats not a backrower could tell me about the technicalities of scrummaging if I'm wrong to suggest Woodcock is at fault but he sure as hell looked like the problem to me.

 

[cyclopath]

NZ scrum did not look great.

Missed the first half, I guess. They pumped the Frogs in the first half, French came back well in 2nd. Honours split, I'd say.

 

[Victorian Reds Fan]

Yeah, true, but whenever we lose a few scrums it is said that we were pumped. They were under immense pressure when Woodock gave away a few consecutive penalties.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

I noticed that too, Woodcock seems to be attracting a few penalties, with good cause cause I'm sure he was the one going down first a few times. Maybe someone thats not a backrower could tell me about the technicalities of scrummaging if I'm wrong to suggest Woodcock is at fault but he sure as hell looked like the problem to me.

Some good stuff in this thread on the dark arts
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/forum/threads/4363-Scrum-Talk/page9

 

[FrankLind]

Yeah, true, but whenever we lose a few scrums it is said that we were pumped. They were under immense pressure when Woodock gave away a few consecutive penalties.

We got a couple of scrum penalties in the first half, they got a couple in the second.

Generally, the Frogs were going backwards.

 

[Victorian Reds Fan]

I'd day overall it was even.