Off Topic Rugby World Cup

I am sure a lot of us are watching, so I thought a thread might be useful.
Watching Aussie v Fiji, Fiji 12 - 8 up atm

 

And Fiji won. 4am here for me, watching a very disjointed England performance.

 

England struggling against Japan.
13-9 up at the moment
Need to step it up

Update 20-12 after 60min

Comfortable win in the end

 

Got back to bed at 5am. Repeat performance tomorrow night to see City v Leicester. It's hell being a sports fan.

 

Easy game last night for England.
Ireland, Great win over SA.

England v Ireland final would be good

 

If SA kicked all their penalties and conversion, it would have been closer or even a win. Ireland defended for much of the second half.

 

Wales qualify for 1/4 finals after stuffing Aussie 40 - 6.
Aussie might not qualify for 1/4s.

 

Even better Bure, Aussies are almost certain to fail to qualify. Fiji only have minor nations left to play. Haven't checked who.

Edit. So I have checked and they have two games left, Georgia and Portugal. Aus have just the one game left, and are behind Fiji in the table. I love rugby, went to Wymondham College a long time ago, and played it there. No football at all there.

 

So sad for the Aussies.... not hahahaha

 

They really look a poor team.
Unusual for Aussie Rugby.

 

We got rid of Jones at the right time, he is going downhill at an alarming rate.

 

Summary

1. Samoa lead 14-8 at half-time in Lille with superb brace from wing Nigel Ah-Wong
2. Third Samoa try ruled out by television match official for knock-on
3. Ollie Chessum scored opening try but Samoa dominated rest of half
4. Owen Farrell kicks penalty to become England's record points scorer with 1,181

England under pressure

 

we won....just

 

Aussie have been knocked out of a Rugby World Cup before the knockout stage for the first time.

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind

 

Yes they have been so quiet recently

 

Strange, I know several Aussies here and suddenly none of them are union fans, all league or Aussie rules. But if they ever beat us they are lifelong union fans.

 

England team to face Fiji
England: Smith; May, Marchant, Tuilagi, Daly; Farrell (capt), Mitchell; Genge, George, Cole, Itoje, Chessum, Lawes, Curry, Earl.

Replacements: Dan, Marler, Sinckler, Martin, Vunipola, Care, Ford, Lawrence.

Venue: Stade de Marseille Date: Sunday, 15 October Kick-off: 16:00 BST

 

Very much as expected, though I feel for our Freddy Steward, who has been omitted from the squad totally. Smith's mother comes from the Philippines and we Brits are bigging him up to the locals here. Unfortunately the games are in the middle of the night here.

 

Summary

1. New Zealand defend heroically to beat Ireland in superb quarter-final
2. Ireland piled on pressure in final five minutes but All Blacks held on
3. Captain Johnny Sexton's final match for Ireland
4. World number one side Ireland lose in quarter-finals yet again
5. All Blacks end Ireland's 17-match winning run as they eye fourth world title
6. New Zealand will face Argentina in Friday's semi-final in Paris

Sorry for Ireland, but I was not looking forward to playing them.
I believe we can beat any of the other teams still in the competition.

 

Sarf Africa are our jinx team, lost to them in the final on two occasions.