so is anyone following the rugby?

so us brits kinda got our asses kicked by the maori the other day- fair enough they were always gonna be a strong team!

but we pulled it back when we played Wellington.

Unfortunately I don't think Jonny Wilkinson is playing too well at the moment- he missed easy kicks (shock!) and missed a load of tackles as well - d'oh!! poor Jonny!

on the plus side Jenkins- number one for the lions- super prop!! had a great game! Charlotte Church's new Boyfriend Henson played well as well!

should be a good test match- I think New Zealand will kick our asses though :S



best hair ever

Keep in mind the Maori only beat Fiji 28-26 before they beat you and the All Blacks beat Fiji 91-0 a week later so I hope you present a better challenge when the tests come around

Well you guys beat Otage 30-19 yesterday, although I'd only even heard of about 7 of Otago's players so I wouldn't jump up and down over it (Hoeft, Evans, Newby and Lee are the only ones even near representative contention). Oh yeah, and you guys keep cheating at the breakdown, so there. [-X

lol- cheating eh?

we should have won that game by more but we didn't have our test side on. otage started really well and I thought we were gonna lose... luckily pulled it back.

i still think we need to find something really special if we are gonna have a chance in hell of wining a test match..

Well if it's any consolation, I'm sure you guys will beat Manawatu next week. I don't think they're even in our top division.

Forget rugby, you should be at the cricket!!! Australia are getting whooped left right and centre

True that...4 straight losses including Bangladesh.

Haha, we were ecstatic. We dont win much but, HAhaHAhahahahhahaha

It's about time I say, those damn Aussies have dominated cricket for too long. Still, knowing them they'll win when it counts and probably still get the next World Cup.

New Zealand team to play the Lions:

[table][row][col][col]Position[col]Super 12 Team[col]Tests[col]Tries[col]Con[col]Pen[col]DG[col]Points[row]15[col]Leon MacDonald[col]Fullback[col]Canterbury[col]26[col]10[col]20[col]5[col]0[col]105[row]14[col]Doug Howlett[col]Wing[col]Auckland[col]46[col]36[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]180[row]13[col]Tana Umaga (Captain)[col]Centre[col]Wellington[col]64[col]32[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]160[row]12[col]Aaron Mauger[col]Second-Five[col]Canterbury[col]24[col]7[col]8[col]1[col]1[col]57[row]11[col]Sitiveni Sivivatu[col]Wing[col]Waikato[col]1[col]4[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]20[row]10[col]Daniel Carter[col]First-Five[col]Canterbury[col]18[col]8[col]57[col]31[col]0[col]247[row]9[col]Justin Marshall[col]Halfback[col]Canterbury[col]78[col]24[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]120[row]8[col]Rodney So'oialo[col]Number 8[col]Wellington[col]10[col]4[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]20[row]7[col]Richie McCaw[col]Flanker[col]Canterbury[col]27[col]3[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]15[row]6[col]Jerry Collins[col]Flanker[col]Wellington[col]21[col]1[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]5[row]5[col]Ali Williams[col]Lock[col]Auckland[col]21[col]2[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]10[row]4[col]Chris Jack[col]Lock[col]Canterbury[col]37[col]3[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]15[row]3[col]Carl Hayman[col]Prop[col]Otago[col]17[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[row]2[col]Keven Mealamu[col]Hooker[col]Auckland[col]23[col]3[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]15[row]1[col]Tony Woodcock[col]Prop[col]Auckland[col]7[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[row][col][col][col][col][col][col][col][col][col][row]16[col]Derren Whitcombe[col]Hooker[col]Auckland[col]1[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[row]17[col]Greg Somerville[col]Prop[col]Canterbury[col]42[col]1[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]5[row]18[col]Jono Gibbes[col]Lock[col]Waikato[col]7[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[row]19[col]Sione Lauaki[col]Flanker[col]Waikato[col]1[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]0[row]20[col]Byron Kelleher[col]Halfback[col]Otago[col]33[col]5[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]25[row]21[col]Rico Gear[col]Wing[col]Canterbury[col]2[col]1[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]5[row]22[col]Mils Muliana[col]Fullback[col]Auckland[col]26[col]13[col]0[col]0[col]0[col]65[/table]

No alarms and no surprises.

I wouldn't want to get in the way of Umaga- he's scary!

I actually watched the cricket the other day, usually i find it boring, but it was actually quite good. poor aussies!

I'd be more afraid of Jerry Collins





Or Sione Lauaki



And you HAVE TO read this:
http://www.rugbyweb.co.nz/content/view/101/2/

“I’ve called up an additional twenty players to my squad,” said Woodward. “The majority of my test team will come from these new arrivals. I didn’t want to allow the All Blacks management the chance to analyse us in any detail. Furthermore, it is important to have fresh legs, it has been a tough tour so far.”

OMG! is this a joke- I honestly can't tell!!

isn't sean Fitzpatrick quite old?... and the other people he would be dragging out of retirement!

and Dallaglio is a crap captain- and doesn't he have a dodgy ankle!! ( he'll last the first scrum- hell the first kick)

well, I'll keep on my edge of my seat for these 'major shocks'


its a shame Lomu isn't playing- he's a LEGEND!

It'd be great if it was true - real test of character

Lomu will be back in the All Blacks next year. His playing's been poorly for years while he's been sick and lacking fitness, then he was out for about 2 years with his kidney thing and when he made his return a few weeks ago he left at half-time with a shoulder injury that'll keep him out for 4 months. Unlucky guy ](*,)

LOL! yeah- I can just see him hobbling on the pitch with crutches- LOL!
:laugh:

the team for the first test...


15 Jason ROBINSON (Sale Sharks, England) 14 Josh LEWSEY (London Wasps, England) 13 Brian O’DRISCOLL (Leinster, Ireland - captain) 12 Jonny WILKINSON (Newcastle Falcons, England) 11 Gareth THOMAS (Toulouse, Wales) 10 Stephen JONES (Clermont Auvergne, Wales) 9 Dwayne PEEL (Llanelli, Wales) 1 Gethin JENKINS (Cardiff, Wales) 2 Shane BYRNE (Leinster, Ireland) 3 Julian WHITE (Leicester Tigers, England) 4 Paul O’CONNELL (Munster, Ireland) 5 Ben KAY (Leicester Tigers, England) 6 Richard HILL (Saracens, England) 7 Neil BACK (Leicester Tigers) 8 Martin CORRY (Leicester Tigers, England - vice captain).

no BIG suprises- thank god. apart from wilkinson playing number 12 for some reason!- hope he knows what he's doing!! :S

I wouldn't call Wilkinson in 12 a surprise to be honest, the press over here was predicting it after the Wellington game where they tested him in it for much of the game. It's a good move for the Lions, gives them more options and counters any advantage the All Blacks might have had with three decent in-play kickers in the backline (Carter, Mauger, MacDonald).

Overall, looks like a strong line-up and anyone would be a fool to rule them out just because of the Maori game. Should be an enjoyable series to watch.

Just over 7 hours to kick-off for the game which has all of 2 people at KJ interested \:D/

[Spider-Man] Omg this will brake the Users online record!!!11! [/Spider-Man]

oh dear!!!



first we lose our captain with a dislocated shoulder in the first minute or so- d'oh!!



then we get our asses kicked up and down the pitch- and OMG the weather!!! lol!!

Woohoo! New Zealand 21-3. \:D/

I'm not sure what was worse, the fact that the Lions never once looked like scoring - or their lineouts...

the lineouts!!- what a mess!!???? lol!!

the only thing that really bugs me though was grewcock has now got a 2mnth discaplinary and umaga and whoever else that did that ridiculous tackle on o'driscal didn;t even get a warning- could have broken his neck. booo

I agree that Umaga deserved disciplinary action for that - so out of character for him too, normally he's the model captain leading by example. The other player was our hooker Kevin Mealamu and I wouldn't have minded him getting suspended because *hopefully* we'll have Anton Oliver back there next week [-o<

Lol..how did I ever miss this thread?

I don't often come into the Sports forum because it's often about American sports such as basketball, baseball and the like. Nothing I have access to or could really engage in conversation about!


Woohoo :woo: :woo: :woo: :woo:

Congrats to my team the ABs!

Well done mates. Good on yer!

oes ceremonial Haka:

Take a look from this quote in a British o/l mag:

"... The All Blacks were always in control, never flustered as they represented four million people against the cream of Britain and Ireland, 80 million strong. ..."


-Sportinglife.com, UK

:woo: :woo:

Manwatu 6 Lions 109

d'oh... poor manwatu- i read somewhere that they are mostly part timers- and have other jobs.





can't wait for next match (however i supsect we will recieve another ass kicking) a girl can dream though [-o<

Hehe. Manawatu's a middle of the table team in the NPC second division. Anything outside of the top flight in New Zealand is pretty much amateurs, but congrats on 100 anyway. I got 47 against them by myself the other week.

I expected less than 80 to be honest, thought Manawatu might dig in deep