) is open for the match, so my mate from down the road is coming up to meet me at 9pm so we can watch with some atmosphere! (I suspect that if I watch at home, the chances are I'll fall asleep as I'm normally in bed by 10pm!! LOL)
When the French were 5-0 down in five minutes, I thought they were going to get annihilated. They fought back and despite more than one poor decision by the referee team they came through. The atmosphere on the beach where I was watching was amazing and the smell of BO wasn't too bad.Noggin wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 10:28 pm Well that was interesting! The bar ‘showing’ the match was literally just doing that. No sound/commentary
It’s not the easiest to understand French commentary, but watching with none was a challenge
But, think I might have to rewatch in english tomorrow to understand more. The result was good tho. Might not text my kiwi mate for a few days!! Already had a text saying “don’t say a word”, so I might not reply
Planning to watch the Irish then the English matches tomorrow. If the Irish one doesn’t clash with the sprint race!! But the bar isn’t open for any more matches - unless France is in the final!!!
Rugby is really the only sport I am interested in. I don't even open threads about motor racing or football, let alone post in themScotsrich wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:47 pm Oh is that on again?
Saying that I’m not a fan of much sport unless it’s got wheels.
Watching with no commentary would be better than having to listen to ITV's commentary. I'm really missing Eddie Butler and Brian Moore.Noggin wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 10:28 pm Well that was interesting! The bar ‘showing’ the match was literally just doing that. No sound/commentary
It’s not the easiest to understand French commentary, but watching with none was a challenge
But, think I might have to rewatch in english tomorrow to understand more. The result was good tho. Might not text my kiwi mate for a few days!! Already had a text saying “don’t say a word”, so I might not reply
Typical summary of an English performance by a " Taff " ......Druid wrote: Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:29 am England v Argentina was a bit of a surprise. Like CS I thought the Argies would be a tough test but they were very poor this evening. England were not brilliant but they just kept the scoreboard ticking over. They never looked like scoring a try but to be fair they didn't really attempt to, just took the penalties and drop goals whenever they got the chance. Not pretty, but effective
....... My mum was Welsh ! 
I missed the offending tackle and my Kiwi mate was joyful that Curry had been sent off for an appalling tackle.v8-powered wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:59 pm A harsh card against Curry. Ford and Tualagi carried the game.
Wasn't going to bother watching given their last few games, but glad i did.
It was not a pretty match indeed. But damn they played way better than I expected!! I don't really support England, but, much to my mate's chagrin, I couldn't bring myself to support Argentina (history I suppose!) and so I was surprisingly happy when they won. He kept saying it was a boring 'kick' match, but I thought the defense/tackling was pretty darned good - especially compared to what I'd expected!!! I'm not really sure the Argentinian team made it out of the dressing roomDruid wrote: Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:29 am
England v Argentina was a bit of a surprise. Like CS I thought the Argies would be a tough test but they were very poor this evening. England were not brilliant but they just kept the scoreboard ticking over. They never looked like scoring a try but to be fair they didn't really attempt to, just took the penalties and drop goals whenever they got the chance. Not pretty, but effective - it looked a lot like a Warren Gatland coached Wales.
His tantrum at the end of the first half?Demannu wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:59 am Biggar needs to wind his neck in!
Passion is one thing, but getting in a team mates face, especially when your not the captain, out of order imo.
