Anyone care to wager a pint at the next Mojo on England beating the Aussies?
Don’t think the english could beat their way out of a wet brown paper bag at the minute. So …
C’MON YOU ASSUIES BASH THOSE POMMES
if france doesn’t do it first 
As much as I hate to i’ll have to agree with efaill 
I’ll wait till after the France game…if …and it seems a big if the way they are playing…England win then i’ll take that bet 
sirgaz
Yeah congrats Renata - your team played like they wanted to win. The AB’s played like they were meeting a rugby ball for the first time and didn’t quite know what to do with it. V sad.
Originally posted by RenataChantrill
Anyone care to wager a pint at the next Mojo on England beating the Aussies?
I’ll take that 
You’re going to lose this time, just because … well you will.
The aussie press and their stupid remarks have made most of us “poms” think it’s about time a northern hemisphere side won this in the southern hemisphere, just to make you lot sit up & listen.
I mean “drop goals should only be worth 1 point…cheap score…games not fair… blah…blah…blah” :o 3 points for a drop goal wasn’t an issue when Australia won a final because Larcombe dropped a 50 yarder in extra time? No, nothing wrong with them then :rolleyes:
And as to “England are boring…”. Bit of (true) rugby trivia here for ya’ll, the ONLY Rugby World Cup final to be contested without a single try being scored was between…yup you guessed it…Australia and New Zealand.
Whinging Poms? Whinging Antipodeans I say!
I’ll be backing England, no surprises, the pub’s going rugby mad all day and if we win then there’ll be some thick heads Sunday 
I have a feeling it’ll be a good game and fairly close at the end.
Most of Wales, Ireland and Scotland will become Australian for the day, but hey we’re used to that too.
COME ON ENGLAND! And may the best team win.
Originally posted by Mojo
[B]I’ll take thatAnd as to “England are boring…”. Bit of (true) rugby trivia here for ya’ll, the ONLY Rugby World Cup final to be contested without a single try being scored was between…yup you guessed it…Australia and New Zealand.
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Incorrect, when South Africa beat New Zealand in '95 WC final there wasn’t a try scored, Joel Stransky drop kicked a beauty in the last five minutes to win by 3 points.
Having said that, I hope England demolish the Aussies:nod:
Sounds like a good bash your organising Mojo…if only you weren’t so far away
////wonders if Bullseye might make the drive across for the weekend though…
DT.
Originally posted by JUGGY
[B]Incorrect, when South Africa beat New Zealand in '95 WC final there wasn’t a try scored, Joel Stransky drop kicked a beauty in the last five minutes to win by 3 points.Having said that, I hope England demolish the Aussies:nod: [/B]
Sorry Juggy my mistake, finger-brain-eye linkages weren’t working too well at a quarter past four this morning You are of course correct.
Won by a drop goal eh? The defence rests
You pommies bite worse than the sharks
Originally posted by Mojo
[B]Sorry Juggy my mistake, finger-brain-eye linkages weren’t working too well at a quarter past four this morningWon by a drop goal eh? The defence rests
No probs Mojo, I’m VERY patriotic about South Africa and it’s sport so I had to point it out;)
Originally posted by RenataChantrill
[B]You pommies bite worse than the sharks[/B]
You Aussies whinge more than Pommies 
COME ON ENGLAND! And may the best team win.
Well Mojo - I am Irish, but I will actually be willing England to win.
It is about time the English had their pride restored. IMHO too many of the problems in this country are caused by lack of pride in Englands past, present and future achievements.
Come on you Pomms 
Well said m8, the country needs something to feel good about. Not, knowing us English, that it will lift us up for long - we love being depressed. But hey, it’s a start
I hope England win, not for patriotic reasons but because the Aussies seem to have been slating our team non-stop and shutting them up would be rather nice.
I heard on the radio this morning that the Sydney Times is selling Jonny Wilkinson voodoo dolls and had an internet poll (prompty hijacked by the Brits ) designed to say English rugby was boring. Are these guys Australia’s equivalent of the Daily Mirror or The Sun?
Also it seems Australian fans camped outside the England team hotel all last night shouting “Boring!” at the top of their voices to stop anyone getting some sleep.
Aussies may be great sportsmen, but they don’t seem to be very good sports.
I’d be surprised if the Aussies show it live on their TV just incase. :eek:
My brother lived in Sydney for 2.5 years and said their Olympic coverage was CRAP - if the Aussies hadn’t won a particular event then it just wasn’t shown.
:doh:
Originally posted by Mojo
Most of Wales, Ireland and Scotland will become Australian for the day, but hey we’re used to that too.
Bwahahaa
Shoulda thought about that before treating us all like shite for the last 500 odd years 
See if you’d treated us celts alright and stopped trying to take over our land and rape our sheep, you’d be getting our support in the rugy world cup right now!
Butuz
(GO GO AUSTRALIA!!!)
Originally posted by RenataChantrill
[B]You pommies bite worse than the sharks
Looks like you’ve stirred a rather large hornets nest there Renata. LOL
Anyway we all know England will grab defeat from the jaws of victory
Droid
I’d bet a pint that Johnny Wilkinson will be injured before the end of the first half, either by fair means or foul.
Originally posted by Preecey
I’d bet a pint that Johnny Wilkinson will be injured before the end of the first half, either by fair means or foul.
As long as the flankers and no8 do their work he’ll be well ok until he gets caught in the field of play. I’d say he has good protection otherwise he would never have got this kicking record with out a good team
Originally posted by Preecey
I’d bet a pint that Johnny Wilkinson will be injured before the end of the first half, either by fair means or foul.
IF (noting your brother’s comments) this should happen by foul means, I would not like to be the bloke to have made the tackle
NEway I’ll take your pint m8, and give you 2-1 OK?