France v Argentina (Tonight 8pm)

New Zealand v Italy (Sat 12.45)

Australia v Japan (Sat 2.45pm)


England v USA (Sat 5pm)

For me I think tonight the French will open the tournament with a hard fought win over the Pumas

New Zealand will win against the Italians...without shifting from second gear.

Easy win for the sheepshagging convicts over the P,O,W killers of Japan


England to tank the yanks, by a good 30 points!

3 homes and an away win for me please.

this is the weekend where England can, with a little effort, become the laughing stock of the entire world of sport, Cricket, Football, Rugby and F1, can't wait.

I´ll go for this

France 40 Argentina 23

All Blacks 62 Italy 9

Convicts 57 Japan 14

England 53 USA 17

Agreed, not going out on a limb but well I think only the France vs Argentina one is in any doubt. Even so I expect France to win.

France

New Zealand

Australia

USA

You dont know much about Rugby do you Tiger?

I actually know a fair amount, not a huge amount. I expect England to win.

30 - 17

79 - 9

83 - 6

48 - 9

Well once again the biggest event in the rugby calendar is upon us, and once again England enter the tournament with a half crocked Jonny Wilkinson.

Olly Barkley is in for the first game, as England attempt to get Jonny Wilkinson fit for the big game against the Jarpies (South Africa)

Should Ashton call up cover now? Or is a half fit JW10 better than Barkley?

Would Mike (Jarpie) Catt be a better call at flyhalf than young Barkley?

I personally would move mountains in order to get JW10 fit, but if not I'd opt for Catt at flyhalf over Barkley.

PS- You do all know that if Barkley gets injured then the only recognised Goalkicker you have in your squad is Farell :yikes:

Maori mate, who should i back for top try scorer?

Habana or Sivivatu?

How many threads do we need for the Rugby World Cup?

As many as the NFL ones

:doh:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_unio...ish/6982726.stm

The 2 players we should watch out for tonight, i agree with Jauzion but Hernandez? hmm..

Neither mate, i'm going for Joe Rokokokokokokokoko at 9-2 same odds as Sivivatu.

Habana might be worth a little each way action, Paddy power have him as 11-2 for top try scorer, he runs like greased lightning, can step off either foot and is as hard as nails!

I've just seenm William Hills odds and they have Joe Rokokokokokoko at 7-2 favourite! I'll have twenty on that and twenty on Dominici (Fra) at 25-1


Ok maybe twenty on Habana too :rolleyes:

Darren Carter :jumpnana:


:unsure:

Didnt he score against us a few years back for WBA when they beat us 2-1?

Teams are coming out

No idea who any of them are but il still watch it

Well i will after Eastenders which is far more important

Come on France :scarf:

Argentina 6-3 up after 10 mins. Good start for them :)

France making so many errors it's amazing!!

Argentina not capatilsing though.

9-3 Puma's

3-9

Decent penalty.

Try Argentina 14-3

However conversion missed, could cost them dear if France come back.

14-6

Im on GW whilst the game is on on the tv and ive looked at the tv 3 times and all 3 occasions there has been a penalty.

Is there no flow to games?

Theres a stoppage every second. No wonder some see it as a joke sport

17-6

Penalty converted from 52 yards!

Now now cripps, you didnt know who the teams were when they came out!

Don't be quick to judge!

Plus it's like Gridiron in the fact that it's more tactical.

H/T 17-9 Argentina

I knew the teams were France and Argentina

I didnt know any of the players though.

Other than Wilkinson, i dont know any of the English players either.

You ask the majority of this country to name the England world cup winning team and they'll struggle

9-17 at Half time.

Actually to be fair I wouldn't be able to name the whole 2003 squad. Although I have kept a paper the day after that win.

watch the first half jeeez that was dull, usually don't mind rugby but really that was :sleep:

Agreed.

Hope the rest of the tournament doesnt do that

Get the feck in you Argie bastards

France have the ball

Their player is tackled.

Argentina win the penalty

WTF?

12-17 FT

Argies win

Argies were sensational. France wern't. Deserved the win, they did.

Bad news for the Irish as the Ireland/France match will be really important.


Anyway there shouldn't be any upsets in tommorows matches.

It's little wonder they call it the Group of death (Group D), three good sides in Argentina, Ireland, France and one of them will have to give.

Good victory for the Puma's. They beat England last autumn at Twickenham so they are no pushovers.