I'm enjoying the RWC at the moment and the thought went through my mind that a lot of the blokes that ride tigers are generally larger, erm.... solidly constructed citizens. Like rugby players. A tiger would be a good bike for most players.
I wonder how many ex-players ( club, uni, school, British Lion, whatever) we have amongst us?
I played until I was in my mid thirties. Too brittle now.
Hooker (which is why I have a nose like I do) until I went overseas.
Played rugby in school (never got into football or cricket), for the Harlow Colts, and here in Vernon. I was always a prop, but tried number 8 a couple of times. Nowadays someone my size would be considered too small for the scrum!!
I played until I started running (marathons/ultras) in the early '80s. It's seldom on TV here (not that I have one!) so I don't get to watch a game very often.
My school was too common to play rugby. However that has never stopped me following the Newcastle Falcons. Did you see the South Africa v Japan game? What a great advertisement for the game of rugby that was.
It was a great game Geoff.
Thinking about it XJC used to play for Glasgow. Wonder if he's still on the forum.
Nick to go from prop to ultra marathons is quite a physical transition, good work. :icon_salut:
Never really played at school - had a few goes at HMS Collingwood during my apprenticeship but the general opinion from the PTI's was I was too slow to be a back & too fragile to be a forward.
Just got back from Wembley where me & the wife saw NZ v Arg, also got tickets for;
Aus v Fiji
Ire v Rom
Wales v Fiji
Eng v Aus
Usa v Jap
Final
We've been saving for 5 years for this since it was announced.
SWING LOW...................
Envy :thumbsup
The way it's going so far it's going to be really interesting :nod
Well it's England vs Wales in a minute and I've got to go and see Threepot tomorrow.... :icon_eek:
C'mon England!
I played at school but wasnt really any good at it.My three brothers all played club rugby for years and are still avid fans now.
Quote from: NickVladivostock on September 26, 2015, 07:48:33 PM
Well it's England vs Wales in a minute and I've got to go and see Threepot tomorrow.... :icon_eek:
C'mon England!
Better take some pie with you Nick :ear
Fantastic game, great play on both sides :thumbsup
Amazing game. Heroic Wales performance.
Bet Robshaw is going to get the bbq treatment for that decision though.
Really looking forward to crossing the bridge tomorrow.
I'm not sure it was the wrong decision to not go for the kick but the Welsh were just so disciplined and knew exactly how to deal with it.
I haven't seen a drop goal in an International game for ages, beautiful, you could almost see the faces around the stadium doing a WTF :^_^
I was screaming at the telly.....kick it kick it!
Would have been a draw at that point.
Then it comes down to who does best against the Australians. Us with a full, undefeated team or Wales with a handful of fit players?
Quote from: NickVladivostock on September 26, 2015, 07:48:33 PM
Well it's England vs Wales in a minute and I've got to go and see Threepot tomorrow.... :icon_eek:
C'mon England!
Tomorrow has come Nick.....see you later :icon_wink:
You blokes are making me really envious..... :icon_wink:
I'm off down to Threepots neck of the woods on Thursday..................... Come on Fiji !!!!!!
This'll make you laugh,
when we're driving down to Cardiff last week, my missus is sat there looking at the tickets;
"Oh my god" she blurts out, "Their spelling is atrocious, there's a W in Australia and two F's in Fiji!!"
I left it for a few seconds to see if it would dawn on her, but no, "Love, where are we going?"
"Oh yeah"
Bless.
A strapping young rugby team from the early 1970's. Alas none of these stalwarts were good enough to go on to international rugby fame and fortune!! :ImaPoser
Well, it's all gone mightily wrong. :icon_sad: Twickenham was understandably downbeat on the way back to the coach. On the way out we spotted Courtney Lawes making a hasty exit to avoid the flack.
Missus is now cheering for Ireland (Grandfather), me .... I would just like to see a northern hemisphere side in the final. Ireland probably have the best chance of that now, unless the frenchies pull something special out of the bag.
Well I think I would have been disappointed with Scotland's performance even if they had won. The commitment and spark from the previous games was sadly missing.
Strange as it may seem, I was rooting for England and really expected them to keep it a lot closer. I do wonder about some of those obscure scrum decisions the ref made, very technical and not really in the spirit of keeping the game flowing.
It made me quite sick to listen to some pundits crying "the end of the competition", the clue is in the name guys Rubgy WORLD Cup. The people who really enjoy and support the game will continue to do so.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any of Scotlands games due to being on the road /train going to other games normally.
Although I enjoy going to the games, it's more difficult to keep track of the ref's decisions. They have been selling radios at the games, but I've not bought one (tightarse), so I suppose I've only got myself to blame.
I'll still be watching as much as poss on TV and going to our last 2 games. I'm with you in that the competition is still alive, with (hopefully) the best games yet to come. Although saying that finals can sometimes be quite boring due to that hesitancy to take chances in case they let the opposition through.
On a side note, it's been a bit more expensive than we planned as the turbo on my XTrail blew on the way back from Cardiff on thursday. At least it waited until we'd seen the game. Garage reckons £1250!!
Come on Ireland (for MrsD)
Ouch Gav. Just ouch.
Hope you get it sorted soon.
Ps... I had a pint with one of the England team from 2003 this afternoon!
Quote from: NickVladivostock on October 05, 2015, 11:01:46 PM
Ps... I had a pint with one of the England team from 2003 this afternoon!
Give him my commiserations, now you know what it feels like to be Scots in recent years. Talk about insult and injury Gav.
If it's out of warranty Gav, try a good turbo specialist. You might be pleasantly surprised.
Just discovered that a lot of the games are on YouTube. Don't know why I didn't look there first. The Japan v S.Africa games was one of the best I've ever seen. Can't figure out how there can be a bunch of distinctly non-oriental blokes on the team though.......
The England Wales game was a cracker too. Interesting that the HRHs were supporting the Welsh. It's in the name, I suppose :qgaraduate
Quote from: Bixxer Bob on October 06, 2015, 01:37:10 PM
If it's out of warranty Gav, try a good turbo specialist. You might be pleasantly surprised.
None a them on our little rock BB. I'm afraid I've had to lump the bill to get it done asap so the missus has her work transport back again.
It's a 10 yr old motor that i've had from new. Been quite trouble free up til now, just a wheel bearing and 2 brake calipers. Might be time to get it fixed and move it on.
Nick ........... got a name?? Can't be many of them living in Vladivostock!!
Quote from: nickjtc on October 06, 2015, 03:38:40 PM
Interesting that the HRHs were supporting the Welsh.
One for England , one for Wales. Bit of Royal diplomacy going on there I think.
Quote from: GavD on October 06, 2015, 05:50:04 PM
Nick ........... got a name?? Can't be many of them living in Vladivostock!!
PutIn :ImaPoser
I suppose if you are going to be the prince of wales you need to show some willing.
I was in London not Vladivostock and it was Neil Back!
Oddly enough since Bixxer changed my name to Vladivostock I have met two women from there. Never met a single Russian beforehand!
Quote from: NickVladivostock on October 06, 2015, 07:18:04 PM
Oddly enough since Bixxer changed my name to Vladivostock I have met two women from there. Never met a single Russian beforehand!
Shotputters??
My daughter was taught maths by Jonny Wilkonson's cousin. Jonny gave him two tickets for the 2007 World Cup Final in Paris. He turned them down as he couldn't be bothered to travel to Paris! It was just too much bother. Fortunately my daughter turned out to be pretty good at maths, better than me for certain, and enjoys rugby as much as I do. So we are off to see Tonga V New Zealand at St James' on Friday night. I have never set foot in St James' Park, enemy territory for me.
Enjoy,
Got 5 mates flying up for a weekend on the toon, taking in both games this weekend. Couldn't make it myself, but got USA v Japan at Gloucester.
Quote from: GavD on October 06, 2015, 07:51:35 PM
Shotputters??
One smoking hot. One just erm... more ...well more sort of... steaming! :bug_eye
Well,
who'd have put money on the Scots being the closest northern hemisphere side to make the semi's???
I felt a bit sorry for them last night, and that was before I'd found out the penalty was incorrectly awarded!!
Apparently Craig Joubert was desperate for a wee at the end!! Or perhaps he had visions of some William Wallace lookalike's hunting him down. :Topes
Quote from: GavD on October 19, 2015, 04:59:09 PM
Apparently Craig Joubert was desperate for a wee at the end!! Or perhaps he had visions of some William Wallace lookalike's hunting him down. :Topes
Reported that Police Scotland were investigating a robbery at Twickenham :augie
And there is a twitter feed (whatever that is) that Usain Bolt has asked him to sign up as his coach for next season but he hasn't touched down in Sydney yet. He certainly won't be making any plans for holidays in the highlands (https://www.change.org/p/the-people-of-scotland-ban-craig-joubert-from-scotland-for-life?recruiter=406978047&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive)anytime soon.
Typical Scottish sporting luck in action I'm afraid...
Play better than you have in ages, then get robbed by misfortune when you dare to dream it could actually come true. Gutted for you.