South Africa celebrates (Video)

Zoopy captures the Rugby World Cup celebrations as South Africa goes 'mal'.

Gee die bal vir Bryan

How cool would it be if a record-breaking try by Bryan Habana was the difference between the 2 sides tomorrow?

Click play and enjoy what is sure to become a South African classic.

[Eish's prediction for tomorrow : South African 18 England 10]



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10 ways to show your support for the Bokke!!

1. Send a message to the bok camp, by clicking here and/or here.
   
2. Make the Springbok emblem your Facebook profile pic.[ Facebook group here.]
3. Pay you taxes [ Mbeki set to jet off to support Boks]
4. Join the official Springbok fan club.
5. Plaster your desktop with Springbok Rugby wallpapers.
6. Download the SA Rugby active desktop.
7. Plaster you cellphone with Bok stuff
   
8. Upload pictures of you in your supporters card @ myrugbynews.com
9. Wear Green on Friday & Saturday
10. Practice the national anthem

Richie McCaw's response to the loss (Audio)

A gutted Richie McCaw faces up to the media and announces his intention to continue captaining the All Blacks.

Click here to listen to the interview. [Source : The New Zealand Herald]

Related Post : What were the All Blacks thinking?

What were the All Blacks thinking?

I'm mulling over the days Rugby World Cup results, trying to make sense of the way things stand.

Australia losing to England was always a possibility, but New Zealand losing against France? After 3 1/2 years of playing open, scintillating running rugby they retreated into shells and played Blue Bulls rugby ... and stuffed it up.

Score : 20 - 18 to France

Interested to read your comments

RWC - Electronic Scoreboard

Thanks Faan for sending me this nifty spreadsheet. It's a great way to keep up with the schedule as well as the possible permutations once we start getting into the serious end of the group stages.

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Press Release - International Rugby Board (IRB) Rugby World Cup 2007

Press Release
International Rugby Board (IRB) Rugby World Cup 2007

Following complaints to the IRB about the All Blacks being allowed to motivate themselves by performing the ‘Haka’ before their games, other nations were asked to suggest pre-match rituals of their own. The IRB Rugby World Cup 2007 Organizing Committee has now agreed
to the following pre-match displays:

1) The England team will chat about the weather, wave hankies in the air and attach bells to their ankles before moaning about how they invented the game and gave it to the world, but no one appreciates them.
2) The Scotland team will chant “You lookin’ at me Jimmy?” before each of them smash a bottle of beer over their opponents’ heads.
3) The Ireland team will split into two, with the Southern half performing a Riverdance, while the Northerners march the Traditional route from their dressing room to the pitch, via their opponents dressing room.
4) Unfortunately the Committee was unable to accept the Welsh proposal to form a choir and sing Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual”.
5) Argentina will unexpectedly invade a small part of opposition territory, claim it as their own “Las In-Goals-Areas” and have to be forcibly removed by the match stewards.
6) Two members of the South African team will claim to be more important than the other 13 whom they will imprison between the posts. These two will then go about selecting the best parts of the pitch to settle on and claim that they have been there for centuries.
7) The Americans will not attend until almost full time. In future years they will amend the records to show that they were in fact the most important team in the tournament and Hollywood will make a blockbuster fi lm called ‘Saving Flanker Ryan’.
8) Five of the Canadian team will sing La Marseillaise and hold the rest of the team to ransom.
9) The Italian team will arrive in Armani gear, sexually harass the female offi cials and then prepare pasta dishes, which they will flog to the crowd for a fortune.
10) The Japanese will shock fans buy demonstrating how to capture a whale for scientifi c research buy harpooning an opposition prop.
11) The French won’t have a pre-match display and will simply hide in fear in the dressing room for the whole match.
12) The Australians will have a BBQ on their side of the fi eld and invite the opposition over before the game. The food and alcohol will be in abundance and by the start of the game no-one will remember what they came to the stadium for. After some streaking, the singing of dirty songs and the occasional chunder everyone will go home thoroughly convinced it was a bloody
good night.
13) Samoa will prepare a huge feast in the middle of the pitch by digging a large hole and fi lling it with burning embers. They invite the opposition over by saying, “We’d like to have you for dinner”. It’s only when the opposition get to the pit that they realize there is no meat and that they are the dinner!

Hopefully, with these policies now in place, further problems is this area of the game should cease to exists.

Regards,

Syd Miller
IRB Chairman
THE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY BOARD
Huguenot House 35-38 St Stephen’s Green Dublin 2 Ireland
Tel: 00 353 1 240 9200 • FAX: 00 353 1 240 9201

Thanks Mike!!!

Time for new memories

Before the first ball is kicked or tackle made in anger, let's pause, remember 1995 and hope for a new memory to emerge from this year's Rugby World Cup.
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