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The All Blacks have qualified for the quarter finals but can they step up when it counts?
After defeating Scotland 40 points to nil Coach Graeme Henry says moving forward we’ll have to play a lot better. Handling errors and a lack of ball security marred the All Blacks’ dominant performance in front of 65,000 at Murrayfield. Doug Howlett collected two tries to make him the All Blacks’ leading try scorer but Dougie says the team are still in the process.
But the All Blacks lack of form wasn’t enough to deter one punter. Online betting agency Betfair have taken a five million dollar wager that the blackness will take the tournament. Betfair says it can’t reveal any details about who made the wager but Irish fly half Ronan O’Gara was seen abusing a lot o’ Tuquiri at the time the bet was laid.
Big lock Keith Robinson is expected to be fit when the All Blacks face Romania on Saturday. Mils Muliaina will probably be rested for another week and despite suffering a dead leg against the Scots Leon McDonanld should be back this weekend.
The 2011 world cup could feature 20 teams. The IRB will make a decision on the composition of the next World Cup before the final. All Blacks coach Graham Henry says it’s important that smaller nations are given a chance to compete against the best. Japanese coach John Kirwan says rugby is still not a world game and the rugby world cup has the potential to take us there. But the IRB may decide to establish a second tier world cup, probably called the Nations Cup. The first tournament would be played in 2010 and the top teams would qualify for the world cup proper the following year.
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Just finished reading this week’s podcast. A few comments:
@MMD
Great jokes about King Richard VII. Classic. Write his name on concrete. Take a bow, Maestro!
@Stef and Jedi
Guys, that was the best Tab sequence ever. I mostly dose off during that section but this time I savoured every word and even re-played it.
@Lorraine
As bewildered as you are. How have the mighty fallen! I still remember watching that final back in 2003 and yelling myself hoarse in support for England (anything to prevent the Crims from securing a third Pineapple win).
@All
Comment by Gato September 26, 2007 @ 11:00 am(1) Is it me or are we all a bit distracted with the RWC? Missing more comments from Lorraine, Her Majesty and Maria (loved the one about Portugal).
(2) I was so pissed off when Romania managed to get that try this morning (Punta del Jafa time). I wanted Portugal to win (cost me a lot of points on virtual rugby).
few more richie mccaw facts:
1. richie mccaw doesn’t have blood. he is filled with magma.
2. richie mccaw was once in a knife fight, and the knife lost.
3. richie mccaw once ordered a steak in a restaurant. The steak did what it was told.
4. richie maccaw does not wear a condom. because there is no such thing as protection from richie mccaw
5. when you say “no ones perfect”, richie mccaw takes this as a personal insult.
Comment by fraser davidson September 26, 2007 @ 11:51 am@MMD
Comment by Gato September 27, 2007 @ 1:15 amCan you post the ones you sent the boys?
@ Fraser: I think those ones are even better…
@ Gato: Here you go, including the one’s Jed read…
= When Richie McCaw does a push-up, he isn’t lifting himself up; he’s pushing the Earth down.
Comment by The Mad, Maaaaad Dutchman September 27, 2007 @ 2:26 am= When Richie McCaw goes swimming he doesn’t get wet, the water gets Richie McCaw’ed.
= When the Bogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Richie McCaw.
= Richie McCaw has counted to infinity – twice.
= Richie McCaw invented every colour. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
= Richie McCaw’s hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.
= Richie McCaw gave the Mona Lisa that smile.
= Richie McCaw can slam a revolving door.
= Some kids can piss their name in the snow. Richie McCaw can piss his name into concrete.
= Richie McCaw’s calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; No-one fools Richie McCaw.
= Richie McCaw can speak Braille.
= Richie McCaw’s tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried… Ever.
= Superman owns a pair of Richie McCaw pyjamas.
= Richie McCaw owns the greatest Poker Face of all-time. It helped him win the 1993 World Series of Poker despite him holding just a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno.
= Richie McCaw sleeps with a night light. Not because Richie McCaw is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Richie McCaw.
= Once a cobra bit Richie McCaw’s leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
= Richie McCaw can divide by zero.
= When Richie McCaw exercises, the machine gets stronger.
= Richie McCaw doesn’t use pickup lines, he simply says, “Now”.
= Richie McCaw sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled rugby ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalised, Richie spear-tackled the devil and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn’t stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
= Richie McCaw can kill two stones with one bird.
= The only time Richie McCaw was wrong, was when he thought he had made a mistake.
= Richie McCaw once devoured a whole wheel-barrow full of clay to prove to a friend that the expression “Shitting bricks” wasn’t just a figure of speech.
okay, chuck norris swipes aside, there is definately a top ten ‘richie mccaw facts’ trailer on the cards surely? no rip-offs. original ones from the forum. what say you rrt? get thinking.
i f*cking love this one tho:
richie mccaw doesnt consider it sex if the woman survives.
Comment by fraser davidson September 27, 2007 @ 6:20 amyeah i had heard that they’d been recycled, btu still bloody great all the same….
Comment by The Mad, Maaaaad Dutchman September 27, 2007 @ 7:54 amim gonna start an ‘arc richie mccaw facts’ facebook site i reckon. pick the best ones and see if the big fella will do me a voice over at some point.
Comment by fraser davidson September 27, 2007 @ 8:39 amSorry to say this but its time to get rid of the juice, as a fellow Kiwi living in Brisbane, he offers no insight that isnt already on rugbyheaven, and if i want to read about the AFL or NRL i’ll pick up a paper, I always fast forward this section of the podcast.
other than that the posdcast is sensational
Comment by Devo June 2, 2009 @ 10:41 pmkeep it deep
Devo
One request. Seeing as for some reason only god knows – The new jimungo virtual rugby game has the key match of Uzhbekhistan vs Jordan as one of thier games for next week. Please provide picks as the RRt is the only place to keep updated with all the Rugby Universe!
Comment by Shaun June 5, 2009 @ 11:26 am