Rugby World Cup

I have had enough of it already and it has hardly started. I do not understand the game I think that is why I do not follow it.

DH is glued so I usually catch up on a missed programme on the laptop while keeping half an eye on the Rugby. As a game I prefer it to football but like any tournament (other than Wimbledon) I can take it or leave it.

Already on the settee with my feet up, ready for rugby overload. Supper will be an on- the -knees affair rustled up between games. Did all my cooking yesterday with a supper party for OH's birthday, so after all that clearing up I'm having the rest of the day off. Come on England... you can beat the Wallabies, you know you can!

DH loves it but watched selectively - only England games , the final whoever is in it and the rest he records the highlights and watches it when I have gone to bed. Tonight's match England v Australia he can watch in his study aka the spare bedroom. I like the legs and French rugby players (its a fantasy I have).

There is a whole thread about it, started with the first game DH has it on now. I don't know if I can bear to watch tonight.
#nervousforEngland

Loving it! I am particularly enjoying watching Japan rewriting the rugby history book. It is refreshing to see speed, skill, discipline and perseverance triumph over the "big guys" like SA and the beefcake of Samoa.
The rest of today might be a strain though!

I am a huge fan, unfortunately unless I go to a pub showing it i only get a few of the games on one of the main French channels and they of course are concentrating on the France games.

Had a great afternoon last Sunday with some American friends in an Irish pub nearby, great to celebrate a win for Scotland.

I do not like the commentary on the radio.

I shall be watching England -v- Australia this evening, but with a foot in both camps!
We watched NZ -v- Georgia

Some of the family went to the Millenium Stadium the other night and apparently the atmosphere was fantastic!

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Feeling nervous for England! Husband just said if they don't win tonight they're basically out of the RWC!

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It's not looking great for England is it

Oo-er....not good at all, and getting worse

The less said, the better.

I'm not commenting

I knew there was a reason to be nervous

I wonder how many supporters have found their Welsh or Scottish ancestry this morning. DH says its the UK still so we should juts then support Wales and Scotland anyway - he is a love.

Even as a Scot ( You know "Who do you support?" " Scotland or whoever is playing England" being the default position) I found last night's match heartbreaking and those poor players' faces as they staggered off defeated, so

That seems to be the default position in Wales too; as a friend posted on FB last night 'everyone in Wales is Australian tonight' with a Croeso y Awstralia sign.
I didn't like to point out to her that this corner of Wales was England when she was born.
And a lot of English people live in Wales (but probably not as many as the Welsh who have escaped to England!)

Which corner of Wales was English after 1920?

Scotland need to beat Samoa who haven't had a great tournament so far and will be battling for a win. Ireland (playing Italy today) are likely to follow France into the quarter finals. So there is the distinct possibility that poor old England will be the only 'home' nation not to clear the group stage. As a quarter English, and having lived here longer than I ever lived in Scotland I am .

Monmouthshire was legally English until the 1970s.

Many would like it to be independent!

No one really knows if Monmouthshire is Welsh or English, 1920 when the church was disestablished Monmouthshire was under the church in Wales , when the Welsh office was formed in 1964 Monmouthshire was included as a country of Wales . Perhaps it should be devided? Some parts of Monmouthshire most definitely are Welsh, some want to be in England , they dislike being Welsh .

All is not lost for me ....I'll be rooting for France now, trouble is they have 2 teams..... the one that plays brilliantly and the one that plays like complete numpties. Which team are they going to field next ? But I've always got Ireland in reserve , thanks to my Irish mum.