On top of the world!!!!

[wayfaringwordhack]

In the North vs South rugby matches today, England and France snatched the wins from Australia and New Zealand.  Yeah, I feel on top of the world!

Next week: England vs France.

What do you think, footlingagain? Les Bleus or Le Quinze de la Rose?

 

Comments

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Wow... I didn't think New Zealand ever lost...

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

They do! The proof. Actually NZ only ever won the first World Cup back in '87. This is the first time, I believe, that they have been knocked out in the quarter finals. It was time we took them; we've lost our last five matches against them.

Australia has won twice, so I'm glad England took them. As good as the English and South African teams are, I hope they lose in the coming the rounds. They've won the cup already. I'm all about underdogs. I would love for France to come out victorious, of course (we never have), but I'd be thrilled if Argentina, Scotland, or Fiji won.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

I'm no sure why, but it's amusing/impressive to see Fiji in the quarters of a competition the U.S. didn't even qualify for.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

we've lost our last five matches against them. Make that seven.

True about Fiji, but I think they have a lot more pro players than the US team. I believe that out of 30, only a half dozen US players are on pro teams.

[footlingagain.livejournal.com]

They were such close games - I finished yesterday a nervous wreck! But a happy nervous wreck.

As for Les Bleus or Le Quinze de la Rose, I'm torn. There have been so many changes to our team in the last 4 years, the Cup winning side is almost unrecognisable and they've really struggled to find their form. It was a huge relief to see them come out with real purpose yesterday - and to pull it off. But I agree with your point about the cup going into the hands of those who've never had it before.

Of course, if I hadn't friended you, I might not have such mixed emotions ;-) Oh, that semi-final is going to be an emotional rollercoaster!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I know. There was no stomping going on. The matches were achingly close. (Yes, Fred's pass that allowed us to score the winning try was borderline [pretty balantly] en avant, but the boundary refs cheated us twice on out-of-bounds calls, so...)

I think we're going to have to work on our melée (scrum?) because England totally dominated Australia on that front.

Forgive my vocab. I'm not up on the English terms. :P

[footlingagain.livejournal.com]

You're much better on the English terms than I am on the French ones ;-)

Melee is the scrum, I think (sorry - can't find the accents on this keyboard!). When the ball's put into the middle after the two teams lock together and try to break one another's necks.

The maul is when the players surround another one who's holding the ball and try to walk him to the line.

The ruck is when the player in the maul has dropped the ball - I think *g*

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*lol* Between the two of us, we should be able to figure out what is going on.

[footlingagain.livejournal.com]

We'll probably end up with a game that no-one else recognises ;-)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

That is highly likely. They'll surely think it is very inspired from other well-known sports.
:-P