You misunderstand me…

Is there any reason to, that you know of?

This is starting to look somewhat one sided.

Is Barnes ever going to stop aussie going in off their feet?

I reckon that Barnes is oblivious to 57% of what happens on the pitch. A dodgy yellow, not penalising the Aus scrum at the end of the first half, allowing the last try without consulting the TMO. He is such a poor ref. (Not counting the really obvious ones like the Puma playing the ball on the floor when he penalised Kuridrani.)

That’s not a hoodie, it’s body hair.

Body hair? Who is he? Sully from Monsters Inc. perhaps

So, very early on, I claimed an Aus v NZ final with Aus just pipping them. I’m going to stick to my guns……

What a prospect though! NZ is imo the best xv ever assembled, over 1000 caps could start the final, several all time greats of the game in theirteam. Then Aus……well, their backline on paper is a thing of envy, but they’ve been immense at the breakdown too this WC. Their 6,7 and 8 combination is unreal (as is NZ’s!) Should be an awesome game!

The rugby world cup has been cracking. I know it’s each to their own, but I think the rugby world cup makes the football world cup look a little mediocre!

The players looked rather battered after today’s game.

Argentina paid for being too slow/naive at the breakdown. You can’t get turned over that much expect to win at this level.
NZ to win, and I reckon they’ll do it convincingly.

Two excellent games I thought. After all the controversy over the “can you, can’t you” TMO in the Scots Australia QF we have two blatant forward passes on tries in the semis, neither referred. I thought the NZ win was pretty shakey really, All the swagger of the French win was a distant memory, the NZ plague of nerves seemed to be back again. Argentina didn’t quite have the cutting edge in the latter stages to get the try they needed but their performance in the tournament has been outstanding. The Toulon two have made a difference, I wonder if we’ll see similar changes from the other nations now. It could be MC’s master stroke to get the rules changed to allow him to pick Australia’s best side.

Nothing in the McCaw incident, if he did mean to elbow the Bokker it was very well done. I doubt Pocock will be cited for the early late tackle either.

Roll on next week, it’s going to be a cracker.

Yep. Interesting how things look worse in slow motion (not that this incident looked bad even in slow mo) compared to normal speed like they played on ITV this afternoon.

Bit unfair, he tweeted a Vine, someone else produced – he also said in the ensuing Twitter storm that the NZ Herald were leading on it – haven’t checked the veracity of this claim.

….reported by Fox sports and the old STW favorite; the daily mail.

That’s hilarious if true,how many many hours of coaching spent on him? The rest of us in the 6N wish he would stay and you should persevere with him at centre.

Roberts reported to be “taking a short break from professional rugby” to concentrate on his Masters at Cambridge. How does that work for Harlequins I wonder? EDIT: Mid December he’ll be back, then study part time

Rugby will be the winner 😉

I said the Aussies early on and am sticking with it. For me they are better at the scrum, on a par at the breakdown, more disciplined, massive defence, and more creative in the backline. NZ do have some awesome wingers if they can get it wide, but I think the Aussie defence will blitz / scramble to good effect.

That does seem to be his wish

Bowe out for 6N…Ulster saying 6 months. 😐