Rugby World Cup

By Matt on Monday 24 November 2003 at 12:04

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I'd like to be the first (on freethought) to congratulate the sterling effort made by our boys in Australia on Saturday. At last, the Webb Ellis trophy is in the right hemisphere.

Did anyone else watch the match? I saw it in pub in Fallowfield - you could feel the tension in the air. When Wilko's drop goal went over, with 35 seconds left on the clock everyone knew it was over. The crowd, as they say, went wild. Superb. Top drawer.

6 comments:

On Monday 24 November 2003 at 16:52, palmer said:

Didn't make it to the pub but watched it at a friends flat after coming-to on the floor in front of the TV (which was handy).

What a great day for English rugby!! Esp. after all the sh*t the Ozzy press were spouting about the English team, kinda shoved it all back up their a...

This made me laugh

On Monday 24 November 2003 at 17:27, kavi said:

coming from an aussie (myself), im sure the aussie's lost due to sympathy.

On Monday 24 November 2003 at 17:56, palmer said:

nah - Jonny Wilkinsons boot did it

On Tuesday 25 November 2003 at 09:39, Matt said:

Jonny's boot was the match-saver, but we'd have been lost without Robinsons try - see, we do know how to score tries (Ben Kay excluded, obviously). Then again, it was Wilko's pass that set it up...

This also made me laugh. For once, Clarkson has a point.

On Tuesday 25 November 2003 at 14:44, Mark Bell said:

I was SHAKING at the end... soooo tense!

Well done lads, at last we win something!

That Clarkson article was good too...

On Wednesday 26 November 2003 at 09:38, Matt said:

Also rather amusing.

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