oh, please don´t get me wrong, i´m really pleased for the Panthers, and for the good its doing for the area... i hope they can back it up with another trophy next year (and that the Panthers boys in the Kangaroos do Australia proud against NZ and England).
back to the Rugby...
AMERICA, you should be getting well and truly behind your rugby team!!!
they played GREAT rugby against Fiji the other day... they were very unlucky to lose (i mean, that Australian, Hercus... thats right, he went to school in the year above me at one of my schools top rivals - could have won it with that last conversion).
the Yanks have really surprised everyone.
this isn´t to say that they are going to compete against the real top tier teams, it just means that for a minnow in this competition, they are going to kick ass.
another great surprise was Japan!! i can´t wait to see the US vs Japan match on the 27th.
i´d be really interested as to how many ex-pats are playing for other nations in this competition...
i mean, there are many many Kiwis playing for other teams, like Japan. quite a few Aussies playing for other teams like Scotland.
i´d also be intersted in how many other countries have Australians and Kiwis on their coaching staff. (like Mark Ella for Japan - if yoy were wondering why the Japanese backs played out of their skins against Scotland - thats the reason).
i wonder how the Japanese will cope against the French on Saturday night... i mean, they´ll lose.. but will the usual dirty tactics from the French team play a factor (i wonder if the Japanese are used to eye-gauging??)
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Ohayo!!!
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