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Date Posted: 21:14:01 11/17/02 Sun
Author: Gareth 3C
Author Host/IP: 62.128.220.106
Subject: This weekend's internationals

Due to being one of only 3 lads not to go to Cyprus I had very little to do on Saturday and even fewer people to do it with. Luckily we managed to blag 3 free debenture tickets for the England - Australia game. So an Englishman, a Welshman and a Scotsman went to Twickenham (must be some joke there) with 2 other Englishmen to watch the game. The pitch was great (one up on the MS already) the fireworks and pre-match cobblers was pretty good and professionally run (but then look at who was running it) but I found the atmosphere boring. Maybe cos it was the first game I've been to as a neutral but it was very quiet. At games I like to sing and shout for the entire duration and have banter with those around me, particularly opposing fans. The old East Terrace was great for that but so have loads of all seater stadiums I've been to, especially the Gabba and a few years back MS. There were a few choruses of Swing Low, but nothing sustained and also there were hardly any Aussies there, I'd say only 5 - 10% of the crowd. Also they seemed to be seated in groups seperately like at poofball which meant that there was no banter at all, not even between England fans. Apparently this is because nearly all the seats are debenture so it shows a massive downside to the system. No blydi hooters though - big plus point.
Fair play to England, they played brilliantly in patches. However I was bored for most of the middle of the first half - if I wanted to watch lines of lads run at each other I'd have gone to Huddersfield and watched a better version of it. It's sad to see how downhill Wales have gone and it can only be helped at grassroots/domestic level and by keeping youngsters fresh and developing between the U19/U21 level and up to the full squad. Though a pitch like at the MS is inexcusable.
Due to being so busy for the last year or so yesterday was my first international since the Lion's Test in Sydney. What an immense occasion that was and I hope rugby gets it's act together so I can enjoy days like that, regularly for a long time to come.
I reckon France would be a good outside bet for the World Cup. They should have beaten the All Blacks and their rucking was immense, giving clean, quick ball to the scrum half every time. Can someone please explain the decision to give NZ a scrum after that penalty attempt though cos I just dont get it. Diolch

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