a short and sweet little entry, like me

I had major technical problems with computers and the internet machine this weekend, thats why there was a delay in posting this week, also the owner of the internet asked me to delay my posting because the amount of traffic going to this blog was more than facebook, twitter, youtube and all the XXX sites on the internet combined and then multiply that number by a million. That is why this weeks entry is a bit smaller but it doesn't really matter because Canada didn't play.

Week Three

"Don't go blowing all this money on Sweet Chilli Heat flavoured Doritos and chocolate milk"

my significant financial backer - direct quote.

WARNING Anybody, I mean anybody can edit Wikipedia articles

Game breakdown 

Tonga vs Japan  

-best name matchup game of RWC Brave Blossoms vs Sea Eagles

NZ vs France

-100 caps for the greatest cheater in rugby -congrats

-black vs white looks like a cool version of chess

-SBW on the wing I think I mentioned in last weeks entry that I would be impressed if he did it against a good team. Tonight France was not a good team

-coolest fan at the tournament Darth Vader

starting to feel like an Oakland Raiders game

Argentina vs Scotland

-way too many empty seats!

-both teams have skyskrapers in the second row.

-25 points but the over under was 5.5 points.

-overall amazing game

-what was thats medic doing??? picture

Red shirt properly trained, little fellow -"what school did you go to?"

Canada flag at Scotland vs Argentina, his name is Francis Terrableau, he's a regular reader of the blog

Ireland vs Russia

-age old question what gets you drunker vodka or Bushmills?

Romania vs England

-the oaks vs the blokes

-are Romans from Romania?

-whenever I hear somebody mention the ‘Bath club’ (Bath Rugby) i get excited, and believe bath club is like Fight Club.

• The first rule of bath club don't talk about bath club
• The second rule of bath club don't talk about bath club

Australia vs USA

- first time I have heard the ball called a ‘pill’ this tournament

-revenge for all those Paul Hogan movies, 'thats not a knife...this is a KNIFE'

SA vs Namibia

-first ever all African rugby game at world cup, can you say bragging rights

-Commentator about Pierre Spies “physique wise, hes the Arny Schwarzenegger of international rugby"

-Habana is even fast in slomotion

-why was Danie Rossouw wearing 26?

-Namibia's Van Lill ‘the Capetown dentist’- either the greatest nickname or an amazing beard for a dentist

Honourary Canadian 'Beardo'

Italy vs Russia

-I'm trying a new way of analyzing peculiar matchups - Wikipedia facts

Russia population 143 million - population density 8.3per square km

Italy population 61 million  - population density 201per square km

-Russians should play a wide open game style, Italy should be tight and used to crowded situations

-crazy Russian rugby fact first played in 1880‘s, before it was banned for its brutality

-Heres an idea open a restaurant only serve Russian pasta and Italian vodka

call it Focaccia the Cosmonaut.

Highlights

-Piri Weepu and Corey Jane's set move into a try. The best preplanned move of tournament

-Possible best name of the tournament Ruaridh Jackson Scotland (rory)

Mediumlights

-when are they going to play a game in - Mordor, the Shire, or Helms Deep

Lowlights

-Where are the  cheerleaders?

-not enough commercial breaks

-I have yet to see a coach's challenge flag

Great Quotes

commentator 

-"ballon means ball in French"

-"French man goes down as if hes been shot, and I suspect he hasnt been shot...he'd be good in hollywood , Yachvili, wouldn't he be"

-"he was stuck on that like a barnacle"

-"this is rediculous....this is nonsense. hes disrupting play". Argentina number 8 injured and ref doesn’t stop play.

-"are there 3 Contempomis out there?"

-"you would need a crowbar and a tractor to get him off the field" Argentina prop

-"look at the size of those shorts, you could sleep under those at night under the sweaters"

-"replica...brilliant"

-"and hes overcooked that one"

-"so casual... like a was walking the dog"

-"he had no right to score that try"

-“theres a lot of white on show..its a big laundry bill”

-searching for the ball..."its white and its an oval”

‘oh he's just busting them willy nilly”

-‘and that pass is simply awful’

-‘his sideburns have grown every week of the world cup..hate to see if they made the quarter finals’ about Romania coach

-‘hes sucking in large amounts of oxygen’

-commentator 1“the English water boy, switched out the matchball and gave a different one to Johnny Wilkinson.” 

commentator 2 “good work investigative journalist”

-Justin Marshall call of the world cup “hes 6’15 and he still couldnt reach that ball”

-“2 men in the commentry box just crossed their legs”

-“oh hes ready to go, he put his eye back in” after Lewis Moody puts a contact lense back in

‘hes get up looking like someone stole his sandwich’ after Romania get denied a try.

-commentator 1 “ive got more info on the balls” 

commentator 2 “thats the information ive been waiting for”

How to Improve Rugby in the Future

this may not all be fact but im gonna take ‘creative license’

play with weighted rugby balls.  I'm thinking the weight of a heavier medicine ball.  If the ball weighed significantly more it would increase the strength of players arms, a knock on or dropped ball could really hurt, if it landed on your toes, and there would be a good excuse for all the missed conversions and penalty kicks.  

I don't want to hear your advantages of a significant increase in the weight of the rugby ball.

Technical problems

Had a major technical problem, look for the entry late monday.


   -Under paid Staff

Im going to keep writing these until someone pays me a lot of money

Week Two

"Absolutely ground breaking.  Move over twitter The dawn of a new online era"

Lebuts Nived direct quote.

WARNING Monitor your children's internet activity

Game breakdown 

Australia vs Ireland  

-white men cant jump (photo)

-was irish team wearing sunscreen during the game, “those stadium lights are quite powerful and bright”

-a Mick vs. Convict foot race priceless

NZ vs Japan

- I previously mentioned Italy vs Australia as being unwatchable but I gave a fews LoLs to go with it. This time im not. you only watched this game if your from NZ or know someone from the Japan team,  because NZ, their similar to Canada hockey fans, Canada could play Laos in a Hockey game and we would watch it till the very end plus the hours or replay highlights and TSN expert opinions. 

Wales vs Samoa

-Samoa's blue jerseys are amazing 

-Paul Williams Samoa 15? Wales didn't lend them a guy cause they were short did they.

Scotland vs Georgia

15-6 Scotland
Did somebody tell them lowest score wins?
"Subtitles please for Scottish player’s interview in 'English?'"

USA vs Russia

All the cold war references wont make it bearable

Petri the scrumhalf, 'the Brooklyn boy'

Russian national anthem is bad ass, reminds me of old James Bond movies

most likely USA motivational speech pregame "let's kick there ass like we did in WW2"

Canada vs Tonga

- amazing banter about facial friends
-you don't like rugby or Canada if you didn't stay up and watch this game

SA vs Fiji

-'Burger has a charge' is this rugby or McDonald's?
-Fiji dressing room has a healthy amount of bananas, oranges, apples and water

England vs Georgia

-how hard is it going to be to get the grass stains out of Englands white kit?

-England found the right tailor, their numbers are staying on this game.

Samoa vs Namibia

-Namibia's opponents average 49 points per game in 2011 RWC

-whatever happened to the show Lost? was the island they were on Samoa?

Argentina vs Romania

-Argentina is the only team at the world cup from South America

-where are the mythical romans?

Canada vs France

-a lot less beard comments

-so glad Canada is now wearing white shorts

-France, sick black+blue kit rivals their white+greys 

Highlights

-Fast draw try of the tournament Samoa 0:46 Kahn Fotuali'i

-Cian Healy Ireland prop Man of the Match

-James Pritchard maybe born in NSW but knows how a true Canadian utilizes hockey skills along the boards.

-Samoa #22 best mullet of tournament (picture)

-‘monkey see monkey do’ Canada/France opening tries

-JP Pietersen awesome defence

-Possible best name of the tournament Census Johnston Samoa

-Alesana Tuilagi beast mode vs Namibia

Mediumlights

-Learning a little bit about Georgia, its not the home of Coca-Cola, the Masters, or Atlanta Falcons, Braves or even the University of Georgia Bulldogs

-Just over 6500 species of fungi, including lichen-forming species, have been recorded from Georgia, but this number is far from complete. The true total number of fungal species occurring in Georgia, including species not yet recorded, is likely to be far higher, given the generally accepted estimate that only about 7% of all fungi worldwide have so far been discovered.

Lowlights

-Sonny Bill Williams on the wing really? and carrying the ball like loaf of bread (picture)

-Black Eyed Peas 'Tonights Gonna be a Good Night' song before every games kickoff

-Wales vs Samoa my pregame question, What team will have more tattoos?

-Is tape a renewable resource?

-Why dont referees or touch judges wear tight jerseys?

-The ongoing debate about the lack of kicking accuracy, its not the ball or the ‘magnitude’ of the event.  The posts are crooked.

Great Quotes

commentator 
-look at the power “Booomfa booomfa” Connor trainors run
-commentator 1 “man hows that for facial hair.

 commentator 2 “hes got a decent beard”

 commentator 3 “some would say he has it all”

-commentator 1 “they have obviously had a bit of a beard growing competition, in that Canadian forward   pack.”

 commentator 2 “Kleeburger has that hands down doesnt he”

“Oh yes” commentator 1 “hes 27 years old but i think the beard might be a bit older than that.

-Australia vs Ireland “They were a bit of 6s and 7s out wide”

-“head and shoulders was the call” is this a shampoo commercial

-“bryce lawrence oh he had the protractor out on that one” referee call on scrum

-“not a happy chappy there”

-about James O'Connor's hair “its not ruffling the hair or anything like this , probably got a ton of gel in it, Its not ruffling the hair or anything, its quite pleasing”

-lip reading Will Genia “Mate was the first bit Im not sure we can repeat the next bit.

-“ but referee obliged to blow”

-about Tuailagi, Samoa wing “hes a big unit”

-“oh a little secret” two Samoans whispering into each others ears

-“oh just over cooked it”

-why theres so many scrum penalties “the tightness of the jerseys, the props getting binds, not enough to grab on to. the fabric that they use now a days” my favourite comment of the tournament

-about refereeing England vs Georgia “weak, weak, weak refereeing”

-“if Daniel Carter had done that we would be drooling”

-“you have heard of tit for tat”

-“look at that beard!” countlessly throughout Canada vs Tonga game

-“well what a lovely look, ahh yes” about a female French fan

-“i think thats lay cock” debating pronouncing of 2 or more roosters in the crowd
During the Russia USA game after this (picture) 

Commentator 1 "Which one is the girl?"

Commentator 2 "It's hard to say...but one of them is on steroids"

Commentator 3"They both might be mate"

-“cause thats the rules Paul.” ref explaining to Paul O'Connell  a specific call
-Ref “you tell them to play the game and i'll ref”

-NZ vs Australian bias in full force " Oh Adam Byrnes has gone straight in there , a good Australian . Always first to the fight" - Adam Byrne born in Australia - playing for Russia

After Ireland game “downtown auckland get ready, your about to get hit by a big green wave”

pretty sure not the  best comment because of the recent earthquakes and tsunamis in Christchurch and Japan.  Use your heads hobbit kiwi announcers.

How to Improve Rugby in the Future

this may not all be fact but im gonna take ‘creative license’

I'm a big fan when players appear into a game or a fight they have theme music.  Think about how awesome it was to hear Stone Cold Steve Austin's glass shattering or 'if you smell what the rock is cooking'.  That being said I don't know how it can be done yet, in baseball its when either a pitcher comes from the bull pen or batter comes to the plate, but I am really liking the nice touch the NZers are doing whenever a team gets points they play a famous artist from their country.  I first noticed it after the Canada game when BTOs , Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, started to play. Australia had ACDCs Its a Long Way to the Top.  

wanting to hear what ‘songs/artists' from what country you want to hear.

Mom Quotes

after seeing James O'Connor “he looks like Justin Bieber”

-mom quotes about an attempted penalty “good”, commentator “away to the right”, Mom “what!!”

-mom quotes You see whos sponsoring the time clock Tag Heuer

-“look at that ear!” about Jamie Cudmore

Pictures and words

USA vs Russia talking politics

Love the contrast of head gear and Fijis jerseys

Amazing SA warmup kit

Brett Lawrie likes the RWC 

Bono at Ireland game

pre game Stadium countdowns are awesome