GO WALLABIES!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

GO FRANCE!   ;D

Hoppy wrote on Oct 16^th, 2015 at 11:14pm:

GO WALLABIES!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif] GO FRANCE!   ;D

You didn't get that quite right, it should have been...

GO HOME WALLABIES!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

GO HOME FRANCE!   ;D

I've got no comment on that Hoppy !!!!
But there will be Black in the final !
                 ;D

colin

Forget it lads.......Ireland!!!!!!

Peter.

Beer.

Hey Mike,

Go home France is right.  The ghosts of times past have been exorcised.

Peter.

ALL BLACKS! Just to good. NZ 63 v France 13. Into the semi finals. Tough game next week! Playing South Africa.

Wallabies v Scotland tomorrow.

Cheers Hoppy

I'm keeping quiet !!   :(

Hey Maz,

Very wise. I'll probably have to shut up myself tomorrow afternoon.

Peter.

Looking like it could be an all southern hemisphere set of semi-finals, with an Oz / NZ final.

Mike NZ wrote, Looking like it could be an all southern hemisphere set of semi-finals, with an Oz / NZ final. That's what I'm hoping for after watching your lot play against France in the wee hours this morning, it would be one hell of a match up.  ;)

Hoppy

Hoppy wrote on Oct 17^th, 2015 at 11:04pm:

That's what I'm hoping for but after watching your lot play against France in the wee hours this morning it would be one hell of a match up.

History didn't repeat in Cardiff. That was what the final 4 years ago should have been like.

Peter wrote, The ghosts of times past have been exorcised.
[smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

Hoppy

Hoppy/Maz,

I wrote that I might have to shut up by this afternoon.

[smiley=yikes.gif]. Shock.......Silence!!!!!!!!

P.

Peter, Now it's our turn for revenge, but I must say, I'm a little bit worried about our chances after watching them playing your lot and us just scraping home by 1 point against the Scots. Will it be, Don't  :'( for me Argentina, 

Hoppy

My $20 is now $80. Half is going on the Wallabies to beat Argentina and the other half is going to the pub.

Brian wrote, My $20 is now $80. Half is going on the Wallabies to beat Argentina and the other half is going to the pub.

Fingers x you will be celebrating a win. Go Wallabies!

Hoppy

Mike NZ wrote on Oct 17^th, 2015 at 7:21pm:

Looking like it could be an all southern hemisphere set of semi-finals, with an Oz / NZ final.

Now if only I'd put a few $ on that...

Still picking an NZ / Oz final.

Scotland was robbed. >:(

maz wrote on Oct 20^th, 2015 at 3:40am:

Scotland was robbed. >:(

Then how do you think we feel, Maz?

It's looking more and more like an Oz-NZ final but all of our nation's money goes on supporting ex-pat Kiwis, variously on welfare or in jail, which means the New Zealand economy is booming and they can pay the referee far more than we can afford.

Come the revolution, things will change!!!

Maz wrote, Scotland was robbed.

If you give away a penalty, then you have to cop it on the chin. [smiley=grin.gif]

Hoppy.

Here's where you heard it first....
Argentina will roll Aussie in the semi  !
expectation and pressure will be to much
including the fact Aussie have more recycled players than a 1950 washing machine ! 
  You heard it first.........

c

[smiley=sayno.gif] More like,  [smiley=nopity.gif] Don't  :'( for me Argentina, when they arrive back home. 

[smiley=referee.gif] GO WALLABIES!

Hoppy wrote on Oct 24^th, 2015 at 4:33am:

[smiley=sayno.gif] More like,  [smiley=nopity.gif] Don't  :'( for me Argentina, when they arrive back home.  [smiley=referee.gif] GO WALLABIES!

Ha Ha Ha Doctor Hoppy !   ;D
Na, I'd be pretty worried at the minute Hoppy !!!!!!
                             ;)
c

It looks like the All Blacks are going home... After the next match... After winning it!

But the question is, who will be joining them?

And we know that Brian's answer will be "beer". :)

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!

It really doesn't help that the lovely DennyM keeps sitting beside me quietly singing, "Good old Collingwood forever..."

Brian wrote, It really doesn't help that the lovely DennyM keeps sitting beside me quietly singing, "Good old Collingwood forever..." Hoppy  [smiley=lolk.gif] GO PIES! Oh hang on! GO WALLABIES!

Hoppy  [smiley=beer.gif]

Mike NZ wrote on Oct 17^th, 2015 at 7:21pm:

Looking like it could be an all southern hemisphere set of semi-finals, with an Oz / NZ final.

Hmm, I should have put some $ on this prediction as it was an all southern hemisphere set of semi-finals with Oz and NZ through to the final.

Not sure why they even needed to have the tournament, they could have just used the Bledisloe cup matches to decide the result.

Oh frabjous day! That gives me $40 for the final and yet another $40 to support my favourite barmaid.

Will it be Gold or Black! That is the  :question.

Cheers  [smiley=beer.gif] Brian on your win.

GO WALLABIES!

The Bookies have NZ as odds on favourites to win the Cup, so I'm going by the old saying, "Odds on looking on" and having a small wager on the Wallabies at 3/1  :)

Hoppy

The ONLY thing I know about Rugby....well...besides that it's 1000% better than "football" (soccer to us Yanks)...comes from my work mate (the only non clusterhead I ever met who knew exactly what CH was because he used to drive his friend with such to the ER and help dig his fingers out of the dash):

"Rugby is a hooligan sport played by gentlemen vs football... which is a gentleman's sport played by hooligans"

From London area...he played "ruggers"... is 6'3" and near 18 stone...walks like a 90 year old as a result. Was particularly proud that his ears were not cauliflowered...musta worn those silly ear-cups........

And oh....this'll piss someone off...but I've always rooted for the "All-Blacks".... because I love the name.......................

jon019 wrote on Oct 29^th, 2015 at 7:37pm:

And oh....this'll piss someone off...but I've always rooted for the "All-Blacks".... because I love the name.......................

The name was originally from some newspaper report where the team was described as being a team full of all backs (about half the team are forwards who attack and the backs are the defenders (very rough description)), but this got corrupted to all blacks, which stuck, especially as their normal strip is all black.

Most interesting and most appreciated Mike! Ima sports fan...this stuff is like the cheese on crackers..it makes a friggin meal!!!!

And...as I canna help myself....as I told Peter...my work bloke referred previously...my FAVORITE Brit
footie team has always been "Arsenal"...I LOVED the name...and the green stripes reminded me of my beloved NY Yankees. Much as I protest...played sublimely... it is the 'beautiful game" (Seattle has a superb team). Reminds me of European version of hockey...poetry on ice...no goons allowed. The LA Lakers used to play a version.......................

Hi Mike, just saw this on facebook. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is behind the ‪#‎Wallabies‬!
If we win, New Zealand PM John Key will be wearing ‪#‎Wallaby‬ Gold in NZ Parliament!  [smiley=grin.gif]

Hoppy
‪

Hey Jon019. If you're happy supporting New Zealand's All-Blacks rugby team because you like the name, you'll be delighted to know their international basketball team is the Tall Blacks.

AussieBrian wrote on Oct 30^th, 2015 at 6:19am:

Hey Jon019. If you're happy supporting New Zealand's All-Blacks rugby team because you like the name, you'll be delighted to know their international basketball team is the Tall Blacks.

Dee-lightful...I am thoroughly amused!

And to carry on...my favorite beer is actually a beer '"cocktail" called a "Black and Tan"...first enjoyed at the Chicago airport, on a business trip, with some fish and  chips...BEST part of THAT trip. Guinness Stout layered on top of Harp Lager .....OH.........MY!!!!!!

AussieBrian wrote on Oct 30^th, 2015 at 6:19am:

Hey Jon019. If you're happy supporting New Zealand's All-Blacks rugby team because you like the name, you'll be delighted to know their international basketball team is the Tall Blacks.

The cricket team are the Black Caps, the hockey team are the Black Sticks and the badminton team wanted to be called the Black Cocks (after the shuttlecock game is played with), but that wasn't approved. You can imagine that name would have caused reactions wherever they played.

And to really confuse things, the soccer team probably considered a few options, like the Black Balls, but changed things around to be the All Whites (they play in an all white strip).

Hoppy wrote on Oct 30^th, 2015 at 3:54am:

Hi Mike, just saw this on facebook. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is behind the ‪#‎Wallabies‬! If we win, New Zealand PM John Key will be wearing ‪#‎Wallaby‬ Gold in NZ Parliament!

I expect that Turnbull will have purchased a black tie already.
START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE

Another part of the rivalry is between the respective national airlines, with the airline from the losing country being challenged to repaint a jet after a friendly feud on Twitter - START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE.

Potential redesigns are:
START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGESTART PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE

jon019 wrote, ...my favorite beer is actually a beer '"cocktail" called a "Black and Tan"...first enjoyed at the Chicago airport, on a business trip, with some fish and  chips...BEST part of THAT trip. Guinness Stout layered on top of Harp Lager .....OH.........MY!!!!!!

Enjoyed by me too, also, Black Velvet! Replace the Harp Lager with Apple Cider  [smiley=beer.gif]

Cheers Hoppy

Hoppy wrote on Oct 30^th, 2015 at 7:59pm:

jon019 wrote, ...my favorite beer is actually a beer '"cocktail" called a "Black and Tan"...first enjoyed at the Chicago airport, on a business trip, with some fish and  chips...BEST part of THAT trip. Guinness Stout layered on top of Harp Lager .....OH.........MY!!!!!! Enjoyed by me too, also, Black Velvet! Replace the Harp Lager with Apple Cider

The Guinness recipe for Black Velvet (START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE) is:


Quote:

Ingredients Serves 1     ½ Flute of Champagne     ½ Flute of GUINNESS® Extra Stout GUINNESS® mixed fifty fifty with Champagne. This famous drink was invented in 1861 at Brook's Club in London. Prince Albert had died, everyone was in mourning, and the story goes that the steward at the club, overcome with the emotion of the occasion, ordered that even the champagne should be put into mourning, and proceeded to mix it with GUINNESS®. The taste was so delicious, Black Velvet became extremely popular.

I've tried the champagne version, but it get's a bit expensive when you have to put 250ml of Moet in a pint glass. So, I drink the commoner version.  :D   

A letter to the Editor in today's The Weekend Australian under the heading History with All Blacks -

It was but 100 years ago this month
that a scratch rugby match was played
on the beaches of Lemnos between
the rifle brigades of New Zealand and
Australia.

It didn't have the glamour of the
Rugby World Cup, but it did help to
lift morale during a lull in the fighting
on the Gallipoli peninsula. Lemnos
was the staging post for the campaign
to take the Dardenelles, an island
where the poet Rupert Brookes lies
buried, the son of a master at Rugby
School where William Webb Ellis in-
vented the game.

With tide out, the wind blow-
ing across the sands and a poorly
erected set of goalposts, the New Zea-
landers played in khaki and the Aus-
tralians wore blue. It wasn't long
before the Kiwis gained the ascend-
ancy scoring from a forward rush.
Late in the second half, Australia
crossed the line to score its only try
but the damage in this lop-sided match
had been done and New Zealand ran
out winners by 33-3.

This weekend, we will be privi-
leged to see the dash and determi-
nation of the Wallaby backs, but
undoubtedly the forward strength of
the All Blacks rallying in defence,
much like their forebears, may be the
defining factor in who gets to lift the
trophy. Whatever the result, those
former Wallabies and All Blacks who
paid the supreme sacrifice, two Wal-
labies dying on Anzac Day, 1915, will
no doubt look down on the game
played in heaven.

John Holmes, Kawungan, Qld

The All Blacks are heading home...

34 - 17

Oh well, all down to the next tournament to see if they can make it 3 in a row! :)

It was actually carried live here in the States!

Fun match to watch

[smiley=referee.gif] New Zealand have resisted a stirring second-half fightback from Australia to win the Rugby World Cup final 34-17 at Twickenham.

The All Blacks opened up 21-3 lead shortly after the break before the Wallabies briefly closed to within four points with converted tries to David Pocock and Tevita Kuridrani.

But the All Blacks held their nerve, with a late runaway try to Beauden Barrett blowing out the scoreline as New Zealand became the first team to win the Webb Ellis Cup
three times.

Cheers Hoppy

Congratulations Mike.  [smiley=clap2.gif]

Brian and Hoppy, Len said he hopes you don't cry into your beer too much and water it down.   [smiley=bigcry.gif]

Congrats to both New Zealand and Australia. The best 2 teams reached the final and deserve great credit for doing so.

Well done NZ. Great rugby.

Peter.

Well said Peter.

Congrats to our kiwi friends. Commiserations to our Aussie friends.

Looking forward to seeing that qantas aircraft painted black.....

Beer.

[quote author=454D4652080 link=1445051681/39#39 date=1446237987]Another part of the rivalry is between the respective national airlines, with the airline from the losing country being challenged to repaint a jet after a friendly feud on Twitter - START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE

Whilst they won't need to repaint their fleet of aircraft, Qantas crew will be decked out in All Blacks jerseys tomorrow.

START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE

Was a great game and a great result !
in fact overall it was a great advertisement for rugby !
There was only ever going to be one out come, sorry to say.

And re cauliflower ears and walking like a 90 year old,
Well,  I still have to get my left ear lobe drained every year or two and the neck issues are another story again.

Congrats to the Aussies for getting there and making it such a contest........
Now I can get back to a normal sleep pattern,   Oh, hang on, still got some F1 races left for the season   :o

colin

Well, it's that time of the year again! The Melbourne Cup! The race that stops a nation. My thoughts this year are,

Fame Game.
Trip To Paris.
Who Shot Thebarman.
Preferment.

Roughies: Bondi Beach, Big Orange, Max Dynamite.

I shall be linking all these in a Quinella & Trifecta.

My hard earned will be on Trip To Paris to win the Cup.

Cheers, [smiley=me&mb.gif]

Hoppy,

My Dad always told me to stay away from fast women and slow horses.

Did I listen.....yes, about the horses !

Peter.

Hoppy wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2015 at 2:49am:

My thoughts this year are, Fame Game. Trip To Paris. Who Shot The Barman. Preferment.

Except for Fame Game I couldn't agree more, and if it wasn't for the fact that
I've never picked a Melbourne Cup winner ever, not once in my life, I'd even be tempted to have a little wager.

As always it's on the first Tuesday in November and for the third year in a row we won't be bothered by the race that stops another nation, the US election, which is also commonly held on the first Tuesday in November.

Fair dinkum, they have no respect for priorities!

My favourite part of the day is always the "Fillies on the Field" fashion parade because the ladies really do look so lovely, though I'll never understand how they walk so beautifully on the grass in those high heels. As for the blokes, they should be hosed down with the horses.

Let the games begin!!!

My better half managed to come out ahead by $1.50 getting a place with the kiwi horse that came in third.

START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE

Mind you, she should have picked the kiwi horse that won with a jockey whose family hails from NZ.

It isn't just rugby that NZ rocks at :)

2nd and 4th  [smiley=wtf.gif] [smiley=lolk.gif]

Cheers  [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif]

Hoppy wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 1:02am:

2nd and 4th  [smiley=wtf.gif] [smiley=lolk.gif] Cheers  [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif]

Ah, you must have changed your bet without mentioning it because your forecast was -

Fame Game (13th)

Trip to Paris (4th)

Who Shot the Barman (11th)

Preferment (20th)

Glad you did well and it was a sensational result. First jockette ever to win it and what a little darlin' she is.

We've just got to find a way to beat them Kiwis!

Brian, I mentioned Max Dynamite as one of my roughies, but could of been a different outcome if this didn't happen.
Ed Dunlop-trained Trip To Paris, who finished fourth in the Cup, has a less serious problem with his left hind leg bandaged after he was galloped on and lost a shoe during the race.

Hoppy

On the brighter side we're looking pretty good against the Kiwis in the cricket, though they'll immediately claim PTSD over that little incident 35 years ago.

AussieBrian wrote on Nov 5^th, 2015 at 6:12am:

On the brighter side we're looking pretty good against the Kiwis in the cricket, though they'll immediately claim PTSD over that little incident 35 years ago.

Got to let you win at something you know!