Rugby Union RWC and Season 2011-12

Posted by: JWM on 13 July 2011

Seems a good idea to turn over to a fresh page for the coming excitement!

We have got some months of RWC warm-up matches and the RWC itself, before we descend into the usual Wasps vs Tigers obsession

But to get us started, here's the fixture list for 2011-12 http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/fixtures.php

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

England scored a try..........?!!!

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

It was England's first opportunity of the game.

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

.......the replacement scrum half made all the difference and supplied much quicker ball than Youngs had done all game.

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

Aha! Found the offending word!!! It is the name of the replacement scrum half for England!!!

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

Scotland deserved to win that. They really disrupted England's play and slowed it down, but England contributed to their own problems. There are changes needed:

 

Flood for Wilkinson

Corbisiero for Stevens

Cueto for Armitage

RW for Youngs

Palmer for Deacon

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

Finally! England's first clear opportunity and Ashton scores a try. Wigglesworth made that and has made a clear difference over Youngs already with much quicker ball.

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by BigH47

I read that ,and thought Scotland had won!

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

All the difference was made by Wigglesworth......

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram
Originally Posted by BigH47:

I read that ,and thought Scotland had won!

It's the bizarre sequence of my posts, Howard. For some reason the name W******worth appears to put posts into moderation! I was wondering what had been happening to my posts as 4 of them just didn't appear, so I kept trying and ended up posting in segments to see what was going on, and forgot to mention that, actually, England won!! Subsequently a couple of my moderated posts have appeared out of sequence!

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram
Originally Posted by BigH47:

I read that ,and thought Scotland had won!

It's the bizarre sequence of my posts, Howard. For some reason the name Wigglesworth appears to put posts into moderation! I was wondering what had been happening to my posts as 4 just didn't appear and kept trying, ended up posting in segments to see what was going on, and forgot to mention that, actually, England won!! Subsequently a couple of my moderated posts have appeared out of sequence!

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Richard Dane

Sorry about that Chillkram,  for some reason Mr W sets off the obscene word filter. Very weird...

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram
Originally Posted by Richard Dane:

Sorry about that Chillkram,  for some reason Mr W sets off the obscene word filter. Very weird...

Very strange Richard. 

 

Mark

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by JamieWednesday

Scottish B*ll*x

 

 

 

 

Just checking...

 

 

The Mrs (of Glasgow) was very excited for about 60 minutes. Been a long time.

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

Bath

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by JamieWednesday

Aaaaawww do I have to? It's not Sunday...

 

 

Oh, I see

 

 

S******

 

Anyway I'll see your Bath and raise you a Tonga

 

 

(that said S-n-i-g-g-e-r, by the way...)

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

"Anyway I'll see your Bath"

 

I know we've been together a bit recently but I don't think I'm ready to move on to that stage yet!

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by JWM

I'm a shower man myself.

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by flyfisher

I bet that nice Mr Cockerill is really mad now   , let's face it Bath are not very good side at the moment, but even they could turn the Tigers over

Posted on: 01 October 2011 by Chillkram

So Carter's out of the tournament. Bit of a blow for the ABs.

Posted on: 02 October 2011 by JamieWednesday

Sigh

 

Mind, at least I don't support QPR too...

Posted on: 02 October 2011 by Chillkram
Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:

Sigh

 

Mind, at least I don't support QPR too...

Bugger! Just seen the score(s)!!

Posted on: 02 October 2011 by JWM
Originally Posted by flyfisher:

I bet that nice Mr Cockerill is really mad now   , let's face it Bath are not very good side at the moment, but even they could turn the Tigers over


S*d off!

Posted on: 02 October 2011 by deadlifter

Anybody that thinks at this point in time that teams that turn up at Welford road and beat us are turning the Tigers over or at their own grounds are very silly indeed,Like i said we will take it on the chin till the boys get back and then it will be business as usual.......Till the six nations that is     

Posted on: 05 October 2011 by JWM

Following the Pool stage of RWC, here are the IRB World Rankings, as of 03 October 2011:

 

(Previous ranking in brackets)

 

Rank Member Union Rating

1(1) NEW ZEALAND 90.62

2(2) SOUTH AFRICA 86.71

3(3) AUSTRALIA 84.84

4(4) ENGLAND 84.54

5(6) IRELAND 83.14

6(7) WALES   80.73

7(8) ARGENTINA 80.28

8(5) FRANCE  79.72

9(13) TONGA   76.63

10(9) SCOTLAND 76.20

Posted on: 07 October 2011 by deadlifter

What a stonking game Wales were superb.  Although i wish that they had not played each other yet and that it were a southern hemisphere team on the way home