2003 World Cup: Australia Namibia REQUEST

[Big Ewis]

Hello forum,
I'm dying, DYING to watch this game ! It's the greatest upset, according to my quick study, in the short history of the World Cup.
142-0.

I know it's not super legit but uhh...could I ask anyone where I can find games ? Perhaps through RS, MU...
I'd managed to find Australia raping Japan in 2007 91-3 for example, but just can't manage to find 2003 Australia Namibia.


P.S.: if anybody's interested, here's another crazy upset:
1995 - Japan New Zealand 145-17 ! Highest score ever in a world cup.

 

[TNT88]

Sorry, all i could find are crappy highlights. You'd do well to find the whole game online, might be better off simply looking for a hard copy.

 

[Big Ewis]

Sorry, all i could find are crappy highlights. You'd do well to find the whole game online, might be better off simply looking for a hard copy.

Yeah I noticed youtube had a highlight reel of the match...but I didn't want to ruin the surprise for the actual full length match.
I suppose that's all I have right now !
Thx for the reply.

 

[LittleGuy]

Hello forum,
I'm dying, DYING to watch this game ! It's the greatest upset, according to my quick study, in the short history of the World Cup.
142-0.

I know it's not super legit but uhh...could I ask anyone where I can find games ? Perhaps through RS, MU...
I'd managed to find Australia raping Japan in 2007 91-3 for example, but just can't manage to find 2003 Australia Namibia.


P.S.: if anybody's interested, here's another crazy upset:
1995 - Japan New Zealand 145-17 ! Highest score ever in a world cup.

Upset means a win by a smaller team vs. a bigger team. Blowout is the term you are looking for, besides why would you want to see this game? Australia basically humliates Namibia for 80 minutes for the home crowd, its probably the worst rugby match ever played and I only hope the full version has been "accidentally" lost in a fire.

 

[Big Ewis]

Upset means a win by a smaller team vs. a bigger team. Blowout is the term you are looking for, besides why would you want to see this game? Australia basically humliates Namibia for 80 minutes for the home crowd, its probably the worst rugby match ever played and I only hope the full version has been "accidentally" lost in a fire.

My bad. I meant blowout. I'm used to the expression "biggest upset" so I use it without thinking.
Oh well I find it highly amusing to watch ridiculous blowouts, I'm not asking for your opinions, just if you know where I can dld rugby games...

 

[TRF_melon]

I have it on VHS and will be converting it to DVD....PM me...

 

[usausa]

Just want to bump the thread, if anyone has received the match or knows online where to find it. I've pm'ed melon but I don't think he is on too often.

 

[Nielsch]

I'm looking for footage from the 110-0 blowout between England and The Netherlands, played in 1998.

 

[psychic duck]

Upset means a win by a smaller team vs. a bigger team. Blowout is the term you are looking for, besides why would you want to see this game? Australia basically humliates Namibia for 80 minutes for the home crowd, its probably the worst rugby match ever played and I only hope the full version has been "accidentally" lost in a fire.

I second Little Guy's post.

 

[Big Ewis]

YES, LITTLE GUY'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. :Blinky:

 

[usausa]

YES, LITTLE GUY'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I'm assuming he's agreeing with the part where Little Guy said he hopes the full game got "accidently" lost in a fire, at least that's what I thought he meant.

 

[LittleGuy]

It's a seriously awful game guys, it wasn't even Namibia's best XV. And it gets a little ridiculous when you see Wallabies centering up tries for conversion attempts while up 120 points.

 

[usausa]

I don't feel the same as you Little Guy, I love these games as much as the close ones. I have the New Zealand-Japan 145-17 thrashing, and the Japanese played hard the All Blacks 2nd team was just so determined to play well and physically it was a mismatch. Now Namibia didn't quite have the speed and probably not the will of Japan, but I enjoy seeing these great teams (even if it is with or against 2nds) perform the simple skills like execute an overlap or do some nifty moves to get through the defense.

 

[LittleGuy]

I just don't enjoy watching people get humiliated, especially when they have been led out unto the wolves as this poor Namibian side with little rest was. The Japan game is much better as the Blossoms were at least effective in attack and could come out of the match with some postives. This game is one of the few where the losing side can't take anything at all from playing.

In North American sport it's a huge no-no to go out and humiliate your opponent as so often happens in these RWC blowouts where I see ridiculous things like 80th minute tries(just kick the ****ing ball out of bounds) or centered conversion attempts when up by three digits. And guys celebrating the 22nd try of the game like they've never scored one before. Just a couple of weeks ago a team winning an NFL game 60-0 declined to take a field goal they would have made and instead went for an impossible 4th and 23 rather than run up the score. Likewise the Canadian Women's Ice Hockey team was widely critiicized in much of the media here for beating Slovakia 18-0 in a mismatched game a couple of years ago.

In the 1999 RWC Gareth Rees and many of the Canadian players apologized to the Namibians for running up the score to 72-11 because Canada actually needed the point differential to advance to the knockouts if thats the case it's one thing, but if it's just to score a pile of points it's only lousy sportsmanship, Canada could have also put a hundred up against Barbados in 2006 but started pretty much kicking the ball right back to them rather than make things worse than 71-3.

 

[Helmy]

Well, I think it's understatement for me to say the Australian sporting mentality is quite a bit different to the Canadian one..

 

[usausa]

I just don't enjoy watching people get humiliated, especially when they have been led out unto the wolves as this poor Namibian side with little rest was. The Japan game is much better as the Blossoms were at least effective in attack and could come out of the match with some postives. This game is one of the few where the losing side can't take anything at all from playing.

In North American sport it's a huge no-no to go out and humiliate your opponent as so often happens in these RWC blowouts where I see ridiculous things like 80th minute tries(just kick the ****ing ball out of bounds) or centered conversion attempts when up by three digits. And guys celebrating the 22nd try of the game like they've never scored one before. Just a couple of weeks ago a team winning an NFL game 60-0 declined to take a field goal they would have made and instead went for an impossible 4th and 23 rather than run up the score. Likewise the Canadian Women's Ice Hockey team was widely critiicized in much of the media here for beating Slovakia 18-0 in a mismatched game a couple of years.

In the 1999 RWC Gareth Rees and many of the Canadian players apologized to the Namibians for running up the score to 72-11 because Canada actually needed the point differential to advance to the knockouts if thats the case it's one thing, but if it's just to score a pile of points it's only lousy sportsmanship.

You are right, it is sort of North American taboo to run up the score, but I feel like in rugby it is harder to hold back. You can sub everyone off your bench but I always felt that your job on defense is to stop the offense, and on offense the object is to score, so I have never had an issue with big scores. There are news stories in the US about once or twice a year with high school basketball teams losing by a 100 or getting shutout. To me, it is lousy sportsmanship to hold up. In football, it is easier when up because you can run the ball instead of passing all the time, but I don't know how in rugby you can hold up other than just take ages at the breakdown. And that is not even allowed now.

I do agree, the Aussies could've went on without celebrating (which the '95 All Blacks were good about). Unless you are a debut cap or getting your first points for your country, there is a point where celebrating is a definite no-no. And even then, it shouldn't be flamboyant. But I'm sure if you ask the Namibians that played, I'm sure they felt honored that they got to be on the same field as the Australians even if the score was up by that match. It was literally amateurs vs. professionals.

And I can't recall at match at the moment where teams up by a lot were trying to run it in at the 80th, but I can agree that is pretty ridiculous as well.

The football game you refer to actually goes against the point you are making. The Seahawks were up 51-0 with 7 minutes left in the game and they were throwing for the endzone. As a matter of fact, they were throwing the ball pretty much all game and if you look at the play by play of that game for the 4th quarter, you see passing attempts as if it was a close game. The coach of that game was questioned/criticized here for running up the score (which he denied). In football, the way to be respectful is to run the ball no matter down and distance.

 

[nickdnz]

Well, I think it's understatement for me to say the Australian sporting mentality is quite a bit different to the Canadian one..

Haha, I'll say. Australia actually hold the record for the biggest win in international soccer - a 31-0 win over American Samoa (one of the worlds weakest international teams) - with Archie Thompson scoring 13 goals, another record.

 

[LittleGuy]

You are right, it is sort of North American taboo to run up the score, but I feel like in rugby it is harder to hold back. You can sub everyone off your bench but I always felt that your job on defense is to stop the offense, and on offense the object is to score, so I have never had an issue with big scores. There are news stories in the US about once or twice a year with high school basketball teams losing by a 100 or getting shutout. To me, it is lousy sportsmanship to hold up. In football, it is easier when up because you can run the ball instead of passing all the time, but I don't know how in rugby you can hold up other than just take ages at the breakdown. And that is not even allowed now.

I do agree, the Aussies could've went on without celebrating (which the '95 All Blacks were good about). Unless you are a debut cap or getting your first points for your country, there is a point where celebrating is a definite no-no. And even then, it shouldn't be flamboyant. But I'm sure if you ask the Namibians that played, I'm sure they felt honored that they got to be on the same field as the Australians even if the score was up by that match. It was literally amateurs vs. professionals.

And I can't recall at match at the moment where teams up by a lot were trying to run it in at the 80th, but I can agree that is pretty ridiculous as well.

The football game you refer to actually goes against the point you are making. The Seahawks were up 51-0 with 7 minutes left in the game and they were throwing for the endzone. As a matter of fact, they were throwing the ball pretty much all game and if you look at the play by play of that game for the 4th quarter, you see passing attempts as if it was a close game. The coach of that game was questioned/criticized here for running up the score (which he denied). In football, the way to be respectful is to run the ball no matter down and distance.

I see your point about the rugby being harder to hold back, taking as long as possible in set plays or just running simple pick and go's or punting the ball back are about the only strategies to keeping the score board from getting ridiculous, to be fair to Namibia in this particular instance and the high school teams you mentioned, they are amateurs(or mainly so) and it makes it a little more egregious than in a professional environment where I can accept the fact that the defence should be out trying to give 100% at all times.

In fact plenty of losing professionals have displayed even worse sportsmanship than running up scores by simply giving up eg. Sale vs Toulon a couple of weeks ago.

Edit: Also it looks like I was wrong on the details of the Seattle game since I only saw the final 5 minutes after the other game I was watching ended, but if the coack was criticized in the media here than it dosen't at all go against the point I'm making about the mentality being different. Bellichek also got a lot of heat during the Patriots 16-0 season for doing the same thing and I think it was a reason so many people were hoping the Giants would beat them in the Super Bowl.

 

[LittleGuy]

Haha, I'll say. Australia actually hold the record for the biggest win in international soccer - a 31-0 win over American Samoa (one of the worlds weakest international teams) - with Archie Thompson scoring 13 goals, another record.

They also have the biggest ever win in International Ice Hockey history a 58-0 win over New Zealand in 1987.

 

[nickdnz]

They also have the biggest ever win in International Ice Hockey history a 58-0 win over New Zealand in 1987.

:lol:

Didn't realize we actually had a team. Could have gone the rest of my life without knowing that fact.