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RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 Highlights
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<blockquote data-quote="FlukeArtist" data-source="post: 461425" data-attributes="member: 42995"><p>Here is just a <em>few</em> of my personal highlights of this World Cup:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>Wales</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong></strong></span><span style="color: #000000">Everything about them:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Their team, and the brilliant rugby they played, the style of rugby they played, and the excitement generated. Cruelly denied victory over South Africa and France by a coupel of wayward kicks, and questionable decisions. They have been a revelation this tournament, and I feel for their fans.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">But personally, witnessing the win over Samoa in Hamilton was a great day out. Apologies to my boss for turning up to work 4 hours late after missing my lift back to Auckland.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><strong><span style="color: #008000">Ireland </span><span style="color: #000000">v </span><span style="color: #daa520">Australia</span></strong><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">A great upset victory that set the tournament alight, and changed the predicted play-off rounds.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>Canada</strong></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"></span></strong><span style="color: #000000">The gutsiest team at the World Cup.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Great victory over Tonga. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Fantastic performance from a team that has very few players playing professionally (or so I am told). If some team dosn't pick up Cleeburger, there is no justice in this world. The guy was awesome. Auckland shoudl have retained his services when he was playing for them a couple of years back.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Last but not least:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><strong></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #0000cd">The Fans</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></strong>From the Welsh and Irish fans who did their best to run the pubs dry (the Irish actually succedded in doing this in New Plymouth), The English fans travelling in their camper vans that I met, The Tongan, Samoan and Fiji fans that reside in Auckland and have deorated the whole city with their national colours, the vocal and always upbest Italian fans, and even the SA fans who decorated thier part of the North Shore of Auckland. A special mention here to our Aussie siblings. I know your team (and in particular Quade Copper) copped it a a bit during the cup. But deep down, we love you guys <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>And last but not least...</p><p></p><p><strong>The NZ public</strong> </p><p> They have made this World Cup a huge success, with the enthusiasm for the game over here.</p><p>It has been branded the best World Cup ever by the media pundits, and that has been due to the buy-in from the local fans. It is something that dosn't always happen at RWCs because the game is often over-shadowed by football in other parts of the world. But not in NZ.. this is our game here, and the love affair with it is still going strong</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlukeArtist, post: 461425, member: 42995"] Here is just a [I]few[/I] of my personal highlights of this World Cup: [COLOR=#ff0000][B]Wales [/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]Everything about them: Their team, and the brilliant rugby they played, the style of rugby they played, and the excitement generated. Cruelly denied victory over South Africa and France by a coupel of wayward kicks, and questionable decisions. They have been a revelation this tournament, and I feel for their fans. But personally, witnessing the win over Samoa in Hamilton was a great day out. Apologies to my boss for turning up to work 4 hours late after missing my lift back to Auckland. [/COLOR][COLOR=#006400][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#008000]Ireland [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]v [/COLOR][COLOR=#daa520]Australia[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000] A great upset victory that set the tournament alight, and changed the predicted play-off rounds. [/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][B]Canada[/B][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000]The gutsiest team at the World Cup. Great victory over Tonga. Fantastic performance from a team that has very few players playing professionally (or so I am told). If some team dosn't pick up Cleeburger, there is no justice in this world. The guy was awesome. Auckland shoudl have retained his services when he was playing for them a couple of years back. [B]Last but not least: [/B][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#0000cd]The Fans [/COLOR][/B]From the Welsh and Irish fans who did their best to run the pubs dry (the Irish actually succedded in doing this in New Plymouth), The English fans travelling in their camper vans that I met, The Tongan, Samoan and Fiji fans that reside in Auckland and have deorated the whole city with their national colours, the vocal and always upbest Italian fans, and even the SA fans who decorated thier part of the North Shore of Auckland. A special mention here to our Aussie siblings. I know your team (and in particular Quade Copper) copped it a a bit during the cup. But deep down, we love you guys ;) And last but not least... [B]The NZ public[/B] They have made this World Cup a huge success, with the enthusiasm for the game over here. It has been branded the best World Cup ever by the media pundits, and that has been due to the buy-in from the local fans. It is something that dosn't always happen at RWCs because the game is often over-shadowed by football in other parts of the world. But not in NZ.. this is our game here, and the love affair with it is still going strong [/QUOTE]
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