to keep getting emotional when the news keeps cutting to anything to do with rugby & Johnny WIlkinson?

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I can't stop myself - I don't even watch rugby as a rule! I've just seen Johnny Wilkinsons waxwork being lifted onto the spare plinth in Trafalgar Square and blokes singing 'Swing Low' at Waterloo and I'm a wreck!

The whole hype is gonna kill me by tomorrow night!

COME ON ENGLAND

Eeerrr hate to say this but the ref was IRISH!!

moving rather slowly myself this mornng

It was the line judge who was Australian ... the one who concluded it wasn't a try

I'm leaving the thread now. I can't bring myself to think of it, let alone speak of it

Dedi- I know it's SUCH a shame . Bet the poor lads are feeling so bruised & battered this morning

Actually Desi it was the TMO (Television Match Official) Stuart Dickinson who made the decision and he's an Aussie. Not that it really matters

Ha ha ha.

But I'll come back just to say this.

If Scotland had got to the final, and lost, (or anyone else who's laughing at our grief right now), I would have better grace than to crash said thread with snide comments.

Regardless of personal feelings, it boils down to simple good manners.

Hey bossy, shall we offer to give them a rub down!!!!!!
And it wasn't just the decision about the try which rankles, it was all the blatant wrongdoings that the irish ref missed eg Percy thunderbird knocking on, the obstructions, the habana crossover etc etc. Yet he picked up ben kay for really bugger all! It's a conspiracy!
And Annabel, get the hoover/stereo/kids shrieking etc all going v.loudly!!

If Scotland, Ireland or Wales had gotten to the final it wouldn't have been the first item on the national news or front page of the national papers. That's what gets my goat.

Yep! I don't we all know it ...

It was fixed so the bookies didin't go bust

Sorry you lost, sorry you're all hungover depressed. We'll never know how it would be reported in the case of any the other 3 countries getting to the finale, because that's so not going to happen.

Well I was going to make that very point, but figured you'd work it out all by yourself ..

Suggest it to techy, boole I'm sure it'd get used lots!!

And a raspberry-blowing one!!

(so dignified & grown-up )

love all the blaming of the referee on here when he got the decision spot on. never a try and the better team won easily.

Yes, the better team won. I predicted SA would win the tournament, and they did.

But I guess you're a Scot, too?

Actually, whiskeyandbeer, if you read the thread you'll see acknowledgement of the correctness of the decision and the fact that SA deserved their victory.

DESI - DH is torturing me! he's watching it again on DVD

Ahh, but you've had some glory days, PW

I was at Wembley in '98 when Wales came close to beating SA... what a game.

Jesus, Lapin What in the name of Satan's pants is he doing that for????

Policy ... sorry gorgeous, but nope. I've still no idea

But for what it's worth, I always want the Welsh to do better than they do. It's because rugby is such a way of life, and I know how demoralizing it is for you when you lose.

Better luck next time

That is very kind of you LL.

I do remember the seventies - or rather, I remember hearing my dad roaring, sometimes from the other side of the street, whenever Wales scored. The neighbours used to joke that they didn't need to watch the match on television.

Hey, I love my rugby, I'll happily support any of the home nations - as long as they aren't playing England .

My Glaswegian born dad is ashamed of me

Desi - I know, I know... it's agonising.

so did england lose then?

Aitch! We normally get along, but that's out of order.

As I mentioned earlier on this thread, I would not be so rude as to crash a thread like this with sarcastic comments if the shoe were on the other foot.

If Scotland won the World Cup, I would congratulate you. Please extend the same courtesy.