Rugby Autumn Friendlies

[coldintheshower]

Rugby autumn friendlies are approaching anybody going to any of the matches?

Scotland are playing:
Sat 14th Nov 09 v Fiji
Sat 21st Nov 09 v Australia
Sat 28th Nov 09 v Argentina

And we only really have a chance at beating Fiji.

England are playing:
Sat 7th November Australia
Sat 14th November Argentina
Sat 21st November New Zealand

And they should be Argentina but unlikely to beat the other two.

Ireland are playing:
Saturday 15th Nov 09 Australia
Saturday 28th Nov 09 South Africa

and I think Fiji on the 21st. They'll beat Fiji but and maybe Australia but not Springboks

Wales are playing:
Sat 7th Nov 09 V New Zealand
Fri 13th Nov 09 V Samoa
Sat 21st Nov 09 V Argentina
Sat 28th Nov 09 V Australia

Wales should be Samoa and Argentina.


Anyone excited for the friendlies coming up!

Oh and it's heineken cup games this weekend! Leinster and Edinburgh games will be highlights.

[Detomah]

I wish I could tell you something other, but i'm not a fan of Rugby and haven't been for nearly 20 years, it's one of the few sports that doesn't do anything at all for me, for various reasons which I mostly won't bore you with, suffice to say, while I played many years ago, I loved everything about it, but every single time I take a step and put my left leg on the floor, i'm given a sharp painful reminder why I dislike it so much now.

Some tasty looking fixtures there though, can see a few shocks happening.

[coldintheshower]

That is the danger with rugby these days though isn't it! I mean these guys are puting their bodies on the line every match they play, is it really worth the lifetime of pain that some of these guys are left with?

I've always been a big rugby fan but since football has gone down hill I've become a bigger fan. I hate the often violent atmosphere of a football match. Competition is necessary but violence is really not. I like the atmosphere at a rugby game, they don't separate out the fans of opposing sides because there really is no need to.

I also hate the faking injuries in football, I concede that sometimes a hard kick in the leg is painful but really is it necessary to roll around on the floor crying about it. Get up, pull yourself together and man up. You don't see guys with their noses broken, blood pouring from their faces crying their eyes out.

I just like the way rugby is played, a vicious sport for the most part played by gentlemen, football is a gentlemen's game played by spoiled thugs!