Rugby World Cup 2015
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Well, having watched highlights of that American Football game that was played at Wembley the other night and losing the will to live after seven minutes, I think I'd much rather watch rugby. Millions of Americans and Canadians have just watched this Rugby World Cup and thought: "Wow. Rugby union is a great sport. Much better than that the silly sports we play and watch. I want more of it."
The NFL is more popular in England than Rugby. The NFL games are sold out in England.
Rugby teams would have a tough time getting people to go with free tickets here in the US
Rugby teams would have a tough time getting people to go with free tickets here in the US
Yeah, all right then.
By the way, they have cissy celebrations when scoring a "touchdown" in American Football. Shaking the a*rse round and round like JLo or Bouncy (or whatever that black one's called). A tough rugby player would never celebrate like that.
Also, in rugby you have to actually ground the ball to score a try, whereas to score a "touchdown" in American Football you only have to run over the line with the ball (so Americans call it football even though it's played by the hand and they call it a touchdown even though, unlike in rugby, they don't actually have to touch it down).
Also, in American Football whenever they score a "touchdown" the resulting one-point conversion is always straight in front of the posts and dead easy, whereas whenever a try is scored in rugby the resultant two-point conversion is always taken perpendicular to where the try was scored, so a conversion could be taken from a difficult position from out wide.
American Football: a child-like game for cissy boys.
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Stuart Lancaster: England coach leaves after World Cup failure
BBC Sport
11 November 2015
Stuart Lancaster has left his post as England coach following the team's early exit from the World Cup.
England became the first host nation since 1991 to be eliminated in the group stages when they lost matches to Wales and Australia in Pool A.
It was the first time an England side had failed to reach the knockout stages in their eight World Cup campaigns.
Lancaster, 46, was made permanent coach in 2012 and won 28 of his 46 games, but failed to win the Six Nations.
More to follow.
Stuart Lancaster: England coach leaves after World Cup failure - BBC Sport
BBC Sport
11 November 2015
Stuart Lancaster has left his post as England coach following the team's early exit from the World Cup.
England became the first host nation since 1991 to be eliminated in the group stages when they lost matches to Wales and Australia in Pool A.
It was the first time an England side had failed to reach the knockout stages in their eight World Cup campaigns.
Lancaster, 46, was made permanent coach in 2012 and won 28 of his 46 games, but failed to win the Six Nations.
More to follow.
Stuart Lancaster: England coach leaves after World Cup failure - BBC Sport
Maybe he was extra scared because the Behemoth of Blighty was spotted in his neck of the woods
No really... nobody cares.
Maybe he was extra scared because the Behemoth of Blighty was spotted in his neck of the woods
Ahhhhh... another picture of one of Angland's ferocious cats!
That's not true at all. I think you'll find that a good many people are interested in this big global story in the world of sport.
Can't really blame anyone in England not caring, considering that their rugby team is such a sad collection of non-competitors
Ferocious and pure eeeeevil.
I shudder to think that a prehistoric monster like that may have set foot anywhere near me
The fact that a stray cat has the whole of England in a panic speaks volumes. No wonder why they have never won a war on their own.
I'd hate to be around to see the widespread panic when a wasp was buzzing around a crowd.
Air-raid sirens and wholesale evacuations of cities would likely follow
Air-raid sirens and wholesale evacuations of cities would likely follow
Three World Cup Final appearances and the only Northern Hemisphere team to win it.
Can't argue with that.
World Cup winner Jake White is interested in succeeding Stuart Lancaster as England head coach.
The 52-year-old South African is the bookmakers' favourite for the post, which Lancaster vacated on Wednesday.
Following a review into England's early World Cup elimination, the Rugby Football Union said it would now begin a "global search" for a coach.
Along with White, Australian Eddie Jones, Australian Michael Cheika, Wales's Kiwi coach Warren Gatland, Ireland coach Joe Schmidt, Englishman Jim Mallinder, Bath's head coach Mike Ford and Harlequins' director of rugby Conor O'Shea are also in the running.
Jake White wants to succeed Stuart Lancaster as England boss
BBC Sport
12 November 2015
Jake White was the coach of the South Africa side which narrowly beat England in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final
World Cup winner Jake White is interested in succeeding Stuart Lancaster as England head coach.
The 52-year-old South African is the bookmakers' favourite for the post, which Lancaster vacated on Wednesday.
Following a review into England's early World Cup elimination, the Rugby Football Union said it would now begin a "global search" for a coach.
New Zealand assistant coach Wayne Smith, who had been linked with the post, said he was taking a break.
He told the BBC: "I'm being clear with everyone that I'm not coaching full-time in 2016.
"I've had 29 years in the game as a coach and it's time for a break. I'll see what 2017 and beyond brings."
Smith, 58, is taking a sabbatical having helped the All Blacks win the World Cup last month.
White, meanwhile, guided South Africa to success in France in 2007.
A two-time IRB Coach of the Year, he has since coached the Brumbies and the Sharks in Super Rugby, and is currently in charge of French Top 14 side Montpellier.
Speaking to Sky Sports on Wednesday, the South African reiterated comments he had previously made about the England job.
He said: "If they genuinely think a foreign coach is the right way forward and it is genuine they think it is me, it would be naive of me to say I was not interested."
England became the first sole host nation to be eliminated in the group stage of a Rugby World Cup, after defeats by Wales and Australia.
A review into their performance followed, which led to 46-year-old Lancaster leaving his position.
RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie has not ruled out approaching a coach already under contract and said money was no object in the search for the next head coach.
Former England scrum-half Matt Dawson said England should pay whatever it takes, telling BBC Radio 5 live: "Get your chequebook and start paying. Be as arrogant as everyone thinks we are... £1m, £2m, £5m - I don't care."
He added: "We seem to be blooding coaches for whom it is the be all and end all of their lives. There needs to be a no-fear environment."
Bath head coach Mike Ford, who has recently signed a new four-year deal with the Premiership club, has ruled himself out.
"I have got to win something yet," he said on BBC Radio 5 live.
"I wouldn't rule it out in four years' time. I need to do these next four years, if not longer, at Bath Rugby before I feel I'm ready for an international head coach's job."
Jake White wants to succeed Stuart Lancaster as England boss - BBC Sport
Jonah Lomu dies - the end for an All Blacks legend, New Zealand hero | Stuff.co.nz
The wife of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu has spoken of the family's "great sadness" at his death.
Lomu, aged 40, died at his Auckland home overnight after returning from Dubai on Tuesday, where he had been holidaying after the Rugby World Cup.
Nadene Lomu issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon, posting on Facebook with a family photo: "It is with great sadness that I must announce my dear husband Jonah Lomu died last night. As you can imagine this is a devastating loss for our family and may I ask that our privacy, especially the privacy of our two very young boys, be respected as we take them through this traumatic time. "
Lomu and his wife have two young sons: Brayley, 6, and Dhyreille, 5.
A neighbour of the family said she saw two ambulances and police at their home, in the Auckland suburb of Epsom, shortly after 11 on Wednesday morning.
Lomu battled kidney disorders since the end of 1995 when he was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. He had a kidney transplant in 2004.
Speaking outside the Lomu family's home, former All Blacks doctor John "Doc" Mayhew said the former winger's death was "an incredible shock" because he had "been in pretty good shape" in the last few months.
Mayhew said Lomu's cause of death was still uncertain.
"It most probably related to his renal [kidney] failure, but his renal failure has been controlled. We know that people who have renal failure have a higher instance of heart problems and lung problems. It is most likely related to his kidney problem but it is not actually caused by, it if you understand those semantics."
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Sensational player. I remember how humble he was in interviews. A national icon in Kiwiland.
The wife of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu has spoken of the family's "great sadness" at his death.
Lomu, aged 40, died at his Auckland home overnight after returning from Dubai on Tuesday, where he had been holidaying after the Rugby World Cup.
Nadene Lomu issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon, posting on Facebook with a family photo: "It is with great sadness that I must announce my dear husband Jonah Lomu died last night. As you can imagine this is a devastating loss for our family and may I ask that our privacy, especially the privacy of our two very young boys, be respected as we take them through this traumatic time. "
Lomu and his wife have two young sons: Brayley, 6, and Dhyreille, 5.
A neighbour of the family said she saw two ambulances and police at their home, in the Auckland suburb of Epsom, shortly after 11 on Wednesday morning.
Lomu battled kidney disorders since the end of 1995 when he was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. He had a kidney transplant in 2004.
Speaking outside the Lomu family's home, former All Blacks doctor John "Doc" Mayhew said the former winger's death was "an incredible shock" because he had "been in pretty good shape" in the last few months.
Mayhew said Lomu's cause of death was still uncertain.
"It most probably related to his renal [kidney] failure, but his renal failure has been controlled. We know that people who have renal failure have a higher instance of heart problems and lung problems. It is most likely related to his kidney problem but it is not actually caused by, it if you understand those semantics."
more ....
Sensational player. I remember how humble he was in interviews. A national icon in Kiwiland.
Almost ten years exactly after football lost the great George Best, rugby union has lost the great Jonah Lomu at the age of just 40.
I couldn't believe that news when it broke late last night. The guy was probably the greatest rugby union player ever. I remember him steamrolling through defences, leaving bodies in his wake, in the 1995 Rugby World Cup (his All Blacks side lost against Francois Pienaar's South Africa in that famous 1995 final at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, with Matt Damon playing Pienaar in the 2009 film Invictus, which was about events in South Africa during the 1995 Rugby World Cup). He was unstoppable at times. He was also co-commentating some matches at the recent Rugby World Cup.
New Zealand in mourning just two-and-a-half weeks after it won the World Cup.
I couldn't believe that news when it broke late last night. The guy was probably the greatest rugby union player ever. I remember him steamrolling through defences, leaving bodies in his wake, in the 1995 Rugby World Cup (his All Blacks side lost against Francois Pienaar's South Africa in that famous 1995 final at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, with Matt Damon playing Pienaar in the 2009 film Invictus, which was about events in South Africa during the 1995 Rugby World Cup). He was unstoppable at times. He was also co-commentating some matches at the recent Rugby World Cup.
New Zealand in mourning just two-and-a-half weeks after it won the World Cup.
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Australia Eddie Jones has become England's new coach - the first foreigner to take on the role (which is ironic considering that some of England's best players were barred from playing for England at the 2015 Rugby World Cup because they played abroad).
Jones was coach of Australia when they lost against England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final and was coach of Japan in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in which he masterminded Japan's fmaous win over mighty South Africa in the Pool Stage.
His first major task will be to try and propel England to 2016 Six Nations glory in February and March.
Read more: Eddie Jones takes on responsibility of developing new England coaches as he becomes RFU's first foreign boss | Daily Mail Online
Australian Eddie Jones is unveiled as England rugby's first ever foreign coach at Twickenham on Friday
Jones was coach of Australia when they lost against England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final and was coach of Japan in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in which he masterminded Japan's fmaous win over mighty South Africa in the Pool Stage.
His first major task will be to try and propel England to 2016 Six Nations glory in February and March.
Read more: Eddie Jones takes on responsibility of developing new England coaches as he becomes RFU's first foreign boss | Daily Mail Online
Australian Eddie Jones is unveiled as England rugby's first ever foreign coach at Twickenham on Friday
rip Jonah Lomu.. locomotive on cleats. .
translation of the Haka
I die! I die!
I live! I live
I die! I die!
I live! I live!
This is the hairy man
Who fetched the sun
And caused it to shine again
One upward step! Another upward step!
An upward step, another… the sun shines
translation of the Haka
I die! I die!
I live! I live
I die! I die!
I live! I live!
This is the hairy man
Who fetched the sun
And caused it to shine again
One upward step! Another upward step!
An upward step, another… the sun shines
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