2011 Rugby Union World Cup Betting

Not at all Slick. I had a few close mates who were Scottish back in the day. I'd spend all week taking the piss out of their country to wind them up and then spend Friday and Saturday nights joining in with Flower of Scotland at the top of my voice in the pub just to piss the (English) locals off. Many a time it would end in a brawl

Ah those were the days.

Abrawl isn't a place in Wales by the way.

I was going on to say that that era spoiled the song for me. It all becomes a bit nursery rhymey after while.

That Welsh translation is not what I'm after by the way. It may as well be chinese. What I need is something that spells out what it sounds like (strange guttural noises aside)

Pie is going to go apeshit when he sees all this bollocks in the rugby thread

France for me, simply because they are the better team, its the French that should be favs. French rugby is after all much better than Welsh rugby, sure there are 3 of the Welsh team are off to play with French clubs after the World Cup.......no doubt some Welsh men trying to win a Heineken cup medal The French will have the Welsh well figured out and have the ability to stop them in their tracks. Wales have only beaten 1 team of note so far in this tournament and that Irish team just looked like an old horse, that had run one race too many. Ye have been warned!
Viva le France

If Wales lose, fingers will be pointed that not only were Wales not good enough on the day but folks didn't take any notice of the 28-9 loss back in March.

I've backed Wales (-2) though.

James Hook scores the first three points in the game through a penalty and the PA plays Charlotte Church's 'Crazy Chick'. Meh. They're probably saving Duffy's 'Mercy' when Wales score a try.

Sam Warburton's been sent off and Wales have to play the next 62 minutes with one less man. Ugh.

Mike Phillips scores the first try of the game (Tom Jones's 'Delilah') but Stephen Jones misses the conversion. There's 20 minutes left. It's 9-8 to France.

...and that's how it ends. If Australia or New Zealand don't beat France, it'll have been a wacky World Cup.

Oh, well. Fair enough.

But it puts the 10th or 12th best team into the final. Not good for the tournament.

France are rubbish.

Frogs. No wit, no threat, no imagination, nothing. One good first half v England last 6 weeks.

Rolland, on strict interpretation, may have been right with the red. So let's hope the interblogs don't go into more ref bashing nonsense.

That we drive me madder than the bloody Frogs being in the final.

I've taken a loss on my North v South spread bet. North are 153 ahead at the moment but the current spread is 92-97 so I've closed for a 92 pt loss. At least I feel better about my bet at the last world cup though. My big mistake was not closing straight after the Ireland Australia game though.

Tomorrow I've put 5pts on Aus at 3.6 with Will Hill based on the fact they have conceded so few tries at this world cup and also the old gut instinct that the price is too big. There is also the thought of whether or not this will be the NZ choke moment.