GoulburnRucks and Rolls has lost its reason for Rugby-ing
October 6th 2007 22:00
We will never see Stephen Larkham in Wallabies colours ever again.
I will never blog again....
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Okay well that's just a plain lie. But it was good for dramatic effect. Well come on...what do you expect? It's after 3am (post is predated) and I'm feeling sorry for myself.*
Jonny Wilkinson England deserved to win this match. He They really did.
We simply got our butts kicked by one man's boot.
No.
That's not fair...England just applied continuous pressure and we folded. We weren't robbed. We gave it to them.
Now I hope they get their asses kicked next weekend. Don't give a damn who by...
What can I say?
To say I am devastated is akin to saying Everest is a molehill. The Titanic was a dinghy. Uluru is a pebble. Stephen Larkham is just a Rugby player....
I suppose I could say a few things about the match.
- Tuqiri finally got his try.
- Matt Dunning. Why? Why?
- Wilkinson is not invincible.
- A World Cup is not the time to test a rookie.
- a match should not be won by penalty kicks
- why did we have to resort to cheating?
This was not complacency on The Wallabies part. They were hungry going in. Maybe too hungry. I cannot believe the mistakes despite the fact that we had, according to match stats, more territory and almost equal possesion.
There's just too much to say against the way we played and I'm really in no mood to whip an already bleeding Back.
There's also a lot to say about the way England played but I'm also not in the mood to move Forward.
Gregan's composure after the match...oh man...Latham and Adam Ashley-Cooper were just...it was so sad, so bad.
Needless to say I was a mess. My sons were stunned. My husband was disgusted. Even though we were up at half time, he predicted the outcome.
I threatened to divorce him.
...but, being a former player and a current coach, he could see that The Wallabies were playing desperate Rugby and they were getting tired.
Don't get me/him wrong....He was very sad but he's a realist, he calls it as he sees it and he knows that life goes on...unlike me that took one look at a devastated Stephen Larkham and completely lost it.
My reason for Rugby-ing.
I shall speak no more of this sportsfans. My pleasure may be over but the tournament isn't. As long as England doesn't win it, I'm still in it.
....and you know what?...I'm hoping for a miracle. I want Fiji to win. Why not? The impossible has already happened....
*We were at a party earlier, quite a few Rugby fans there so it was the shortest fun party ever!...feeling sorry for myself because I told everyone we would win by 10. I suppose I could say I was half right. We didn't win. But we did get 10....
I will never blog again....
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Okay well that's just a plain lie. But it was good for dramatic effect. Well come on...what do you expect? It's after 3am (post is predated) and I'm feeling sorry for myself.*
Wallabies 10 - 12 England
We simply got our butts kicked by one man's boot.
No.
That's not fair...England just applied continuous pressure and we folded. We weren't robbed. We gave it to them.
Now I hope they get their asses kicked next weekend. Don't give a damn who by...
What can I say?
To say I am devastated is akin to saying Everest is a molehill. The Titanic was a dinghy. Uluru is a pebble. Stephen Larkham is just a Rugby player....
I suppose I could say a few things about the match.
- Tuqiri finally got his try.
The team that tries...wins. Not in this case...
- Matt Dunning. Why? Why?
- Wilkinson is not invincible.
- A World Cup is not the time to test a rookie.
- a match should not be won by penalty kicks
- why did we have to resort to cheating?
This was not complacency on The Wallabies part. They were hungry going in. Maybe too hungry. I cannot believe the mistakes despite the fact that we had, according to match stats, more territory and almost equal possesion.
There's just too much to say against the way we played and I'm really in no mood to whip an already bleeding Back.
There's also a lot to say about the way England played but I'm also not in the mood to move Forward.
Gregan's composure after the match...oh man...Latham and Adam Ashley-Cooper were just...it was so sad, so bad.
Needless to say I was a mess. My sons were stunned. My husband was disgusted. Even though we were up at half time, he predicted the outcome.
I threatened to divorce him.
...but, being a former player and a current coach, he could see that The Wallabies were playing desperate Rugby and they were getting tired.
Don't get me/him wrong....He was very sad but he's a realist, he calls it as he sees it and he knows that life goes on...unlike me that took one look at a devastated Stephen Larkham and completely lost it.
My reason for Rugby-ing.
I shall speak no more of this sportsfans. My pleasure may be over but the tournament isn't. As long as England doesn't win it, I'm still in it.
....and you know what?...I'm hoping for a miracle. I want Fiji to win. Why not? The impossible has already happened....
*We were at a party earlier, quite a few Rugby fans there so it was the shortest fun party ever!...feeling sorry for myself because I told everyone we would win by 10. I suppose I could say I was half right. We didn't win. But we did get 10....
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Comment by David
It's all very disappointing. There isn't much more to say about it.
Go Fiji, I guess.
Comment by Mrs M
Mum's Word
When I woke up this morning and heard the result on the radio my thoughts immediately went to you.
Wallabies lost to England...again
Wilko did it again....
No more Larkham.
It sucks. I feel for you. But your post was very gracious.
You can always follow Australia in the netball world championships coming up. They won't lose to England....I hope.
Love & stuff
Mrs M
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
Pop Culturist
In the cold hard light of the result - the ARU finally has to face facts. For far too long - they've unsuccessfully tried to perpetrate the Kings New Clothes theory to the rest of us.
Yes - the Wallaby backline is exceptional - but unfortunately the engine room just doesn't have what it takes.
Let's hope now - they take off the rose coloured glasses, make the changes that have been long overdue from the grassroots up.
Last night's game proves that you can't simply keep changing the paint colour on good used car and expect it to stand up against a new model.
Four years is a long, long wait - let's hope it will be worth it.
MNG
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
I still don't know what to say.
Fiji did well...very well...but...I don't want to talk about it.
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
I'm thinking of blogging about lawn bowling.
The blog name fits.
Gracious? Well...we didn't deserve to win and not just because Larkham wasn't there.
Unfortunately...the better team did win. And not just because Larkham wasn't in ours.
Hope you're well. I'm not.
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Unfortunately the ARU does what the ARU does best.
Make choices based on what is right for them, not for the players nor the game nor the fans.
To blood a rookie at World Cup level?
To leave out and not train up Forwards who can actually go forward?
Four more years and no more giants.
Hope you're well G.
Dusk
Comment by cleangreenneen
I've been saying that for a long time.
"Unfortunately the ARU does what the ARU does best.
Make choices based on what is right for them, not for the players nor the game nor the fans.
To blood a rookie at World Cup level?
To leave out and not train up Forwards who can actually go forward?
Four more years and no more giants."
It's time for the ARU tp stop throwing millions away on yobbos from League, who muck around indiscisively about whether they actually want to play Union, or who snort away their wages, until they go back from where they came from. They must reinvest in ground roots Rugby, particularly in the development of forwards.
Develop loyalty and skill in the young players at club and Super 14 level, and don't stuff them around over politcs and personality clashes, and hopefully you create a resource from which future Wallaby sides can draw talent from.
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Well said. And this...
Couldn't have said it better. Tuqiri still has not convinced me that his personality, character and skill are at Rugby level.
Don't even start me on that drunken Sailor and Flat Rogers...
To think we let Burke get out of our backyard (groan)...
Thanks for coming by hon...hope you're well...
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Why not have the likes Burke and Larkham doing this?
Look around at any junior level Rugby and you'll see we have a wealth of talent in our Forwards choices. Why aren't these players 'plucked' and 'honed'?
Dunning. He obviously knows the right people.
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
You're right, not a happy sporting weekend for either of us.
I saw the Lark on TV after the game ... devastated is an understatement. Maybe he was Devi-stated instead.
I'll not say one word about England.
Big big hugs
Cara.xxxx
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
With Larkham leaving words are never enough at a time like this, but know that you are in my thoughts In Deepest Sympathy.
Mis
Love your dramatic effect btw