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Well done Argentina !!
Hopefully they'll be invited to play in the Tri-Nation or 6-Nation... |
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All Blacks get grief counselling
WELLINGTON: Dejected All Blacks were reported yesterday to be undergoing grief counselling to help them come to grips with their shock loss in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.
New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs said it was imperative steps were taken to ensure the players were able to move on mentally as soon as possible, the Yahoo!Xtra website reported.
The All Blacks 搈ental skills coach, |
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Adoi la... final bangsat apakah malam tadi?
Bosan gilababi! |
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Pichot marks the end of era on a high
PARIS: Captain Agustin Pichot signed off his Pumas career in Europe on Friday after Argentina crushed France 34-10 to win the bronze medal.
揑 couldn't think of a better way to end than this, |
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Argentina hammer France to grab bronze
PARIS: Hosts France ended the Rugby World Cup they had hoped to lift by tasting defeat amid a crescendo of jeers when Argentina won a bad-tempered third-place playoff 34-10 on Friday.
The Pumas, digging deep in their stamina reserves to give departing coach Marcelo Loffreda a stylish send-off, followed their win over the home team in the opening game at the Stade de France by repeating the feat at the Parc des Princes.
 | Big stride: Argentina players celebrates after beating France 34-10 on Friday.
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With thousands of fans flocking to the French capital for yesterday's final, France had at least hoped to secure a small consolation prize but came off second best to a ferocious Argentine pack.
With the French forwards bulldozed aside, Argentina produced fine attacking rugby to outscore the hosts by five tries to one including two from centre Felipe Contepomi.
揥e have lost only one game against South Africa. We couldn't play for first place but today was very important for us, |
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Springboks win World Cup
SAINT-DENIS (France): South Africa won a second Rugby World Cup on Saturday with another tryless performance.
The Springboks outkicked England five penalties to two in a mundane final at a chilly Stade de France. They scored 15 points off the boot just as they did to win their first world championship in 1995 in far more exciting circumstances against New Zealand at their Johannesburg fortress.
Despite averaging 44 points and five tries in their six victories to reach this final, including a 36-0 demolition of England on the same ground in pool play, the Springboks didn't care how it was won against a limited but feisty England side.
"I would have taken 3-0 at the end of the day," Boks captain John Smit said.
 | South Africa's captain John Smit holds the winner's trophy after the Springboks beat England 15-6 in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday.
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He accepted the William Webb Ellis Cup from South Africa President Thabo Mbeki in a scene reminiscent of 1995 when then President Nelson Mandela presented the trophy to Francois Pienaar in an act that too-briefly united the new post-apartheid nation.
The most capped Springboks side in history hoped to rekindle and strengthen that feeling with a second world title to match Australia.
"I'm sitting here and trying not to cry," Smit said. "It's a feeling you can't put into words. It's a reward for four years of dedication and hard work. England gave us a good run. But we responded well to their technical kicking."
South Africa's future didn't look entirely rosy with the pending departures for European clubs of Smit, goalkicker Percy Montgomery, Victor Matfield and Butch James, and the probable end to the four-year Boks coaching career of Jake White.
Subject to constant interference from administrators and politicians upset at the slow pace of transformation, White barely held onto his job a year ago and his position was advertised during this tournament.
Those considerations are for later, however. The Springboks celebrated a victory in which their potent attack wasn't needed against an England side which made too many mistakes and, ruefully, had the only try of the match disallowed straight after halftime while trailing 9-3.
"I am bitterly, bitterly disappointed we didn't win the game," England coach Brian Ashton said.
"I don't think 15-6 reflected the difference between the two sides but ultimately you can't argue with the scoreboard. Congratulations to South Africa, they have been the best side through the tournament."
Jonny Wilkinson, the match-winner for England in the 2003 final in Sydney, kicked over his only two penalty shots and missed two drop goal attempts - not enough to bridge four penalties by Montgomery and another by long-range specialist Francois Steyn.
"South Africa deserved to win - they've been fantastic all tournament," Wilkinson said.
"It's disappointing for us, we gave it the best we had, and at times we got close enough and we didn't feel we were going to lose."
There was too much kicking to make it a classic final, with a safety-first reliance on percentage play.
While England remarkably turned around its fortunes from that 36-0 drubbing from the Boks last month, it never looked like conceding a try on Saturday and neither did it appear set to become the first champion to retain the trophy.
England, however, had reason to rue TV official Stuart Dickinson for disallowing a try to winger Mark Cueto in the 42nd minute when South Africa led 9-3. Dickinson judged Cueto to have slid into touch.
"I though it was legitimate," Cueto said. England captain Phil Vickery played it down, however, and was gracious in defeat.
"You get decisions like that in the game. Sometimes you get them sometimes you don't," he said, "I'm not going to stand here and blame referees.
"Fair play to South Africa. They were the better team and this is their victory. We have to wait for four years so they better enjoy it."
England gifted the Springboks the first penalty shot after seven minutes when center Mathew Tait was caught with possession inside his 22. Montgomery, who hadn't missed a goalkick at Stade de France in two previous Cup games, slotted the penalty and would remain spotless with four-from-four attempts for 19-from-19 overall.
The first mistake in the kickathon was by South Africa winger JP Pietersen off an Andy Gomarsall box kick. Bryan Habana ended up being penalized for laying on opposite Paul Sackey and Wilkinson made it 3-3 from the touch line.
Montgomery restored South Africa's lead three minutes later with a 30-metre penalty given for Lewis Moody needlessly tripping Butch James.
England's slightly lighter scrum had the shove on South Africa's. But in a game in which both sides constantly sought the safety of touch, lineout possession became critical, and South African towers Matfield and Bakkies Botha won all 13 of their throw-ins and stole seven of England's.
Steyn produced the first decent break near halftime, beating four defenders, but scrumhalf Fourie du Preez wasted it by knocking on at the line. England still gave up a penalty which Montgomery landed to make it 9-3.
It should have been 9-8 in the second minute of the new half when Cueto planted the ball in the left corner. Tait had stood up Steyn, flashed past Montgomery and took his superb 40-metre break to the line. Wilkinson flicked on to Cueto who squeezed under Danie Rossouw's tackle, but Dickinson ruled no try on the winger sliding into touch.
England still got a penalty and Wilkinson nailed it to close the margin to three. It was back to six when Martin Corry was caught with hands in the ruck, and at 25 metres out that was easy enough for Montgomery.
By now, the old hands among England, who averaged a World Cup-record 31 years of age, needed to be replaced, among them Jason Robinson, captain Vickery, Mike Catt, and Mark Regan, all 2003 world champions. Steyn, at 20, became the youngest scorer in a final when he hit a 46-metre penalty to make it 15-6 entering the last quarter. But England found South Africa's defense too stubborn to crack in the first tryless test between them in 101 years. |
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huh! boring ar...langsung xder try
aku sampai tertido-tido
tapi nasib baik nampak prince william  |
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memang bosan...nyampah aku....sampai semuanya penalty....try yang ada pun disahkan bukan try.... |
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robinson sampai kena pakai anduh...
wilkinson sedih giler.... |
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Originally posted by nevberg at 21-10-2007 17:10 
robinson sampai kena pakai anduh...
wilkinson sedih giler....
Padan muka... patutnya mampuih terus... |
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Reply #869 nevberg's post
tu keputusan pengadil.. memang tok leh di sangkal... diorang nak decide try pon lame gak..
tapi kalo ko tengok dlm kosmo hari nih ko akan nampak kaki jejak kat line out
tapi aku tak sure kaki player england ke SA.. nampak cam kaki player england..
robinson main ngan keadaan sedih sebab mak angkat dia mati.. huhuhuhuh |
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Reply #872 muor76's post
tapi tu la....tadak rezeki england nak menang...
btw korang semua tak gi tgk ke HSBC cobra 10 nanti...weekend ni... |
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Reply #873 nevberg's post
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teringin nak p.. tapi tu lah... ade lak open house.. tak gi tak patut.. org dah jemput.. |
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Rugby coaching clinic for schools
KUALA LUMPUR: The Penguin Rugby Academy from England will be conducting coaching clinics over three days for schools in the Klang Valley in conjunction with the 38th HSBC-COBRA Rugby 10s, which will be held this weekend at the Kelana Jaya Stadium in Petaling Jaya.
Director of the Academy, Craig Brown and three other coaches from England will coordinate the coaching clinics. They are Grant McKelvey, Ben Fisher and Jamie Baron.
The clinics will kick off Tuesday with 35 students from Petaling Jaya at the Astaka field at 9.30am. |
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S. Africa beat England to join Australia as two-time champs
WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS
1987: New Zealand
1991: Australia
1995: South Africa
1999: Australia
2003: England
2007: South Africa
PARIS: South Africa won the rugby World Cup for the second time on Saturday when they beat defending champions England 15-6 in a dour, defence-dominated final.
The Springboks, who won on home soil in 1995 when they beat New Zealand after extra time in the only other try-less final, were always on top in a game where the only real fireworks came when captain John Smit hoisted the Webb Ellis Cup in front of 80,000 fans in the Stade de France.
Percy Montgomery kicked four penalties and Francois Steyn one as South Africa joined Australia as the only team to win the trophy twice.
The match was a disappointing end to the most entertaining of the six World Cups to date but South Africa coach Jake White was not about to apologise.
 | World抯 best: The South Africa players celebrate with the Webb Ellis Trophy after beating England 15-6 to win the rugby World Cup at the Stade de France on Saturday.
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揑t just shows you how tough World Cups are, |
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England make no excuses after final loss
PARIS: Captain Phil Vickery did not look for excuses after England抯 rollercoaster World Cup ride ended with a 15-6 defeat by South Africa at the Stade de France on Saturday.
揝outh Africa thoroughly deserved their victory, |
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Reply #872 muor76's post
betol muor mmg out.clear kaki pijak line out dulu baru try.nasib ref betul
btw game not bad le.at least england fight.baru nmpk cam bekas juara.kira world cup ade trend kot dulu aussie menang 99 kalah 2003.ni time england lak tersungkur
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Students get to learn from Penguin coaches
KUALA LUMPUR: The Penguin Rugby Academy from England will be involved in coaching clinics for schools in the Klang Valley, which are held in conjunction with this weekend's 38th HSBC-COBRA Rugby 10s tournament.
New Zealand coach Duncan Robertson, who has been hired to coach the Cobra team for the tournament, will conduct the first session today (9.30am) for 35 students from Petaling Jaya at the Astaka field together with the team members.
The Penguin Academy coaches, led by their director Craig Brown, will handle the other sessions over three days.
The schools involved in the clinics are SM Tengku Ampuan Jemaah, Klang; SMK Taman Kosas Ampang; SMK Gombak Setia; Victoria Institution; and SMK Kota Damansara.
Since 2004, the Penguin Academy had held coaching clinics regularly for schools prior to the tournament.
New Zealand抯 Canterbury will also hold a session on Thursday at the Jalan Timur grounds.
Penguins are the defending champions and they will battle it out with 15 other teams for the 2007 title at the MBPJ Stadium in Kelana Jaya.
They head Group A with SRC Borneo Eagles, New Zealand抯 Oriental Rongotai and South Africa抯 Northlink. The teams in Group B are Natal Duikers (Rsa), Mendoza (Arg), Aotearoa Maoris (Nzl) and the Malaysian Armed Forces.
Group C comprises Marists St Joseph (Sam), Brothers RFC (Aus), Ponsonby Ponies (Nzl) and NS Wanderers and Group D has Canterbury Rugby Union (Nzl), Belgium Barbarians and the Korea Power Company. |
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Habana gets top award
PARIS: Winger Bryan Habana, who helped South Africa win the World Cup, was named IRB Player of the Year on Sunday.
Habana scored a record-equalling eight tries in the tournament though he was unable to add to his tally in a tight final which the Springboks won by beating England 15-6 at the Stade de France on Saturday.
South Africa抯 Jake White, whose team were the only unbeaten side in the tournament, was voted Coach of the Year and the Springboks took the team award.
 | The best: South Africa抯 Bryan Habana is a World Cup winner and Player of the Year.
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The other four nominees for the award were Argentine pair Felipe Contepomi and Juan Martin Hernandez, France centre Yannick Jauzion and New Zealand flanker and captain Richie McCaw, last year抯 winner.
Habana, who started out as a scrumhalf, is a fast and powerful runner who equalled the eight-try record that New Zealand wing Jonah Lomu set at the 1999 World Cup.
The 24-year-old also helped the Bulls beat the Sharks 20-19 in the all-South African Super 14 final in Durban in May, scoring one of their tries.
Meanwhile, France captain Raphael Ibanez was banned for one week for stamping on Rimas Alvarez Kairelis in Friday抯 34-10 loss to Argentina in the Rugby World Cup third-place playoff.
Ibanez received a yellow card following an incident with Alvarez Kairelis at the end of the first half, and tournament officer Jannie Lubbe said referee Paul Honiss |
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Post time 20-10-2007 12:09 PM
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