Official Rugby World Cup 2015 Thread

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I downloaded the Outlook Calendar thingy. Worked like a charm. All matches plus starting times.
 
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Fiji will be opening their game with their haka (Bole) tonight. Matt Dawson may have jinxed the British...
 
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Fulcrum29 said:
Fiji will be opening their game with their haka (Bole) tonight. Matt Dawson may have jinxed the British...
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mwwhahaha, he probably thought he was having a good dig at the All Blacks without realising he was also poking the Fijians with a stick.
 
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Cray said:
mwwhahaha, he probably thought he was having a good dig at the All Blacks without realising he was also poking the Fijians with a stick.
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Imagine the atmosphere at Twickenham tonight.
 
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Fulcrum29 said:
Imagine the atmosphere at Twickenham tonight.
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This is what's going to make this RWC for me. The English is by far the most biggest supporters of any sport. It's going to be an awesome sight each and every game, no matter how mediocre we think it might be.
 
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Pitbull said:
This is what's going to make this RWC for me. The English is by far the most biggest supporters of any sport. It's going to be an awesome sight each and every game, no matter how mediocre we think it might be.
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82,000 people singing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" in unison must be awe inspiring.
 
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Agent_Smith said:
82,000 people singing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" in unison must be awe inspiring.
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Clever preparation,

Rugby World Cup 2015: Fijian players listen to 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' to prepare for England clash

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/r...epare-for-england--clash-20150916-gjnmyy.html

To prepare for this, Fiji have started training with Swing Low, Sweet Chariot blasting out the training ground speakers.

"We had a little bit of a strategy in Fiji with a PA system playing crowd noise from Twickenham," said Fiji coach John McKee. "They took it off some of the footage. It affected the intensity of the training. It's hard to hear calls in the game."

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is the war cry of the England rugby team and their fans belt out renditions throughout each game they play. Facing this wall of sound, Fiji have taken the novel approach of adapting to the noise.

"It's quite tough when playing in a big stadium when the hype is there and everybody's singing," says Fiji hooker Sunia Koto. "It's quite hard to get the calls over."
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Agent_Smith said:
82,000 people singing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" in unison must be awe inspiring.
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Not when the Springboks are getting a hiding :crying: - only Springbok/England game I went to in the UK was when we where playing absolute rubbish.
 
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Cray said:
Not when the Springboks are getting a hiding :crying: - only Springbok/England game I went to in the UK was when we where playing absolute rubbish.
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Lol, I should've added a disclaimer to my comment! :D

Agree with you.
 
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