Ceva fain:
Am să actualizez şi-am să tot completez pe parcurs, aşa că, dacă are cineva chef de discuţii despre Rugby World Cup 2011, aici e locul de-acum încolo.
Enjoy!
Programul sferturilor e următorul:
8 octombrie – 8:00 Irlanda vs. Ţara Galilor 10-22
8 octombrie – 10:30 Anglia vs. Franţa 12-19
9 octombrie – 8:00 Africa de Sud vs. Australia 9-11
9 octombrie – 10:30 Noua Zeelandă vs. Argentina 33-10
Prima semifinală:
15 octombrie – 11:00 Ţara Galilor vs. Franţa 8-9
A doua semifinală:
16 octombrie – 11:00 Australia vs. Noua Zeelandă 6-20
Şi-o poză interesantă din perioada grupelor:
Bro, tu pe unde erai acolo? 😉
Două ştiri, una chiar apropiată şi de zona-mi profesională:
A famous Kiwi is crowing
A tweet from Russell Crowe: “What an excellent tournament this Rugby World Cup has been. Congrats to all involved. A truly global event.”
Warm words of praise from the New Zealand-born actor, who is also the owner and lifelong supporter of Australian rugby league club South Sydney Rabbitohs and cousin of former Black Caps cricket captains, the brothers Martin and Jeff Crowe.
Crowe’s tweet is helping to spread the RWC 2011 message far and wide – he has 296,064 followers.
Bookie refunding bets on Wales
Bookmakers are not renowned for their generosity to unlucky punters. But one major Irish bookie has announced that money lost on Rugby World Cup semi-final bets on Wales will be refunded because of captain Sam Warburton’s sending-off.
Warburton was handed a red card for a tip tackle on French winger Vincent Clerc after 18 minutes of the match, and Irish bookmaker Paddy Power said on Twitter, “we’ve decided to refund all losing match bets on Wales. Only fair as Warburton decision was wrong – Wales would have won with him.”
Avem finalele!
Finala mică:
21 octombrie – 10:30 Ţara Galilor vs. Australia 18-21
Finala:
23 octombrie – 11:00 Franţa vs. Noua Zeelandă 7-8
Aşadar, Noua Zeelendă câştigă iar Webb Ellis Cup, dar cu mari emoţii: am avut o finală mult mai strânsă decât se aşteptau unii.
Ne revedem cu o nouă Cupă Mondială peste patru ani, în Anglia, păstrând speranţa că printre participantele la turneul final se va găsi şi România.
Hai Stejarii!!!