Can USA Defeat England?

TarJak · 09-07-07, 10:55 PM

In their Rugby World Cup opening game today?

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fi...face+americans

Personally I doubt it but would be pleased to be surprised.

Camaero · 09-07-07, 11:31 PM

If the Brits lose then they better be very ashamed!

nikimcbee · 09-07-07, 11:35 PM

One word: Yorktown.

:rotfl:

Then they can return the favor (favour)

and sack Washington DC again. They can keep that place!

OOPs wrong subject.:rotfl:

oh, they STILL can't take the 4th of July off!
Ya'll gotta go to work that day!:rotfl:

Officerpuppy · 09-08-07, 12:16 AM

I didn't know the US even had a rugby team

JALU3 · 09-08-07, 01:58 AM

Sorry . . . it'll be like US Baseball team in the Olympics . . . it'll be a slaughter.

But, Go USA!

kiwi_2005 · 09-08-07, 02:50 AM

Sorry but USA suck in Rugby, they might beat the Japanese, maybe even the irish but yeah they should stick to what they're good at, American football.

diver · 09-08-07, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Sorry but USA suck in Rugby, they might beat the Japanese, maybe even the irish but yeah they should stick to what they're good at, American football.

At Rugby? Are you high man?

Ireland has a strong team. And they aren't even in the same RWC group.

As to the topic question, No chance in hell. But the use of the phrase "England are too good" was dicey, I'd just say the Americans are too shyte.

Huskalar · 09-08-07, 04:49 AM

I would also think that's is not a matter of the English being too good, but the USA being not good enough.

Kapitan_Phillips · 09-08-07, 04:51 AM

As long as they remember you cant call audibles at a rugby scrimmage

TarJak · 09-08-07, 05:58 AM

And that you can in a line out!

DAB · 09-08-07, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camero

If the Brits lose then they better be very ashamed!

Just the English. The Welsh and Scots would be extatic!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

One word: Yorktown.

The defeat of Great Britain by the French navy...right?

Back on topic though... I must admit I didn't even know the US had a Rugby team. How much funding does it get, is the sport covered in the National Press? Whats the coverage of the World Cup like in the US?

As someone who was made by one of his American Students to sit through the last US Superbowl at 3am, I'm intregued by the idea that the US plays a varient of American Football which does not involve stopping and starting every 20 seconds.

SteveW1 · 09-08-07, 07:13 AM

Stuff the Yanks, Go the Wallabies

Camaero · 09-08-07, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DAB

Quote:

Originally Posted by camero

If the Brits lose then they better be very ashamed!

Just the English. The Welsh and Scots would be extatic!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

One word: Yorktown.

The defeat of Great Britain by the French navy...right?

Back on topic though... I must admit I didn't even know the US had a Rugby team. How much funding does it get, is the sport covered in the National Press? Whats the coverage of the World Cup like in the US?

As someone who was made by one of his American Students to sit through the last US Superbowl at 3am, I'm intregued by the idea that the US plays a varient of American Football which does not involve stopping and starting every 20 seconds.

Well, let’s just say that I didn't know we had a Rugby team, never once seen any highlights on ANY sports channel, and know absolutely nothing about the World Cup. I would say the coverage is fairly minimal.

I actually wouldn't mind watching us beat the Brits...

Hakahura · 09-08-07, 02:27 PM

Initially when I read this I choked and laughed.:rotfl:

But then the US have defeated England at football.

Tchocky · 09-08-07, 02:31 PM

Check out Ireland's group, we're not going to make it out alive

France...Argentina......RIP Ireland!

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09-07-07, 10:55 PM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Can USA Defeat England? In their Rugby World Cup opening game today? http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fi...face+americans Personally I doubt it but would be pleased to be surprised.

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Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	If the Brits lose then they better be very ashamed! __________________

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	One word: Yorktown. :rotfl: Then they can return the favor (favour) and sack Washington DC again. They can keep that place! OOPs wrong subject.:rotfl: oh, they STILL can't take the 4th of July off! Ya'll gotta go to work that day!:rotfl: __________________

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JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry . . . it'll be like US Baseball team in the Olympics . . . it'll be a slaughter. But, Go USA! __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

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Officerpuppy Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mansfield, TX Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I didn't know the US even had a rugby team

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kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Sorry but USA suck in Rugby, they might beat the Japanese, maybe even the irish but yeah they should stick to what they're good at, American football. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

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Huskalar Ensign Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 221 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	I would also think that's is not a matter of the English being too good, but the USA being not good enough.

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Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	As long as they remember you cant call audibles at a rugby scrimmage __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	And that you can in a line out!

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Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Initially when I read this I choked and laughed.:rotfl: But then the US have defeated England at football. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Check out Ireland's group, we're not going to make it out alive France...Argentina......RIP Ireland! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]