Where's everybody watching it from?

Where on the Northside would people recommend?

it is on channel 10.

THE HAMMO!!! :p

nah i have nfi. ill be watching it at home or at mates places

Will be hard to watch it since most games are on in the wee hours but I'll be watching it from Hotel Home or Hotel Best Mates House until finals time when it'll be a bar of some description.

i cannot wait for this to start!

A good website for u rugby afficianados (assuming u didnt know about it already)
that provides a lot of unbiased coverage, commentary etc...

Good Rugy Web Site

yeah, it is time for my DVR to shine.

Sept 09 1245am vs Japan
Sept 16 1200am vs Wales
Sept 23 1130pm vs Fiji
Sept 30 1200am vs Canada

Damnit, since I moved the htpc won't pick up channel 10 anymore!!

it is on channel 10.

This week only Australia's game is on at a reasonable hour (ie not during the early morning or or late late at night) and I presume that trend will continue. So Fox Sports 2 is still required and thus places are needed to watch.

http://www.testrugby.com/rwc07/
make ur fantasy rugby teams. someone create a qgl group, i cbf

i'll be watching the first game at the normanby, if you know me come say hello

I'll be watching all games live on foxtel. :)

Wallabies = champions.

I'll be watching it Live!!

Going to Wales V Australia WOOOOT

can't wait!

German, i too will be staying up to watch every single game of the world cup

Some one told me that the total coverage (in hours ) is apparently more than 5000!

Cant wait!

Some one told me that the total coverage (in hours ) is apparently more than 5000!

How does that work? Counting each station/market/country separately? Because 5000 hours with 24 hours in a day seems to come out at 208+ full days of coverage...

probably. The tournament finishes late october.

Some one told me that the total coverage (in hours ) is apparently more than 5000!

20 teams made up in 4 pools of 5.

each team plays each other team in their pool once.

the top two teams from each pool then go into a elimination quarter final.

QF 1 - Winner pool B v Runner up pool A
QF 2 - Winner pool C v Runner up pool D
QF 3 - Winner pool A v Runner up pool B
QF 4 - Winner pool D v Runner up pool C

The winners of the 4 QF games go into the semi finals.

SF 1 - Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
SF 2 - Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

The winners of the semi's play each other for the Cup.
The losers of the semi's play each other for 3rd place.

Games in Pool phase = 40
Games in Quarter final phase = 4
Games in Semi final phase = 2
Games in Final phase = 2

Total of 48 games, each game is 80 minutes, with the possibility of extra time in the finals phases.

48 x 80 minutes = 3840 minutes = 64 hours of rugby.

So.. where did 5000 hours come from?

edited: pool phase game count

last edited by ara at 14:31:05 04/Sep/07

Games in Pool phase = 16

Should that be 16 games per pool?
Edit: Wait isn't it 10 games per pool - therefore 40 total pool games?

last edited by Chakas at 14:28:15 04/Sep/07

Yeah,

4 + 3 + 2 + 1, ill update it

I can only guess that it's about 50 hours of coverage on average in 100 countries or something like that? That is if the stat is correct.

ya im not taking any responsibility for that 5000 number :P

but either way, there is gonna be a crap load of rugby to watch :P

5000 is how many points the Wallabies are going to score when we play the All Blacks.

ZOMG

Argentina beat France in the opener!

hahahahah

hahaha
awesome

australia will win, ealesy told me so

Going to Wales V Australia WOOOOT

you gonna get bashed

Seriously one of my mates is over there and is going to see that game... f*** that noise it'll be badass.

That's a bit of a surprise win last night to the Argentinas.. Ireland narrowly missed out to the Pumas in May so Pool D might be providing some bloody good football.

suck it france.

argies were too good upfront, continually owned them in the scrums and lineouts.

boo :( go France! except when they're playing Australia.

for the purists, that france / argie game was a cracker.

the pumas had obviously done their home work and worked hard to spoil / slow the ball at every opportunity. they tackled like crazy men and went hard and kept it tight, frustrating the froggies at every turn

the froggies just never got their game together to break the pumas game plan which seemed to me to be bad coaching (i.e. no change of strategy to break it) etc

i wonder how that will affect the draw now? if france goes thru second, who do they meet in the 1/4s / semis assuming the other pools dont have upsets?

if they go through second they meet the kiwis

i can't see anyone in pool C beating new zealand


last edited by ara at 11:24:44 08/Sep/07

the first australia game is tonight, yeh?

yup, versus the pesky whale killers

Last nights match was a cracker..

France made some great breaks but they pushed it one play too much every time..Was their downfall

good game, argies deserved the win - but that referee should be shot.

woeful effort

What was wrong with ref? Thought he was good

If Ireland can knock over France in the group stage that will be just about it for them. That would be a big lift for everyone.

Good on the Pumas, they played really well. France just fell to pieces

I am home sick for a while after having my tonsils out so tonight from 6:30 I watch Cowboys vs. Dogs (go Dogs!), Manly vs. Rabbitohs (go the Bunnies!) Wallabies vs. Japan (duh) and the All Blacks vs. Italy (go Kiwis!).

What was wrong with ref? Thought he was good

He missed many offsides and forward passes to start with... even the commentaters were slagging him off.

Can't really complain about that performance.

Now to watch the All Blacks...

(watching World Cup in HD ftw)

NZ smashed those divers!!

Aus smashed the whale killers.... all good!

plus there is the euro 2008 qualifiers on this weekend, awesome weekend for sport :D

Awesome night last night, lots of beers + foxtel coverage meant a stupid amount of football was watched. HOWEVER if they continue to play that f***ing circus band music over and over there'll be some smashing of TVs.

circus band music?

What was the eng vs usa match like..i fell asleep near end of aussie and jap game..

Commentating was so unbelievably gay.

You seriously didn't hear it? It was all throughout the games like a brass band playing over and over.

I passed out a few minutes into England v USA game but from the bits I saw on this mornings replay it looked like England was on some shaky ground to start with, they weren't as good as I thought they'd be.

They beat USA 28-10.... joke of a scoreline really should have been at least a 50+ game for England. Credit to the USA though.

Wales vs. Canada will be an important game to watch tonight... Wales being our only competition.

What was wrong with ref? Thought he was good

The Puma defensive line basically spent the entire game about 1m offside, and he didn't really officiate the breakdown very well. It's a physical game, but the Argies bashed them illegally quite a bit.

Wallabies are on tonight at 11PM vs Wales just fyi

England are pathetic..completely over powered for the boks..

NZ should get around 100points tonight against portugal..

Australia will be beat wales but only just

f*** YEAH!!

It rocked

Millenium Stadium in Cardiff is an awesome venue & the Welsh are good sports.... great banted, good food, and lots to drink!!

fan-f***ing-tastic time!