Sep 02 2007

Week 239

Published by Fence at 11:21 am under Sport, Weekly memes

Yup, time for the Unconscious Mutterings:

  1. Scrabble ::
  2. NyQuil ::
  3. Roadtrip ::
  4. Idiot ::
  5. Bandages ::
  6. Series ::
  7. Summer ::
  8. Prompt ::
  9. September ::
  10. Chicken ::

Mine will be under the cut.

Next week the Rugby World Cup kicks off. You can keep up to date with everything RWC related at The Fear of God, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t be blogging about it here too. So be prepared. Strangely enough, given our warm-up performances I’ve got a good feeling about our chances. I’m not sure if we will finish top of the group, beating France and Argentina is a lot to ask for. And finishing second means facing the All-Blacks, which is always a worrying prospect. But I’m remaining positive.

And as the kick-off of tte first match grows nearer there is more and more coverage on the telly. And last night on Setanta they had a documentary all about the Kazakhstani team and their battle to qualify for RWC 2007. An Irishman, Luke O’Callaghan, plays for the Kazakh team. And he also doubles as their translator. Unfortunately they didn’t make it to France, losing to Sri Lanka in the qualifiers. But that programme really showed the difference between the top tier teams and those still in the developmental phase. I don’t think any team would be able to perform at its best after travelling for more than 48 hours and arriving less than 24 hours before an important game.

In Ireland’s group the two “minnows” are Georgia and Namibia, and I can’t see either posing a threat. We may as well give up if they do.

For my US visiters, your US Eagles have qualified. But I can’t see you coming away with much, given that both England and South Africa are in your pool. And the fact that the one warm-up match you played was against Munster. And that was a Munster missing many first team choices, and yet still won.


  1. Scrabble :: four letter words
  2. NyQuil :: shrug. Is this some sort of medication?
  3. Roadtrip :: to Donegal
  4. Idiot :: Dope
  5. Bandages :: bloody
  6. Series :: neverending
  7. Summer :: what summer?
  8. Prompt :: start
  9. September :: school starts. New term. RWC
  10. Chicken :: Pullo.
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7 Responses to “Week 239”

  1. On 02 Sep 2007 at 4:35 pm Rod said

    1. Scrabble; Glenda
    2. Nyquil; Dayquil
    3. Roadtrip; San Diego
    4. Idiot; Driver
    5. Bandages; ouch
    6. Series; World
    7. Summer; Jimmy Buffett
    8. Prompt; Early
    9. September; Birthday
    10. Chicken; Spicy

  2. On 02 Sep 2007 at 5:19 pm jean pierre said

    i am really getting excited about the world cup and will definitely checking out your blog!

    south africa and france are looking hot!

    in the france/ireland group, it seems that argentina have gone off the boil a bit… which bodes well for us. its going to be a very hard group to win, though! and winning is imperative - because going through to meet new zealand isn’t a very tough prospect…!

    i still can’t believe the luck of that group! its ridiculously hard (especially if you look at australia or new zealand’s groups) and if you finish 2nd then you face nz! its ridiculous.

  3. On 02 Sep 2007 at 6:09 pm Fence said

    France are looking the form team. Obviously NZ are the team to beat, but they aren’t such red-hot favourites as they were before, and both SA and Australia look like they could do some damage.

    Having 3 of the top 6/7 teams in the same pool is ridiculous, but at least it seems that the IRB have learned from this and won’t be using the same ranking for the RWC in 2011. Not that that helps us at the moment.

  4. On 03 Sep 2007 at 12:28 am Harlequin said

    Scrabble :: Mal
    NyQuil :: um…
    Roadtrip :: Donegal
    Idiot :: Me
    Bandages :: Disney Princess
    Series :: Robin Hood
    Summer :: never happened
    Prompt :: LINE!
    September :: Better
    Chicken :: Licken

  5. On 03 Sep 2007 at 4:29 pm jean pierre said

    its good to know it won’t be like that in 2011… but yeah, doesn’t help much at the moment…

  6. On 04 Sep 2007 at 9:51 am Fence said

    Well, hopefully it won’t be like that, I don’t think they’ve made any announcement officially.

  7. On 04 Sep 2007 at 1:53 pm Carl V. said

    Scrabble :: nostalgic memories
    NyQuil :: can give a really good night’s sleep
    Roadtrip :: Def Lepard, Mt. Dew, and my first speeding ticket.
    Idiot :: employees
    Bandages :: Nurse…spongebath…
    Series :: Deep Space Nine, I’m addicted
    Summer :: of 69 (I was less than one, don’t remember it)
    Prompt :: Not me
    September :: The beginning of my favorite time of year.
    Chicken :: Robot

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