";s:4:"text";s:5992:" It's going to be huge. This is our 142nd season as a club. You won't get this match in this competition in this country for 20 or 30 years, if at all. They would run off with our women and then we would run after them and a few fights would ensue. You know what rugby fellows are like once they get a taste.
To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. It still feels amazing to me, even now he's 23 and with 51 caps. Everything sport stands for and now what football has lost. The whole town will be out for it. 81. I love all home nation matches but get a bit tired of the lazy and surprisingly acceptable racism. This time I'm setting off from Essex at 10am. When the three ex-Millfield guys - Robshaw, Mako Vunipola and Jonathan Joseph - were on the pitch last Friday there was a definite extra buzz in the theatre. Relive all the action from the pulsating Pool A encounter between hosts England and Wales at Rugby World Cup 2015. Followed by a very sore head that's either made easier with feelings of euphoria and a smug smile ie 2013, or made worse with feelings of utmost despair, self pity, excuses, sickness and a temporary deep depression ie 2014/15. In spite of all the frenzied attempts by the media to portray tomorrow's match as a hate-filled orgy of violence it will remain as it always has been - a great hard-fought rugby spectacle enhanced by fiercely patriotic fans, who will support their team but recognise good play by the opposition. I can only speak personally - there is far too much going o in my life to have any hatred to anybody. Oh dear, this page is in danger of being ruined by some narrow minded idiots talking of their "hatred for England".
This match feels even bigger than the Six Nations decider in Cardiff in 2013. All the pressure will be on England, and pressure can do funny things to you in sport, both inspire you to unbelievable acts and limit you hugely. This time there is expectation on both sides now - Wales because they reached the semi-finals four years ago, England because it is their tournament and they are playing at Twickenham. There are two facets to watching George as a parent: there's me, high on adrenaline, and there's his mother Jan, high on fear.
after the Vuelta because of exhaustion, I've pulled off a rather decent silver lining: a ticket for Twickenham. That's a long old day. I was also lucky enough to meet Sam Burgess at Bath last season; his enthusiasm was brilliant, and he would talk to anyone. Wales will come to a standstill. In 2003 there was no expectation on us. I know England are everyone's old enemy but the crimes of our politicians and monarchs of years gone by aren't the crimes of the people. And because my season has been over for more than a week now, my drinking form has come back a treat. Hatred is something that has no place in rugby.
10. Instead, with my season having ended after the Vuelta because of exhaustion, I've pulled off a rather decent silver lining: a ticket for Twickenham. moments. Posted by Nigles "The whole tournament is rigged in England's favour". And because a ticket for that match was considered too precious for a child, the adults would always take it. That's how big it is. There'll be Welshmen there on Saturday night. Beating England, at Twickenham, in a World Cup final? There was great banter with the welsh who tongue in cheek were supporting the Irish but we had a great laugh and shared a few beers with our Celtic neighbours. The Firsts are playing away at Forgeside but there's plenty of time to get back. Perhaps the way to do it is to pace things to half-time and then, if it's all going south, get on the gins. We've got you covered. Over the last 10 years my interest in football has diminished to virtually zero. The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament held in England and Wales from 18 September until 31 October 2015. The Welsh injuries have been devastating, but it does mean we can go into it as underdogs - and Welsh teams are better as underdogs. We should be too strong. 0.
The hospitality was fantastic. Chris Robshaw came to watch our game against RGS Wycombe last year, and he was great - he said hello to everyone. It should be a cracker. I'm planning to meet a couple of the boys for a steak and chips and beers in Teddington at 5pm, then head down to the ground for a couple of beers beforehand. The 8pm kick-off is an interesting one. What will it mean to the two nations - to those lucky enough to have tickets, to the parents of the players, for youngsters being allowed to stay up late and to those of more grizzled vintage watching in boozy clubhouses? It took 20 years after my first Five Nations match in Cardiff to see an England v Wales match. And after the Grand Slam win in 2012, we walked back from the players' hotel at 5am and it was still going strong on the streets of Cardiff. Hope it's a great game to make the NH proud! of him watching France v Italy in the same scenario - but it might have lacked a little atmosphere. If England play decently then Wales are going to struggle. Before Grand Slams, Super Bowls, World Cups and NBA dunks, the best were young players and high school stars. Before the inception of leagues we used to play Welsh clubs on Wednesday nights, and it was always hard but fair. There will be special screenings at clubs, whole families coming over to watch it at relatives' houses, kids being allowed to stay up late. It can be sterile, whereas the Millennium Stadium - well, the memory of, when we took England's championship and Six Nations title is electric. Live text and 606 phone-in reaction as injury-battered Wales earn a dramatic 28-25 win against England in an epic World Cup game.