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gee tough match eh. England should hold their heads up, they beat Aus & France to make it to the final and it wasn't as if they're weren't competitive in the final. SA had a pretty easy route to the final and nearly tripped on Fiji & Tonga.

...meantime the All Blacks are getting grief counselling :rolleyes:
 
Sycophant?
Wayne Smith's (The Australian) account of Jones....errrrr, the world cup and Jones' contribution(?) to same:

But this time the green and gold he was wearing was that of South Africa, not his native Australia, after Springboks coach Jake White had recruited him to his staff as a technical advisor midway through the year.

It was a coaching masterstroke by White because even though no tries were scored in the final, what moments there were of real excitement were generated by the Jones-enhanced Springbok backs.

Pure and unaldulterated cow paddy!
He, Smith, must have been wearring those anti-Rose coloured glasses...doesn't he realise we get a tv coverage here in Oz?!?! and better still have a mind and an opinion.
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/06/2295756.htm?section=sport

Three-week ban for brawling French duoPosted 5 hours 37 minutes ago

French forwards Renaud Boyoud and Imanol Harinordoquy have been suspended for three weeks after brawling with rival players during the team's record 40-10 loss to the Wallabies on Saturday.

Both players pleaded guilty to striking charges laid at a disciplinary hearing on Sunday.

Tighthead prop Boyoud and flanker Harinordoquy were found guilty of punching Wallabies second-rower James Horwill in separate instances, during a melee in the 28th minute of the first half.

"[Harinordoquy threw] Deliberate and repeated blows to the head
and face of the Australian number four (Horwill)," English judicial officer Christopher Quinlan said.

"[Boyoud only struck once but] It was a significant blow, struck from behind."

Horwill did not return to the field after the brawl, which left him with a bloodied and with a sealed eye.

X-rays later showed that Horwill did not have a fractured eye socket.
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Not sure if anyone else saw this... bludy terrible - cheap hit to his eye from the side (as I understand it). Certainly his eye was a mess afterwards.

Lucky for Horwill he's not out for a long time - at one point they thought he had a broken eye socket.

I liked something I heard on Grandstand today ( although they were talking about League)... that if someone injures someone else doing something illegal / unsportsmanly - and the injured person is out for say x months recovering ... then so too should the person who committed the illegal injury.

In fact I'd combine that with the US "triple damages" rule - three times the detention from the playing field for anyone found guilty. !

And if someone's career is finished - by an illegal action - so too should the perpetrator's. (imo) :2twocents
 

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