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GibsonGirl said:I think it's a shame that rugby isn't as popular in the UK as it is in the southern hemisphere. I mean footy's great and all (the only sport that I will ever fully support England in ) but there's just something else about rugby. People are going absolutely mad back home about the final right now, and I imagine the excitement in England is probably only a fraction of that.
It's true, my whole family are rugby mental, and I assumed that the rest of the country was as such. I go to college just across the road from the Twickenham rugby ground and all the pubs (there being one every three or so shops ) is backing them - but just speaking to people my age, I've only been able to have one decent conversation with someone about it. Most people don't care, or don't have the patience or willpower or whatever to sit through a match... It's safe to say people give much more of a damn about the football. Which I don't get; what the hell is so exciting about being Estonia 3-0 when they're the shittest team out there?
Anyway, I hate this shit "England don't deserve to be in the final" - what's better than a team who really did not look like they would pull through the groups (which actually would've been the worst defence of the RWC in history) but've somehow found their feet and are now playing decent rugby. We've been the underdogs much of the way through, and after the embaressing 36-0 lose to SA, every game, I've thought would be our last. Beating france was no small thing, the home nation! They'd beat the All Blacks, they were the favourites to win - and we still beat them. I think it would be fantastic if we won, I think it would be the first time a team has ever retained the cup...
I can't wait till Saturday