Bump.
I can't be the only one following this.
If you don't like/have never even heard of rugby, you might still like the opening ceremony:
^^ That broke TV audience records in my nation.
It has a very Maori and Polynesian flavour to it, which I thought was awesome. Really emphasised it as the home tournament not only for New Zealand, but for many Pacific Island countries too.
Anyway, on to sport.
NZ opened it up with a victory over Tonga, doing well in the first half, but losing a little momentum in the second, and just leaking a concession try for Tonga.
England seemed to struggle against Argentina, but pulled it away in the end. Their black shirts really do make them look like All Blacks though. They should stick to white.
I watched a little of the Ireland-USA game, which Ireland won. It was played on the 11th of September, and the US team had a Marines band from Hawai'i play before the game, making it a bit special.
The only other game I've seen (although I wanted to watch Scotland too) was Wales against South Africa. I think the Welsh were robbed by a dodgy Wayne Barnes call over a penalty kick, going down 17-16.
Is anyone else here watching it?
We have: Welsh people, English people, Scottish people, Australians, two New Zealanders, lots of Americans (but lol, what's rugby), Canadians. I'm not sure about Japanese, and I'm pretty confident there are no Fijians, Tongans, Samoans, Namibians, Italians, South Africans, Argentineans, French, Romanians, Georgians...
BUT. I can't be the only one who cares... surely?
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