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pheonix
Helpful Expat
Joined: Mon, Apr 24 2006, 16:59 PM
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Location: Istanbul
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 Rugby World Cup Well its nearly here !!
Any favorites, mine is of course England, but in reality probably the all blacks are going to win....lets see.....
Where to watch is the next thing....Balans are getting prepared so they say.
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Arikan
Expat Gone Native
Joined: Mon, Dec 05 2005, 10:46 AM
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On the telly, in the comfort of my own living room. TV5, the French channel available on cable, satellite and Digiturk, is showing all the games.
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Pablos
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Joined: Wed, Aug 01 2007, 0:41 AM
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Location: Istanbul
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Hey there Phoenix
I'm supporting the English too but am not too confident after falling apart at the end against France. We shall see.
I'm up for watching as much of it as possible. I'll keep an eye out on the forum for details.
Swing low amigo!
Pablos
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English Mike
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Joined: Fri, Apr 13 2007, 12:02 PM
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Must buy TV, must buy TV, must by TV - failing that must find pub with Rugby, must find pub with Rugby, must find pub with Rugby!
My call on results:
England will be OK could possible get to a SF but will go out by a few points
Ireland promise so much but always seem to fail to deliver
New Zealand will hopefully fail - absolutley sick of all their fans saying "we're the best team in the world" but if you don't produce on the day, you aren't!
Australia - you can never write off the pesky Ausies but I just don't think that they are good enough this year (watch me eat my words)
Wales - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Scotland - hmmmmmmmm not really
This leaves France and South Africa - If france start well and get the crowd behind them they have a great chance, start badly and crowd goes against them they are in trouble. South Africa - I have been saying for a year or 2 are dark horses but have had good results and rested players in certain games - definitely worth a shout.
Watch out for Argentina - could cause 1 upset with big forward play!
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Oz Kanka
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Joined: Wed, Feb 22 2006, 17:59 PM
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Location: GOP: Ankara
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If any of you Istanbul lot happen to be in Ankara for any of the world cup just PM me and I'll get you into the Red Lion Club which will have all the matches in English.
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pheonix
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Joined: Mon, Apr 24 2006, 16:59 PM
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Yeah, know its on the french TV% channel, but its just not the same as watching with a group of rugby fans in a pub....the 6 nations in Balans was good fun esspecially the last day ( 3 games back to back).
Some of us will be in Balans tomorrow (France / England) friendly, thats if they have it set up already, if not then we'll be in the irish centre (James Joyce), anyone wants to come along feel free.
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RSA
Expat Gone Native
Joined: Tue, Jun 21 2005, 23:30 PM
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[quote user="pheonix" post="98570"]Yeah, know its on the french TV% channel, but its just not the same as watching with a group of rugby fans in a pub....the 6 nations in Balans was good fun esspecially the last day ( 3 games back to back).
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You mean, you wont get beaten up by a drunk Brit?
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