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Opening Ceremony in less than an hour . . .
New Zealand to win?
Yes but tonga won't roll over and play nicely!!!
Looking forward to the "haker-off" 🙂 They both do it at the same time presumably?
This could be Tonga's RWC Final so to speak, the Tongans will lose but it's going to be bloody!
I'm looking forward to a good game from Tonga. Opening match motivation!
I've just tried setting my bt vision box to record todays opening ceremony and the first game, only to get the on screen message that 'this programme cannot be recorded'. El bastardos!
"Looking forward to the "haker-off" They both do it at the same time presumably?"
A little QI on a friday morning is no bad thing
I believe as the visiting team Tonga start their Hacker first, its up to the Kiwis how they respond. Be it, stand there and wait for Tonga to finish or start their own Hacker immmediately.
Either way a pretty damn cool start to the competition, inspiring stuff
Ooh really? check you Ro5ey Fry 🙂 Must not miss the start then!
mitch - Im having a problem setting windows media centre to record all the matches. Looks like I have to do them all manually, cant series record them. Arrrghhh!
Haka btw
A haka is a warrior challenge, generally performed together however tonight it is individually for various boring reasons. Tonga first, Abs respond. I pick Ka Mate as tonight's Haka for general reasons of enjoyment. ****n amazing today in Akl, amazing.
Kore rawa e rawaka te reo kotahi
Haere Mai.
Trying to watch opening ceremony on ITV1 at mo and seems more an extended advertisement break and studio chat with tiny bits of ceremony shown in between. Is it on anywhere else?
Big Jonah - yeah baby. 🙂
Cool, we have a local correspondant.
Hope you enjoy the next few weeks, please give us little tip bits or stories about whats happening.
ie scandal . . . lol
Will do, have access to a couple of teams 😉
Abs tonight by 50 plus by the way.
Opening ceremony on tv in SA is non stop. Haven't seen an advert yet.
I remember from watching the Tour de France in ITV that the adverts can be painfull 🙁
With respect to NZcol and I hope this is right....
"Ka Mate"
Leader: Ringa ****a! Slap the hands against the thighs!
Uma tiraha! Puff out the chest.
Turi whatia! Bend the knees!
Hope whai ake! Let the hip follow!
Waewae takahia kia kino! Stomp the feet as hard as you can!
Leader: Ka mate, ka mate 'I die, I die,
Team: Ka ora' Ka ora' 'I live, 'I live,
Leader: Ka mate, ka mate 'I die, 'I die
Team: Ka ora Ka ora " 'I live, 'I live,
All: T?nei te tangata p?huruhuru This is the fierce, powerful man
N?na i tiki mai whakawhiti te r? ...Who caused the sun to shine again for me
A Upane! Ka Upane! Up the ladder, Up the ladder
Upane Kaupane" Up to the top
Whiti te r?,! The sun shines!
H?! Rise!
all ready for the match fresh coffee and ginger nut bring it on
Will they show adverts during the match.? I'm not used to itv..
Whaka Yeah !!!!
Haka Shmaka - stiff upper lip and God Save The Queen!
[i]Will they show adverts during the match.? I'm not used to itv.[/i]
No! Only immediately the half time whistle blows. This ain't american bloody football, so they'll be no ad breaks during the game.
Got a damn meeting at 10 so only able to watch first half hour... can't believe how excited I am though!!
Thanks dezb .
Watch for a couple of sneakies between the hakas...
EDIT: Ads, that is.
can be watched online here
http://www.itv.com/rugbyworldcup/2011/matches/new-zealand-v-tonga/
if anyone is like me and stuck in work
roll on flicking between the game and a random spreadsheet
Anthems!
(In case you missed TJ's link -
http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/rugby.html ) 🙂
I'm having to monitor a live feed for work, no audio though
I've just had a wee bit of wee fall out after the Hakas
Hakas were so good. My 19 month old was copying and has been sticking her tongue out for the last 5 mins.
Loved McCaw's face after the Tongan one!
Col, how many of the current team are Maori? (Genuine question, BTW, not trolling)
is it my imagination or are those uprights taller than normal?
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Raises the neck hairs ...
White non islanders doing the Haka...
Im sorry but it just looks
SILLY !
How dull are these commentators.
Brack ... poor form.
Its part of our culture regardless, wether Pakeha, Maori or otherwise.
Every kid is educated in this regard, college rugby games would have both schools lined up on opposite sidelines with every one participating.
brack in Brit-stuck-in-18th-century shocker...
Jeez, can't you enjoy the rugby instead of whinging?
Who scored? My stream went down
Dagg and Kahui so far ...
😆
I know it is...but just my opinion.
Great game by the way!
Flash - Maori or part Maori ? Just checking - a few fo shu SBW is part, Dagg, kaino, Williams believe it or not. Always hard to tell as lots of honkys are part Maori.
Edit: firk we are playing well.
Edit edit: I'm a Scottish honky with an nz pport who can read write and speak some te reo. Not always about origin or colour?
That's what I thought, Col. A bit of a mix!
Nto overly inspired so far, BTW. Hasn't really taken off yet.
Even I can watch it streaming while at work. I can barely get BBC vids usually!
Commentators are a bit reserved...
Weepu, too, o' course... Cory Jane.
For the English among you, when they put the ball down on the ground over the line near the goal posts, that's called a "try" 😀
Just in case you were confused!
taken off now,
this could reach a cricket score at this rate.
For the [s]English[/s] Sottish among you, when they put the ball down on the ground over the line near the goal posts, that's called a "try"
FTFY! 😉
All Blacks making too many handling errors. Not realy impressed. Yup, the commentators are dull, sounds like they will do better at tennis commentry.
May I suggest Rob Warner as a replacement commentator at least he’s got passion
Rob Warner sounds like a good replacement!
Can’t be worse then the ones we have at the moment
At least we don't have to listen to that numb skull Brian Moore.
Tonga camped out on the line....
And Tonga scores!
NZ look eminently beatable...
From this display I fear NZ will choke at yet another RWC. Who will they "probably" get after the group stages?
Playing quite badly and still beating the oppositing by 30 points...
Played ok in bits will get better. Still going to win, you watch.
Who will they "probably" get after the group stages?
NZ - Scotland in the quarter.
Argentina are going to be the big losers this year.
Springbocks or Oz to win then?
Two very nice tries at the end, great tenacity from Tonga and good communication from the All Blacks.
Right, that was the Scottish exiles,off to rugby club tonight to watch the Scotland game, could get very messy!