from champs to chumps (AUSTRALIA 51 England 15)

[Aussie E]

Australia England
Tries 6 2
Pens 5 1
Cons 3 1
DGs 0 0
Score 51 15

Australia
PENK 4 Min (Roff)
PENK 10 Min (Roff)
TRY 19 Min (Rathbone)
CONV 19 Min (Roff)
PENK 22 Min (Roff)
TRY 40 Min (Rathbone)
PENK 44 Min (Roff)
TRY 54 Min (Rathbone)
TRY 56 Min (Paul)
CONV 56 Min (Roff)
TRY 64 Min (Paul)
TRY 69 Min (Tuqiri)
CONV 69 Min (Roff)
PENK 80 Min (Roff)

England
PENK 14 Min (Hodgson)
TRY 28 Min (Hill)
TRY 48 Min (Dallaglio)
CONV 48 Min (Hodgson)
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Its not Bill, but we'll take the Cook Cup back
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A few more of the Wallaby trophies

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Wallabies cut England to pieces 26/06/04
Australia notch up a half century of points
Australia secured their first win over England since 1999 - and the Cook Cup - by putting the tourists to the sword by recording an impressive 51-15 victory in Brisbane on Saturday, with Clyde Rathbone making the most of a very late call-up by collecting a hat-trick of tries.

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More to follow...

The scorers:

For Austalia:
Tries: Rathbone 3, Paul 2, Tuqiri,
Cons: Roff 3
Pens: Roff 5

For England:
Try: Hill, Dallaglio
Con: Hodgson
Pen: Hodgson

The teams:

Australia: 15 Joe Roff, 14 Wendell Sailor, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Stephen Larkham (vice-captain), 9 George Gregan (captain), 8 David Lyons, 7 Phil Waugh, 6 Radike Samo, 5 Nathan Sharpe (vice-captain), 4 Justin Harrison, 3 Alastair Baxter, 2 Brendan Cannon, 1 Bill Young.
Replacements: 16 Jeremy Paul, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Daniel Vickerman, 19 George Smith, 20 Clyde Rathbone, 21 Matt Henjak, 22 Chris Latham.

England: 15 Josh Lewsey, 14 Tom Voyce, 13 Mike Catt, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Ben Cohen, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Andy Gomarsall, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (captain), 7 Richard Hill, 6 Joe Worsley, 5 Steve Borthwick, 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Julian White, 2 Mark Regan, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 Will Green/Mike Worsley, 18 Martin Corry, 19 Michael Lipman, 20 Matt Dawson, 21 Fraser Waters, Ollie Barkley.

[n4292936]

*ahem* "AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE" woot :D

[ShotOver]

:D
Aussie Aussie Aussie!
OI! OI OI!

woot

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Good game lads..

now recreational time is over... single file back to your cells and no fighting now!

[n4292936]

Good game lads..

now recreational time is over... single file back to your cells and no fighting now!
rofl rofl rofl Piss off mate! Take your resounding defeat with the humility we dished out to you ;) :D

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that is the numility you'll get out of me ;)

[ShotOver]

Good game lads..

now recreational time is over... single file back to your cells and no fighting now!

Nice one mate, hahaha.
:D

Good game to your lads, didnt see many of the world cup gang there?

[digrar]

Bring on the tri nations, time to sort the Kiwi's and Jaapie's out. :P

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when is it on?

[oldsoak]

Just got off the blower to a mate in Melbourne - he says we were a beaten team getting on the pitch, which is a fair expression. Well played to the Aussies - sort your lives out England ( sob, sniffle....)

[Ngati Tumatauenga]

Go the ANZAC's.

digrar wrote,

Bring on the tri nations, time to sort the Kiwi's and Jaapie's out.

Yeah, well, we didn't let them score a try against us................

[Aussie E]

Wallabies beat England with vengeance
9:43PM 26/6/2004
Story by: AAP


South African-born Clyde Rathbone was Australia's accidental hero with a three-try effort to down England 51-15 in tonight's Rugby World Cup final rematch at Suncorp Stadium.

Rathbone, one of only two starting Wallabies not involved in last November's Cup final loss, was a last-minute inclusion after Wendell Sailor broke down in the pre-match warm-up.

Sailor's sorrow at a strained hamstring quickly turned into the 22-year-old Brumbies flyer's joy as he finished off two inspired Australian backline moves in the 19th and 40th minutes.

He then backed up at a crucial moment in the second half to score a brilliant individual try with a deft grubber and toe ahead to gift the home side a 29-15 lead.

The win put a trophy into the Wallabies "empty" cabinet with the Cook Cup, the symbol of Australia-England rugby supremacy, returning south after a five year absence.

A converted try midway through the second half to replacement hooker Jeremy Paul, created by man of the match Joe Roff who scored 21-points, killed off the tourists.

The Wallabies found the ruthless streak Eddie Jones had been asking for to romp to their second-ever biggest win over England.

World Cup revenge wasn't the motivation for the Wallabies but few in the record 52,492-strong Suncorp crowd who cheered on all six tries against the sloppy world champions seemed to care.

The victory, earnt largely on the back of a 21-8 first-half, sent England crashing to its third straight thumping on a forgettable Australasian tour.

Fullback Roff gave the last pass for Rathbone's two first-half tries.

The first came after Matt Giteau handed off a deft inside ball to send Lote Tuqiri away.

Roff's ability to bamboozle the outside defence after latching on to a fine Stephen Larkham cut-out gave Rathbone an easy run to the line 15 seconds before the half-time hooter.

There were concerns for the Wallabies however with Paul, who finished with two tries after earlier in the day battled through a fitness test to play on a bung knee, struggling with his line-out throwing.

He messed up three of his first five throws, including two in vital attacking positions, after a dazed Brendan Cannon left the field following a marginally high tackle from lock Simon Shaw.

Despite allowing the English to peg back after skipping away to 16-3 and 21-8 leads, Eddie Jones' demand to regain a ruthless streak and not go into "cruise control" seemed to strike a chord in the second half.

The Wallabies piled on four tries in 15 minutes after English skipper Lawrence Dallaglio strolled over for his side's second try in the 48th minute.

Lote Tuqiri's 67th minute effort was a stand out as he baffled four defenders as he hit the line at pace 25m out from the goal line.

Sailor's early injury blow meant Australia went into the match with a top-heavy reserves bench with five forwards and only two backs but it didn't seem to matter.

It helped back-up halfback Matt Henjak gain his first Test cap, playing the last 10 minutes on the wing after Rathbone was replaced.

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Clyde Rathbone dives over for a try in the match against England

[mocking_loudly_died]

England once again excelling at mass failure, bastards. :(

[digrar]

Mid July for the tri nations.

Saturday, July 17
NZ v Australia,

Saturday, July 24
NZ v S Africa,

Saturday, July 31
Australia v SA,

Saturday, Aug 7
Australia v NZ,

Saturday, Aug 14
S Africa v NZ,

Saturday, Aug 21
SA v Australia,

To be fair to the Poms it was their last game in a 10 month season, although they probably wouldn't be happy with 3 defeats in a row to finish off the year.

[Trident-za]

Well done Australia, and to a lesser extent New Zealand and South Africa. Big wins, again.

Tri-Nations will be a good spectacle this year :) My prediction is the All Blacks to take it, Aus second and SA third (again). However.... I think the Springboks should at least be mildly competitive for a change.

Damn, I wish Rathbone hadn't buggered off to Oz - damn fine player that. Our weakness right now is the midfield, we could certainly have used a class player like him.

[Flagg]

Saturday, July 17
NZ v Australia,

Saturday, July 24
NZ v S Africa

BBQ & Beer at my house(unless I get tickets for the 24th ;) )

[digrar]

It's a 4000km drive and a hell of a big swim after that. Bit far to go for a lamb tail and whitebait bbq/hungi and a chilly bin full of DB or Tui cans. Might have to leave you to it mate. :P

[n4292936]

Flagg, where are you at? i could use a few well cooked snags and a cold one about now

[WolverineBlue]

All Blacks will win the Tri-Nations, again. BIG UP TO THE ALL BLACKS

[Flagg]

Flagg, where are you at? i could use a few well cooked snags and a cold one about now

beachside, Christchurch


It's a 4000km drive and a hell of a big swim after that. Bit far to go for a lamb tail and whitebait bbq/hungi and a chilly bin full of DB or Tui cans. Might have to leave you to it mate.

Quick, someone call the authorities......DigRAR's been replaced with a clone.....I think that's the first to I've heard an Australian turn down free feed and piss :P

[n4292936]

Flagg, where are you at? i could use a few well cooked snags and a cold one about now

beachside, Christchurch


It's a 4000km drive and a hell of a big swim after that. Bit far to go for a lamb tail and whitebait bbq/hungi and a chilly bin full of DB or Tui cans. Might have to leave you to it mate.

Quick, someone call the authorities......DigRAR's been replaced with a clone.....I think that's the first to I've heard an Australian turn down free feed and piss :P
rofl rofl just goes to show that Im more of a patriot than DigRAR rofl ;)

[digrar]

Mate, Kiwi beer would be a step up from that horrible Qld stuff. It'd be worth the effort of a Trans Tasman trip from Brizzy to get something better than XXXX to drink :P
I reckon the Bledisloe is coming home to Australia, just got a feeling woot .

[Flagg]

I reckon the Bledisloe is coming home to Australia, just got a feeling

That feeling must be the shakes from all that crap beer.... ;)

speaking of beer...I must begin preparing the liver for the celebration here

[digrar]

Got your engagement party coming up mate? Surely you can't be planning a All Blacks victory party :P .

Reminds me of my sisters wedding reception over on the North Island. Wallabies were playing the All Blacks and no one showed up to the reception untill the game was over. Mum had decked the reception centre out in green and gold and the bloody All Blacks got up and won. :oops:

[gaz]

Sorry but I'm going to have to go ahead and call bollocks on this thread title. Australia are a great team, how does losing to them (Even losing heavily) make England chumps?

[n4292936]

Because they lost, they have been chumpified and those that suffer chumpification are chumps

[mocking_loudly_died]

Sorry but I'm going to have to go ahead and call bollocks on this thread title. Australia are a great team, how does losing to them (Even losing heavily) make England chumps?

Because they made me cry - again.

[digrar]

I don't know if they are chumps, but how many games have they won since Wilkinson has been on the sidelines? One trick ponies?

[garoco]

Hey, I'm still cheerin' over the Brumbies SUPER 12 win a lil' while back. . . now the Wallabies get up over the "old enemy" :D

[gaz]

I don't know if they are chumps, but how many games have they won since Wilkinson has been on the sidelines? One trick ponies?

People rave about Wilkinson but it's not down to him, don't get me wrong, he's a great player, there's obviously his kicking and tactical awareness not to mention he's one of the best tacklers in the world but frankly we miss Martin Johnson more. Add to that not having Neil Back, Jason Robinson, Ben Kaye, Jason Leanord and Lewis Moody and it starts to add up. There's no denying that we're missing certain players but the simple fact is that right now New Zealand and Australia both have much better teams available.

Oh, one trick ponies? Are we forgetting the winning streak that led into the world cup which included repeated wins against Southern Hemisphere teams? ;)

[garoco]

Hey, I didn't see that pretty boy Jason Robinson playing for the Poms on Saturday night. Back in like 1996 he was in town on a footy tour and tried to hit on my then girlfriend until me and a few mates from my section stepped in not knowing who he was. . then we ignored all our gals and talked to him all night getting pissed! LOL :)

[n4292936]

I don't know if they are chumps, but how many games have they won since Wilkinson has been on the sidelines? One trick ponies?

People rave about Wilkinson but it's not down to him, don't get me wrong, he's a great player, there's obviously his kicking and tactical awareness not to mention he's one of the best tacklers in the world but frankly we miss Martin Johnson more. Add to that not having Neil Back, Jason Robinson, Ben Kaye, Jason Leanord and Lewis Moody and it starts to add up. There's no denying that we're missing certain players but the simple fact is that right now New Zealand and Australia both have much better teams available.

Oh, one trick ponies? Are we forgetting the winning streak that led into the world cup which included repeated wins against Southern Hemisphere teams? ;)
Gax, I just some how doubt that the coolest pirate in the world really gives a **** about Rugby...... but I could be wrong :P p-)

[Aussie E]

Thats one of Englands fualts they have a top notch !st tier of players up not to many proven players waiting in the wings if anyone is injured dropped form the 1st XV. Australia and NZ being such a competative gruop have all types of players that have interantional experience and talent to fill in if the 1st player faulters. (like replacing Sailor with Mortlock either one is proven and devastating). Australia is missing some of their talent right now/

[LongWay]

damn Australians too cocky :P, not much for rugby anyway ;).

[wulfstan]

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[Aussie E]

IT WILL NEVER STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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