General Chat

Calling Radio Jem :-)
I did not realise that itv as got the rugby, handy as we keep loosing the digital signal on itv.

Ann, lovely to see you, I think you had better go and have a lie-down now :-D

Well Gloucester is ready for the first World Cup match (Tonga V Georgia). All the cross streets are decked with flags and all look very bright and cheerful. Down the docks there is a large Fanzone all decked out with artificial turf, a grandstand, beer tent, food stalls and a huge screen. Free on a first come first served basis.
In front of the Mariners chapel is a large area for people to try various sports (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult). We were down there today and I spotted a Crazy golf course but don't know what else is there.
In the centre in Kings Square during the World Cup at different times/days there are various things going on to connect with the different nationalities. I can remember Lindyhop and Argentinian Tango but there are others.
So for once Gloucester had really gone to town on this. :-)


Ooh I can't believe I am actually posting on the rugby thread!! :-D :-D

Joe Schmidt & Co. have made their decision.....

...... Here's the line-up for Ireland's first game on Saturday 19th September


THE IRELAND TEAM!

Backs:
15. Rob Kearney
14. Dave Kearney
13. Jared Payne
12. Luke Fitzgerald
11. Keith Earls
10. Jonathan Sexton
9. Conor Murray

Forwards:
1. Jack McGrath
2. Rory Best
3. Mike Ross
4. Iain Henderson
5. Paul O'Connell (Captain)
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Sean O'Brien
8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin
17. Cian Healy
18. Nathan White
19. Donnacha Ryan
20. Chris Henry
21. Eoin Reddan
22. Ian Madigan
23. Simon Zebo


Another very strong team!



Saturday September 19th

IRELAND v CANADA ..... Kick-Off 2.30PM
at The Principality Stadium (formerly known as The Millennium Stadium) Cardiff

LIVE on ITV1, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio Ulster.....
........and Radio Jem ;-) :-D :-D

You can't keep the Welsh down Allan ;-) :-D :-D :-D

and you would know..... being an Honorary Welshman ;-) ;-)

Even in Kalbarri, I saw the Welsh flag flying :-D :-D

RUGBY 'ROUND THE WORLD...


Rugby World Cup News from ....
...... THE NEW ZEALAND CAMP


WAISAKE NAHOLO

All Blacks Winger Waisake Naholo has made speedy recovery from a broken leg .
Coach Ian Foster believes he can be the squad's secret weapon.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/newzealand/11865354/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-Waisake-Naholo-can-be-the-All-Blacks-trump-card.html


Rugby World Cup News from....
..... IRELAND

CIAN HEALY

Ireland prop Cian Healy has been passed fit for Saturday's World Cup opener against Canada in Cardiff after recovering from neck surgery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34249167

RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENING GAME!

ENGLAND TEAM v FIJI ANNOUNCED

Here are your boys, England :-)

Backs:
15. Mike Brown
14. Anthony Watson
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Brad Barritt
11. Jonny May
10. George Ford
9. Ben Youngs

Forwards:
1. Joe Marler
2. Tom Youngs
3. Dan Cole
4. Geoff Parling
5. Courtney Lawes
6. Tom Wood
7. Chris Robshaw (Captain)
8. Ben Morgan

Replacements:
16. Rob Webber
17. Mako Vunipola
18. Kieran Brookes
19. Joe Launchbury
20. Billy Vunipola
21. Richard Wigglesworth
22. Owen Farrell
23. Sam Burgess

A very strong team, methinks :-D


Friday, September 18th

ENGLAND v FIJI
Kick-Off 8.00pm

LIVE ON ITV1, Radio5Live ..... and RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D

MORE SAD NEWS!

JONATHAN THOMAS

Former Wales Forward, Jonathan Thomas, has been forced to retire from Rugby on medical advice.

32 Year Old Jonathan, who won 67 Caps for Wales, was diagnosed with Epilepsy last year.


“It’s with real sadness I have to announce my retirement from the game with immediate effect,” Jonathan said......

“I’ve done everything in my power to keep playing, however, there comes a point when you realise you need to listen to medical experts and also do what’s best for your well-being...."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/wales-international-jonathan-thomas-forced-10057919


Jonathan was born in Pembroke, West Wales.
His playing position was Flanker (Eightman)

His professional clubs...
SWANSEA (2001-2003) , OSPREYS (2003-2013) and WORCESTER WARRIORS (2013-2015)

National Team ...
WALES 2003-2011


ALL AT RADIO JEM WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR SYMPATHY TO JONATHAN THOMAS ON HIS FORCED RETIREMENT.

WE WISH HIM ALL THE VERY BEST FOR THE FUTURE :-) :-) <3

ANOTHER INJURY FORCES A WALES SQUAD CHANGE!

With just 5 days to go until Wales' first World Cup Game on Sunday, Wales has been forced to make another change to their squad!

THIS TIME IT'S ELI WALKER WHO IS INJURED OUT!


Eli, originally part of Wales' World Cup Training Squad, was let go in the "cull" to reduce the squad to the final 31 players.

He was drafted back in following the injury to LEIGH HALFPENNY, which ruled Leigh out of the World Cup,

Now, Ospreys Winger Eli has also been forced to withdraw following a hamstring injury.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34251954


Instead of replacing Eli with another Winger, the Wales Coaching Team have decided to re-call Flanker ROSS MORIARTY.

Ross, who also was part of the Wales Training Squad, was not included in the final 31. He played in Wales' Warm-Up game against Italy, coming on as a replacement and he played exceptionally well.


RADIO JEM WISHES ELI WALKER A SPEEDY RECOVERY :-)

All the best to Ross Moriarty for a great Rugby World Cup 2015 :-)

RUGBY WORLD CUP GAMES THIS WEEKEND:


Friday 18th September

ENGLAND v FIJI ... Kick-Off 8.00pm

Live on ITV1, S4C, Radio5Live and RADIO JEM ;-) :-D


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Saturday 19th September

TONGA v GEORGIA ... Kick-Off 12 Noon
Live on ITV1



IRELAND v CANADA ... Kick-Off 2.30pm

Live on ITV1, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio Ulster
and Radio Jem ;-) :-D



SOUTH AFRICA v JAPAN ... Kick-off 4.45pm

Live on ITV1, BBC Radio5Live Sports Extra




FRANCE v ITALY ... Kick-Off 8.00pm
Live on ITV 4, BBC Radio5Live



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Sunday 20th September

SAMOA v USA ... Kick-Off 12 Noon
Live on ITV1



WALES <3 v URUGUAY ... Kick-Off 2.30pm

Live on ITV 1, S4C, BBC Radio5Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio Wales & BBC Radio Cymru .....
......And Radio Jem;-) :-D :-D



NEW ZEALAND v ARGENTINA ... Kick-Off 4.45pm

Live on ITV1, BBC Radio5Live Sports Extra




RADIO JEM TRANSMISSIONS;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Radio Jem will be LIVE for all UK Team games :-)

Radio Jem will stay live for Non UK games (ie New Zealand, Australia, South Africa) if there is GR interest .... so show your hand, if you are here! :-D

(the above is dependent of course on whether or not the hospital will forget about me until it's all over, as I am awaiting an operation)



Please feel free to post about your own teams, or to post any snippets of interest to Rugby Union fans (in a spirit of good sportsmanship, please)

Oh goodness Fly..... I would have missed it as I thought it was being played on Saturday..... what am I like?? Need to go to Specsa*ers, methinks!

I will buy some treats for your little dog, and pass them over for him on FRIDAY ha ha

Hiya Gang :-D :-D :-D <3

Thank you Shaun for that very interesting information:-) :-) <3


Well..... Are we all ready? ;-) :-D :-D

The cheerleaders (Pat &Kandj, and any one else who wants to join in ;-) :-D :-D) are perfecting their cheerleading<3

Our Mascot (Fly) is perfecting the Mascotting ;-) :-D :-D <3

All Rugby Fans.... are you practicing your cheering for your respective teams?




AND WALES<3
......ARE YOU READY TO PUT IN A PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME? ;-) :-D :-D


THE 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP... KICKS OFF 8pm FRIDAY EVENING

with ENGLAND v FIJI

So support your team on Radio Jem ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Hi Kandj

The game is on Friday 8pm :-0 don't miss it ;-)

Hello Shaun, nice to have you here supporting Radio Jem on her rugby thread.

Thanks for all the interesting details. Others know that I'm a complete rugby novice and what little I do know can be put on the back of a postage stamp. No kidding.

Cyprus Pat, I am still practicing the left right twirls and would like to borrow the pom poms again please for Saturday's game, I'll leave the colours to you. I take my lead from Pat our number 1 Cheer Leader..... others are more than welcome to join us.

I think I have read somewhere that Catherine, Dutchess of Cambridge is planning to attend the England v Fiji game. I hope I haven't dreamed that little bit of info???

You are still kept busy Radio Jem, I hope that your family are all feeling a little better.
Please save me a space for Saturday's game, I hope to be there and join in Pat's
Left right twirl, left right twirl, left right twirl, left right twirl, left right twirl, tra la la la la.

The first Rugby World Cup
The inaugural World Cup event was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Teams from 16 countries competed, and the final was won by New Zealand .

Qualifying
From 1987 to 1995, 16 teams contested the final rounds after qualifying matches involving all the other International Rugby Board member unions over a two-year period. In 1999 the competition expanded to 20 teams playing off for the final.

Rugby World Cup Winners
The Rugby World Cup has been held seven times, with Australia, South Africa and New Zealand each winning it twice. The other winner was England in 2003. England is the only nation from the northern hemisphere to have won the tournament.
Winner's List .

Event Year Winner Runner-Up Score

8 2015

7 2011 New Zealand = France 8-7

6 2007 South Africa = England 15-6

5 2003 England = Australia 20-17

4 1999 Australia = France 35-12

3 1995 South Africa = New Zealand 15-12

2 1991 Australia = England 12-6

1 1987 New Zealand = France 29-9

hope I got the above right.

Got to get of mu back-side.

Shaun

Morning Radio Jem, Pat and Kandj :-)

Rugby World Cup Trivia
Interesting facts and figures about the Rugby World Cup.
Before the first Rugby World Cup in 1987, the USA was technically the reigning international champion because they had won the gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics rugby tournament.

The World Cup winners are awarded the William Webb Ellis Cup - William Webb Ellis was the Rugby School pupil who, according to popular myth, invented the game.

The first Rugby World Cup in 1987 held no qualifying tournament. All the members of the IFRB were automatically included, the remaining positions were filled by invitation.

Australia (1991, 1999), South Africa (1995, 2007) and New Zealand (1987, 2011) have each won the Rugby World Cup twice.

The only nations to host and win a tournament are New Zealand (1987, 2011) and South Africa (1995)

The 2003 Rugby World Cup had a global cumulative audience of 3.5 billion, and was broadcast in 205 countries around the world.
No doubt the latest event was even bigger.

The most points that have ever been scored against a team at a World Cup is 145 by New Zealand in a match against Japan in 1995. New Zealand scored 21 tries in that match.

The widest winning margin in a World Cup match is 142, achieved by Australia against Namibia in 2003.

England prop Jason Leonard made a record 22 appearances, and featured in four World Cups from 1991 to 2003.

New Zealander Michael Jones scored the opening try of the match at both the 1987 and 1991 Rugby World Cups.

Eden Park in Auckland (1987 and 2011) and Twickenham Stadium in London (1991 and 2015) have hosted the Rugby World Cup Final twice.

Rugby World Cup Firsts.
The FIRST World Cup was held in 1987 in Australia and New Zealand.

The FIRST winner of the World Cup was New Zealand in 1987.

The FIRST player to be sent off (red carded) was Welsh lock Huw Richards, while playing against New Zealand in 1987.

The FIRST World Cup to be held in a single country was the 1995 World Cup hosted by South Africa.

The FIRST country to win the World Cup twice was Australia in 1999.

The FIRST non-southern hemisphere country to win the world cup was England in 2003.

Rugby World Cup Trivia
Interesting facts and figures about the Rugby World Cup.
Before the first Rugby World Cup in 1987, the USA was technically the reigning international champion because they had won the gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics rugby tournament.

The World Cup winners are awarded the William Webb Ellis Cup - William Webb Ellis was the Rugby School pupil who, according to popular myth, invented the game.

The first Rugby World Cup in 1987 held no qualifying tournament. All the members of the IFRB were automatically included; the remaining positions were filled by invitation.

Australia (1991, 1999), South Africa (1995, 2007) and New Zealand (1987, 2011) have each won the Rugby World Cup twice.
The only nations to host and win a tournament are New Zealand (1987, 2011) and South Africa (1995).

The 2003 Rugby World Cup had a global cumulative audience of 3.5 billion, and was broadcast in 205 countries around the world. No doubt the latest event was even bigger.

The most points that have ever been scored against a team at a World Cup is 145 by New Zealand in a match against Japan in 1995. New Zealand scored 21 tries in that match.

The widest winning margin in a World Cup match is 142, achieved by Australia against Namibia in 2003.

England prop Jason Leonard made a record 22 appearances, and featured in four World Cups from 1991 to 2003.

New Zealander Michael Jones scored the opening try of the match at both the 1987 and 1991 Rugby World Cups.

Eden Park in Auckland (1987 and 2011) and Twickenham Stadium in London (1991 and 2015) have hosted the Rugby World Cup Final twice.

Rugby World Cup History ,The World Cup idea is born
In June 1983 Australia proposed a World Cup and put itself as host, and the following year New Zealand put forward its case. In a major breakthrough, The International Rugby Board instigated a World Cup feasibility study, with Australia and New Zealand forming a joint working committee and the study began in December 1984.

At a meeting in Paris on 20-21 March 1985, the International Rugby Board held a vote on the concept. It was no secret that England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales were opposed to the idea, with Australia, New Zealand & France in favor. South Africa's crucial vote went in favor of the event, then when England and Wales changed their mind and voted in favor the World Cup finally had the go ahead.

More to come folks, hope this posts.
Shaun

Cyprus Calling, Cyprus Calling Radio Jem and all participants.

I have an array of virtual pompoms in all colours so just ask and I will send them to you so can support your team.

Just remember it's LEFT RIGHT, TWIRL, LEFT RIGHT, TWIRL.

If you want more information just ask Kandj or myself and we will give help. You have to keep practising to help get the stamina required for the halftime break. :-D

Good Luck all.

Cyprus over and out. ;-) :-D <3

THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 .....

........STARTS THIS FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18th! :-) :-) :-)


Yes, the event that all Rugby Union fans have been waiting for, kicks off this Friday Evening with....


ENGLAND v FIJI ...... Kick-Off 8.00pm


LIVE ON ITV1, S4C, Radio5Live .....

and RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D



Join the Rugby Gang on Radio Jem ;-) (This Thread) to enjoy the opening game of the Rugby World Cup 2015.

Cheer on your team, whichever that may be!
All we ask is a spirit of good sportsmanship :-D :-D :-D

Of course I will be supporting Wales to win, but you may support the team of your choice, because everyone is welcome! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Such a shame Jem, you said they shouldn't have them in the team against Italy. A match like that is a good one for getting the up and coming players a taste of an international match.

Any news about the hospital as Kandj and I are practising for Radio Jem's World Cup participation. :-D <3

MORE BAD NEWS!

RHYS WEBB IS ALSO RULED OF OF THE WORLD CUP! :-( :-( :-(

26 Year old Rhys Webb, Wales' First Choice Scrum-Half (Number 9), sustained serious injuries during the Wales v Italy Warm-Up Match last Saturday.

His leg became trapped in the breakdown, and it was buckled with the weight of the other players. He badly injured both his ankle and knee.
He was eventually stretchered off the pitch in agony and spent the night in hospital.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34183785


This was the first incident in a very bad day for Wales.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/71871571/double-blow-for-wales-as-halfback-rhys-webb-ruled-out-of-world-cup


Later in the match, Kicker and Full-Back (15) Leigh Halfpenny also sustained a serious knee injury. He too was stretchered off and is now out of the World Cup.
See last post.


WALES FORMER FIRST CHOICE SCRUM-HALF MIKE PHILLIPS HAS BEEN RECALLED TO THE SQUAD!

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/recalled-phillips-can-welsh-super-sub-1936597


ALSO CALLED FOR WALES DUTY.... ELI WALKER

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/live-updates-mike-phillips-eli-10009761


I am so very disappointed for Rhys and Leigh, two exceptionally talented players who have trained so hard for this World Cup!


Jem and all the Rugby Gang on "Radio Jem ;-)" wish Rhys and Leigh a speedy recovery.
WE WILL MISS YOU BOTH <3 <3


RADIO JEM WISHES MIKE PHILLIPS AND ELI WALKER .....
......A SUCCESSFUL RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 :-) :-)