General Chat

Thank him very kindly, Pat, Please :-) :-) :-) ;-) :-D

I don't think anyone is going to attempt to sing the French National Anthem, so unless anyone tells me otherwise, I will leave that one out!

HERE'S NEW ZEALAND'S

GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND

The anthem has English and Maori lyrics, with slightly different meanings. When performed in public, the usual practice is to sing the first verse in both Maori and English.


Maori verse: "Aotearoa"

E Ihowa Atua,
O nga iwi matou ra
Ata whakarangona;
Me aroha noa
Kia hua ko te pai;
Kia tau to atawhai;
Manaakitia mai
Aotearoa

English translation (Karetu)

Lord, God over yonder,
Of all our nations
Listen to us gently,
With the infinite love
May the goodness bear fruit;
May your kindness come;
Please give protection to
Aotearoa


English verse: "God Defend New Zealand"

God of Nations at Thy feet,
In the bonds of love we meet,
Hear our voices, we entreat,
God defend our free land.
Guard Pacific's triple star
From the shafts of strife and war,
Make her praises heard afar,
God defend New Zealand.

He said he's going to pour you a glass. :-D ;-)

NEW ZEALAND

Backs:
15. Ben Smith
14. Nehe Milner-Skudder
13. Conrad Smith
12. Ma'a Nonu
11. Julian Savea
10. Daniel Carter
9. Aaron Smith

Forwards:
1. Wyatt Crockett
2. Dane Coles
3. Owen Franks
4. Brodie Retallick
5. Sam Whitelock
6. Jerome Kaino
7. Richie McCaw (captain)
8. Kieran Read


Replacements:
16. Keven Mealamu, 17. Joe Moody, 18. Charlie Faumuina, 19. Victor Vito, 20. Sam Cane, 21. Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22. Beauden Barrett, 23. Sonny Bill Williams

TONIGHT'S TEAMS

FRANCE

Backs:
15. Scott Spedding
14. Noa Nakaitaci
13. Alexandre Dumoulin
12. Wesley Fofana
11. Brice Dulin
10. Frédéric Michalak
9. Morgan Parra

Forwards:
1. Eddy Ben Arous
2. Guilhem Guirado
3. Rabah Slimani
4. Pascal Papé
5. Yoann Maestri
6. Thierry Dusautoir (Captain)
7. Bernard Le Roux
8. Louis Picamoles

Replacements:
16. Dimitri Szarzewski, 17. Vincent Debaty, 18. Nicolas Mas, 19. Damien Chouly, 20. Yannick Nyanga, 21. Rory Kockott, 22. Rémi Talès, 23. Mathieu Bastareaud

WALES MAY BE OUT OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP

BUT WE STILL HAVE OPTIONS

You can support the 2 remaining home nations ... SCOTLAND or OH's IRELAND


Or you may affiliate yourself with NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA

I don't think we have any French or Argentinians here, but you may even fancy backing FRANCE or ARGENTINA :-D :-D :-D



WHATEVER HAPPENS ... IN 2 WEEKS AND 1 DAY ... WE WILL KNOW THE WINNER OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 :-)

ooooooo Pat, Yes Please ;-) ;-) :-D

30 MINUTES TO GO!

NEW ZEALAND v FRANCE kicks off at 8.00pm

Live on ITV1, Radio 5 Live and .... RADIO JEM ;-) :-D

OH is drinking red wine Jem if you want one. It's an expensive local red wine, Chateau Carton 1.98 Euros or at todays rate £1,46 per litre.

1 HOUR TO GO

NEW ZEALAND v FRANCE

Kicks Off at 8.00pm

Live on ITV1, BBC Radio 5 Live..... and Radio Jem ;-) :-D

Thanks Fly <3 <3 <3

Jem <3 <3

Not sure if i will be back later :-) but may the best team win ;-)

Oh, I'm gutted Blod & AnnC :-( :-( <3

I'm worn out - feel as if I've been playing - well done South Africa and well done our boys - you dun good - you deserved to win, but you gave too many penalties away in the first half

:-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

Just got back and heard the results.

I think we all need a well deserved break until the next game! :-D :-D :-D

Again, thanks Everyone, your help and support is very much appreciated :-) :-) :-) <3

Oh dear....... not good. I'm exhausted and SOOOO disappointed for Wales players and fans, after such a good game.

Congratulations to South Africa players and fans
Commiserations to lovely Wales players and supporters (especially Jem and GR fans)
They played well and we should all be proud of them.

Thanks as always to RadioJem, CyprusPat, Mascot Fly, Shaun and all our gang.

I'm sad now....... off to calm down for the next 8pm match later on...... boo hoo

tears in the valleys and on the mountains of Wales tonight :-(

but saying that our boys gave SA a tough game it was a real bruiser.

Well done South Africa bad luck Wales.

Thank You Emms :-) <3

I'm so disappointed for my Welsh chums but you
can be very proud of your boys <3 <3 <3 <3