General Chat

AW MIKEY PHILLIPS <3 <3 <3 <3

We miss you Mike! :-D :-D

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEE :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Brilliant. I had better get up now. :-D :-D :-D

I have to admit I feel very emotional :-| :-D :-D :-D :-D

Well done my lovely Wales Boys <3 <3 <3

WELL DONE WALES :-D :-D :-D :-D

COME ON JAPAN ;-)

Well done Wales.

Not a game to watch if you have a dodgy ticker.

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

I have had 3 TV’s on here whilst changing beds etc :-D :-D :-D

Longyfarchiadau Bechgyn Cymru! <3 <3 <3
Congratulations to my beloved Wales Team and Wales Fans Everywhere :-D :-D :-D


PLAYER OF THE MATCH ~ AARON WAINWRIGHT WALES<3


Commiserations to France .... if it weren't for your dirty player - it may have been you through!- You played fantastically :-) :-) :-)

Aw Thanks Mr M :-D :-D <3

So you do watch Rugby Ann ;-)

NEXT IT'S JAPAN'S TURN ... SO I CAN STAY IN RED ;-) :-D :-D

WELL I THINK IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN ....

YMA O HYD (Still Here) :-D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFHqMxLGjg

Chorus]
Ry'n ni yma o hyd,
Ry'n ni yma o hyd,
Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth,
Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth
Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth,
Ry'n ni yma o hyd.

Ry'n ni yma o hyd,
Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth,
Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth,
Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth,
Ry'n ni yma o hyd.


Chorus- ENGLISH translation

We are still here
We are still here
Despite everyone and everything
Despite everyone and everything
Despite everyone and everything
We are still here

We are still here
Despite everyone and everything
Despite everyone and everything
Despite everyone and everything
We are still here.

NEXT - THE 4th AND LAST QUARTER FINAL

JAPAN v SOUTH AFRICA ...... Kick Off 11.15am ......... LIVE on ITV 1

And Live silliness with the Rugby Gang on the GR Rugby Channel ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D


GO JAPAN <3

JAPAN v SOUTH AFRICA ~ THE ANTHEMS

JAPANESE NATIONAL ANTHEM ... KIMIGAYO
English Translation of the Japanese National Anthem

Thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now
By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.

"Kimigayo" (His Imperial Majesty’s Reign) is the National Anthem of Japan. Its lyrics are the oldest among the world's national anthems

JAPAN ~ KIMIGAYO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FFHC2D12Q



SOUTH AFRICA’s ANTHEM ... NKOSI SIKELEL iAFRICA

Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn 'Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika' (God Bless Africa) and 'Die Stem van Suid-Afrika' (The Call of South Africa).


Language: XHOSA
Lyrics: Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrica, Maluphakanyisw uphono Iwayo
(God bless Africa, Let it’s horn be raised)


Language: ZULU
Lyrics: Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo
(Listen also to our prayers, Lord bless us, we are the family of it (Africa)


Language: SESOTHO
Lyrics: Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso. O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho.
O se boloke. O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa, South Afrika, South Afrika .
English Translation: Lord bless our nation. Stop wars and sufferings. Save it, save our nation, the nation of South Africa, South Africa.


Language: AFRICAANS
Lyrics: Uit die blou van onse hemel, uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes, waar die kranse antwoord gee,

English Translation: From the blue of our skies,
From the depth of our sea, over everlasting mountains,
Where the echoing cliffs resound in answer


Language: ENGLISH
Lyrics: Sounds the call to come together and united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom in South Africa our land.


SOUTH AFRICA ~ NKOSI SIKELEL iAFRIKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr0414FrN7g

JAPAN v SOUTH AFRICA ~ THE TEAMS

JAPAN

Captain: MICHAEL LEITCH

Backs:
15. Ryohei Yamanaka
14. Kotaro Matsushima
13. Timothy Lafaele
12. Ryoto Nakamura
11. Kenki Fukuoka
10. Yu Tamura
9. Yutaka Nagare

Forwards:
1. Keita Inagaki
2. Shota Horie
3. Jiwon Koo
4. Luke Thompson
5. James Moore
6. Micale Leitch (C)
7. Pieter Labuschagne
8. Kazuki Himeno

Replacements:
16. Atsushi Sakate, 17. Isileli Nakajima, 18. Asaeli Ai Valu, 19. Wimpie Van der Walt, 20. Amanaki Mafi, 21. Fumiaki Tanaka, 22. Rikiya Matsuda, 23. Lomano Lemeki



SOUTH AFRICA:

Captain: SIYA KOLISI

Backs:
15. Willie le Roux
14. Cheslin Kolbe
13. Lukhanyo Am
12. Damian de Allende
11. Makazole Mapimpi
10. Handre Pollard
9. Faf de Klerk

Forwards:
1. Tendai Mtawarira
2. Bongi Mbonambi
3. Frans Malherbe
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Lood de Jager
6. Siya Kolisi (C)
7. Pieter-Steph du Toi
8. Duane Vermeulen

Replacements:
16. Malcolm Marx, 17. Steven Kitshoff, 18. Vincent Koch, 19. RG Snyman, 20. Franco Mostert, 21. Francois Louw, 22. Herschel Jantjies, 23. Frans Steyn


Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)



4th QUARTER FINAL

JAPAN v SOUTH AFRICA ...... Kicks Off at 11.15am TODAY ...... LIVE on ITV 1

And Live silliness with the Rugby Gang on the GR Rugby Channel ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Good Morning AGAIN Rugby World Cup Fans :-D

Are you ready for JAPAN v SOUTH AFRICA?

Join us here on GR's Rugby Thread to cheer on whichever team you would like to... but leave your handbags alone ;-) :-D :-D

KICK OFF 11.15 on ITV 1 .... AND HERE ;-)

I think many of us will be cheering for Japan today, as I will be, as the Japanese seem to have captured the imagination and admiration of us all!<3

Also they have given Rugby Fans from everywhere a fabulous welcome - especially to the Welsh - so I am keeping my Red Strip on ;-) :-D

GO JAPAN :-D :-D

COME ON JAPAN :-D :-D :-D

In The ITV Studio for this match are 2 former Ireland International Captains - Brian O'Driscoll and Paul O'Connell who is 40 years old today!

May Happy Returns Paul <3

Joining them is former South Africa International - the great BRYAN HABANA!


Hosting GR's RUGBY CHANNEL ;-) Today are ...
*JemimaFawr who is tall and loud like her 5x great Aunt Jemima Nicholas ;-) :-D
*Our Pat - the best thing about CYPRUS ;-) :-D
* and Mascot FLY ... who will be entering the changing rooms at half time, if the Japanese do not perform today,to give them what for! ;-) :-D :-D

Welcome to any of you who would like to join us :-) :-) :-)

Welcome back Fly :-D <3 <3