https://www.bennee.com/~alex/2011-09-25T09:45:00+01:00the wanderings of a supposed digital native2011-09-25T09:45:00+01:002011-09-25T09:45:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2011-09-25:/~alex/blog/2011/09/25/saturday-evening-in-new-zealand/

<p>A lot of people have made out that having the rugby on in the morning is a bit of a pain for fans. I've been quite enjoying the matches so far. The last two weekends Fliss and I have rotated cooking a Canadian style breakfast to go with our morning …</p>

<p>A lot of people have made out that having the rugby on in the morning is a bit of a pain for fans. I've been quite enjoying the matches so far. The last two weekends Fliss and I have rotated cooking a Canadian style breakfast to go with our morning rugby. This week was my turn:</p> <p>[caption id=&quot;attachment_2438&quot; align=&quot;alignright&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; caption=&quot;Enjoying adding the syrup.&quot;]<a class="reference external" href="http://www.bennee.com/~alex/blog/2011/09/25/saturday-evening-in-new-zealand/img_0659/">Picture of bacon, pancakes, eggs and maple syrup.</a>[/caption]</p> <p>Although England have been really lucky with their group it was hearting to see much better game than the last outing. There were a few times when Romania threatened to put a ball over the line but it brought out the best in the England team. In the end though the match was one sided and England were able to start romping the tries in.</p> <p>The France vs New Zealand promised to be a very well contested game for the first 10 minutes. However the All-Blacks soon asserted themselves over France and pummelled them into submission. This bodes well for England as it puts of the inevitable All-Black confrontation until the end of the tournament (assuming we make it that far).</p> <p>We're currently watching the Argentina vs Scotland which looks as though it will be the tightest of the lot so far.</p> 2011-09-19T13:14:00+01:002011-09-19T13:14:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2011-09-19:/~alex/blog/2011/09/19/weekend-rugby/

<p>While last weekend involved a hilarious last minute rush to get a proxied ITV player working while in Paris this weekends England game just involved getting up at 6.50 on a Sunday morning. As some have pointed out I am not yet a Dad so this early awakening on …</p>

<p>While last weekend involved a hilarious last minute rush to get a proxied ITV player working while in Paris this weekends England game just involved getting up at 6.50 on a Sunday morning. As some have pointed out I am not yet a Dad so this early awakening on Sunday is an alien concept to me (although oddly I tend to wake up naturally early on the weekends compared to weekdays).</p> <p>The game was very exciting from the start and Georgia's ability to maintain such a fast and aggressive pace for the whole game was pretty impressive. Although England got an early try and awful lot of the first half had me very worried about their discipline, especially with a sin-binning right on the cusp of half-time. The second half was a lot better and I was glad to see that once they got their discipline under control there was some very good flowing rugby and yielded a lot of tries for England. However Georgia kept challenging to the end so there was little let-up in the pressure.</p> <p>It's been said that the English rugby team are slow starters who's game improves over the tournament. I have to hope this is the case as once we are out of the groups the games are going to get a lot tougher.</p>