> You ask "where are the hot men?" Somehow, I don't think that is what the sport is about.

eh? what sport?

;-)

I think that the teams that did well should enjoy feeling proud of them! They came through on the day, they surely surely did.

It should keep our southern hemisphere ego's in check ;-)

And help promote the sport in those countries (like how Australia's recent performance helped promote European Football in Australia).

It is just... Tragic... From a NZ point of view in particular because it is our number one game. The game that we most care about and (lets face it) we don't compete well internationally very much so our performance in rugby was a huge source of national pride. Australians are a little more ambivalent about it... Regional divisions in whether you care about Aussie Rules or League or Rugby Union, so they probably aren't taking it as hard as we Kiwis are.

Also... We were predicted to win! Wah!

Seriously, though. Well done.