African CAR Championship - Antananarive, 8 July 2012, 15:00 local, 12:00 GMT Madagascar (29) 57 - 54 (14) Namibia (FT)
namibia normally considered close to automatic choices if it come to African qualifiers for the world caup have been beaten by lowly Madagascar.
Have you never seen what a great team Madagascar have? Where have you been??
They have the tallest locks in world rugby..
They have all earned their stripes...
They have hippos for props...
And they play with the heart of a lion!
(see below)
...Well done Madagascar!
hehe nice one Chippo, but really this i think is a great achievement for them.
I see the front page has a report on the game now. Seems there were 40 000 spectators. Now that is a good thing. If madagascar can get 40 000 spectators They definitely need some support to grow and develop the game there.
Imagine a stadium filled with 40 000 americans!
That sounds like heaven to me!
Jokes aside.... Thats really great from a little island nation with a population of 40 001!
Really well done. I was getting tired of seeing Namibia at the RWC! Hopefully the Mad people can cause a few upsets along the way and sneak into the tournament!
Maybe they should start playing a few tests against the All Blacks and Ausies so the guys from Down under can see that it's not just us South Africans that can fill a 40 000 seater stadium :)
Madagascar Rugby actaully have a good talent pool to pick from. If you can get some finance in there and profesionalise the game they should not be bad. Hmmm Another Island nation parhaps.
They are currently ranked 42nd after the win against Namibia they moved up 14 places!!
Hel that is boxing above you weight.
Namibia Dropped one place from 21 st to 22nd.
Comparing the unions one should think that Madagascar should be the powerhouse they have as many clubs and players as the top nations, I think it's just a question of money and investment.
Namibia:
Number Of Clubs:
27
Registered+Unregistered Players:
14226
Number of Referees:
26
Pre-teen Male Players:
8000
Pre-teen Female Player:
0
Teen Male Player:
5000
Teen Female Player:
18
Senior Male Player:
1084
Senior Female Player:
124
Total Male Player:
14084
Total Female Player:
142
Madagascar:
Number Of Clubs:
521
Registered+Unregistered Players:
25665
Number of Referees:
202
Pre-teen Male Players:
3587
Pre-teen Female Player:
213
Teen Male Player:
4507
Teen Female Player:
272
Senior Male Player:
16288
Senior Female Player:
798
Total Male Player:
24382
Total Female Player:
1283
@Ek
Are those stats for real??
WOW!
Where did you get them from??
Thats incredible if its true.
www.irb.com
This is as they have it.
