Rugby Union World Cup

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10th minute

South Africa 7
Wales 3

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20th minute

South Africa 10
Wales 3

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32nd minute

South Africa 10
Wales 3

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51st minute

South Africa 10
Wales 9

[RoosterMarty]

Wales in front!

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70th Minute

Wales 16
South Africa 17

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Final Score

Wales 16
South Africa 17

[Wedgie]

Wales v Sth Africa game was a ripper, could have gone anyway. Wales easily the more entertaining side.

[Il Duce]

Congrats Wallabies fans.

Was it really as close as that half time score suggests???

Now come on Ireland

Regards
JAS

Yeah it was, even though Australia dominated the possession the Italians played a hang onto the ball game with no flair and the Australians got smashed in the penalties, something like 15-9 overall probably due to having an Irish ref and the difference in interpretations from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern and its something the Wallabies will have to get used to. The Italians also have a bloody big pack!
Always expected the Aussies to win but the 2nd half was probably a bit better than expected and good to be able to clear the whole bench for a bit of game time.

Good luck with the Irish game today JAS, but I'm not wishing you any for next weekend!

Thought the Azzuri's front pack did fantastic today, Italy where clearly just trying a slow power game with hope of getting there points off kicks. Italy did do quiet well and may get into the next round if some luck goes there way, I will be happy with a few wins and a best of the rest type thing.

[Wedgie]

The Wallabies winger Digby Ioanie who got man of the match broke his thumb during the game and will miss at least the next 2 games.
Shame as he's been awesome recently but might give the selectors one less headache.

[Dirko]

New Zealand are gonna go retro and bring back the Haka from 1973;

[Wedgie]

lmao, that's pretty fierce!

[Johno6]

New Zealand are gonna go retro and bring back the Haka from 1973;

that is piss funny...

can anyone edit it to have some amusing music playing over the top. like a beyonce song or hips dont lie or something?

[The Sleeping Giant]

Watched Scotland v Romania the other night. What a great game to watch stoned.

[JAS]

Results of today's games...

Pool D…Samoa 49 -12 Namibia
Pool A…Tonga 20 - 25 Canada
Pool B…Scotland 15 - 6 Georgia

Regards
JAS

[Wedgie]

The Tonga/Canada game was a ripper, Tonga will be very disappointed with that effort.
People might think these teams have nothing to play for but that isn't the case as 3rd in groups assures that country of participation in the next World Cup avoiding the elimination rounds with other qualifyint countries.
Scotland looked very unimpressive but got the job done.
Georgia's defence was pretty good but they made a heap of errors and if they cleaned up their game a bit they'd have beaten the Scots. Nice goal kicked by the Georgian goalkicker too from inside his own half!

[brod]

A couple of big names not to play their next pool games
- Dan Carter
- Brian Habana

[Jim05]

From what ive seen of the European sides the majority are rubbish. Scotland were diabolical today, lucky they were only playing the lowly Georgians.

[Wedgie]

Wallabies sticking with their full strength side for the Irish on Saturday.
O'Connor replaces the injured Ioanie and Drew Mitchell gets a spot on the bench for his first test this year.
Great effort by Drew to get back. The sight of his ankle shattering earlier in the year against the Reds for the 'Tahs was sickening!

Looking forwars to the "Cold war" match tonight!

[Wedgie]

US too good for the Ruskis tonight!