Combined Game Thread

Published 26 February 2011 | By grootblousmile

Three matches, beside the two important Super Rugby matches takes place in SA on Saturday afternoon and evening. The Vodacom Cup game between the Sharks vs Blue Bulls (14:30), italy vs Wales (16:30 SA Time) and England vs France (19:00 SA Time). This is the combined Score Update Article for these 3 matches.

Vodacom Cup: Sharks 30 / Blue Bulls 19 (Final Score)

Italy (11) 16 / Wales (21) 24 (Final Score)

England (9) 17 / France (9) 9 (Final Score)

Team Sheets:

Italy vs Wales:

Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Andrea Masi, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Kris Burton, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Santiao Dellape, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Valerio Bernabo, 19 Manoa Vosawai, 20 Pablo Canavosio, 21 Luciano Orquera, 22 Tommaso Benvenuti.

Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Morgan Stoddart, 13 James Hook, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Michael Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Craig Mitchell, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 John Yapp, 18 Jonathan Thomas, 19 Josh Turnbull, 20 Tavis Knoyle, 21 Rhys Priestland, 22 Leigh Halfpenny.

Date: Saturday, February 26
Venue: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Kick-off: 16:30 SA Time (14.30 GMT)
Expected weather: Clear skies. High 9°C, low 0°C.
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (England), John Lacey (Ireland)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)

England vs France:

England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall (captain), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Alex Corbisiero, 17 Hendre Fourie, 18 Danny Care, 19 Jonny Wilkinson, 20 Steve Thompson, 21 Simon Shaw, 22 Matt Banahan.

France: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Vincent Clerc, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Sebastien Chabal, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Jerome Thion, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Damien Traille, 22 Clement Poitrenaud.

Date: Saturday, February 26
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 19.00 SA Time (17.00 GMT)
Expected weather: Showers will develop and these are likely to become quite heavy and also locally prolonged. High 11°C, low 4°C
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Alan Lewis (Ireland), Tim Hayes (Wales)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)

36 Responses to Combined Game Thread

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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 1:35 pm

See you guys a bit later… a bit of work beconing for me quickly
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 2:43 pm

Vodacom Cup Game just started!
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 2:44 pm

Sharkies starting hard and ready
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Puma on 26 February 2011 at 2:51 pm

@ grootblousmile Gbs, Is this game on tv? Will have to turn over from the crici.

Go Sharks.
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:01 pm

Sharks 8 / 0 ahead after 20 min.
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:02 pm

4@ Puma:
Yip, on SS1
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:05 pm

Sharkies 8 / 3
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:12 pm

Sharkies 11 / 6
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:19 pm

Sharkies 18 / 6 after 35 min
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:27 pm

Sharkies 18 / 9 Lemoenetyd
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smallies72 on 26 February 2011 at 3:30 pm

juan se besering het nou alle realistiese kanse vir die bokke beeindig flip no web ellis cup this year
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:39 pm

2nd Half on.
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Puma on 26 February 2011 at 3:41 pm

@ smallies72:Smallies, Yes it is not good news to hear about Juan. He is so dependable. Hardly ever has a bad game. HUGE loss for Boks and Cheetahs.

Someone on the other site said Juan might be back after 6 months. Then it may be a little late. Though one never knows with these ops they might recover sooner than we think.

Juan in the lineouts? Eish!!! we gonna miss him huge.
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Puma on 26 February 2011 at 3:45 pm

Good luck Vodacom Sharks.
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 3:53 pm

Sharkies 18 / 12
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 4:05 pm

Bullies 19 / 18 after 65 min
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 4:11 pm

Sharkies hit back

Sharkies 23 / 19
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 4:20 pm

Sharkies score again

Sharkies 30 / 19

Time now up
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 4:22 pm

Sharkies win this Vodacom Cup game
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 4:35 pm

Wales 3 / 0 after 3 min
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 4:39 pm

Italy scores

Italy 5 / 3 after 6 min
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 4:53 pm

Wales 15 / 8 after 20 min
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Blue Bird on 26 February 2011 at 4:55 pm

Hello Boys, I got a bit confused and posted on the other thread!! 😆

How does today find you all??

That Bergamasco dude is quite ‘Hot’ !!……
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Blue Bird on 26 February 2011 at 4:58 pm

Shame about Juan Smith, that is really bad timing for him, for his team and for his country!!

You lot will miss his contribution in NZ…. 🙁
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 5:13 pm

Wales 15 / 11 after 30 min
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 5:30 pm

2nd Half on in the Italy Wales game

Wales 21 / 11
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 5:44 pm

Wales 21 / 16 after 51 min
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 5:53 pm

Italy not lying down to Wales so far at all…

Still 21 / 16 but now there’s a chance with a penalty at goal… but Italy opts for touch
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 6:12 pm

Wales 24 / 16
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grootblousmile on 26 February 2011 at 6:17 pm

Game Over…. Wales win by 24 / 16