Ireland (3) 10 / Wales (10) 22 (Final Score)
Ireland and Wales did battle in the First Quarter Final in Wellington at 07:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & 4, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
*******************
Excellent defence and an excellent match overall!
Wales knock out Ireland and is the first side to advance to the semi-finals.
Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Ronan O’Gara (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Keith Earls (1)
- Conversions – Ronan O’Gara (1)
Wales:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Shane Williams (1), Mike Philips (1), Jonathan Davies (1)
- Conversions – Rhys Priestland (2)
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Robert Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Donnacha Ryan, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Jonathan Sexton, 22 Andrew Trimble.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Paul James, 18 Bradley Davies, 19 Ryan Jones, 20 Lloyd Williams, 21 James Hook, 22 Scott Williams.
Date: Saturday 8 October
Venue: Regional Stadium, Wellington
Kick off: 07:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Early showers clearing in the afternoon. Strong southerly wind. Max 12°C, Min 7°C
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes, Romain Poite
TMO: Giulio De Santis
My money is on Wales.
But reality is that this will be a 50/50 game.
One moment of briliance could tip the scales towards the winner.
looking forward to a great matchup.
Helllllooooooooooo
I’m at my post, as usual, on time… bright and breezy!
Wales and VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
@ grootblousmile:
Môre GBS, wie gaan wen? Sit jou kop op ‘n blok.
4 @ Snoek:
Hello Stinkvis…
Ek worry al heel week oor die ene…
Ek het op die ou end gegaan vir Ierland… met 3
Players coming out onto the pitch…
Anthems…
Ireland’s first…
Pretty Irish girls in the crowd.
Morning all, let the games begin!!!
8 @ Loosehead:
Ja, gladnie kak nie…. hehehe
Look at all those empty seats. FFS it is a 1/4 final.
@ Loosehead:picked that up too!
Now the Welch anthem… to my mind the most spine-tingling anthem, next to our own…
Fark, is your TV feed also shitty??
Teams not looking very fired up.
My moneys on Wales for this one
Game ON!
16 @ Just For Kicks:
Hello Wynboer.
11 @ Loosehead:
Hello Loskoppie.
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WALES!
Williams, my boy!
Wales tryyyyyyyyyyyyy??
Shane Williams
TMO
Awarded… right hand corner
TMO awards the try to Wales’s Shane Williams!
Brilliant rugby from Wales
Jammer! Morning All!
Good start Wales
Wales 7 / 0
Morning all, nice start to this game , hope it stays like this
25 @ Loosehead:
Hello SuperblouwilleBees!
Ciao a tutti
Users Online
Total 208 users including 0 member, 208 guests, 0 bot online
Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm
No Counter as from 31 October 2009: 41,820,307 Page Impressions
_