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.
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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
TRYYYYYYYYYYYY IRELAND!
Now all pressure on Ireland. Can they come from behind?
113 @ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Craig Joubert has been bloody good!
Looks like the poorer the Irish pass, the better they do! Great kick
10-10
10 / 10
All locked up again
Amazing winger’s try by Earls. What a finisher.
Excellent try and conversion, that’s it, 5 pm, I’m into the red wine.
Having said that they score a good try.
122@ The_Young_Turk: Sies jou vark.
Ireland getting stronger as the match goes on
Now Wales have to show they can do more than defend brilliantly.
@ Loosehead:
Wales now hard on attack… but Ireland get a relieving penalty
Wales seem to have shown all their cards, but do they have an ace up their sleeves?
Ireland has been the stronger team for most of the match so far.
Who will blink first…
guys enjoy the Rugby i MUST go to Tzaneen NOW, will read your comments when i am back tonight and get enlightened
Enjoy the games today, working for yourself is much harder than it was for Telkom.
Rewards hopefully more.
Thats the ace!
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WALES!
Wales back on attack and Mike Philips scores on the blind!
TMO
I am happy to say that I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of these two sides. It augurs well for the next Lions tour to Aus in 2013.
That will be a try to Wales in the corner.
Ireland caught napping a bit there
Awarded!
Superb!
Geez, absolutely awesome try by Wales.
Conversion missed.
15-10
Wales 15 / 10
If you had to write a script for this, would you do better than what is presented here?
Wales have come back strongly. Both these teams are farking good.
THis game worthy of a final so far
Ireland change their halfback and flyhalf
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