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
Bog Trotters change their 1/2’s.
What a wonderful exhibition of the game we all love so much.
Wales looking a bit stronger the last few mins.
Penalty Wales, very kikable
Great scrum Wales, and a penalty.
Take the shot.
Ref has been superb as well.
152@ The_Young_Turk:Indeed.
Hits the upright, bounces away
@ grootblousmile:
Indeed, GBS. Both sides playing so well, I’m not looking forward to the Wallabies having to play one of them in the final??? Oops.
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
Now clear why Ireland beat Australia and why Wales almost upset SA
159@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney: Ain’t gonna happen.
Sloppy play by Ireland.
Wales have had more of the lucky breaks in this match.
159 @ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
You wish!
Tryyyyyyyyy Jonathan Davies
That’s it Wales have taken this game now.
Wales 22 / 10
@ Loosehead:
I would like to say I’m confident mate, but I’m not, just being cheeky!!
Bye, bye Ireland.
169@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Dik swak!
Phweeew… Wales 12 points in the lead… 14 minutes to go
If Ireland wants a sniff, they have to score soon… now
From the way they’ve been playing the last 10 mins, one can’t see ireland coming back from this.
Ireland hard on attack
Lost forward!
Last gasp knock by Ireland…. botched it, really!
Ireland should take the kick the points whenever they can. Don’t try and force the tries.
@ The_Young_Turk:
Kick the points
Scrum 5 for Wales… their own 5
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