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
And the Micks collapse the scrum, penalty Wales.
Those 3 pointers can add up pretty fast…
Penalty Wales… and they relieve the pressure
Ireland are falling apart.
Thought the Irish scrum would be stronger.
9 Minutes left…. Ireland look dead and burried
damn, missed another try – but breakfast is now served!
Wales forcing play deep in the Irish half now
I love it!
Belated hello all can’t see a way back for Ireland.
Must say after this Welsh performance, I’m feeling more confident about the Boks.
Penalty Wales…. and they can knock all the nails in now!
@ Bullscot:
Morning!
Are Wales showing just how well we played in that opening match?
Hits the upright again… let off for Ireland
Wales have been coached so well by Gatland, the gossip is he may well be appointed as the next All Blacks coach.
Wrong game plan by Ireland this match. They play O’Gara but don’t take the kicks and go for the tries.
6 mins of brilliant rugby left.
190 @ Bullscot:
Hello Bully
Looks like it’s going to be a repeat of the Boks vs Wales in the final
Ireland back on attack.. can the throw a cat amongst the pigions?
All going Wales way
No haka dance, no high tackles, no off the ball shit.
They have the ball, 15 m out
Wales defence sublime
BOD hasn’t been at his best either.
3 mins.
I’ve never seen a QF of this stature, a shame one team must go home here, I don’t think the next match will come close to this!
6m out
Penalty Wales!
Roberts my MOTM, but happy for Philips to get it
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