SA have named 4 scrum halves in their match day 23! What’s that about?
Looking at there options regarding 6:2 bench splits in future games? Faff covering ten gives them options as does the other one playing on wing.
No love for FRA VS URU then.
Commentary is still utter Blige.
I'm enjoying it 😁. Commentary is pretty awful...
France in a spot of bother here
Wow!!!!!!
Or maybe not?
I thought the first Uruguayan try was a knock on (he "kicked it" with his thigh)
Commentary is still utter Blige.
no love for Mary J then?
England team to face Japan:
15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 27 caps)
14. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 74 caps)
13. Joe Marchant (Stade Francais, 20 caps)
12. Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 54 caps)
11. Elliot Daly (Saracens, 60 caps)
10. George Ford – vice-captain (Sale Sharks, 86 caps)
9. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 7 caps)
1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 83 caps)
2. Jamie George (Saracens, 80 caps)
3. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 63 caps)
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 71 caps)
5. Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 12 caps)
6. Courtney Lawes – captain (Northampton Saints, 101 caps)
7. Ben Earl (Saracens, 19 caps)
8. Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 22 caps)
Replacements
16. Theo Dan (Saracens, 4 caps)
17. Ellis Genge – vice-captain (Bristol Bears, 53 caps)
18. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 30 caps)
19. George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 4 caps)
20. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 70 caps)
21. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 124 caps)
22. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 25 caps)
23. Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 15 caps)
Not many surprises, change in the front row for game time and Ludlum on for Curry. Pretty clear what the first team is.
The big question of course comes next week, who gets drop for the shoulder charging idiot?
That'll be the end of the Namibian 12s competition. Sore one, foot pointing the wrong direction.
Yeah that looked grim. You could hear the ref's immediate response too, turned around straight away and couldn't look in that direction
AA - what happened to Sheedy and Jarrod Evans? They were both on their way to being decent 10 options for Wales. They just disappeared off the roster…
AA – what happened to Sheedy and Jarrod Evans?
Sheedy's form dropped off a cliff at Bristol and Jarrod Evans signed for Quims I think so is ineligible.
Portugal giving it a real crack!!!
That Falatau tackle 😍😍
Portugal playing very nice rugby 🏉
Anscombe has been awful, I guess that's what happens when you have only played about twice in two years 😟. Feel a bit sorry for the guy
Ref doesn't like Portugal does he?!?
Brilliant try!!
Get in Portugal!!
Lovely little try that
It's not a good look for Wales TBH.
They'll win..... but Jesus 🤷🏻♂️
Well played Portugal, probably deserved more. Shame about the red card.
I'm enjoying that there are fewer total mismatches in this RWC. Wales really needed to toil for that bonus point.
Lovely Portugal try. They played some lovely rugby.
Wales were pretty dire. Usual second team lack of cohesion. Falatau is Wales' one true World class player - he had a great game. It's a shame LRZ can produce a try from nothing, as Adams and Dyer together offer more for the team as a whole. Oh, how I wish Rhys Patchell was still in the mix.
Given all that, two 5 point games so far, so things could be a lot, lot worse.
It’s a shame LRZ can produce a try from nothing,
Is it? I think it's pretty good.
Dyer is a headless chicken....fast though
Faletau is a true great imo.
Tonga illustrating why physicality alone simply isn't enough.
Everyone loves a bit of bosh and the tackles that make the whole stadium go "ooo", but the players are so well prepared nowadays those hits often barely register, get the defence over-excited, and they then often give away a penalty.
Tonga are actually quite ponderous and slow - obviously in the international rugby sense, they're still incredible athletes viewed against mere mortals.
Satisfactory. Though no real sense of how good Ireland are until play SAffers next week
Satisfactory. Though no real sense of how good Ireland are until play SAffers next week
Yep, we were a little bit patchy.
Saffers not messing about 😳
Right, come on Fiji. Fiji losing would be the best result for Wales but I would love to see Fiji win
Right, come on Fiji. Fiji losing would be the best result for Wales but I would love to see Fiji win
This. C'mon Fiji
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also this. I’ve given myself a headache trying to think through all the possible mathematical connotations for wales to still qualify if Fiji win, but would still love to see it happen
Can't wait to watch England crush all of Japan's joy for playing rugby later - with an attritional narrow win. 🙄
That was clear hands on the floor. ****ing travesty!!
Aus entering the ruck from all sorts of offside angles
What have fiji done to the refs . No luck at all
Interfering with the tackled player on the ground. It's not Fiji Aus have a charmed life in world cups (that's Craig Joubert bitterness still rankles) and I'm ABA.
Come on Australia. Pull your socks up
Hang on!!!!!!!
What a game this has been. Much less stressful when you're a neutral. Fiji have been great at the breakdown.
Ref has had a good game imho.
Australia gave up ages ago. All that kicking... how did they expect to score doing that??
Bloody brilliant!!
Come on let's get Eddie interviewed
First win over Australia since 195what?? 😂
Here's hoping that's the big upset of the day!
