Wales v Fiji

Sherifu

Wales 3-25 Fiji

Fiji playing great rugby so far

Mothman

Now Wales 29, Fiji 25 :eek:

near half way through 2nd half.

Ghost Train

Fiji defence was great at the start of the match, but have really had a bad start to the second half

Mothman

Fiji now ahead after 2 penalties

Wales 29 Fiji 31

zAbbo

unlucky there.

We're in for a great finish here.

Supercell

This is a very entertaining game, really enjoying it.

Supercell

Try Wales - interception!!, unlucky Fiji!!

Mothman

Wales get intercept try to take lead again

5 mins or so to go, winner goes through to Qs

Now Wales 34 Fiji 31

Mothman

A draw not good enough for Fiji, but they're threatening Wales line...

zAbbo

3 points in it to Wales, and Fiji in Welsh 22, 5 mins left.

flogen

This has been a superb match to watch - I'm not sure who to support either... Wales are a team I like to see doing well (except against Ireland!) but Fiji are kind of the underdogs too...

Going to the TMO for a Fiji try.... Nailbiting stuff!

zAbbo

TMO time, Fiji try !!!! it's gotta be.

Mothman

Fiji score

flogen

Looks like a try to me too!

zAbbo

hugely important kick, a conv will bring it to 4 points lead, needing a try.

Supercell

Fiji are gonna win this!

Mothman

zabbo wrote:

hugely important kick, a conv will bring it to 4 points lead, needing a try.

And he gets it!

flogen

Wales need a try to win it now, only 2 minutes or so to go too...

Supercell

Maybe..I should say..very exciting finish!!

flogen

Fiji turn it over - it must be all over now!

Mothman

Last minute, Fiji have ball

flogen

Wales have it again! Jesus, if Wales pull it off it'll be one hell of an ending to a brilliant game.
I doubt they will, but if they did...!

Mothman

Time up, but Wales have one last play.

zAbbo

about time Dickinson realises Little was on the deck...

Last run.

Creamy Goodness

best game since the opener.

Mothman

Fiji play SA in Qs

zAbbo

Well done Fiji !

Hope the Italy v Scotland game is as good...

Supercell

What a finish, for a moment there I thought Fiji had snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

awhir

wow this was some game.de la sal is some player.

EdgarAllenPoo

Holy hell that was a good match. Well done Fiji. Hard luck to Wales but on the bright side at least Ireland won't be the only celtic nation going home early (well let's hope not).

Scotland v Italy should be very good and I would think it will be a similar type of game to this one.

BOHSBOHS

best game so far (IMO)
little's injury ouch , i reckon he wont be playing in the quarters

Jello

Brilliant! What a game! Congrats Fiji

Imhof Tank

[QUOTE=awhir.de la sal is some player.[/QUOTE]


Absolutely - the way he demanded the ball for the run to set up the winning try was outstanding.


The natural physicality of these South Seas Islanders is frightening and its clear they are way ahead of the entire 6N in their conditioning - in fact I doubt is the Europeans will ever catch up.

The only advantage the european teams seem to have left is in the techical areas of scrum and line out - but when these guys improve their techniques, I think we can forget about it.

Marshy

Cremo wrote:

best game since the opener.

Easily the best game so far for me, didn't actually think the opener was that great in so far as France played so badly. Fiji were brilliant in attack and Wales were caught out for the majority of the game.

homah_7ft

Classic game. Talk about ebb and flow. An elephant gun would be the only way to stop some of those guys.

Endurance Man

Game of the tournament so far.

remus808

Amazing match. Most entertaining game I'v ever watched!

As others have said, I hope Scotland V Italy is similar!

nacho libre

i think that maybe was the best game i've ever seen. i was as enthralled watching it as i was when Hamiliton ran the pitch in 1991 to score against Australia.

Irish Wolf

Gutted I missed it now.. anybody record it?

nacho libre

Irish Wolf wrote:

Gutted I missed it now.. anybody record it?

do you have itv4? there are highlights of todays games on there

Irish Wolf

*sigh*

Nope..

Must check with the brother in the morning if he recorded it..

JSK 252

This kind of rugby is the type of rugby that wins World Cups. The fighting spirit of the Fijians in my opinion is formidable.

Blisterman

Unbelievable match. Too bad wales didn't score at the end. Then it would have been legendary.

Sherifu

Brilliant game, Fijians put some great stuff together,
it looked all over for them when Wales went in front
but they showed some character to get over the try line again.
Best game i've seen so far, what a finish to it.

zAbbo

Gareth Jenkins got the sack last night - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7020577.stm

Didn't think much of him, came across as a bit of a knob (from Lions '05)

Terrible record, 6 wins in 20 games.

How they went from Grand Slam winners to this is the WRU's own fault

Stev_o

zabbo wrote:

Gareth Jenkins got the sack last night - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7020577.stm

Didn't think much of him, came across as a bit of a knob (from Lions '05)

Terrible record, 6 wins in 20 games.

How they went from Grand Slam winners to this is the WRU's own fault

Last thing Wales need now.

They DESPERATELY need a cemented coach and sacking a lad who was told to change coal into gold was a another step backwards. I mean bloody hell he has been there long enough to take the team places

philstar

serves them right for sacking mike ruddock

well done Fiji....love your style of panic rugby

EdgarAllenPoo

I bet they'd take Graham Henry if NZ give him the boot.

I wonder what kind of contract Jenkins had, maybe the IRFU will do likewise after the match today (if they can and let's face it they could fire EOS if they wanted to but they just don't).

Stev_o

GDM wrote:

I bet they'd take Graham Henry if NZ give him the boot.

I wonder what kind of contract Jenkins had, maybe the IRFU will do likewise after the match today (if they can and let's face it they could fire EOS if they wanted to but they just don't).

As i said they probably told him "Change this lump of coal to gold. And by the way if you f**k up once your out and so is your managing career. Dont worry no pressure at all"

Wales have the potential to be very good idea hence why you start burning the coal and suddenly you get a feck load of energy. I cant for the life of me understand why they want Jenkins to change it to gold ie the type of play most scene by any team, small forward platform to the backs.When the KNOW that they have a great style of play that won them the GS

zAbbo

Jenkins was due to finish after 2008 6nations, so I guess this actually makes sense, get a new coach in and give him the 6nations to work with.

tHE vAGGABOND

What a fantastic game - this is why we watch rugby!

Gutted for Fiji that Nicky Little is injured, he is a great playmaker and a fantastic goal kicker! Imagine what we could do if we had a 'flair' 10 like that