New Zealand vs Wales 8:35am ; South Africa vs Italy 1pm; Both Sky Sports 1

thomond2006

http://www.rugby365.com/all_news/nbc/wales/news/2500300.htm

New Zealand:
15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Benson Stanley, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.

Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Rene Ranger.

Wales:
15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tom Prydie, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones (captain), 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Jonathan Thomas, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Paul James.

Replacements: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 Craig Mitchell, 18 Deiniol Jones, 19 Rob McCusker, 20 Richard Rees, 21 Stephen Jones, 22 Will Harries.

Date: Saturday, June 26
Kick-off: 19.35 (07.35 GMT)
Venue: Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Expected weather: Moderate rain (6mm) forecast, with 20km/h winds. 11°C - minimum and maximum
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), James Leckie (Australia)
Television Match Official: George Ayoub (Australia)

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http://www.rugby365.com/all_news/sa/news/2500460.htm

South Africa:
15 Gio Aplon, 14 Jean de Villiers, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.

Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 BJ Botha, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Butch James, 22 Wynand Oliver.

Italy:
15 Luke McLean, 14 Michele Sepe, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Craig Gower, 9 Simon Picone, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Manoa Vosawai, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Salvatore Perugini.

Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Franco Sbaraglini, 18 Quintin Geldenhuys, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Tito Tebaldi, 21 Riccardo Bocchino, 22 Matteo Pratichetti.

Date: Saturday, June 26
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Venue: Buffalo City Stadium, East London
Expected weather: 20% chance of rain, a high: of 21°C and a westerly of 28 km/h .
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

I can only see two homes wins by 20+ points.

The one to watch from these two games is Dan Biggar of Wales, time to see if he can cut at the top level. He can certainly control games at ML level.

marco_polo

Hopefully Wales can manage to at least get back on the try scoring horse against the ABs. I used to enjoy the try fests that these games used to a few year back. Sure they would still generally lose by 20 points in the end but at least it was going down in style.

PhatPiggins

Johanton Davies at 13 :eek:

That really is desperation stuff from Gatland

thomond2006

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Johanton Davies at 13 :eek:

That really is desperation stuff from Gatland

Bottom of the barrel selection forced on him with Hook, Bishop and Shanklin all out I suppose.

PhatPiggins

thomond2006 wrote: »

Bottom of the barrel selection forced on him with Hook, Bishop and Shanklin all out I suppose.

True enough thomond. I would have played Roberts at 13, Davies handling is awful but he can get over the gain line.

Wont matter when they lose by 40 anyway

Digifriendly

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Johanton Davies at 13 :eek:

That really is desperation stuff from Gatland

Surely he isn't that bad?!

Judgement Day

I'm looking forward to the All Blacks giving Wales another hiding. Paddy Power certainly thinks the ABs have it sown up. All Blacks to win @ 1/50 - Wales to win @ 12/1.

thomond2006

NZ 3 Wales 3 atm.

Peadar06

NZ 10 Wales 3 atm

Jane scored a try on 26th minute
Carter converted the try

thomond2006

NZ 10 Wales 3, 29 minutes gone now.

WTF is wrong with wales. They lose shape after first phase, a few fowards take it up then Biggar, Byrne or Philips kicks it. Their mid field is non-existant.

They are better than this

Peadar06

NZ 13 Wales 3 HT

Carter got a pen for NZ
Wales' Lee Byrne sin binned for a high tackle on 40 minutes.

Diamondmaker

Wales down to 10 after Byrne spear tackles after the hooter.

1st 10 of the 2nd half gonna see some tries from ABs I thinks.

ABs will again pull away in the last 10-15 dramatically, due to the exertion of the sin binning at the start of 2nd half.

Another big score on cards.

thomond2006

Diamondmaker wrote: »

Wales down to 10 after Byrne spear tackles after the hooter.

Jaysus, he sinbinned 5 players for one dangerous tackle? Bit harsh.

anonymous_joe

Been watching football again?

I'm hungover and sore, is this online anywhere?

Scrum is going very well for Wales

Peadar06

NZ 19 Wales 3

Carter scored penalties on 44th and 49th minutes respectively

Peadar06

NZ 22 Wales 3

Carter scored another penalty on the 53th minute.

Shocking finishing by Wales. An easy run in and they blow it.

sock puppet

Davies shold hang his head in shame. Totally butchered that chance.

Peadar06

NZ's Whitelock sin binned aswell as Wales' Thomas sin binned on the 70th minute.

Jamie Roberts has come into the game in the final ten minutes and crosses for a try. Laboured.

Lee Byrne having a Kearney moment and conceding a soft try.

chupacabra

Score update?

Judgement Day

Can't say I enjoyed that much - internet went down three times during match - NZ seemed poor after last week but at least my try scoring punt on Cory Jane paid off. Down to the pub for Aus. now. 29-10 final score.

wonton

anyone watching the south africa and italy match got a link?

thomond2006

Highlights of Wales match on S4C at half nine tonight.

20 - 6 at the moment between SA and Italy, Steyn with all the points.

remus808

Why isnt the SA - NZ match on Sky anymore?!?

Judgement Day

South Africa vs Italy FT 55-11. Boks cut loose in the second half with a pile of tries. More here: http://www.scrum.com/southafrica/rugby/story/118414.html