Wales vs Fiji, Pool A, 1/10 4.45, ITV & TV3

paulie21

Wales come into this after their dramatic win over bitter rivals England last Saturday. Fiji have lost to both England and Australia but they certainly haven't been embarrassed. Fiji beat Wales in the 2007 World Cup and will really fancy their chances of causing an upset here.

Teams:

M Morgan, Cuthbert, T Morgan, Roberts, North, Biggar, Davies, Faletau, Warburton (C), Lydiate, Jones, Davies, Francis, Baldwin, Jenkins.

Subs: Owens, Jarvis, Lee, Charteris, Tipuric, Williams, Priestland, Hook

Fiji: Talebula, Nagusa, Goneva, Botia, Tikoirotuma, Volavola, Kenatale, Talei, Qera (c), Waqanibura, Nakarawa, Cavubati, Saulo, Koto, Ma'afu

Subs: Veikoso, Ravai, Atalifo, Soqeta, Ravulo, Seniloli, Matavesi, Murimurivalu

Referee: John Lacey (IRE)

paulie21

Frantic opening five minutes

aimee1

this is going to be a mad game. Fiji are just going to throw it around

matthew8

Bright start for Wales but they seemed a bit blunt in how long it took to get over.

paulie21

Davies taking his opportunity to hold onto that shirt

accensi0n

Did he lose control of the ball before grounding it?

Flipper22

accensi0n wrote: »

Did he lose control of the ball before grounding it?

Hint of it alright

aimee1

wales gettin shoved around badly

vienne86

Well now, Fiji got some shove on there. I think they have a lighter pack, no?

awec

Wales scrum just got destroyed.

Flipper22

Wales have been absolutely blitzed the last two scrums. Legally too. If that keeps up it will sap their momentum hugely

paulie21

Some curl on that

aimee1

bradley davies off injured?

vienne86

awec wrote: »

Wales scrum just got destroyed.

...resulting in 3 points to Fiji. Fair play!

Flipper22

vienne86 wrote: »

Well now, Fiji got some shove on there. I think they have a lighter pack, no?

Yeah Wales are among the heaviest in the tournament

Stheno

Why are Wales wearing blue? Is it their alternate away kit?

vienne86

aimee1 wrote: »

bradley davies off injured?

Nose bleed....I'd say he'll be back.

Flipper22

aimee1 wrote: »

bradley davies off injured?

Just blood it looks like

vienne86

Stheno wrote: »

Why are Wales wearing blue? Is it their alternate away kit?

It's black on my TV!......but it looks strange for Wales.

paulie21

Poor miss

molloyjh

Cuthbert looked to have gotten a bang to the head there and doesn't look comfortable. Should he not be looked at?

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

It's black on my TV!......but it looks strange for Wales.

Looks navy to me but it does look weird

vienne86

Davis definitely putting down a marker......that was smart to see that Fiji weren't watching.

aimee1

cuthbert off

vienne86

molloyjh wrote: »

Cuthbert looked to have gotten a bang to the head there and doesn't look comfortable. Should he not be looked at?

Well spotted.....another headache for Wales.

razorblunt

North was off his feet with Lacey looking at him and he plays on, in fact, Lacey talking to him afterwards said "you were off your feet".

molloyjh

vienne86 wrote: »

Well spotted.....another headache for Wales.

I see what you did there...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Wales' shirt is ‘Anthracite’ in colour.

A few teams have been wearing their alternate kits when they haven't needed to. Marketing, I guess.

fitz

Butchered by Wales there...

paulie21

How did Wales manage to mess that up

vienne86

Well saved by Fiji, but I thought Davies' pass was forward.

aimee1

awesome defending, should have gone left maybe

Unbelievable from whoever got back there

jd007

Very lucky Fiji

accensi0n

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captbarnacles

LOL wales. Butchery of the year. What a turnover. 1 V 3

fitz

All Davis need to do was run straight...

chupacabra

fantastic game so far

Pudsy33

The mother of all butcherings

Flipper22

'one leave it, off your feet!" *one pops the ball back on the welsh side* 'turnover is good'

Bizarre

awec

Passes to a forward instead of a back. Deary me.

Bridge93

How is this guy still allowed to referee top international games

Pudsy33

Flipper22 wrote: »

'one leave it, off your feet!" *one pops the ball back on the welsh side* 'turnover is good'

Bizarre

The exact same thing just happened to Fiji and there were pinged

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Even if Wales win this one they're going to be knackered by the time they play Australia. Some of them look knackered already. They'll be hoping England lose on Saturday.

nehe milner skudder

ref aint the mae west is he?

molloyjh

Is it me or is Lacey totally making it up at the breakdown today?

Surely that's dragged down by white 4?

keith16

This is so entertaining. Love the World Cup.

molloyjh

Wales playing all the rugby again I see. That's what playing rugby is, mauls right?

keith16

Held up

fitz

Neck roll there.