IRELAND 26-23 AUSTRALIA
ZEBO AND BOWE SHOWS CLASS AS IRELAND BATTLE TO WIN AGAINST AUSSIES
MY ANALYSIS:
THIS MATCH HAD EVERYTHING FROM AN INCREDIBLE FIRST HALF AND
A GIANT IRELAND LEAD TO AN AMAZING COMEBACK FOR AUSTRALIA. THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLY
TENSE SECOND HALF WHERE FEW POINTS WERE SCORED. IRELAND GOT THE WIN WHICH
WILL MAKE THEM THIRD IN THE WORLD BUT WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND LOST IN
QUARTER FINALS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/30085485
ENGLAND 28-9 SAMOA
ENGLAND STILL HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK OF THEMSELVES... MAYBE THEY WILL GET ANSWERS ON SATURDAY
England wing Jonny May scampered through a gap to score the
only try of a scrappy first half at Twickenham. One crisp handling put May in
for his second shortly after, but England never cut loose as a capacity crowd
hoped.
Samoa stubbornly kept in touch, however, with Tusi Pisi's
pair of penalties ensuring they were within a converted score at the break.
Firstly, he picked out club team-mate Anthony Watson with a
cross-field punt which gave the winger space to draw the cover defence and
off-load for Brown
MY ANALYSIS:
ENGLAND LOOKED VERY GOOD IN THIS MATCH AGAINST SAMOA. THE GAME LOOKED A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE THAN IT PROBABLY WAS. ENGLAND HAVE GOT ONE MORE MATCH ON SATURDAY AGAINST AUSTRALIA AND HOPEFULLY THEIR MOMENTUM IS A THING THAT CAN HELP THEM GET THE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY THINK THEY NEED AS IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.
ENGLAND LOOKED VERY GOOD IN THIS MATCH AGAINST SAMOA. THE GAME LOOKED A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE THAN IT PROBABLY WAS. ENGLAND HAVE GOT ONE MORE MATCH ON SATURDAY AGAINST AUSTRALIA AND HOPEFULLY THEIR MOMENTUM IS A THING THAT CAN HELP THEM GET THE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY THINK THEY NEED AS IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/30132193
WALES 16-24 NEW ZEALAND
WALES SHOULD HAVE WON BUT BARRETT CLOSES IT OUT
Wales 61 year wait for a win goes on as again New Zealand
win in a very close match.
Wales had begun well, winning three penalties at the
breakdown in the first five minutes and converting the sole "kicklable" one as the
All Blacks coughed up a series of uncharacteristic knock-ons, forward passes
and kicks put out on the full.
Barrett missed a simple penalty to compound the sluggish
start but he levelled from halfway midway through the half.
And, as the Welsh scrum began to creak, the visitors muscled
their way into a fierce contest. The home defence was ferocious, though,
holding off a series of drives off a New Zealand scrum 20 metres out.
But within moments of the re-start much of that hard work
was undone.
Wales did well to turn over New Zealand ball on their own
try-line but Halfpenny then opted to go back into contact rather than kick
clear and was stripped of the ball.
The All Blacks went left, Conrad Smith flipped a pass out of
the back of his hand as Jamie Roberts thundered into him and Savea wriggled
free of Biggar's tackle to score in the corner.
A try from Rhys Webb and 11 points from the boot of Leigh
Halfpenny had given Warren Gatland's men a one-point lead with 11 minutes left.
But with characteristic ruthlessness, New Zealand
accelerated away.
Two tries from Beauden Barrett and one from Kieran Read
meant they ended the match in complete control.
MY ANALYSIS:
MY ANALYSIS:
WALES HAD A GOOD CHANCE TO BEAT NEW ZEALAND IN THIS MATCH
BUT NEW ZEALAND BEING NEW ZEALAND DUG THEMSELVES OUT OF A HOLE AND MANAGED TO
DEFEAT THE WELSH BUT FOR THE WELSH THIS WAS DEFINITELY ONE THAT GOT AWAY!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/30164081
ITALY 6-22 SOUTH AFRICA
ARE ITALY GETTING BETTER?
Scorers:
Italy:
Penalty Goals: Kelly Haimona (12, 42)
South Africa:
Tries: Coenie Oosthuizen (22),Cobus Reinach (59),Bryan
Habana (79)
Conversions: Handre Pollard (60, 80)
THIS WAS A MASSIVE SCARE FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS THEY COULD HAVE
LOST THIS MATCH. THIS WAS TOO CLOSE TO CALL AND SOUTH AFRICA SHOWED THAT THEY
CAN GET NERVOUS BUT DEFINITELY ITALY ARE IMPROVING AND IN A FEW YEARS COULD BE A
FORCE IN RUGBY. I JUST THINK THAT THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD LOOKED AT
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