RWC 2011 The 3rd/4th place: Wales vs. Australia

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Eden Park, Auckland (21-10-2011, 20:30)

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Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

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[TR][TD] Wales [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD]Australia[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Leigh Halfpenny [/TD][TD] 15 [/TD][TD] Kurtley Beale [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] George North [/TD][TD] 14 [/TD][TD] James O'Connor [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jonathan Davies [/TD][TD] 13 [/TD][TD] Adam Ashley-Cooper [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Jamie Roberts [/TD][TD] 12 [/TD][TD] Berrick Barnes [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Shane Williams [/TD][TD] 11 [/TD][TD] Digby Ioane [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] James Hook [/TD][TD] 10 [/TD][TD] Quade Cooper [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Mike Phillips [/TD][TD] 9 [/TD][TD] Will Genia [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ryan Jones [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][TD] Ben McCalman [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Toby Faletau [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] David Pocock [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Dan Lydiate [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][TD] Scott Higginbotham [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Luke Charteris [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Nathan Sharpe [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Bradley Davies [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][TD] James Horwill [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Paul James [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Salefi Ma'afu [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Huw Bennett [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Tatafu Polota-Nau [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gethin Jenkins [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] James Slipper [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Lloyd Burns [/TD][TD] 16 [/TD][TD] Saia Faingaa [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ryan Bevington [/TD][TD] 17 [/TD][TD] Ben Alexander [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Alun Wyn Jones [/TD][TD] 18 [/TD][TD] Rob Simmons [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Andy Powell [/TD][TD] 19 [/TD][TD] Radike Samo [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Lloyd Williams [/TD][TD] 20 [/TD][TD] Luke Burgess [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Stephen Jones [/TD][TD] 21 [/TD][TD] Athony Faingaa [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Scott Williams [/TD][TD] 22 [/TD][TD] Robert Horne [/TD][/TR]
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[Black Heart]

My money is on Aussie

 

[TRF_RC]

Ok, Wales against the Aussies!
I think it's only fair that history totally repeats itself. New Zealand will comfortably win the world cup next week and Wales will take the game against the Aussies.
I'll settle for 3rd place in the world cup, especially after coming 4th in the 6nations and not even leaving the pool stages in the last world cup.

 

[BRSTLDRGN]

The game no-one wants to play. I fancy us to win, trick is to forget all that has happened over the weekend and start from scratch on Friday.

 

[Black Heart]

This will be a big game. Wales have a real point to prove to the world now. Excluding the fact that it's for 3rd/4th it should be a cracker.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Can anyone explain why the match is on Friday???

 

[Rhyer]

Can anyone explain why the match is on Friday???

All the big matches will be on Saturday, they want to conclude the world cup with the final not the 3rd/4th play-off, they wouldn't play the final on a Sunday so they play this on Friday.

Australia to run riot, 20+ win.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

The final is on Sunday

 

[BRSTLDRGN]

The final is on Sunday

Boom!

 

[Sam Owen]

I cant help but think South Africa should be playing in this game. IMO they are NOT 5th in the world, maybe this tournament should be just about the final and no 3rd or 4th.

 

[Me 1]

I cant help but think South Africa should be playing in this game. IMO they are NOT 5th in the world, maybe this tournament should be just about the final and no 3rd or 4th.

And Wales should be in the final.........

 

[Sam Owen]

And Wales should be in the final.........

Ummm...no, they lost to France and South Africa.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

The last time this match had any value was in 1995, when the winner was granted automatic qualification for the next RWC... Now it's just a useless match, since the other teams are already back home. The whole plate/bowl/shield concept would suit this match much better

 

[Me 1]

Ummm...no, they lost to France and South Africa.

And South Africa lost to Australia.......

 

[Sam Owen]

And South Africa lost to Australia.......

Thats one loss, if you're comparing Wales to the Boks just remember the Boks beat Wales.

 

[Me 1]

Thats one loss, if you're comparing Wales to the Boks just remember the Boks beat Wales.

France also lost twice to New Zealand and Tonga......

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

If France lose the final, they will have lost more matches than Tonga, Canada, Scotland, Italy, Samoa, Ireland, South Africa, Argentina and England...

Isn't that weird?

 

[Sam Owen]

France also lost twice to New Zealand and Tonga......

Hey thats not what I was initially talking about. All I am saying is South Africa is not 5th best in the world. They only lost once not twice.

First we talk about Sout Africa,Wales and now France????

 

[Seaton]

I blame England.

They ruined the tournament because both Argentina and Scotland would have beaten France in the quarters, and lost to Wales in the semi.

My tuppence worth

 

[dullonien]

This is gonna be a tough match for the players to get up for. No Warburton may be the difference here, because Pocock could run riot at the breakdown. Hopefully a combination of Faletau, Lydiate and Ryan Jones can keep him quiet, but it'll be a tough ask. Hopefully Adam Jones will be fit, then we can muller their scrum and probably get a few easy points. If we can keep Pocock's influence to a mninimum, then I think this Welsh side may be too physical for the Aussies, in the same way Ireland and NZ were.