RWC Week 1: Wales v Fiji

[Duluth]

Poll closes automatically at kickoff

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1 point for correct result, 3 points for a correct result and margin. No points for a draw

[MiketheSnow]

Wales will hopefully have seen how France beat Fiji and how England lost

Kick accurately
Kick long
Kick dead
Compete at every lineout
Take 3s whenever they are on offer
Build scoreboard pressure

Wales by 9+

[booboo]

@MiketheSnow vote with your heat Michael ...

[MiketheSnow]

@booboo said in RWC: Wales v Fiji:

@MiketheSnow vote with your heat Michael ...

We'll be bringing the heat

[booboo]

Heart heat ...

[cgrant]

Muntz is out for the RWC. This is a terrible blow for the Fijians. Tela is not of the same calibre.

[MN5]

@cgrant said in RWC: Wales v Fiji:

Muntz is out for the RWC. This is a terrible blow for the Fijians. Tela is not of the same calibre.

[MiketheSnow]

@booboo said in RWC: Wales v Fiji:

Heart heat ...

As long as it’s not heartburn

[Daffy Jaffy]

15 Liam Williams (Kubota Spears – 85 caps)
14 Louis Rees Zammit (Gloucester Rugby – 27 caps)*
13 George North (Ospreys – 114 caps)
12 Nick Tompkins (Saracens – 28 caps)*
11 Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby – 50 caps)
10 Dan Biggar (RC Toulonnais – 109 caps)
9 Gareth Davies (Scarlets – 69 caps);
1 Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 22 caps)*
2 Ryan Elias (Scarlets – 34 caps)
3 Tomas Francis (Provence Rugby – 72 caps)
4 Will Rowlands (Racing 92 – 25 caps)*
5 Adam Beard (Ospreys – 47 caps)
6 Aaron Wainwright (Dragons – 39 caps)
7 Jac Morgan (Ospreys – 11 caps) captain*
8 Taulupe Faletau (Cardiff Rugby – 100 caps)

Replacements
16 Elliot Dee (Dragons – 43 caps)
17 Corey Domachowski ( Cardiff Rugby – 2 caps)*
18 Dillon Lewis (Harlequins – 51 caps)
19 Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs – 7 caps)*
20 Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers – 10 caps)*
21 Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby – 48 caps)
22 Sam Costelow (Scarlets – 4 caps)*
23 Rio Dyer (Dragons – 9 caps)*

[MiketheSnow]

If Elias and Faletau are fit then that’s a good looking pack

If they’re not then we’re fucked, because they’re not match fit

Forwards bench looks good

I’m a massive Tompkins fan but I’m very surprised he’s starting

Semi Radradra will be fully hard seeing that

Williams or Grady would have been a smarter choice

Davies then Tomos is the right call

Costelow has to be there
(Fuck you Hawkins)

I would have had Grady instead of Dyer

Covers centre and wing

[MiketheSnow]

This is common sense but unfortunately not common practice but if Fiji look like they're scoring then Wales just have to let them if the only way to stop them is illegally

We can score tries and come back from a deficit, but we won't beat Fiji with 14 or 13 men on the park

They'll run us ragged and punish us

[Duluth]

[pooler fan]

@Duluth The starting XV is scary enough but the thought of Tuisova & Botia off the bench to face a flagging Welsh team playing in 30 degree heat gives me the jitters

[Bones]

Ref signals his intention to be shithouse when he penalises Fiji for Wales being offside and then let's Bigger run at least 5m away from the mark to take the penalty.

[Mattasaurus]

I thought the offside call against Fiji was poor considering Wales on their line 2mins earlier.... consistency is key.

That said - a well finished try.

[Bones]

Fuck Biggar is quite the cockhole isn't he? Wonder if any of his teammates like him.

[Mattasaurus]

Short non-penalty advantages - I like that, think its good for the game.

[Billy Tell]

Fiji 9 has a great pass.

[Victor Meldrew]

Looks like Ma'a has been cloned and at 13 for Fiji.

[Mattasaurus]

That was a beautiful try