2016 End-of-year internationals

[MiketheSnow]

@Sapetyvi said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:

@MiketheSnow Great to see the young un Giles there on the bench.

Also Liam named as full back and Halfpenny on the wing? That is good as I reckon Liam is a better player at the moment than Halfpenny is ( goalkicking aside).

Should be a comfortable win even with ´lots of second stringers

We can only live in hope

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Italy
1 Sami PANICO (Patarò Calvisano, 4 caps) 2 Ornel GEGA (Benetton Treviso, 6 caps) 3 Lorenzo CITTADINI (Bayonne, 51 caps) 4 Marco FUSER (Benetton Treviso, 14 caps) 5 Andries VAN SCHALKWYK (Zebre Rugby, 6 caps) 6 Francesco MINTO (Benetton Treviso, 29 caps) 7 Simone FAVARO (Glasgow Warriors, 31 caps) 8 Sergio PARISSE (Stade Francais, 120 caps) ©
9 Giorgio BRONZINI (Benetton Treviso, 1 cap) 10 Carlo CANNA (Zebre Rugby, 13 caps) 11 Giovanbattista VENDITTI (Zebre Rugby, 36 caps) 12 Luke MCLEAN (Benetton Treviso, 82 caps) 13 Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Treviso, 35 caps) 14 Giulio BISEGNI (Zebre Rugby, 3 caps) 15 Edoardo PADOVANI (Zebre Rugby, 4 caps)

Reserves: 16 Tommaso D’APICE (Zebre Rugby, 11 caps) 17 Nicola QUAGLIO (Benetton Treviso, esordiente) 18 Simone FERRARI (Benetton Treviso, esordiente) 19 George Fabio BIAGI (Zebre Rugby, 12 caps) 20 Abraham STEYN (Benetton Treviso, 4 caps) 21 Edoardo GORI (Benetton Treviso, 54 caps) 22 Tommaso ALLAN (Benetton Treviso, 25 caps) 23 Tommaso BONI (Zebre Rugby, 2 caps)

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Springboks
1 Tendai Mtawarira (85) 2 Adriaan Strauss (c) (64) 3 Vincent Koch (8) 4 Pieter-Steph Du Toit (18) 5 Lood De Jager (26) 6 Nizaam Carr (3) 7 Willem Alberts (41) 8 Warren Whiteley (13)
9 Rudy Paige (6) 10 Pat Lambie (54) 11 Bryan Havana (vc) (123) 12 DAmian De Allende (21) 13 Francois Venter (1) 14 Ruan Combrinck (5) 15 WIllie Le Roux (40)

Reserves: 16 Bongi Mbonambi (4) 17 Steven Kitshoff (8) 18 Trevor Nyakane (26) 19 Franco Mostert (5) 20 Oupa Mohoje (14) 21 Faf De Klerk (8) 22 ELton Jantjies (9) 23 Johan Goosen Utility (11)

Ow.ly - Springbok-Team-Announcement-Italy.pdf uploaded by @Springboks (South African Rugby)

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Scotland

1 Allan Dell 2. Fraser Brown 3. Zander Fagerson 4. Grant Gilchrist 5. Jonny Gray 6. Magnus Bradbury 7. Hamish Watson 8. John Barclay
9 Greig Laidlaw (c) 10. Finn Russell 11. Tommy Seymour 12. Alex Dunbar 13. Huw Jones 14. Sean Maitland 15. Stuart Hogg

Reserves
16 Ross Ford 17. Alex Allan 18. Moray Low 19. Tim Swinson 20. Ryan Wilson 21. Ali Price 22. Peter Horne 23. Tim Visser

http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/11/17/bradbury-debut-among-four-changes-for-pumas-clash/

Pumas

1 Lucas Noguera 2. Agustín Creevy (c) 3. Ramiro Herrera 4. Guido Petti 5. Matías Alemanno 6. Pablo Matera 7. Javier Ortega Desio 8. Facundo Isa
9 Martín Landajo 10. Nicolás Sánchez 11. Santiago Cordero 12. Juan Martín Hernández 13. Matías Orlando 14. Matías Moroni 15. Joaquín Tuculet

Reserves:
16 Julián Montoya 17. Santiago García Botta 18. Enrique Pieretto 19. Leonardo Senatore 20. Juan Manuel Leguizamon 21. Tomás Cubelli 22. Jerónimo De la Fuente 23. Juan Pablo Estelles

http://lospumas.com.ar/2016/11/17/sin-cambios-enfrentar-escocia/

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Tonga
1 Tevita Mailau 2. Paula Ngauamo 3. Siua Halanukonuka 4. Steve Mafi 5. Joe Tu'ineau 6. Dan Faleafa 7. Jack Ram 8. Tevita Koloamatangi
9 Sonatane Takulua 10. Kali Hala 11. Fetu'u Vainikolo 12. Latiume Fosita 13. Siale Piutau (c) 14. Nafi Tu'itavake 15. Telusa Veainu

Reserves
16 Elvis Taione 17. Paea Fa'anunu 18. Sila Puafisi 19. Valentino Mapapalangi 20. Kotoni Ale 21. Tomasi Palu 22. Tevita Taufui 23. David Halaifonua

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USA
1 Joe Taufete'e 2. James Hilterbrand 3. Chris Baumann 4. Cameron Dolan 5. Nick Civetta 6. Samu Manoa 7. Tony Lamborn 8. Andrew Durutalo
9 Nate Augspurger 10. Will Holder 11. Martin Iosefo 12. Marcel Brache 13. Thretton Palamo 14. Blaine Scully (c) 15. Madison Hughes

Reserves
16 Pat Blair 17. Angus MacLellan 18. Dino Waldren 19. Al McFarland 20. Langilangi Haupeakui 21. Mike Te'o 22. JP Eloff 23. Bryce Campbell

https://www.usarugby.org/2016/11/spain-hosts-eagles-sea-eagles-in-november-tour-clash/

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England
1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 36 caps), 2. Dylan Hartley (captain, Northampton Saints, 76 caps), 3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 66 caps), 4. Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 36 caps), 5. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 50 caps), 6. Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 52 caps), 7. Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints, 2 caps), 8. Billy Vunipola (vice captain, Saracens, 30 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 62 caps), 10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 27 caps), 11. Elliot Daly (Wasps, 6 caps), 12. Owen Farrell (vice captain, Saracens, 44 caps), 13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 26 caps), 14. Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby, 1 cap), 15. Alex Goode (Saracens, 20 caps),.

Reserves:
16 Jamie George (Saracens, 9 caps), 17. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 43 caps), 18. Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 1 cap), 19. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, uncapped), 20. Nathan Hughes (Wasps, 1 cap), 21. Danny Care (Harlequins, 63 caps), 22. Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors, 1 cap), 23. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 2 caps).

http://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-name-team-face-fiji/

Fiji
1 Campese Ma’afu 2 Sunia Koto Vuli 3 Manasa Saulo 4 Apisalome Ratuniyarawa 5 Leone Nakarawa 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotu 7 Peceli Yato 8 Akapusi Qera
9 Seru Vularika 10 Josh Matavesi 11 Nemani Nadolo 12 Albert Vulivuli 13 Asaeli Tikoirotuma 14 Benito Masilevu 15 Metuisela Talebula

Reserves
16 Tuapati Talemaitoga 17 Peni Ravai 18 Leeroy Atalifo 19 Nemia Soqeta 20 Naulia Dawai 21 Eremasi Radrodro 22 Nikola Matawalu 23 Kini Murimurivalu

Pate Ratulevu  /  Nov 17, 2016  /  Latest News

The Biggest Game of our Lives

A much more experienced side has been named by Vodafone Flying Fijians National Head John Mckee to face the England XV who are currently ranked second in the World Rugby Rankings table. The boys are well aware of the team’s performance last week against the Barbarians. The environment in the team

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Georgia
1 Mikheil Nariashvili, Montpellier (37), 2 Jaba Bregvadze, Worcester (38) 3 Levan Chilachava, Toulon (29) 4 Kote Mikautadze, Montpellier (43) 5 Giorgi Nemsadze, Bristol (63) 6 Vito Kolelishvili, Clermont (37) 7. Mamuka Gorgodze (C), Toulon (67) 8. Beka Bitsadze, Chambery (18)
9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, Brive (16) 10. Lasha Malaghuradze, Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk (71) 11. Sandro Todua, Lelo Saracens Tbilisi (57) 12. Merab Sharikadze, Aurillac (45) 13. Giorgi Koshadze, Kharebi Rustavi (0) 14. Tamaz Mtchedlidze, Agen (43) 15. Merab Kvirikashvili, Lelo Saracens Tbilisi (96)

Reserves:
16 Badri Alkhazashvili, Toulon (0) 17. Kakha Asieshvili, Brive (24) 18. Dudu Kubriashvili, Montpellier (43) 19. Shalva Sutiashvili, Soyaux Angoulême (60) 20. Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, Batumi (31) 21. Giorgi Begadze, Qochebi Bolnisi (49) 22. Revaz Jintchvelashvili, Bagrati Kutaisi (2) 23. Giorgi Aptsiauri, Lokomotivi Tbilisi (20)

http://site.rugby.ge/en/news-view/?newsid=5736&callerModID=17363&Title=$TitleUrl$

Samoa
1 Logovi’i Mulipola 2. Manu Leiataua 3. Anthony Perenise 4. Jeff Lepa 5. Teofilo Paulo 6. Jack Lam (Vice captain) 7. Greg Foe 8. Alafoti Faosiliva
9 Kahn Fotuali’i 10. Patrick Fa’apale 11. David Lemi (captain) 12. Reynold Lee Lo 13. George Pisi 14. Paul Perez 15. Albert Nikoro

Reserves
16 Elia Elia, 17. Hisa Sasagi. 18. Nephi Leatigaga, 19. Talaga Alofipo, 20. Genesis Mamea Lemalu, 21. Oneone Faafou, 22. Pele Cowley, 23. D’Angelo Leuila

[Catogrande]

@Stargazer said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:

England
1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 36 caps), 2. Dylan Hartley (captain, Northampton Saints, 76 caps), 3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 66 caps), 4. Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 36 caps), 5. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 50 caps), 6. Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 52 caps), 7. Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints, 2 caps), 8. Billy Vunipola (vice captain, Saracens, 30 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 62 caps), 10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 27 caps), 11. Elliot Daly (Wasps, 6 caps), 12. Owen Farrell (vice captain, Saracens, 44 caps), 13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 26 caps), 14. Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby, 1 cap), 15. Alex Goode (Saracens, 20 caps),.

Reserves:
16 Jamie George (Saracens, 9 caps), 17. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 43 caps), 18. Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 1 cap), 19. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, uncapped), 20. Nathan Hughes (Wasps, 1 cap), 21. Danny Care (Harlequins, 63 caps), 22. Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors, 1 cap), 23. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 2 caps).

http://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-name-team-face-fiji/

Fiji
1 Campese Ma’afu 2 Sunia Koto Vuli 3 Manasa Saulo 4 Apisalome Ratuniyarawa 5 Leone Nakarawa 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotu 7 Peceli Yato 8 Akapusi Qera
9 Seru Vularika 10 Josh Matavesi 11 Nemani Nadolo 12 Albert Vulivuli 13 Asaeli Tikoirotuma 14 Benito Masilevu 15 Metuisela Talebula

Reserves
16 Tuapati Talemaitoga 17 Peni Ravai 18 Leeroy Atalifo 19 Nemia Soqeta 20 Naulia Dawai 21 Eremasi Radrodro 22 Nikola Matawalu 23 Kini Murimurivalu

Pate Ratulevu  /  Nov 17, 2016  /  Latest News

The Biggest Game of our Lives

A much more experienced side has been named by Vodafone Flying Fijians National Head John Mckee to face the England XV who are currently ranked second in the World Rugby Rankings table. The boys are well aware of the team’s performance last week against the Barbarians. The environment in the team

Hmm. One full back and one winger in the whole 23. I hope there is a high percentage chance that we will not need cover in those areas. Still, Eddie would know.

[Tordah]

Italy leading the Boks 20-18 with 8 to go...

[Tordah]

Nizam Carr, judging by his carrying ability more like Nizam Bike

[mimic]

italy score to seal a win,,

[mimic]

cancel that.. late call took it to the TMO.. and hes in touch.. 13 secs left on the clock

[Tordah]

haha and Boks bungle the lineout so Italy win anyways.
Makes me sad for some of the Boks players (and fans). Coetzee should just resign. And take his wank stick with him

[mimic]

wales win 33-30 over japan with a last minute drop goal..

[Virgil]

Italy.. wow

Beaten by both Japan and now Italy in the past year or so.

[MN5]

Mighty Scots beat the greaseball Argies 19-16 and slip past them in the world rankings.

What a time to be alive!

[ACT Crusader]

@mimic said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:

wales win 33-30 over japan with a last minute drop goal..

That was a good game to watch. A lot better than what I'm watching now from OZ v France.

This test looks like it's being played in slow motion compared to the ABs and Ireland one.

[Mick Gold Coast QLD]

At half time in the France vs Wallabies match SBS (Sydney) announced it will also be live broadcasting England vs Wallabies in two weeks time - mark it in your diary.

[mimic]

@MN5 said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:

Mighty Scots beat the greaseball Argies 19-16 and slip past them in the world rankings.

What a time to be alive!

They've gone ahead of the French as well.. Scots ranked 7th

[antipodean]

Scotland ranked seventh.
Italy beat South Africa.
Ireland beat New Zealand.
Australia undefeated going into week four in the NH.

What alternative universe have I wandered into?

[akan004]

@antipodean Yep, if Australia can win both their remaining games or even have close losses, they will be heading into 2017 with a lot of optimism, and we all of a sudden will be the ones questioning our depth in certain positions etc. Just shows that the tide can turn very quickly and to not buy into the hype as well as to not dwell in the negativity of a bad run too much. It's such a fine line at this level and there really isn't a hell of a lot between the top four to five teams in world rugby.