RWC Week 1: Wales v Fiji

MN5

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

MiketheSnow

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

Billy Tell

Fiji are so easy on the eye.

Victor Meldrew

@Mattasaurus said in RWC: Wales v Fiji:

That was a beautiful try

As was the next one.

mantissanet

Very nice try

JayCee

Fiji - best advertisement for the game

Mattasaurus

Wales look rattled at the moment. Looks bloody hot out there....break couldn't have come at a better time for them

MiketheSnow

Wales obviously didn’t watch the England v Fiji match

The Silver Fern

RWC Week 1: Wales v Fiji