RWC Week 2: Wales v Portugal

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[MiketheSnow]

Lots to little

[stodders]

Reasonable set of back ups there Mike

[Daffy Jaffy]

[pooler fan]

I must admit my last memory of a Portugal rugby side was when Wales beat them by 100+ points back in the 90's sometime.
I'd kinda dismissed this game as a nothing match where we'd play our back-ups & win at a canter. After watching Uruguay last night I had an uneasy feeling about this game, made worse by googling their recent results & seeing they only lost by 10 points against Italy last year.

[MiketheSnow]

@pooler-fan said in RWC Week 2: Wales v Portugal:

I must admit my last memory of a Portugal rugby side was when Wales beat them by 100+ points back in the 90's sometime.
I'd kinda dismissed this game as a nothing match where we'd play our back-ups & win at a canter. After watching Uruguay last night I had an uneasy feeling about this game, made worse by googling their recent results & seeing they only lost by 10 points against Italy last year.

Stand down

We'll stuff them

[pooler fan]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 2: Wales v Portugal:

@pooler-fan said in RWC Week 2: Wales v Portugal:

I must admit my last memory of a Portugal rugby side was when Wales beat them by 100+ points back in the 90's sometime.
I'd kinda dismissed this game as a nothing match where we'd play our back-ups & win at a canter. After watching Uruguay last night I had an uneasy feeling about this game, made worse by googling their recent results & seeing they only lost by 10 points against Italy last year.

Stand down

We'll stuff them

I hope you're right Mike.

[Jailbreak7]

Wales in their change strip of mostly black, and Portugal haven't read the script but not good enough to capitalize.

[Jailbreak7]

Wales score first, courtesy of Rees-Zammit, nice try assist in the lead up though.

[Jailbreak7]

Some nice touches from Wales, openside Morgan has been very good, although Portugal have ridden their luck thus far. A 50-22 helped. Score still 7-0 Wales

[Jailbreak7]

Portugal's exits from their 22 have been brilliant. Kicking long. Two x 50-22s keeping Wales honest.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Jailbreak7 said in RWC Week 2: Wales v Portugal:

Portugal's exits from their 22 have been brilliant. Kicking long. Two x 50-22s keeping Wales honest.

Os Lobos defence has been excellent as well

[pooler fan]

Wales' ruck speed has been abysmal in that opening 40, Gats needs to give them a good rollicking at h/t.
Portugal totally committed as you'd expect.

[MiketheSnow]

Dumb and shit
A bad combo

Making really hard work of this

[Victor Meldrew]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 2: Wales v Portugal:

Dumb and shit
A bad combo

Making really hard work of this

TBF, Portugal's breakdown work is excellent.

[Victor Meldrew]

Great planned move by Portugal and a great try.

[Jailbreak7]

@Victor-Meldrew Love that move!

[pooler fan]

Wales have been bloody awful tbh. But kudos to Portugal.

[Victor Meldrew]

Wales score but, you have to say, against the run of play.

LRZ set up the try really well.

Scratch that.

[Steve]

The refs have abdicated responsibility for showing red cards since the bunker came in.