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Posted by:
WillGreenwood
on Oct 20, 2011 at 12:17:41 PM
[b][u]Australia v Wales, Friday 08:30[/u] (ITV1)
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Will Wales rally themselves after last week's agonising defeat to France? I believe they will but they have my sympathy because I thought Alain Rolland was completely wrong to send off Sam Warburton. The opening 20 minutes of a World Cup semi-final is an intense time with players making big hits and hard tackles but I didn't think Warburton got carried away. There was nothing malicious about his tackle on Vincent Clerc and Rolland's snap decision killed a huge game.
Wales should be very proud of what they have achieved over the last six weeks. They have announced to the world that they are a serious force that can contend for the top honours and this campaign is just the beginning. There's some speculation that Warren Gatland might...
Posted by:
WillGreenwood
on Sep 16, 2011 at 10:52:15 AM
[u]Argentina v Romania[/u]
Argentina's reward for pushing England last weekend has been a spate of injuries. Felipe Contepomi is out of this one while Gonzalo Tiesi has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament. The Romanians hung in there against Scotland very close and will be ultra-competitive once again. Marius Tincu is an excellent leader and he will ensure that Romania do to Argentina what the Pumas did to England: keep the ball amongst the forwards and stop the flair players from expressing themselves. I anticipate a low-scoring game with Argentina edging it to set up a big showdown against Scotland for next Sunday.
[u]South Africa v Fiji[/u]
Fijian lock Wame Lewaravu is like Michael Jordan - an athlete of awesome spring and no shortage of finesse. Against Bakkies Botha...