Rugby

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 28-09-2019 11:16 AM

didn't watch it but that's a bit of a surprise, the Japanese also beat south africa at last WC, i'd fancy them to beat Scotland in the last group game, Japan and Ireland will both beat Russia and i'm really not too confident we can beat Samoa

hfc rd · 28-09-2019 03:16 PM

Another great morning of rugby today.

Caught the last 15 mins of Argentina vs Tonga and looks like the Argentinians had already wrapped the game up inside the opening 30 mins. Just like Scotland’s group, this is going to go right down to the wire to see who qualifies for the quarters alongside most likely England.

Japan vs Ireland was a fantastic game! Thought pre-match, it was going to be a tight game with Ireland just about edging it but I was totally wide off the mark with that prediction! Japan were excellent throughout and well deserved winners in the end. Even though an Irish win would have been more ideal looking at it from a Scottish perspective , I was even starting to cheer on the Japanese as it would have been totally cruel if they didn’t win that game. Showed Scotland and Gregor Townsend up on how you beat this Irish team! Talking about Scotland, result now means we need to pick up bonus point wins over both Samoa & Russia as well as a win over Japan. Can I see us doing it? After last week, definitely not but let’s see what happens against Samoa on Monday and take things from there.

South Africa vs Namibia was as you expected. Showcasing their incredible depth and virtually steam rolling over the Namibian’s. Such an entertaining team to watch when they all click together.

Tomorrow, two decent games from Group D, Georgia vs Uruguay & Australia vs Wales.

Don’t forget Edinburgh vs Zebre later this evening at 7.35pm live on Premier Sports

**nellio** · 28-09-2019 03:28 PM

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Is that a good result for Scotland then?

Not sure it is. Ireland get a losing bonus point and Japan get the points for the win. I would say that unless Japan slip up against Samoa you are going to have to hammer Japan to get a bonus point and to stop them getting losing bonus point. You will also have to get your points difference up and try to get bonus point wins against Russia and Samoa.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 08:04 AM

Cracking start from Wales so far, 10-0.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 08:13 AM

10-5

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 08:22 AM

10-8, Great game so far. 👏

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 08:26 AM

13-8

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 08:41 AM

23-8 ht

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 09:02 AM

26-15, what a game!

***weecounty hibby*** · 29-09-2019 09:22 AM

Good game this. Wales lucky not to be getting a yellow card in there. 3 penalties in a row inside the 5m line.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 09:24 AM

Fancy The Aussies from here, 26-22

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 09:29 AM

26-25

***weecounty hibby*** · 29-09-2019 09:29 AM

Yip, 13 to go, 1 point in it. Wales can't get the ball and Australia looking dangerous

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 29-09-2019 09:32 AM

wales will still win

i think wales should have went for the line-out there instead of taking the penalty

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 09:34 AM

29-25

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 29-09-2019 09:36 AM

the aussies have shot themselves in the foot here..twice

***weecounty hibby*** · 29-09-2019 09:37 AM

Aus starting to make some silly mistakes now. Couple of stupid penalties, one for off side and one in the line out from that one gives Wales an easy 3. Daft forward pass there as well

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 29-09-2019 09:39 AM

i've already got the QF line-ups ;)

Eng v Aus
NZ v Jap
Wales v France
Ireland v South africa

SF

Eng v NZ
Wales v Ireland

Final

i'm not telling yi

***weecounty hibby*** · 29-09-2019 09:39 AM

Six minutes to go. Wales will strangle the game now. Here we go scrum time and time wasted. They are absolute masters of this type of thing

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 29-09-2019 09:42 AM

aussies miss touch tut tut

and they've mucked up yet again

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 29-09-2019 09:45 AM

25-29 FT. Great game, really enjoyed that.

**nellio** · 29-09-2019 04:06 PM

Fantastic from Wales this morning. Feel we can beat France in the quarters too.

Might be able to Rest a few players against Uruguay.

**~~Hibeesmad~~** · 29-09-2019 08:58 PM

Wales doing what they do best.

hfc rd · 29-09-2019 09:56 PM

First game that kickstarted the morning was Georgia vs Uruguay. Was hoping Uruguay would kick on from their big victory against Fiji a couple of days ago but it wasn’t to be. Georgia claiming a bonus point victory.

Australia vs Wales was a fantastic game. Real edge of the seat stuff. Wales were brilliant and deservedly won that close game. The Wallabies played really well in the 2nd half but a disappointing 1st half cost them. Wales who have now won two in a row against Australia after losing 13 straight to the Wallabies. Overall, what a fantastic game that was!

Now, tomorrow it’s Scotland vs Samoa. Hoping we win but God knows what lies in store! Let’s see what happens!

***JimBHibees*** · 30-09-2019 05:53 AM

Do Scotland need to not only win but win with bonus point with Japan winning and Ireland getting bonus point though losing. If so can't see it.

hfc rd · 30-09-2019 08:48 AM

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Do Scotland need to not only win but win with bonus point with Japan winning and Ireland getting bonus point though losing. If so can't see it.

Pretty much yes, bonus point is going to be crucial. One of the reasons why Ireland decided to kick the ball out for FT against Japan was to protect their bonus point. One more Japan point in that game would have cost them that.

Might be wrong but I think that’s what determines who finishes where if two or more teams have the same number of points before GD.