In a close game in Pool C before talks of Typhoons and cancellations, France ground out a win against a strong Tongan team. The overall performance was characteristically french. The flair came through till the 45th minute. However after that Tonga wrested back control forcing increasing mentions of the game in 2011, where Tonga beat …
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Brutally efficient NZ put away spirited Namibia
New Zealand continued their march for the Quarter Finals with a comfortable win against Namibia even if they were kept under pressure by a good first half showing by Namibia. The taking of opportunities and the general efficiency of the All Blacks was key to success and bodes well for their future. By half time …
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Japan beat determined Samoa
Japan are the controlling team in Pool A, having taken their chances and beaten an Ireland side struggling in the conditions and now lead the way. The attack and work rate has every neutral supporting the Brave Blossoms in their exploits as they aim to create history and get through to the Quarter finals for …
Daly stars in England win over Argentina
England and Argentina shared a rather dull game, one which had been hyped up as one in which England were going to get their RWC truly up and running. However, following Tomas Lavinni’s Red Card the game turned into a dour and dull affair where England were rarely stressed as they eased through the game …
Australia defeat Uruguay despite poor discipline
As pointed out in the title, Australia were undisciplined conceding 2 yellow cards in their game against Los Teros. However, following a close defeat to Wales the Wallabies will be glad to have started winning again. The game against Los Teros enabled the Australians to experiment, and test some combinations. Mat Toomua started having been …
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South Africa dismiss Italy with ease
South Africa had lost their ‘group decider’ against NZ before bouncing back and really putting Namibia to the sword. However, there was a possible upset in the air when Italy were in town. The game in Florence had rocked the rugby world, and perhaps was an overused reason for Italy’s chance. Crucially though, Italy had …
Ireland struggling to convert platforms a worry against Russia
Ireland looked to bounce back from their shock defeat to Japan with a game against the second lowest team in the tournament, the Russian bears. However whilst the Irish were expected to win big, they were far from convincing. They started well deploying this typically Joe Schmidt move from the break down. The run from …
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Fiji respond to shock defeat with good win over Georgia
Fiji were victims to the first shock of the tournament losing to Uruguay in Kamaishi, meaning they were on the back in teams of automatic World Cup qualification. This is meant that they’re test versus Georgia was a key game. Following being outplayed by Los Teros, the Fijians didn’t make changes with their basic game …
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New Zealand serve up one sided try fest as they dismiss Canada
New Zealand and Canada played out a one sided affair in Oita. The result was rarely in doubt with the bonus point secured in the first half. And while Canada controlled some parts f the game the majority was All Black dominance. The first half of the game plan of the All Blacks was clear …
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France get job done against the USA
France and USA shared a less than thrilling contest, in which France stuttered again having started well before pulling away in the final 10 minutes. USA themselves had some bright patches, in part shutting down the French attack in the middle 50 minutes of the game. But overall, despite being able to attack they never …
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