RWC: WAL v URU (Millenium) Pool D

[Chris McCracken]

What, no thread for the pool A minnows?

I don't have a lot to put here except that you can get better than 100/1 for the upset. 500/1 for better than 13. A spare gold coin can go a long way on that.

Jeromio Etcheverry seems to have been left out of Los Teros. I'm not sure why, as yet.

I don't want to get to excited about chances of an upset, but don't forget that these blokes believe in themselves. Many have quit their jobs and one has even left his missus. It's serious business for them.

With Wales a bit short - and not being a super-high scoring team, either, Uruguay might take this a lot closer than you might expect.

 

[Chris McCracken]

Teams:

Wales:

1 - Paul James
2 - Scott Baldwin
3 - Samson Lee
4 - Jake Ball
5 - Luke Charteris
6 - Sam Warburton (Capt)
7 - Justin Tipuric
8 - James King
9 - Gareth Davies
10 - Rhys Priestland
11 - Hallam Amos
12 - Scott Williams
13 - Cory Allen
14 - Alex Cuthbert
15 - Liam Williams
16 - Ken Owens
17 - Aaron Jarvis
18 - Tom Francis
19 - Dominic Day
20 - Dan Lydiate
21 - Ross Moriarty
22 - Lloyd Williams
23 - Matthew Morgan

Uruguay:

1 - Alejo Corral
2 - Carlos Arboleya
3 - Mario Sagario
4 - Santiago Vilaseca
5 - Jorge Zerbino
6 - Juan Manuel Gaminara
7 - Matias Beer
8 - Alejandro Nieto
9 - Agustin Ormaechea
10 - Felipe Berchesi
11 - Rodrigo Silva
12 - Andres Vilaseca
13 - Joaquin Prada
14 - Santiago Gibernau
15 - Gaston Mieres
16 - German Kessler
17 - Oscar Duran
18 - Mateo Sanguinetti
19 - Franco Lamanna
20 - Agustin Alonso
21 - Juan De Freitas
22 - Alejo Duran
23 - Francisco Bulanti

Ref - Romain Poite (France)

Scrums will be interesting with these two teams and Poite in charge.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Fortunately the gnome hasn't been around since I packed him off to help the saffers the other day. Hopefully he's satisfied with wreaking havoc in Brighton

 

[KOB1987]

Wales by 40


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[Cardiffblue]

Wales by 40


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Now I know where the gnome went. I'm hoping for 20 and no injuries. Want Sanjay to prove he's better fullback than 1/2p.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Cmon bois lets do this!

 

[Cardiffblue]

Wish cement head would give up on cuthbert

 

[Slim 293]

It's a shame that Uruguay don't have the same political clout as the ARU and have to play this game in Wales............

Not that it's likely to affect the outcome, but it's still a tad unfair on a minnow team, particularly when Wales, not being a host nation, have no right to home advantage.

 

[qwerty51]

So after 20 minutes Wales lead by 1.

 

[boyo]

No. 12 joined the maul in front of the ball-carrier.
No penalty - no crackdown

 

[Cardiffblue]

So after 20 minutes Wales lead by 1.

Sfunny. Game I'm watching hasn't got to 20 mins yet

 

[Omar Comin']

I wish the officials would crack down on the maul. They're blowing all these pedantic penalties for players not keeping their feet at the ruck but players joining the maul ahead of the ball is never penalised and it has a much bigger effect on the game.

We don't want this to be the mauling world cup.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Why on earth are Wales not kicking for touch

 

[Cardiffblue]

Shit Sanjay injured

 

[boyo]

Shit Sanjay injured

The bandy-legged assassin is OK

 

[Bairdy]

Who is Priestland on for

 

[qwerty51]

Who is Priestland on for

? He's starting.

 

[Bairdy]

Ah. Just assumed Biggar was starting

 

[Groucho]

I thought it was very poor form, the Welsh commentator saying it was a good thing the Uruguayan player didn't take a dive. Talk about casual sterotyping.

 

[Cardiffblue]

I thought it was very poor form, the Welsh commentator saying it was a good thing the Uruguayan player didn't take a dive. Talk about casual sterotyping.

You got Eddie butler?