Category Archives: Test Matches
Saturday 23 June 2012 test series week 3; live scores, match stats & FT results
test matches, Saturday 23 June 2012, round 3 Saturday 23 June , Apia Park, Apia (Samoa). 12.30pm AES kick off. HT: Samoa 6-7 Scotland Full Time result: Samoa 16 ( Try: Pisi; 1 drop goal, 1 conv & 2 pen: Pisi) – Scotland 17 (Tries: Gray, Harley; 2 conv & 1 pen: Laidlaw ) What a thriller! Heartbreaking loss for Manu Samoa who was [...]
June 2012 test series week 2; live scores, match stats & FT results
Saturday 16 June , Churchill Park, Lautaka (Fiji). 12pm AES kick off. Fiji 25-37 Scotland Final score: Fiji 25 ( Tries: Domolailai, Nayacalevu, Talebula ; 2 pens & 2 convs: Ralulu) – Scotland 37 (Tries: Laidlaw, penalty try, 2 Visser ; 4 convs & 3 pen: :Laidlaw ) Teams: Fiji: 15 Isimeli Koniferedi, 14 Waisea Nayacalevu, 13 Wereniki Goneva, 12 Aloisio Buto, 11 [...]
Rugby test match: Australia v Scotland preview & teams
Both Andy Robinson and Robbie Deans have rang the changes bringing plenty of new blood in the line ups that will enter Ausgrid stadium (Newcastle) on Tuesday night. 10 men overall have never played for their country and will be scrutinised not only by their supporters but also their coach, already under pressure to get results after some below par [...]
No happy ending for Shane Williams as Australia finish 2011 with a 24-18 win
It was a game of 2 halves: the first part, from the start to the 50th minute, pretty even and not very exciting, Rhys Priestland giving Wales a 3-point cushion over O’Connor’s Wallabies, 6-3. Then, 49th minute: O’Connor rushes towards the ball and Wales’ try-line but get tackled without the ball by Leigh Halfpenny. Yellow [...]
Test match, Sat 3 Dec. Wales v Australia preview & online betting odds
6 weeks after they last met in the NZ 2011 RWC, Wales and Australia will play the last international rugby test match of 2011 in Cardiff on Saturday. The Wallabies had the better of the Welshmen in Auckland and will aim at finishing 2011 on a high after a good performance at Twickenham last week against the Barbarians. [...]
McCalman & Horwill the only 2 changes in Australia’s starting XV named for Wales test match
There was no reason for Robbie Deans to make changes in the side which dominated the Barbarians last w-e and the Wallabies coach stuck to his guns. 2011 RWC captain James Horwill is back in the starting line-up alongside Ben McCalman who was sidelined hours before the match against the Barbarians last week due to injury. [...]
Australia put Barbarians to the sword at Twickenham. FT score: 60-11 (match highlights & tries)
What better way to bounce-back from a RWC campaign than by thrashing the Barbarians, at Twickenham, 60-11. The Aussies played as a team, the Baa-Baas didn’t. Their rugby was well oiled, with, for a change, a dominant scrum providing a great platform to the backs. Makes you wonder what would have happened during the last RWC [...]
Online betting odds for Sat 26 November test match, Barbarians vs Australia
Barbarians v Australia preview: A month after All Blacks RWC victory, international rugby is back on the fields with an exciting match tonight between the ‘Baa-Baas’ and the Wallabies. What to expect from the game? Well, it has been a very long season for all and Robbie Deans’ men will first and foremost try to [...]
Deans names wallabies to take on Barbarians: O’Connor at 10, Pocock to captain the side
No real surprises in Robbie Deans Wallabies line-up announced on Thursday morning in London. As expected, James O’Connor will start at fly-half while Barnes and Horne will pair in the midfield for what would/could have been the first option during the RWC if injuries hadn’t disrupted the plans…Will be interesting to see how these 2 [...]
Tomkins and Cipriani named in Barbarians XV to play Australia on Saturday
Graham Henry has named a very experienced yet exciting Barbarians line up to take on the Wallabies on Saturday. The team will be captained by Springboks lock Victor Matfield while 5 NZ world champions will be on the pitch, Richard Kahui starting on the bench. Another kiwi who wasn’t part on the 32 players involved [...]