Monthly Archives: September, 2011
RWC 2011 – Springboks book quarter-final spot but Samoa deserved better…
Live score update of every RWC match here or via twitter & Facebook Group D, Friday 30 September, NHS, Auckland, 15deg – dry. 7.30pm kickoff. Attendance: 30000. FT result: South Africa 13-5 Samoa (HT: 13-0) Mixed feelings after this game as Nigel Owens’ refereeing seemed one-sided at times: the penalty against David Lemi at the hour mark [...]
RWC 2011 Pool D: South Africa v Samoa & Wales v Fiji preview and latest betting odds
Here we are: this w-e marks the end of the pool stages and most groups are still undecided, which should give us some fantastic matches. In order to understand fully what is at stake this w-e, we will preview all 4 groups, detail every game and give you all possible scenario. This will help you decide [...]
2011 NRL Grand final preview and latest betting odds, Manly Sea Eagles – NZ Warriors
Who would have thought? If the Manly Sea Eagles were expected to make the finals this year, no doubt sides like the Storm or the Dragons were favorites. Des Hasler quickly found the right midfield combination with Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran and Manly never left the top 4. Many didn’t think the NZ Warriors would [...]
2011 – 2012 UEFA Champions League round 2 fixtures and betting odds, 27 & 28 September 2011
Need a break from the RWC? Round 2 of the Champions League is on today and tomorrow. Already, some big names are under pressure: Inter Milan lost at home 2 weeks ago, Barcelona drew against AC Milan while Manchester City didn’t show against Napoli the dazzling football they have been playing in the EPL this season. [...]
2011 RWC Pool B: first win for the Lelos against Romania 25-9
Group B, Wednesday 28 September, Palmerston North, Kick-off: 19:30. Full-Time result: Georgia 25-9 Romania Star flanker Mamuka Gorgodze and his Lelos team-mates have won Pool B’s minnows decider against Romania in Palmerston North tonight. Georgia’s last match will take place on Sunday against Argentina. This was Romania’s last match and despite a few good matches Against Scotaland and [...]
RWC result: Italy beat the USA 27-10 and set a Pool C showdown against Ireland
Pool C, Trafalgar Park, Nelson, 11deg, dry. 6.30pm kick-off NZT. Attendance: 13000 Final result: Italy 27-10 USA By winning tonight against the Americans, the Azzurri have set a Pool C showdown against Ireland on Sunday, the winner joining the Wallabies in the quarter-finals. This was a fiery contest with a lot of aggro at the [...]
2011 RWC, Pool A: history repeats itself as Japan draw Canada 23-23
Pool A, Tuesday 27 September, Napier, 4pm kick off NZT. 13deg, sunny. Attendance: 14355. FT result: Japan 23-23 Canada Canada can still keep on dreaming about a quarter-final berth. True, the remaining half of ‘the deal’ is near impossible to achieve, but: beat the All Blacks in Wellington on Sunday and hope than Tonga upset the French….More realistically, the [...]
Pool D: Wales beat Namibia 81-7 and get ready for a 4-way battle with Samoa, Fiji and South Africa
Monday 26 September, New Plymouth; Kick off: 6.30pm. Attendance: 13000 FT score: Wales 81-7 Namibia Namibia will leave the 2011 RWC win-less and pointless. Not a surprise as most players are amateurs. If you add to this that, as ‘minnows’, they were given a tough schedule by the IRB, 4 games in 16 days, you understand [...]
2011 RWC, Tuesday 27 September preview: time to say goodbye for the USA and Japan
As we get closer to the end of the Pool stages, some teams will be playing their last match of the 2011 RWC tomorrow Tuesday 27 September. The USA in Pool C and Japan in Pool A will do so a day after Namibia and, funnily enough, none of these 3 teams have a chance [...]
Pool D: Samoa do enough to stay alive
Pool D, Eden Park, Auckland, 14 deg, drizzle. Attendance: 60500. Fiji 7–27 Samoa Well, this was not the free-flowing rugby that we were expecting from 2 of the most exciting teams around, the importance of the game as well as somehow wet conditions taking its toll. Samoa were more structured at the breakdown and the [...]