Tag Archives: Samoa
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 [...]
Hopefuls, contenders & underachievers of the 2011 RWC
With 2 games remaining in this 2011 RWC, it’s time to have a look at the rugby world as it is today, the nations on the rise and those which didn’t do as well as expected. Results do matter but aren’t the only criteria: brand of rugby played, depth, prospects, mental aspect, circumstances… They did better than expected [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
RWC latest ‘head to head’ winning betting odds: AB v France, Australia v USA, Pumas v Scotland, England v Romania, Samoa v Fiji
As we are getting closer to the business end of the pool stages, we are now giving you an exhaustive summary of all the latest 2011 RWC betting odds for week 3 matches. Besides ‘head to head’ bets, bookies offer many other prices and ways to bet: first try scorer, half-time result, first to score, exact [...]
2011 RWC week 3 match preview & betting odds
Round 3 marks the business end of the Pool stages: winner and runner-up spots will be decided in Pool A and B this w-e. On paper, the obvious blockbuster of the w-e is Pool A match between the All Blacks and the French. However, politics, mind games and strategy mean that the contest will (could) [...]
2011 RWC: Sunday 18 September matches, Wales v Samoa ; England v Georgia ; France v Canada
Round 2 of the 2011 Rugby World Cup was supposed to clarify if not determine what the quarter-finals would look like. Yesterday’s Irish victory against the Wallabies 15-6 has done the opposite as everything is now up for grabs in groups C & D. Why? A few scenarios can happen and there are now even [...]
2011 RWC week 2 match preview and latest betting odds
Week 2 of the 2011 Rugby World Cup will help separate the wheat from the chaff: get 2 a second win and you’re still on the run for one of the top 2 spots of your group; 1 win & 1 loss and your last 2 games will be decisive; 2 losses and you’re gone. [...]