The News Review:
- Rugby Union: All Blacks demolish a resting Scotland
- Rugby Union: Australia defeats Fiji 55-12 in World Cup group B
- Rugby Union: All Blacks demolish a resting Scotland
Rugby Union: All Blacks demolish a resting Scotland
International Herald Tribune – Sep 23, 2007
“I think we probably brought the wrong game plan into the game and we gave them a bit off a sniff” he said “We were lucky to not to suffer an embarrassing loss or draw. ” Another island team the Samoans were not slow to show their physical side as they took on England in the second game Saturday. ne of their targets was Jonny Wilkinson making his first World Cup appearance since booting the winning drop goal in the 2003 final “Wilkinson stood his ground even though we sent big Henry Tuilagi running at him a couple of times” Michael Jones the Samoa coach said. Wilkinson may lack the grace and running brilliance associated with the great fly halves but he knows how to run an attack. From the start his passing was crisp accurate and purposeful.
Rugby Union: Australia defeats Fiji 55-12 in World Cup group B
International Herald Tribune – Sep 23, 2007
Yet it was hardly the kind of victory to savor. Giteau was booed and whistled by sections of the 32321 crowd at Stade del la Mosson when he lined up a shot at goal just after half time a sure reflection that this World Cup match amounted to little more than a match-simulated training run. At that stage two minutes into the second half Australia had a 22-5 lead from Giteau's pair of tries and the first of winger Drew Mitchell's three. Fiji coach Ilie Tabua rested his frontline players from the starting XV abandoning hope of beating the two-time World Cup champion and saving them instead for next weekend's match against Wales at Nantes.
Rugby Union: All Blacks demolish a resting Scotland
International Herald Tribune – Sep 23, 2007
The Tongans gave it a fight and a fright in a game that was an adornment to the World Cup. The same could not be said of the encounter Sunday between Scotland and New Zealand in Edinburgh. Against the top-ranked team in the world the Scots fielded their reserves. Unsurprisingly the Kiwis won 40-0.