BE BRAVE----THE FINAL SCORE--AND HOW

OK. MONEY MOUTH TIME
( or neck on block as usual !)

Wales 3 tries and conversions plus 3 penalties ------30 points

Ireland 2 tries and conversions plus 5 penalties ------- 29 points

a little cheat---a drop goal could well be extra to these scores

OK. MONEY MOUTH TIME( or neck as usual !)

WALES--- 3 Tries and conversions, 3 pens. ---30 points

IRELAND--- 2 Tries and conversions, 5 pens.----29 points

a little cheat, a drop goal could well be extra to these scores! :

Ok, you asked for it:

Ireland 22 Wales 12

It will be a tight, frantic first half with a titanic battle at scrum time. I can see Wales getting the upper hand initially. Ireland have been starting slowly of late, soaking up pressure and standing tall in defence. Depending on the weather, there will be a lot of probing of each other's defences. Wales will try to punch holes in midfield and may succeed on one or two occasions. I would say it could be scrappy at the breakdown with neither side gaining a clear advantage. There will be kicks at goal...maybe 2 or 3 apiece, with one or other going into the break 9-6 to the good. There may even be a Welsh try!

In the second half Ireland will get down to business and start making in-roads into the Welsh at the breakdown. O'Gara will start kicking to the corners in an effort to pin Wales back.

The game should open up a bit with both teams starting to string phases together. I think Ireland's ball retention will be superior which would mean they will gain the upper hand. Ireland will have a period of relative dominance in an effort to put some distance on the scoreboard, perhaps crossing for a try near the posts and a second out wide. Wales will change the point of attack with possibly some chips over the defence causing some anxious moments, but the Irish defence will hold firm. One or two more kicks at goal for each side with mixed results.

Ireland finishing in the ascendency.

Of course, it could all be completely different.

I am chewing my nails as I write this!

Looks like no one is brave enough...

Cari wrote:Looks like no one is brave enough...

Nope!

I did my Sportsguru picks earlier this week, but I'm not going to say anything else on here until after the matches tomorrow.

Wales 7

Ireland 0

Gethin Jenkins Charge down and try - converts it himself for 7 points

ROG goes off crying hense no Ireland points

In terms of Ireland V Wales I can't call it, it's too close.

However I'll bet my bottom dollar that a try will come from Shane Williams, Tommy Bowe and/or Brian O'Driscoll or possibly all 3!

I hope Tommy-Two-Tries doesn't strike again!

Cari wrote:I hope Tommy-Two-Tries doesn't strike again!

France 2 tries, one conversion, 3 penalties 21
England 1 try, 3 penalties, 2 drops 20

Wales 0
Ireland 1

Wales 3 - Ireland 0

ROG and Preistland miss 5 penalties each.

At 100mins, in overtime a penalty shootout looks likely.

Gethin Jenkins drop goal from halfway

Wales win

Wales by 2pts Ire 22 Wal 24
How?
Quick lineout taken with a replica ball thrown in by a angry Aussie supporter who couldn't sell his ticket.

England by 4pts
How?
All kicks from the boot of Wilko, no Flood, no wait Wilko?????

As for the other QF I'm not too worried it would be nice if ARG and AUS WON.

wales606 wrote:Wales 3 - Ireland 0

ROG and Preistland miss 5 penalties each.

At 100mins, in overtime a penalty shootout looks likely.

Gethin Jenkins drop goal from halfway

Wales win

WHAT, only from halfway, I know you are being humble, but you're selling the man short.

biltongbek wrote:

wales606 wrote:Wales 3 - Ireland 0

ROG and Preistland miss 5 penalties each.

At 100mins, in overtime a penalty shootout looks likely.

Gethin Jenkins drop goal from halfway

Wales win

WHAT, only from halfway, I know you are being humble, but you're selling the man short.

To be fair, it had plenty to spare.

10-9.

How many times do I have to say this? Crikey.

Quarters

Ireland beat Wales (in a one try game) 16-9

England beat France (in a poor game) 19-10

New Zealand beat Argentina (after a tight 1st half) 33-7

Australia beat SA (by a late try) 22-20

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SEMIS

NZ beat Australia (in a great game but fairly easily) 25-13

Ireland beat England (despite a late fight-back from Eng) 20-17

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FINAL

NZ champions after beating (an injury-plagued) Ireland fairly comfortably with late 2nd half tries: 32-11

Detailed enough for ye?

Wales to win 26-15. 2 converted tries and 4 penalties to 5 penalties. Wales to get off to a quick start and then be pegged back by ROG's boot until a late try from turnover ball as Ireland push for the win seals the result. Wishful thinking maybe!

Ireland beat Wales, but Wales outscore them 2 tries to 1 (or maybe 3 to 2)

England beat France, but play a mostly territory based game.
Harinordiquay spends a lot of time running at/through flood, but scramble defence gets him each time.... he gets MoM even though he's on the losing team.


New Zealand set new records for points scored in 1/4 final.


Australia show what good backs they've got... get beaten up quite badly, but still win.

Cari wrote:I did my Sportsguru picks earlier this week, but I'm not going to say anything else on here until after the matches tomorrow.

Did you back Ireland??

Ok I think it will be
Ireland 16-15 Wales.
Wales score 2 trys convert one and miss the other with one penalty
Ireland with one try converted, two penalties and a last minute drop goal

England 10-3 France.
Worst match in the knockouts ever with one try in the second half

NZ 35-20 Argentine.
Tight and nippy until the end when it will open out a bit and NZ having that bit too much.

Oz 33-29 SA Brilliant match with lots of trys. AA Copper in the corner at the death with controversal TMO desision.

[color=green]C'MON IRELAND!!!![/color]

Ireland 24 - 16 Wales, after Wales leading at HT
England 13 - 22 France - just think it could be one of those days for France
Australia 28 - 17 SA - I'm hoping, praying we're on fire tomorrow.
NZ 57 - 9 Argentina - well I tipped +48, maybe +28 would have been better.

just read through this thread againg, some brave souls out there!!!

Feagh McHugh wrote:

Cari wrote:I did my Sportsguru picks earlier this week, but I'm not going to say anything else on here until after the matches tomorrow.

Did you back Ireland??

I did (by only six points). And it worked because I'm cack on SG - when I try to be clever and follow my head that team lose

Cari wrote:

Feagh McHugh wrote:

Cari wrote:I did my Sportsguru picks earlier this week, but I'm not going to say anything else on here until after the matches tomorrow.

Did you back Ireland??

I did (by only six points). And it worked because I'm cack on SG - when I try to be clever and follow my head that team lose

Im sure you are thrilled to be wrong!

Nos na Gaoithe wrote:Quarters

Ireland beat Wales (in a one try game) 16-9

England beat France (in a poor game) 19-10

New Zealand beat Argentina (after a tight 1st half) 33-7

Australia beat SA (by a late try) 22-20

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Well after an abysmal one-eyed start yesterday, I finally just about got one!!

Twas hardly that difficult a call however!