QF1: South Africa v Wales, 17 October

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SOUTH AFRICA v WALES

17 October 2015
16:00 BST (UTC+01)
Twickenham, London

Live on expensive telly

Ref: Wayne Barnes (England)
ARs: George Clancy (Ireland) and JP Doyle (England)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

A. Head to Head

30 Played 30
27 Won 2
1 Drawn 1
2 Lost 27
814 Points 440

B. Recent Form

29 November 2014
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
12–6 to Wales

21 June 2014
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
31–30 to South Africa

14 June 2014
Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban
38–16 to South Africa

9 November 2013
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
15–24 to South Africa

11 September 2011
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
17–16 to South Africa

13 November 2010
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
25–29 to South Africa

5 June 2010
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
31–34 to South Africa

8 November 2008
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
15–20 to South Africa

C. TEAMS:
SOUTH AFRICA

Le Roux; Pietersen, Kriel, De Allende, Habana; Pollard, Du Preez (capt); Mtawarira, B du Plessis, Malherbe; De Jager, Etzebeth; Burger, Louw, Vermeulen.

Replacements: Strauss for Du Plessis (55), Nyakane for Tendai Mtawarira (56), J Du Plessis for Malherbe (60), Du Toit for Etzebeth (67), Alberts for Louw (67), Lambie for Pollard (76), Serfontein for Kriel (67), Pienaar (unused).


WALES

Anscombe; Cuthbert, Morgan, Roberts, North; Biggar, G Davies; Jenkins, Baldwin, Lee; Charteris, AW Jones; Lydiate, Warburton (capt), Faletau.

Replacements: Owens for Baldwin (56), James for Jenkins (55), Francis for Lee (55), Davies for Charteris (63), Tipuric for Lydiate (67), L Williams for G Davies (70), Priestland for Biggar (73), Hook for Morgan (67).

On the plus side, you are not losing any single aspect of the game (especially the penalty count where you are miles ahead )
SA might start getting a little panicky soon especially if the lead gets bigger/Biggar. They haven't looked remotely like scoring a try

They seemed pretty close just then IYA...

Nice drop goal for SA. An admission that they had run out of ideas though? In a bizarre way, Wales can take comfort from that passage of play

great great welsh defence.

what does IYA mean?

Injured Yet Again.

Its just a shortening of my user-name, Quins. Mikey was replying to one of myposts

Just how many tries have this amazing Wales defence conceded this RWC?

Our much vaunted centre pairing seem about as offensively threatening as a kiddies pool noodle

Another penalty miss. It's Wales day, I think.
Come on, get the discipline sorted Wales!!

gotcha mikey and IYA.

that looks pretty bad for baldwin.

Looks like another head injury caused by overtraining....

hope its just a stinger

hey mikey. take the chip off bud. noone is anti welsh here asa far as i can see...great game so far.

Good work between ref and TMO there.
Jeez, did I just write that??!! I feel dirty now

Biggar has been brilliant

If I was Meyer I'd get Lambie on, if Pollard is missing kicks

Too many stupid decisions from us in open play. I think Barnes has been unusually poor, but for both teams.

Poor decision at the breakdown again. South Africa going off their feet all day

Lydiate was slow to support may be time for Tips

I don't know what the penalty count is but Wales must be close to getting a team warning. What may work in their favour is that they haven't been in the so called red zone

Brilliant counter-rucking Wales. Corner or posts????

Kingraf - what has happened to Kolisi? He is ideal for a game against tiring opposition

Wales not getting turn overs

What do Wales have to do to get a penalty at the breakdown?

DE-FENS.

How many turnovers does Warburton have to make before Barnes will blow up?

yes i thought warbs had won a pen there too.

these players must be exhausted...

C;mon Wales - you can do this

C'mon Wales, keep it going!

South Africa haven't scored a try in a world cup knock out match since The semi finals vs Argentina in 2012

No consistency at the breakdown! But we went the wrong way.

Jaysus, Wales cant buy a penalty at the breakdown...

did vermeulen release there?

That is ridiculous.  They've all gone right off their feet.  How can he not give that?

quinsforever wrote:did vermeulen release there?

No. Very lucky at the breakdown there SA.

habana offside surely?

If SA get points here they win.

Stupid to remove Biggar, he is absolutely fuming as well.

I feel it will be a bit of a smash and grab if the Boks get away with this one and eke out a penalty. They've never threatened the Welsh line. Give credit to the amazing Welsh defence for that, but still- you expect better from South Africa. I've been a bit disappointed by them.

Oh well. Didn't think SA should have got that scrum to be honest.

eirebilly wrote:Stupid to remove Biggar, he is absolutely fuming as well.

If he needs a head injury assessment, he needs one. Never the wrong call to make sure a player isn't playing through concussion.

Ah that's heartbreaking for Wales. Absolutely heartbreaking.

unbelievable from Vermeulen

vermeulen. class.

Wales can still do this, come on!

biggar is always fuming tbh

What a score from SA absolutely gutting for Wales.
If the game is to be decided by a try though that is a fine one

How crucial could that missed conversion be

Gutting

Eight points Pollard. We should be clear.

Notch wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Stupid to remove Biggar, he is absolutely fuming as well.

If he needs a head injury assessment, he needs one. Never the wrong call to make sure a player isn't playing through concussion.

Ah that's heartbreaking for Wales. Absolutely heartbreaking.

I didn't se that he needed a HIA. If he did why is he sitting in the stands with the rest of the team and not getting assessed?