Rugby World Cup , Pool D - Hamilton, 2 October 2011, 18:00 local, 05:00 GMT
Fiji (0) 0 - 66 (31) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
5 0 - 5

Try for Wales!!! Jamie Roberts runs through the porous Fiji defence to dot the ball down - far far too easy. Priestland adds the extras from in front of the posts

6 0 - 7

Priestland - conversion

17 0 - 12

Try for Wales!!!! Quite brilliant hands from the Welsh backs to unleash Scott Williams who sidesteps the last defender and going under the posts - what a World Cup he has had thus far...and Priestland nails the extras

18 0 - 14

Priestland - conversion

20 0 - 17

Penalty for Wales!!! Rhys Priestland knocks over the three points from in front of the sticks

32

Try for Wales!!! Wales only need half a chance to show what they can do. Roberts to Bennett - Bennett to Faletau and he offloads to George North who runs the ball in from the 22 - clinical play from Gatland's men....Priestland continues his good form from the tee

32 0 - 22

Try for Wales!!! Wales only need half a chance to show what they can do. Roberts to Bennett - Bennett to Faletau and he offloads to George North who runs the ball in from the 22 - clinical play from Gatland's men....Priestland continues his good form from the tee

33 0 - 24

Priestland - conversion

38 0 - 29

Warburton - try

39 0 - 31

Priestland - conversion

50 0 - 36

Try for Wales!!!! Sensational score for Wales as George North makes the break before offloading to Rhys Priestland. A little exchange of passes provides Jamie Roberts with his second try of the match - Priestland adds the extras

51 0 - 38

Priestland - conversion

59 0 - 45

Try for Wales!!!! Lloyd Burns crashes over after the lineout for his first international try...Stephen Jones knocks over the extras

67 0 - 50

Try for Wales!!! Gethin Jenkins puts a brilliant kick through and Leigh Halfpenny takes advantage of the Fijian defender slipping and dives over the line...Stephen Jones adds the extras

68 0 - 52

SM Jones - conversion

72 0 - 57

Try for Wales!!!! Far far too easy for Wales - Lloyd Williams dives over the line for yet another score - Jones knocks over the extras

73 0 - 59

SM Jones - conversion

80+1 0 - 64

Try for Wales!!! Icing on the cake as Jonathan Davies crashes over with the last play of the game - Jones adds the extras

80+2 0 - 66

SM Jones - conversion

Timeline

Time Fiji  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
5 0 - 5 Roberts - try
6 0 - 7 Priestland - conversion
17 0 - 12 MS Williams - try
18 0 - 14 Priestland - conversion
20 0 - 17 Priestland - penalty goal
32 0 - 22 North - try
33 0 - 24 Priestland - conversion
36 Bennett - sub off
Burns - sub on
38 0 - 29 Warburton - try
39 0 - 31 Priestland - conversion
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
Veikoso - sub on
Koto Vuli - sub off		 start of second half
AW Jones - sub on
BS Davies - sub off
50 0 - 36 Roberts - try
51 Ma'afu - sub on
Somoca - sub off		 0 - 38 Priestland - conversion
53 Powell - sub on
Faletau - sub off
54 Lovobalavu - sub off
Baikeinuku - sub on		 Phillips - sub off
LD Williams - sub on
58 Priestland - sub off
SM Jones - sub on
AR Jones - sub off
James - sub on
59 0 - 45 Burns - try
SM Jones - conversion
60 Matadigo - sub off
Ravulo - sub on
61 Nasiga - sub off
Qera - sub on
64 Roberts - sub off
JJV Davies - sub on
66 Nailago - sub off
Somoca - sub on
67 0 - 50 Halfpenny - try
68 0 - 52 SM Jones - conversion
69 Goneva - sub on
Vulivuli - sub off
72 0 - 57 LD Williams - try
73 0 - 59 SM Jones - conversion
Jenkins - sub off
AR Jones - sub on
79 Kenatale Ranuku - sub on
Tagicakibau - sub off
80+1 0 - 64 JJV Davies - try
80+2 end of second half
end of half		 0 - 66 SM Jones - conversion
end of second half
end of half
0
82 0 - 66 SM Jones - conversion

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 66 points
Rugby World Cup points Wales 5 (1 try bonus), Fiji 0
 
Ground name Waikato Stadium, Hamilton (neutral venue)
Attendance 28476
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
Fiji Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none

Teams

Fiji Wales
Tries none Tries Roberts (5, 50), MS Williams (17), North (32), Warburton (38), Burns (59), Halfpenny (67), LD Williams (72), JJV Davies (80)
Cons none Cons Priestland (6, 18, 33, 39, 51), SM Jones (59, 68, 73, 80)
Pens none Pens Priestland (20)
    Team
15 FB
Iliesa Keresoni
14 W
Albert Vulivuli
13 C
Ravai Fatiaki
12 C
Gaby Lovobalavu
11 W
Michael Tagicakibau
10 FH
Nicky Little
9 SH
Vitori Buatava
1 P
Waisea Nailago
2 H
Sunia Koto Vuli
3 P
Setefano Somoca
4 L
Leone Nakarawa
5 L
Wame Lewaravu
6 F
Rupeni Nasiga
7 F
Masi Matadigo
8 N8
Netani Talei (c)
    Replacements
16 H
Vili Veikoso
17 P
Campese Ma'afu
18 F
Malakai Ravulo
19 F
Akapusi Qera
20 W
Nemia Kenatale Ranuku
21 C
Seremaia Baikeinuku
22 W
Vereniki Goneva
    Team
15 FB
Lee Byrne
14 W
Leigh Halfpenny
13 C
Scott Williams
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
George North
10 FH
Rhys Priestland
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
2 H
Huw Bennett
3 P
Adam Jones
4 L
Bradley Davies
5 L
Luke Charteris
6 F
Ryan Jones
7 F
Sam Warburton (c)
8 N8
Taulupe Faletau
    Replacements
16 H
Lloyd Burns
17 P
Paul James
18 L
Alun Wyn Jones
19 N8
Andy Powell
20 SH
Lloyd Williams
21 FH
Stephen Jones
22 C
Jonathan Davies

Match stats

Fiji   Wales
0 Tries 9
0 from 0 Conversion goals 9 from 9
0 from 1 Penalty goals 1 from 1
0.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 29
125 Passes 148
114 Runs 100
368 Metres run with ball 674
Attacking
50% Possession 50%
50% Territory 50%
3 Clean breaks 5
9 Defenders beaten 18
12 Offloads 10
84 from 91 (92.3%) Rucks won 71 from 79 (89.9%)
3 from 3 (100.0%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
19 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
81/17 Tackles made/missed 123/9
82.7% Tackling success rate 93.2%
Set pieces
5 won, 2 lost (71.4%) Scrums on own feed 11 won, 1 lost (91.7%)
13 won, 4 lost (76.5%) Lineouts on own throw 8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 17
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Fiji stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Keresoni 0/0 0 4/6/4 59 0 1 1 1 4/3 1/0 0 0/0
W Vulivuli 0/0 0 1/1/9 37 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Fatiaki 0/0 0 0/1/6 5 0 1 1 2 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Lovobalavu 0/0 0 0/2/6 7 0 0 1 1 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Tagicakibau 0/0 0 0/1/9 74 0 3 1 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Little 0/0 0 6/27/7 10 0 1 1 1 5/2 0/1 0 0/0
SH Buatava 0/0 0 3/70/3 14 1 1 0 2 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Nailago 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Koto Vuli 0/0 0 0/3/2 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Somoca 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Nakarawa 0/0 0 0/1/11 29 1 0 2 1 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
L Lewaravu 0/0 0 0/1/8 17 0 0 0 2 8/1 3/0 1 0/0
F Nasiga 0/0 0 0/4/4 7 0 0 1 1 5/1 5/0 1 0/0
F Matadigo 0/0 0 1/0/4 15 0 0 0 1 6/3 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Talei 0/0 0 2/3/14 42 1 1 2 0 6/1 2/0 1 0/0
(H) Veikoso 0/0 0 0/0/5 13 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ma'afu 0/0 0 0/1/4 6 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Ravulo 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Qera 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 1 0 1/0 1/0 1 0/0
(W) Kenatale Ranuku 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Baikeinuku 0/0 0 0/2/4 17 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Goneva 0/0 0 0/0/3 5 0 0 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Byrne 0/0 0 2/8/8 59 0 1 1 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Halfpenny 1/0 5 1/1/9 69 0 2 0 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C MS Williams 1/0 5 2/4/3 50 1 2 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 2/0 10 2/9/11 74 1 3 2 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 1/3 5 0/6/9 157 1 5 0 2 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Priestland 0/1 13 7/29/10 45 0 1 1 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 3/48/3 20 0 0 1 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Jenkins 0/1 0 2/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 13/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/1/2 6 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
L BS Davies 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/1/6 17 0 0 0 0 11/0 3/0 2 0/0
F RP Jones 0/0 0 0/4/10 37 0 0 0 1 12/1 1/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 1/0 5 0/4/5 45 1 0 2 1 11/2 4/1 3 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/1 0 0/4/5 15 0 0 1 0 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
(H) Burns 1/0 5 0/2/5 12 0 0 0 0 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
(P) James 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) AW Jones 0/0 0 0/2/3 16 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Powell 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 2 0 4/1 0/1 0 0/0
(SH) LD Williams 1/0 5 0/17/3 23 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) SM Jones 0/0 8 3/4/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) JJV Davies 1/0 5 1/1/2 21 1 3 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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