| FIJI 38 | V | WALES 34 | |||||
| COMPETITION: World Cup, Pool B Updated 08.01.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes | DATE: 29 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: 34,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) | HALFTIME: 25-10 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Qera, Delasau, Leawere, Dewes |
TRIES: Popham, S.Williams, G.Thomas, M.Jones, M.Williams | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Little (3) | CONVERSIONS: S.Jones (2), Hook | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Little (4) | PENALTY GOALS: S.Jones | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Kameli Ratuvou | Saracens, England | 15 | Gareth Thomas (Capt.) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 14 | Vilimoni Delasau | Clermont, France | 14 | Mark Jones | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 13 | Seru Rabeni (22) | Leicester, England | 13 | Thomas Shanklin | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 12 | Seremaia Bai | Clermont, France | 12 | James Hook | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 11 | Isoa Neivua (21) | Nadroga | 11 | Shane Williams | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 10 | Nicky Little (20) | Padova, Italy | 10 | Stephen Jones | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 9 | Mosese Rauluni (Capt.) | Saracens, England | 9 | Dwayne Peel (20) | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 8 | Sisa Koyamaibole | Padova, Italy | 8 | Alix Popham (19) | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 7 | Akapusi Qera (19) | Gloucester, England | 7 | Martyn Williams | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 6 | Semisi Naevo | NEC, Japan | 6 | Colin Charvis | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 5 | Ifereimi Rawaqa | World, Japan | 5 | Ian Evans (18) | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 4 | Kele Leawere | Hino Motors, Japan | 4 | Alun Wyn Jones | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 3 | Jone Railomo (17) | Piteia, France | 3 | Christopher Horsman (17) | Worcester, England | ||
| 2 | Sunia Koto (16) | Suva | 2 | Matthew Rees (16) | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 1 | Graham Dewes | Auckland Marist RFC, New Zealand | 1 | Gethin Jenkins | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 16 | Vereniki Sauturaga (2) | Naitasiri | 16 | T.Rhys Thomas (2) | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 17 | Henry Qiodravu (3) | Orleans, France | 17 | Duncan Jones (3) | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 18 | Wame Lewaravu | Nadroga | 18 | Ian Gough (5) | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 19 | Aca Ratuva (7) | Massy Essone, France | 19 | Michael Owen (8) | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 20 | Jone Daunivucu (10) | Tarbes, France | 20 | Michael Phillips (9) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 21 | Sireli Bobo (11) | Bairritz, France | 21 | James Robinson | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 22 | Norman Ligairi (13) | Brive, France | 22 | Dafydd James | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| COACH: Ilivasi Tabua | COACH: Gareth Jenkins | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES This historic win by Fiji placed them into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since the inagural World Cup in 1987. This was the third time Wales had been eliminated from the semi-final stage by a Pacific Island team. Samoa achieved this in 1991 and 1999. Dewes' late try, his first for Fiji, pushed Wales out of a finals place. Gareth Thomas was playing his 100th test for Wales, the first Welshman to do so. Qera was yellow-carded just on half time. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7017637.stm http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/world_cup_news/article3013091.ece http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_RUGBYNEWS/idUKL2949697820070929 |
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