Wales v Fiji - Match Highlights - Rugby World Cup
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Wales held on to see off a battling Fiji side and win their third consecutive game of the Rugby World Cup.
Wales suffered a scare as they took one step nearer the quarter-finals thanks to two tries and a towering kicking performance from Dan Biggar edging them home 23-13 at the Millennium Stadium on Thursday.
Although Wales failed to secure the valuable bonus point they now top Pool A after tries from Gareth Davies and Scott Baldwin gave them a 17-3 half-time lead in an enthralling battle with the Pacific Islanders.
Fiji fought back in a relentless display of power and pace in the second half when Vereniki Goneva (pictured above) touched down from a sweeping move triggered by a fumble from Wales wing Alex Cuthbert. Ben Volavola finally found his shooting boots to secure the conversion despite missing three earlier penalties.
But just as as Fiji launched a comeback, Biggar showed his composure with a huge penalty from near the halfway line to give Wales a 20-13 lead in the 55th minute as the match hung in the balance.
However, Biggar eased the pressure with his third penalty of the match before going off suffering cramp. Job done but only just. Wales launched one last assault as Davies burrowed over the line but the TMO ruled that he failed to touch down. Wales can now sit back and watch England battle it out with Australia.
Follow World Rugby on social media:Official Website! www.rugbyworldc...,SUBSCRIBE to our TH-cam Channel For More Great Videos / irb,follow us on Twitter: / rugbyworldcup,like us on Facebook: / rugbyworldcup and / worldrugby,follow us on Instagram: / worldrugby ,
Goneva's try was a thing of beauty
Fiji are getting really good. Wales were only at 80%, still recovering from that English game. Despite that this game could of gone the other way. Great respect to Fiji
Goneva's try was one of the best ones so far
Fiji with the try of the tournament
+Shredz eyah pretty cool one
+Slim Shredzy the South Africa vs Scotland was better IMO. Although this try was quite good as well; perhaps they are equally as good? I wouldn't be one to judge.
Well done Fiji, thanks for doing us proud. SCRUM rock solid!
+Benitera Koroijiuta I have never seen the Welsh team look so exhausted and battered after a game. Fiji are a team of warriors and good things lay ahead for them. They had the whole of Wales very, very nervous and if your giant winger was playing I think there would have been a different outcome.
+Benitera Koroijiuta Best wishes to Fiji, from Wales :) If Fiji weren't in the hardest group ever in a world cup, Fiji might have qualified for the 1/4 finals: rightly ranked top 10 in the world, anyway.
+TheAsiaCentury Stop playing with yourself....learn to play rugby...
+chud jackson sam warbuton said it was one of the hardest fought victories in his career
Fiji is definitely an improving team in the World 15 aside but more funding needs to be raised on training and coaching. They will always remain one of the best or if not the Best in the shorter format of the game.
ON POINT
Sure
7 years later….beats England and Australia
I wish the Pacific island nations had a combined team like the West Indies do in cricket. That would be such and exciting team to watch! They could even join the Rugby Championship.
Nah
+striker161 It could well be however it will not work out since there will be too much cultural differences.Each of the Pacific nations are potentially capable of being competitive however it will only improve as they get more funding for program development and more opportunity to play established teams like NZ, SA, AUS, Eng etc at International level.
olo brown same deal with the West Indies, yet it works for them...
We already had the PI team in 2004, 06 and 08. It's just pointless, we're capable of being good as individual nations. we didn't do any better than we do when we field full strength teams. In fact we probably played worse as the PI team, the only win we got was against Italy. We do need a team in a top club league though so we can develop local players. Like what has happened with Japan getting a team in Super Rugby.
+striker161 what about the pacific islander team...
Fijian and proud
Vereniki Goneva!
My favourite teams to watch are Fiji Tonga Samoa and Australia . They all have patterns under there shoulders or on ther shoulders
President Rutherford Hayes Its tribal or sonething my father has one
So that's 2-1 to Wales...can Fiji level it these year boys?
totally
Fiji and Wales are always great rivalries.....Good game though
Fiji always get put into some of the hardest pools especially in the last two world cup.
m proud of the Flying Fijian boys world cup performance..Vinaka boys
What a tough game this was.
Good game , Wales a bit to untidy at times played into the hands of fiji, a few missed tackles but apart from that the defensive line was good and put fiji under pressure, need to sort the scrum it did get a bit better with jarvis and lee later on , ill be putting my green and gold on for saturday night CMON AUSTRALIA
I predicted a 26-12 scoreline so, not far off
Who was Fiji scrum coach for this world cup ?
alan muir
The the last penalty for Wales at the end is bullshit.
+Nikoenig No it wasn't
You must stay on your feet
Yeah wasn't the number 8 from wales offside?
+FatBlazeStumpy you can't stay on your feet when people are pushing you. And that part is even irelevant when the Welsh play is literally and on purpouse lying on top of the ball preventing Fiji from actively playing it.
Penalty against Wales for not liberating the ball.
+Mark Whippy the dude who prevents Fiji from playing the ball? Yes he was, imo.
ball comes out of scrum, Fiji SH gathers. Faletau rips the ball in open play from Fiji SH. Tries to present the ball. Fiji go over the top. What are you lot watching?
If anything, the ref was poor the whole game. Penalising Wales in a lineout for pushing (which didn't happen) comes to mind. Forward passes missed etc.
What do you expect with Irish referees though!
I was on both teams lol im half fijian half welsh
Well done boys
Victory by Red Dragons means England is one step closer to the exit. Australia is too strong for England.
+Darvid Koh Wales are burned out already so if England win against Oz, those red dragons aren't getting to the KO stages.
+pythonbyte Hahaha, even if we're burned out and injured, we've still won against three teams who were fully fit. To be frankly honest, it's showing that the other teams are pretty darn shocking. So have a think about that. And England winning against Australia? Dream on.
+Darvid Koh you do realise if England beat Australia then England are through as long as they get the bonus try against Uruguay which I cant see why they wouldn't .
+Carterthorn90 Your just hoping England won't because you know wales haven't got a chance. When was the last time wales beat Australia?
+Dean Hudson er i think wales now have more chance of beating australia in this world cup than england have. do enjoy the rest of the tournament :)
Fiji will get better.
would have liked to see extended highlights but alas only 341mins. I find Anglo Saxon tries somewhat unconvincing. barely got the ball over the line Wales for tries they scored
+cinimod351 What Anglo-Saxon tries? This was Wales v Fiji. Only 341 minutes?
+mizofan ok 341 secs and welish tries
Tidy
Why is wales wearing black?
second try wasn't really a try wtf?
Yea didn't think it was a try... Looked like he knocked the ball on
Hardout !!! It was a clear knock on
+cybekid71 Idon't think you can tell from the footage shown.
there's no knock on
Why Prince William supports welsh rugby team?
+Renan Rizh Why wouldn't he? Wales is part of the Kingdom.
+Electrocuted Frog his father is the prince of Wales
But, Charles isn't Welsh, and his son are English too
+Renan Rizh You have to be from the country in order to support the team now? News to me.
+Renan Rizh He has been made a vice royal patron of the WRU (even though he does actually support England) The Eng Wales game must have killed him really!!