2016 End-of-year internationals
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@antipodean Yep, if Australia can win both their remaining games or even have close losses, they will be heading into 2017 with a lot of optimism, and we all of a sudden will be the ones questioning our depth in certain positions etc. Just shows that the tide can turn very quickly and to not buy into the hype as well as to not dwell in the negativity of a bad run too much. It's such a fine line at this level and there really isn't a hell of a lot between the top four to five teams in world rugby.
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Welsh team named for Saturday's match against South Africa
Warburton a last minute injury. Thankfully. Otherwise Tipuric would have missed out again.
Wales XV:
Halfpenny; North, J Davies, S Williams, Liam Williams; Biggar, G Davies; Jenkins (capt), Owens, Francis, Charteris, Wyn Jones, Lydiate, Moriarty, TipuricReplacements:
Baldwin, Smith, Lee, Hill, Faletau, Lloyd Williams, S Davies, RobertsHopefully we'll see a backrow of Moriarty, Tipuric and Faletau at some stage.
And Sam Davies to get more than 10 mins.
Christ knows how the result will go.
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Samoa
1 Sakaria Taulafo, 2. Elia Elia, 3. Logovii Mulipola, 4.Taiasina Tuifua, 5. Chris Vui, 6. Alafoti Faosiliva, 7. Greg Foe, 8. Genesis Mamea-Lemalu,
9 Kahn Fotualii, 10. D’angelo Leuila, 11. David Lemi (c), 12. Winston Stanley, 13. Paul Perez, 14. Ken Pisi, 15. Albert NikoroReserves: 16. Seilala Lam, 17. Nephi Leatigaga, 18. Census Johnston, 19. Jeff Lepa, 20. Oneone Faafou, 21. Danny Tusitala, 22. Opetera Peleseuma, 23. Ahsee Tuala
Edit: change in the line-up: Chris Vui has been ruled out due to injury at the captains run. Jeff Lepa will now start in the No.5 jersey and Talaga Alofipo will come on to bench in jersey 19.
Canada
1 Rob Brouwer, 2. Ray Barkwill, 3. Jake Ilnicki, 4. Jamie Cudmore, 5. Brett Beukeboom, 6. Evan Olmstead, 7. Matt Heaton, 8. Admir Cejvanovic
9 Phil Mack, 10. Connor Braid, 11. Conor Trainor, 12. Nick Blevins, 13. Ciaran Hearn, 14. DTH van der Merwe (c), 15. Matt EvansReserves: 16. Eric Howard, 17. Djustice Sears-Duru, 18. Matt Tierney, 19. Conor Keys, 20. Clay Panga, 21. Andrew Ferguson, 22. Pat Parfrey, 23. Ben Lesage
http://www.rugbycanada.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3817&leagueID=0&page=97680
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Italy
1 Sami Panico (5 Caps), 2 Ornel Gega (7 Caps), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini (52 Caps), 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (66 Caps), 5 Marco Fuser (15 Caps), 6 Francesco Minto (30 Caps), 7 Simone Favaro (32 Caps) ©, 8 Andries Van Schalkwyk (7 Caps)
9 Giorgio Bronzini (2 Caps), 10 Carlo Canna (14 Caps), 11 Giovanbattista Venditti (37 Caps), 12 Luke Mclean (83 Caps), 13 Tommaso Benvenuti (36 Caps), 14 Giulio Bisegni (4 Caps), 15 Edoardo Padovani (5 Caps)Reserves:
16 Tommaso D'apice (11 Caps), 17 Nicola Quaglio (1 Cap), 18 Simone Ferrari (1 Cap), 19 George Biagi (13 Caps), 20 Abraham Steyn (5 Caps), 21 Edoardo Gori (55 Caps), 22 Tommaso Allan (26 Caps), 23 Michele Campagnaro (25 Caps)Tonga
1 Tevita Mailau ( Perpignan, 20 Caps), 2 Paula Ngauamo (Mont De Marsan, 9 Caps), 3 Siua Halanukonuka (Otago Highlanders, 3 Caps), 4 Steve Mafi (Castres, 19 Caps), 5 Jon Tu'ineau (Dax, 27 Caps), 6 Dan Faleafa ( Albi, 9 Caps), 7 Jack Ram (Auckland Blues, 10 Caps), 8 Tevita Koloamatangi (Waikato Chiefs, 2 Caps)
9 Sonatane Takulua (Newcastle Falcons, 18 Caps), 10 Kali Hala (Steelers Wider, 4 Caps), 11 Fetu'u Vainikolo (Oyonnax, 27 Caps), 12 Latiume Fosita (Auckland Mitre 10, 20 Caps), 13 Siale Piutau (Yahama Jubilo, 26 Caps) (C), 14 Nafi Tu'itavake (Northampton Saints, 3 Caps), 15 David Halaifonua (Gloucester Rugby, 20 Caps)Reserves: 16 Elvis Taione (Exeter Chiefs, 26 Caps), 17 Paea Fa'anunu (Dax, 4 Caps), 18 Sila Puafisi (Glasgow Warriors, 25 Caps), 19 Valentino Mapapalangi (Manawatu Turbos, 1 Cap), 20 Kotoni Ale (Manly Marlins, 2 Caps), 21 Tomasi Palu (Lions Mitre 10, 12 Caps), 22 Tevita Taufui (Waikato Mitre 10, 11 Caps), 23 Vuna Cooper (Worcester Warriors, 3 Caps)
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Scotland
1 Allan Dell (2 caps), 2 Ross Ford (101 caps), 3 Zander Fagerson (3 caps), 4 Richie Gray (59 caps); 5 Jonny Gray (27 caps); 6 Rob Harley (18 caps); 7 Hamish Watson (4 caps), 8 Ryan Wilson (22 caps)
9 Greig Laidlaw (c) (55 caps); 10 Finn Russell (21 caps); 11 Tommy Seymour (30 caps); 12 Alex Dunbar (18 caps); 13 Mark Bennett (16 caps); 14 Sean Maitland (25 caps); 15 Stuart Hogg (47 caps)Reserves: 16 Fraser Brown (19 caps), 17 Alex Allan (2 caps), 18 Moray Low (36 caps), 19 Grant Gilchrist (14 caps); 20 John Barclay (54 caps); 21 Ali Price (uncapped), 22 Pete Horne (22 caps); 23 Rory Hughes (1 cap).
http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/11/24/scotland-add-experience-for-rugby-park-return/
Georgia
1 Mikheil Nariashvili (37), 2. Jaba Bregvadze (38), 3. Levan Chilachava (29), 4. Kote Mikautadze (43), 5. Giorgi Nemsadze (63), 6. Vito Kolelishvili (37), 7. Mamuka Gorgodze (c) (67), 8. Beka Bitsadze (18)
9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, (16), 10. Lasha Malaghuradze, (71), 11. Sandro Todua, (57), 12. Merab Sharikadze, (45), 13. Giorgi Koshadze, (0), 14. Tamaz Mtchedlidze, (43), 15. Merab Kvirikashvili, (96)Reserves: 16. Badri Alkhazashvili (0), 17. Kakha Asieshvili (24), 18. Dudu Kubriashvili (43), 19. Shalva Sutiashvili (60), 20. Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (31), 21. Giorgi Begadze (49), 22. Revaz Jintchvelashvili (2), 23. Giorgi Aptsiauri (20).
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@MiketheSnow said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Welsh team named for Saturday's match against South Africa
Warburton a last minute injury. Thankfully. Otherwise Tipuric would have missed out again.
Wales XV:
Halfpenny; North, J Davies, S Williams, Liam Williams; Biggar, G Davies; Jenkins (capt), Owens, Francis, Charteris, Wyn Jones, Lydiate, Moriarty, TipuricReplacements:
Baldwin, Smith, Lee, Hill, Faletau, Lloyd Williams, S Davies, RobertsHopefully we'll see a backrow of Moriarty, Tipuric and Faletau at some stage.
And Sam Davies to get more than 10 mins.
Christ knows how the result will go.
South Africa
1 Tendai Mtawarira (86 caps), 2. Adriaan Strauss (c) (65 caps), 3. Lourens Adriaanse (5 caps), 4. Pieter-Steph du Toit (19 caps), 5. Lood de Jager (27 caps), 6. Nizaam Carr (4 caps), 7. Uzair Cassiem (0 caps), 8. Warren Whiteley (14 caps),
9 Faf de Klerk (10 caps), 10. Elton Jantjies (10 caps), 11. Jamba Ulengo (0 caps), 12. Rohan Janse van Rensburg (0 caps), 13. Francois Venter (2 caps), 14. Ruan Combrinck (6 caps), 15. Johan Goosen (12 caps).Reserves: 16. Malcolm Marx (1 cap), 17. Steven Kitshoff (9 caps), 8. Trevor Nyakane (27 caps), 19. Franco Mostert (6 caps), 20. Jean-Luc du Preez (0 caps), 21. Piet van Zyl (2 caps), 22. Pat Lambie (55 caps), 23. Lionel Mapoe (10 caps).
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England
1 Mako Vunipola (37 caps), 2. Dylan Hartley (c) (77 caps), 3. Dan Cole (67 caps), 4. Courtney Lawes (51 caps), 5. George Kruis (18 caps), 6. Chris Robshaw (53 caps), 7. Tom Wood (43 caps), 8. Billy Vunipola (vc) (31 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (63 caps), 10. George Ford (28 caps), 11. Elliot Daly (7 caps), 12 Owen Farrell (vc) (45 caps), 13. Jonathan Joseph (27 caps), 14. Jonny May (20 caps), 15. Mike Brown (vc) (53 caps)Reserves: 16. Jamie George (10 caps), 17. Joe Marler (44 caps), 18. Kyle Sinckler (2 caps), 19. Charlie Ewels (1 cap), 20. Teimana Harrison (3 caps), 21. Danny Care (64 caps), 22. Ben Te’o (2 caps), 23. Henry Slade (3 caps).
http://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-name-team-face-argentina/
Argentina
1 Lucas Noguera, 2. Agustín Creevy (c), 3. Ramiro Herrera, 4. Guido Petti, 5. Matías Alemanno, 6. Pablo Matera, 7. Javier Ortega Desio, 8. Leonardo Senatore
9 Tomás Cubelli, 10. Juan Martín Hernández, 11. Santiago Cordero, 12. Santiago González Iglesias, 13. Matías Moroni, 14. Matías Orlando, 15. Joaquín TuculetReserves: 16. Julián Montoya, 17. Santiago García Botta, 18. Enrique Pieretto, 19. Facundo Isa, 20. Tomas Lezana, 21. Martin Landajo, 22. Jerónimo De la Fuente, 23. Juan Pablo Estelles
http://lospumas.com.ar/2016/11/24/tres-cambios-cierre-frente-inglaterra/
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@MiketheSnow Mike, re Tipuric. you're just rubbing in your embarrassment of riches. For sure I think Tipuric is a better out and out 7 than Warburton but sheesh. They're both pretty good so stop showing off.
I'm more interested to hear your view on the Halfpenny/Williams issue. I'd have the positions reversed TBH. I think Williams offers more of an attacking threat from full back than he does from wing and also more than Halfpenny does from full back.
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@Catogrande said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
@MiketheSnow Mike, re Tipuric. you're just rubbing in your embarrassment of riches. For sure I think Tipuric is a better out and out 7 than Warburton but sheesh. They're both pretty good so stop showing off.
I'm more interested to hear your view on the Halfpenny/Williams issue. I'd have the positions reversed TBH. I think Williams offers more of an attacking threat from full back than he does from wing and also more than Halfpenny does from full back.
Would definitely have Williams at 15, Halfpenny at 14 and North at 11.
Don't understand why North has become a right wing.
I think our best balanced backrow is Moriarty, Tipuric and Faletau
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Fiji
1 Peni Ravai, 2. Sunia Koto, 3. Manasa Saulo, 4. Nemia Soqeta, 5. Leone Nakarawa, 6. Dominiko Waqaniburotu, 7. Peceli Yato, 8. Akapusi Qera ©
9 Nikola Matawalu, 10. Ben Volavola, 11. Nemani Nadolo, 12. Levani Botia, 13. Albert Vulivuli, 14. Metuisela Talebula, 15. Kini MurimurivaluReserves: 16. Tuapati Talemaitoga, 17. Joeli Veitayaki, 18. Leeroy Atalifo, 19. Apisalome Ratuniyarawa, 20. Naulia Dawai, 21. Eremasi Radrodro, 22. Serupepeli Vularika, 23. Waisea Nayacalevu
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Japan
1 Satoshi Nakatani (3), 2. Shota Horie (47) (c), 3. Kensuke Hatakeyama (77), 4. Kyosuke Kajikawa (3), 5. Samuela Anise (3), 6. Malgene Ilaua (3), 7. Shunsuke Nunomaki (2), 8. Amanaki Lelei Mafi (12)
9 Fumiaki Tanaka (57), 10. Yu Tamura (41), 11. Kenki Fukuoka (19), 12. Harumichi Tatekawa (49), 13. Timothy Lafaele (3), 14. Akihito Yamada (17), 15. Kotaro Matsushima (21)Reserves: 16. Kanta Higashionna (3), 17. Takeshi Hino (1), 18. Heiichiro Ito (3), 19. Kotaro Yatabe (8), 20. Shuhei Matsuhashi (2), 21. Keisuke Uchida (20), 22. Amanaki Lotoahea (3), 23. Karne Hesketh (15)
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From Manu Samoa FB (I haven't tried the links yet):
MANU SAMOA VS CANADA LIVE STREAM
The Manu Samoa have been given these free live stream links. These links will be tested in a few hours time. Once tested, if there are any changes, we will edit this notice.
We are assuming the French links mean they have French commentary.
Game time is 8pm Friday (tonight) Local time.
Samoa time 9am Saturday morning.
New Zealand, 8am.
Best of luck Manu Samoa!
Update
This is the guaranteed link, it's the French link, although you are welcome to try the English versions pasted below
Guaranteed link:
http://lesportdauphinois.com/samoacanadafra
(Also pasted in comments)
Other links to try:
English:
This link is working also. English commentary
Desktop:
http://tsnvendhdulivsec-lh.akamaihd.net/z/Rug…/manifest.f4m…
Mobile:
http://tsnvendhdulivsec-lh.akamaihd.net/i/Rugby…/master.m3u8
French
Desktop:
http://tsnvendhdulivsec-lh.akamaihd.net/z/Rug…/manifest.f4m…
Mobile:
http://tsnvendhdulivsec-lh.akamaihd.net/i/Rugby…/master.m3u8 -
Wow a terrible fall for Argies no8 Senatore
Red card for Daly
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@ACT-Crusader Yeah, and that all in the 5th minute.
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