Fiji learned from the mistakes of the past Storms on his debut at the 2023 World Cup in France and was able to take part this time Australia what he defeated 22-15, in a result that brings the combative Pacific team closer to the goal Quarter finals. The surprise is only relative, however, as Australia came to the World Cup at a terrible time: they have failed to win any games so far this year, despite defeating them 35-15 on their debut Georgia.
Played Fiji more concentrated, firmer, and with that things became complicated for Australia, which in the first half did not find a way to overcome the play proposed by its rival. Fiji dominated the pitch and the scoreboard and took advantage undisciplined Australians, the penalty strokes were well used by Simione Kuruvoli to take the lead on the scoreboard.
Australia scored two tries from Mark I didn’t cry in the first half and by Suli Vunivalu in the 70th minute by one from Fiji (Josua Tuisova in the first minutes of the sequel) but the advantage gained and the wildness defensive An islander prevented them from approaching. Australia failed to capitalize on Fiji’s mistakes in touching the ball and conceded more penalty shots. Eddie Jones moved the Aussie bench as often as he could, but couldn’t find a solution. Australia must now bat Storms to reach the quarterfinals.
It was previously confirmed that the path of Romania for him World It is on track to be a sequence of outcomes that are even greater than “normal” because there are the usual differences between “Tier 1” groups and Tier 2 countries.
Romania has certainly already played against two of the strongest teams in the tournament and both title contenders: Ireland Number 1 in the rugby world rankings, and South Africa, the current champion. But they showed a worse picture than Uruguay, Portugal, Chile or even Namibia. Los Robles had just scored 82 points against Romania and this time they lost to South Africa 76-0 in a game without equality, proving once again that they are the weakest team in the tournament.
In just 12 minutes of play the Boks scored four tries, significantly improving the final result. All experiments were phase experiments. Cobus Reinach and Makazol Mapimpi They scored three tries each and together with Damian Willemse They were the game’s top scorers with 15 points each. It is the first time in this World Cup that a team has not scored a single point.
At the end of the day, England Victory too Japan 34-12. It was a very even, with good defense, very focused players, enough attacking bursts to break through that defense and multiple phases of play. England had to work a lot to be able to endure it.
Not even the first try, which Lewis scored in the 23rd minute of the first half Ludlam Due to a defensive error, they rested him because Japan had Rikiya Matsuda Add up every penalty given away by the pink team. It was only in the second half that he managed to get his win on track Matsuda Another penalty and Japan would be a point away (13-12).
Courtney made the attempt that ended the game Laws who found the ball behind the Japanese defense, almost under the posts after hitting Joe’s head Marler. He provided support between the posts and made the score 20:12 with the conversion. Now that I had more possession, that was what mattered move it and file for bankruptcy. Two more essays by Freddie Steward and Joe Marchant They completed the win with one point bonus which almost left England in the quarter-finals. Japan needs to beat Samoa and Argentina to repeat what they achieved in 2019.
