Wales got too work on the scrum after last week. We've just got to work on our little things which are very fixable. At the end of the day the scrum is just about who pushes the hardest. Different things go on in the scrums like people's angles but at the end of the day it's about who wants to push the most."
Saturday's Twickenham clash will decide who tops Rugby World Cup Pool A after Australia dumped hosts England out of the tournament last weekend. The victors will face the runner-up of Pool B, which could still be either South Africa, Scotland or Japan.
Australia showcased their scrummaging prowess against England
Wales will work hard on there scrum over the last week to face Australia this week
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Warren Gatland will assess the fitness of Wales’ World Cup walking wounded in the next 72 hours before deciding upon his starting XV for the top of the table Pool A Twickenham showdown with Australia. Flanker Dan Lydiate, a key figure in the Gatland game plan, badly injured an eye socket during the bruising victory over Fiji, while Bradley Davies has a broken nose. Neither forward will take part in contact training at the start of the week, as Gatland figures out the best method with which to tackle the Wallabies. The fitness of full-back Liam Williams, who was concussed against England, and prop Paul James also comes into sharp focus. Penalty too Ireland Jonny scores penalty 3.0 to Ireland Penalty to Italy 3-3 Try too Ireland 10-3 Penalty to Italy 10-6 Ireland The Reds drew with Everton on Sunday to leave them 10th in the Premier League and six points off the top spot. "Although this has been a difficult decision, we believe it provides us with the best opportunity for success on the pitch," said a club statement. "The search for a new manager is underway and we hope to make an appointment in a decisive and timely manner." Carlo Ancelotti, Frank de Boer and Jurgen Klopp have each been linked with the Liverpool job in recent weeks as the club have made an inconsistent start to the season. England were dumped out of the World Cup on Saturday night following a 33-13 defeat to Australia at Twickenham, making them the first hosts in the history of the competition to be eliminated before the knockout stage begins. Stuart Lancaster's tenure, which runs until 2020, is bound to come under scrutiny and he is right to say he will wait until after next Saturday's match with Uruguay to decide on his future. Stuart Barnes believes that if Lancaster resigns then Exeter's Rob Baxter should be the man to take his place, however Dean Ryan believes that England's process of picking an England coach needs an overhaul. England sank sadly and definitively out of their own World Cup an embarrassing 15 days into the tournament, with four weeks still to play. It was close for a period during the second half but mostly this was white jerseys chasing a wild Aussie goose, and now the Wallabies and Wales will play the final Pool A match here next Saturday to decide their quarter-final path. . They strained every muscle but were beaten by a more talented all-round Australian squad. The attacking brio of George Ford was introduced too late. The pool winners have a golden route to a quarter-final against the runners-up from Pool B, probably Scotland, while the runners-up contemplate a probable quarter-final with South Africa, and a semi-final against the winners of the New Zealand All Blacks’ last-eight meeting with France or Ireland. All Blacks captain Richie McCaw before the Pool C match between New Zealand and Georgia, held at Millennium Stadium. 22.56 score 22.10 too all blacks Steve Hansen has called for some perspective after the All Blacks eased into the quarterfinals at the Rugby World Cup with a scratchy 43-10 win over Georgia. By the time the All Blacks coach had made his way underneath the hulking Millennium Stadium he was already aware of the general view that his side had not been impressive during their third pool match. And after a couple of suggestive questions from the media pack, Hansen decided to cut in and give his view. "Look, at the moment you are trying to qualify for a quarterfinal and you are trying to do things with a purpose," Hansen said. "Not necessarily are you trying to do everything, but you are trying to work on parts of your game - and that's the attitude we've taken into this tournament. "There are a lot of things we could have done better, yeah for sure. Our skill execution wasn't great, but if there was one problem I'd say was easy to fix in this team it would be skill execution because we have plenty of talent Wales took a huge step closer to the World Cup quarter-finals by beating Fiji in a Pool A clash.
Gatland's team scored tries through scrum-half Gareth Davies and hooker Scott Baldwin, with 13 points from fly-half Dan Biggar's boot, but didn't get a bonus point. But Fiji struck back after the break with Vereniki Goneva rounding off a stunning 60-yard move. Fiji paid for small mistakes, with Ben Volavola missing two easy penalties. Man of the match Scrum-half Gareth Davies, but Taulupe Faletau, Sam Warburton and Dan Lydiate all had good game , as did Fiji's Goneva. |
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