General Chat

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA

MAN OF THE MATCH ..... ENGLAND KYLE SINCKLER

81,275 IN ATTENDANCE AT TWICKENHAM

HANDBAGS :-D

80 MINUTE TRY FOR AUSTRALIA BY FULL BACK ISRAEL FOLAU

CONVERTION MISSED

FINAL SCORE

ENGLAND 37 ~ AUSTRALIA 18

Congratulations to England and all England GR fans :-)
Commiserations to Australia and all Australians looking in :-)

NEXT UP....

WALES <3 v REPUBLIC of SOUTH AFRICA ...... Kick Off 5,20pm


LIVE ON BBC 2; S4C .........and RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D

WHAT DID THE PROFESSIONALS MAKE OF WALES’ VICTORY OVER TONGA?


MARTYN WILLIAMS MBE
(former Wales and British and Irish Lions international) .... “ALL BLACKS STANDARD!” “
“This is a really exciting time for the Welsh Team”
“WORLD CLASS – athletic, brave, technicality – a FULL HIT!”


PETER JACKSON (The Rugby Paper) .....
” Welsh talent coming out of everybody’s ears... never had stronger depth of squad”
“Wales were ruthless. Excellent in the way they kept smashing Tonga- ALL BLACK-LIKE in that respect!”



JONATHAN (Jiffy) DAVIES (Former Wales & Lions International; BBC Commentator)
“Sometimes 2nd Teams can be disjointed but a very good performance by everybody. Everybody did their job- individually and collectively. Great method, great purpose ! Great Test match!”



PHILIPPA TUTTIETT (Former Wales Women International 7s & 15s) .....
Philippa praised Wales’ counter-attacking, ball carrying and offloading. She praised the trust and awareness of the players, trust that “someone is going to be on the shoulder”. She also praised Wales’ work rate and the young teams hunger and passion to put their hands up.



Philippa Tuttiett is certainly right. Wales are definitely in a great position now with up-and-coming talented players! Everyone wants to be in the 1st Team and will be wanting to make sure they perform. Wales now have a real depth of talent which will come into it’s own for ROTATION OF SQUADS during the World Cup.


NOW WALES WILL TAKE ON SOUTH AFRICA AT 5.20pm TODAY!

THE ANTHEMS FOR THE SING-A-LONG


WALES ~ MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU (Match Version)

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed

Gwlad, gwlad,
pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

Gwlad, gwlad,
pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.



SOUTH AFRICA’s ANTHEM ... NKOSI SIKELEL iAFRICA

Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn 'Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika' (God Bless Africa) and 'Die Stem van Suid-Afrika' (The Call of South Africa).

Language: XHOSA
Lyrics: Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrica, Maluphakanyisw uphono Iwayo
(God bless Africa, Let it’s horn be raised)

Language: ZULU
Lyrics: Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo
(Listen also to our prayers, Lord bless us, we are the family of it (Africa)

Language: SESOTHO
Lyrics: Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso. O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho.
O se boloke. O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa, South Afrika, South Afrika .
English Translation: Lord bless our nation. Stop wars and sufferings. Save it, save our nation, the nation of South Africa, South Africa.

Language: AFRICAANS
Lyrics: Uit die blou van onse hemel, uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes, waar die kranse antwoord gee,
English Translation: From the blue of our skies,
From the depth of our sea, over everlasting mountains,
Where the echoing cliffs resound in answer

Language: ENGLISH
Lyrics: Sounds the call to come together and united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom in South Africa our land.

THE TEAMS

WALES (Last minute change due to illness)

Captain: ALUN-WYN JONES

Backs:
15. Liam Williams
14. George North
13. Jonathan Davies
12. Hadleigh Parkes
11. Josh Adams
10. Gareth Anscombe
9. Gareth Davies

Forwards:
1. Nicky Smith
2. Ken Owens
3. Tomas Francis
4. Adam Beard
5. Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
***6. ELLIS JENKINS replaces Dan Lydiate (who has been taken ill this morning)
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Ross Moriarty

Replacements:
16. Elliot Dee, 17. Rob Evans, 18. Dillon Lewis, 19. Cory Hill,
****20. Aaron Wainwright replaces Ellis Jenkins (Ellis has replaced Lydiate in the starting XV)
21. Tomos Williams, 22. Dan Biggar, 23. Owen Watkin



SOUTH AFRICA

Captain: SIYA KOLISI

Backs:
15. Willie le Roux
14. Sbu Nkosi
13. Jesse Kriel
12. Damian de Allende
11. Aphiwe Dyantyi
10. Handré Pollard
9. Embrose Papier

Forwards:
1. Steven Kitshoff
2. Malcolm Marx
3. Frans Malherbe
4. RG Snyman
5. Franco Mostert
6. Siya Kolisi (Captain)
7. Pieter-Steph du Toit
8. Duane Vermeulen

Replacements:
16. Bongi Mbonambi, 17. Thomas du Toit, 18. Vincent Koch, 19. Eben Etzebeth,
20. Francois Louw, 21. Ivan van Zyl, 22. Elton Jantjies, 23. Cheslin Kolbe

Broadcaster and Rugby Union Coach SHAUN HOLLEY on Scrum V Autumn International Special about Wales' performance v Fiji .....

IMPERIOUS IN THE AIR ~ JONAH HOLMES

TOP OFFLOADER ~ LIAM WILLIAMS; Seb Davies and Owen Watkins also had a big game.

PRECISION KICKING ~ DAN BIGGAR 100% ; Rhys Patchell also had a good game

RIP IT UP ~ OWEN WATKINS

PIN POINT ACCURACY ~ ELLIOT DEE, Ellis Jenkins,Jake Ball, Elias

SECOND TOUCHES ~ Owen Watkins, Tyler Morgan, Aled Davies, Liam Williams



KEEP IT UP BOYS ..... WE WANT AN AUTUMN TEST GRAND SLAM ;-) <3

HERE COME MY BOYS

ALUN-WYN JONES IS ABOUT TO LEAD OUT THE WALES TEAM

SIYA KOLISI WILL LEAD OUT SOUTH AFRICA

Well done England :-D

Come on Wales ;-) ;-)

HERE THEY COME :-D :-D :-D

RADIO JEM MASCOT IS PITCHSIDE WITH THE WALES GOAT EVERYONE ;-) :-D :-D <3

The Anthems

First the visiting South Africans

Then Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau for Wales

:-D :-D :-D :-D

The boys are singing loud and proud

Even Wales 2 New Zealanders ~ Gareth Anscombe and Hadleigh Parks ~ they know it better than many Welsh People :-D :-D

Missing Leigh Halfpenny's passionate singing today. He still has concussion

WALES ARE ON A RUN ..... CAN THEY WIN 4/4 OF THEIR AUTUMN TEST GAMES?

It will be MASSIVE if they do with the World Cup less than 10 months away!

Not going to be the same without Leigh :-(

WOW ALUN-WYN JONES<3 EARNS HIS 120th CAP

KEN OWENS<3 & JUSTIN TIPURIC<3 BOTH 60 CAPS TODAY