Matthew's predictions for week 4!

Who Matthew thinks will win in the weekend!

Friday:  the Springboks will probably beat Samoa about 31 - 24! Good luck to both teams

Saturday: Australia will beat the Russians about 78 – 12.

                   France will beat Tonga 34 – 17

                   England will beat Scotland 40 – 31

Sunday:  New Zealand will beat Canada 91 – 23

                   Argentina will beat Georgia 48 – 17

                   Ireland will beat Italy 17 – 16

                   Wales will draw with Fiji 20 – 20

Matthew's week 3 review of RWC

Rugby World Cup 2011 Week 3

We will start with a Pool A game,  Tonga vs. Japan, both with no wins but Tonga want to win more which made their win 31-18.  Poor goal kicking by James Arlidge against Tonga, only got one kick in.

20/09/11 Italy takes on Russia. Italy bought heavy fire power to win 53-12. Great statement to give to the Irish.

22/09/11 the Springboks take on Namibia.  It was an easy game for the Springboks, no offence to Namibia but the result shows my point.   Well done for Bryan Habana to score the most tries for South Africa in all time (not in a singe match)

23/09/11 The USA takes on Wallabies.  The USA rest some big players for the Italian game which made no change in the result 68-5.   The Wallabies have some injures.

24/09/11 England takes on Romania in Otago Stadium. The English Wings both score a Hat Trick. The big game between the mighty All Blacks and France, but for France, it did not go so well. At half time the score was 19-3.  The All Blacks won 37-17. Well done Richie for 100 caps.

25/09/11 Manu Samoa takes on Fiji. Samoa lead at half time 12-0.  Samoa got the win 27-7, bad luck Fiji. Ireland takes on the Russians. Ireland with the win 62-12.  At least Russia scored a try, something the Wallabies could not do against Ireland. Scotland vs. Argentina.  It was an important game for both Argentina and Scotland, the runner up of Pool B would pretty much be decided in this game. Scotland was leading at half time 6-3.  Argentina score the only try which was enough to win 13-12.                             

The power of commenting

Today I became aware all over again, the power of commenting on blogs.  Mr Webb from Hamilton commented on Mathew's first RWC post and tonight he commented on the second week's review.  Not only did he comment, he also blogged about it on the Melville Intermediate Blog.    Thanks so much Mr Webb.  I am sure Matthew will be so motivated to report on week three now!

Week 2 by the famous Matthew from Room 7!

Rugby world cup week 2!

We start with date:

14/09/11 Samoa vs. Namibia. Samoa made a convincing win 49-12.  The same day Canada opened with a win over Tonga 25-20 in the last minutes of play. The Scots played in Invercargill again this time against Georgia, which was horrible game because it was just a drop goal and penalties game, 15-6. 15/09/11 Russia takes in their cold war enemies USA. Russia got its first rugby world points but USA got the only try but USA won 13-6.

16/09/11 The All Blacks take on Japan. All Blacks have their win over Tonga and are at the top of Pool A but have some injuries. But that didn’t affect the thrashing win 83-7.

17/09/11 Fiji take on the Springboks which was in the driver’s seat to win.  The Springboks win 49-3 and makes them at the top of Pool D.  Argentina destroyed Romania 43-8.  First out of two biggest games this round, the Wallabies takes on the Irish, again penalties and drop goal. Ireland upset the Wallabies 15-6.

18/09/11 second biggest game of the round, Samoa takes on Wales.  At half time Samoa lead but one penalty and a Shane Williams try made Samoa get upset 17-10.  I went to this game in person to watch England take on Georgia.   At half time England lead 17-10 and had a man in the bin but in the second half England thrashed Georgia 41-10, poor first half awesome second half. By Matthew              

Week One RWC according to Matthew!

Rugby world cup week 1

In the weekend rugby world cup kicked off with All Blacks vs. Tonga. The 1^st half was amazing for the All Blacks but the All Blacks were dreadful in the 2^nd half.  But still they kept the lead to win 41-10.

Day two Fiji vs. Namibia

The first 15 minute had Namibia lead but the rest of the game was Fiji who won 49-25. Scotland vs. Romania It was entertaining but Scotland came back in the final 10 minutes to win 34-24.  

Later that day Japan vs. France   Right on half time Japan scored and continued the good form. But France gave them a punishment when Japan was close with ten minutes to play. Argentina vs. England was one of the biggest games in pool play.   The goal kicking was dreadful but at half time Argentina led England 6-3 and England had a man in the bin. In the second half England got the only try scored by Ben Young and England won 13-9.  Sunday had only two games. Ireland took on the USA. I thought Ireland would destroy the USA but the Eagles did amazingly, but no competition points. The Springboks had their opening game vs. Wales which was close but the Springboks won 17-16!