Victorii pe linie ale favoritilor la RWC 2011

Australia – USA: 65-5

Cangurii au invins clar selectionata SUA cu scorul de 65 la 5. Americanii au rezistat bine in prima parte scorul fiind la un moment dat 10-5. Wallabies au apasat pedala de acceleratie si le-au inscris 11 eseuri americanilor prin: Horne, Elsom, Beale, Fainga’a 2, Mitchell, McCabe, Ashley-Cooper 3 si Samo. Cooper cu doua transformari si Barnes cu patru au completat tabela.
Pentru americani a marcat un eseu inchizatorul Gagiano.

Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Anthony Fainga’a, 12 Rob Horne, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (c), 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Ben McCalman, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 James Slipper.
Rezerve: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Dan Vickerman, 19 Radike Samo, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Pat McCabe.

USA: 15 Blaine Scully, 14 Colin Hawley, 13 Tai Enosa, 12 Junior Sifa, 11 Kevin Swiryn, 10 Nese Malifa, 9 Tim Usasz (c), 8 JJ Gagiano, 7 Pat Danahy, 6 Inaki Basauri, 5 Hayden Smith, 4 Scott LaValla, 3 Eric Fry, 2 Phil Thiel, 1 Shawn Pittman.
Rezerve: 16 Brian McClenahan, 17 Matekitonga Moeakiola, 18 Louis Stanfill, 19 Nic Johnson, 20 Mike Petri, 21 Roland Suniula, 22 Chris Wyles.

Italia – Rusia 53-17

Rusii nu s-au regasit nici la partida cu Italia, dupa bataia incasata in primul meci, cu SUA. Peninsularii au facut instructie, marcand noua eseuri. Semnatarii acestora au fost Parisse, Toniolatti 2, Benvenuti 2, Gori, McLean, Zanni, plus o incercare de penalitate. Bocchino a transformat patru dintre acestea, in timp ce rusii au ajuns de trei ori in terenul de tinta advers, prin Yanyushkin, Ostroushko, Makovetskiy. Rachkov a transformat unul din eseuri, insa rusii au fost destul de stersi in evolutie.

Italia: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giulio Toniolatti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (capt), 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Rezerve: 16 Tommaso D’Apice, 17 Martin Castrogiovanni, 18 Cornelius van Zyl, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Pablo Canavosio, 21 Luciano Orquera, 22 Alberto Sgarbi.
Rusia: 15 Igor Klyuchnikov, 14 Vasily Artemyev, 13 Andrey Kuzin, 12 Alexey Makovetskiy, 11 Vladimir Ostroushko, 10 Konstantin Rachkov, 9 Alexander Shakirov, 8 Victor Gresev , 7 Andrey Garbuzov, 6 Vyacheslav Grachev , 5 Adam Byrnes, 4 Alexander Voytov, 3 Ivan Prishchepenko, 2 Vladislav Korshunov (c), 1 Vladimir Botvinnikov
Rezerve: 16 Valery Tsnobiladze, 17 Alexander Khrokin, 18 Denis Antonov, 19 Artem Fatakhov, 20 Alexander Yanyushkin, 21 Mikhail Sidorov, 22 Yury Kushnarev.

Tonga – Japonia 31-18

Tonga a mai spalat din tristetea infrangerii cu Noua Zeelanda, obtinand o victorie frumoasa impotriva Japoniei. Sportivii din Pacific au fost superiori niponilor, marcandu-le trei eseuri, prin Ma’afu, Lokotui, Vainikolo. Morath a completat tabela cu doua transformari si patru lovituri de pedeapsa. Niponii au inscris prin Hatakeyama, Leitch, Tupuailai, tot trei eseuri, insa la buturi au fost inferiori, punctand doar prin transformarea lui Webb.
Tonga: 15 Vungakoto Lilo, 14 Fetu’u Vainikolo, 13 Siale Piutau, 12 Alipate Fatafehi, 11 Sukanaivalu Hufanga, 10 Kurt Morath, 9 Taniela Moa, 8 Viliami Ma’afu, 7 Sione Vaiomo’unga, 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 5 Paino Hehea, 4 Tukulua Lokotui, 3 Taufa’ao Filise, 2 Aleki Lutui (c), 1 Soane Tonga’uiha.
Rezerve: 16 Aloisio Ma’asi, 17 Alisona Taumalolo, 18 Halani Aulika, 19 Joseph Tu’ineau, 20 Samiu Vahafolau, 21 Samisoni Fisilau, 22 Viliame Iongi.
Japonia: 15 Shaun Webb, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Alisi Tupuailai, 12 Ryan Nicholas, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Takashi Kikutani (c), 7 Michael Leitch, 6 Itaru Taniguchi, 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Hisateru Hirashima.
Rezerve: 16 Yusuke Aoki, 17 Nozomu Fujita, 18 Hitoshi Ono, 19 Sione Talikavili Vatuvei, 20 Atsushi Hiwasa, 21 Takehisa Usuzuki, 22 Murray Williams.
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

Africa de Sud – Namibia 87-0

Springboks nu au avut mila de colegii lor de continent, administrandu-le un usturator 87-0. Campionii mondiali au marcat 12 eseuri. Incercarile au fost realizate de Aplon 2, Habana, eseu de penalizare, Fourie, F. Steyn, M. Steyn, De Jongh 2, Hougaard 2, Rossouw. F. Steyn si M. Steyn au reusit fiecare cate sase transformari, iar M. Steyn a mai inscris si dintr-o lovitura de pedeapsa.

Africa de Sud: 15 Pat Lambie, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn , 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Willem Alberts, 5 Danie Rossouw, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Rezerve: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Francois Louw, 19 Heinrich Brussow, 20 Fourie du Preez, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Namibia: 15 Chrysander Botha, 14 Danie Dames, 13 Danie van Wyk, 12 Piet van Zyl, 11 Heine Bock, 10 Theuns Kotze, 9 Eugene Jantjies, 8 Jacques Nieuwenhuis, 7 Jacques Burger (c), 6 Tinus du Plessis, 5 Nico Esterhuyse, 4 Heinz Koll, 3 Marius Visser, 2 Bertus O’Callaghan, 1 Johnnie Redelinghuys.
Rezerve: 16 Hugo Horn, 17 Jane du Toit, 18 PJ van Lill, 19 Rohan Kitshoff, 20 Ryan de la Harpe, 21 Darryl de la Harpe, 22 Conrad Marais.