Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Rugby: Wales head into French winner-takes-all clash
Wales and France will go into a winner-takes-all clash in Albi on Saturday for the Alitalia European Cup and a place in the 2011 Four Nations tournament to take on England, Australia and New Zealand.
This is after Wales sneaked a 31-30 win over Ireland in a tense match at The Gnoll in Neath on Sunday.
Both sides go into next week’s game with two wins under their belts, turning the concluding group match into an unofficial European Cup final.
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Wales didn’t have it all their own way at The Gnoll and it took a late field goal from Lee Briers to give the home side a seven-point cushion going into the final five minutes.
Wales coach Iestyn Harris said: “We’ve used our get out of jail free card if I’m honest. We were a little bit scratchy at times.
“Ireland are a good side and didn’t do themselves justice in France last week.
“But if we keep improving and working on things that we didn’t go too well, eventually we’ll get there and hopefully that’ll be next week.
“But this week we gave ourselves a shot at the game and when we pushed it out to 12-4, we started to look a little bit more comfortable.
“Then the half changed and we were behind at the interval.
The game was finally sealed with 70 seconds remaining on the clock when Ireland’s Tim Bergin fumbled a pass on the wing giving Wales possession that they didn’t lose. And they almost went over for a further try to seal things.
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