Macsen
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Can't see Wales losing this one. You'd think Samoa were favourites the way some pundits are talking about this match.
1.) Samoa are at about the same level as Italy in the IRB tables. There's a reason for that. Wales do lose against Italy once in a blue moon, but 8/10 times we beat them.
2.) Apart from beating Australia B, who as we saw today can be pretty flaky, Samoa's recent record is pretty poor. They lost against Tonga and Fiji in July... who as we have seen over the last week aren't exactly brilliant teams themselves.
3.) Wales have a poor record against Samoa but we usually play a weaker team against them. We still beat them two years ago with our second string side.
4.) We've been beaten by Fiji and Samoa in the World Cup before but they've been 'shock' victories. Wales didn't take them seriously and paid the price. They're taking this game very seriously.
5.) Samoa are playing two games in five days, and will probably be fairly knackered. The haka should take a bit more out of them.
6.) A few of their players got injured against Namibia and haven't trained properly over the last few days.
7.) Putting 49 points on Namibia isn't much of an achievement. Fiji managed that and got tonked by the same margin by SA today.
8.) Samoa didn't show much discipline against Namibia. A better team would have punished them for that.
9.) I wouldn't be surprised if Warren Gatland had spent more time planning for this game that he did for the South Africa game, given that his job pretty much depends on victory.
10.) This Welsh team is the best we've had for as long as I can remember. If we can come withing a point to South Africa we should be able to put 30 on Samoa.
Of course I could be eating my hat at 6am tomorrow morning... :lol:
1.) Samoa are at about the same level as Italy in the IRB tables. There's a reason for that. Wales do lose against Italy once in a blue moon, but 8/10 times we beat them.
2.) Apart from beating Australia B, who as we saw today can be pretty flaky, Samoa's recent record is pretty poor. They lost against Tonga and Fiji in July... who as we have seen over the last week aren't exactly brilliant teams themselves.
3.) Wales have a poor record against Samoa but we usually play a weaker team against them. We still beat them two years ago with our second string side.
4.) We've been beaten by Fiji and Samoa in the World Cup before but they've been 'shock' victories. Wales didn't take them seriously and paid the price. They're taking this game very seriously.
5.) Samoa are playing two games in five days, and will probably be fairly knackered. The haka should take a bit more out of them.
6.) A few of their players got injured against Namibia and haven't trained properly over the last few days.
7.) Putting 49 points on Namibia isn't much of an achievement. Fiji managed that and got tonked by the same margin by SA today.
8.) Samoa didn't show much discipline against Namibia. A better team would have punished them for that.
9.) I wouldn't be surprised if Warren Gatland had spent more time planning for this game that he did for the South Africa game, given that his job pretty much depends on victory.
10.) This Welsh team is the best we've had for as long as I can remember. If we can come withing a point to South Africa we should be able to put 30 on Samoa.
Of course I could be eating my hat at 6am tomorrow morning... :lol: