Fixtures
(NZ Times - Texas Time = add 7 hours)

Saturday, 11 June
New Zealand v Wales
Eden Park, Auckland, kick-off 7:35 PM

Tuesday, 14 June
Chiefs v Wales
FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton, kick-off 6:35 PM

Saturday, 18 June
New Zealand v Wales
Westpac Stadium, Wellington, 7:35 PM

Saturday, 25 June
New Zealand v Wales
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, 7:35 PM

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Prior to this tour, Wales Played England at Twickenham

Described as a "friendly"... yeah... right!!!

Sadly, England won

England 27 V Wales 13

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Tonight's the night..... 1st Test

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

THANKS MOLLY!!

Link to game livestream
http://live.robinwidget.com/livematches ... 36609.html

Link is Sky UK.... I have Sky NZ on TV but the pre-game discussion from UK is more palatable to me... since I am Welsh, not NZ for Rugby

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Thx, Rumpole.

This is another link I have open.

ESPN Live/Stats ... commentary sometimes explains penalty.

http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/match?gameI ... gue=289234

HALF TIME

15 NZ v Wales 18


FULL TIME

New Zealand 39-21 Wales


NZ Wins

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

BTW

The Poms beat the Aussies
Australia 28-39 England

The Oirish beat the Springboks
South Africa 20 - 26 Ireland

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

The mid-week game Wales V Chiefs did NOT go well for Wales

Chiefs 40 - 7 Wales XV

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Tonight ..... 2nd Test

Saturday, 18 June
New Zealand v Wales
Westpac Stadium, Wellington, 7:35 PM ( 2:35AM - Texas time )

Watch Live: http://live.robinwidget.com/livematches ... 41047.html

Also on tonight...

Australia v England, Melbourne
20:00 local, 10:00 GMT, 11:00 BST

South Africa v Ireland, Johannesburg
17:00 local, 15:00 GMT, 16:00 BST

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

I suspect that Wales will get a thrashing tonight....

Ben Smith is one of my fave AB players... normally full back.. tonight he moves to wing.. to allow space for Israel Dagg to come in as full back. (Julian Savea dropped) Dagg was great when on top form... dropped when he lost form.. but if he is anywhere near his old form now... he and Ben Smith should be great to watch. I am a FAN of running back play (al la Wales in the 70's) and so am looking forward to open running Rugby.

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

HALF TIME

Wales 10 - NZ 10

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

I was glad to see Peyper as the Referee. I remember he was referee for the opening game of the World Cup last year.

He seems to let them play

Well that was an exciting half, and it flew by quickly.

Wales did well to hang in and level the score. NZ were NOT as organized as I feared.

Wales are in with a chance IF they can hang in for the entire second half.

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FULL TIME

Wales 22 NZ 36

NZ win

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Wales giving it all they have got... but they simply dont have enough to beat the Allblacks... and really have not for many years.

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Well, at least Wales didn't give up after it looking bleak. They showed some strong effort ... with time running out.

I think the turnovers hurt them badly. Even in the first half, there were some bad ones close to the goal line, but the Wales defense seemed to play harder, NZ couldn't take advantage.

I was hoping for a tie-breaker match next week.

South Africa 32 Ireland 26

Australia 7 - England 23

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Third test tonight Wales V NZ

also....

Australia v England, Sydney
20:00 local, 10:00 GMT, 11:00 BST

South Africa v Ireland, Port Elizabeth
17:00 local, 15:00 GMT, 16:00 BST

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light