Nelle amichevoli pre-mondiali, giocate sabato pomeriggio, la Scozia ha battuto l’Irlanda per 10 a 6 a Murrayfield, mentre l’Inghilterra ha superato il Galles per 23 a 19 a Twickenham.
Questi i tabellini:
SCOZIA – IRLANDA 10-6
Scozia: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Rory Lawson (capt), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Ross Rennie, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Jim Hamilton, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
A dispsosizione: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Alastair Kellock, 19 David Denton, 20 Greig Laidlaw, 21 Nick De Luca, 22 Jack Cuthbert.
Irlanda: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Fergus McFadden, 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 Niall Ronan, 6 Mike McCarthy, 5 Leo Cullen (capt), 4 Donnacha Ryan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Tom Court.
A disposizione: 16 Jerry Flannery, 17 Marcus Horan, 18 John Hayes, 19 Mick O’Driscoll, 20 Kevin McLaughlin, 20 Isaac Boss, 22 Felix Jones.
Marcatori: 32′ c.p. Sexton; 49′ c.p. Paterson; 64′ c.p. Sexton; 75′ m. Ansbro tr. Paterson.
INGHILTERRA – GALLES 23-19
Inghilterra: 15 Delon Armitage, 14 Matt Banahan, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Riki Flutey, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Danny Care, 8 James Haskell, 7 Lewis Moody (capt), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
A dispsosizione: 16 Lee Mears, 17 David Wilson, 18 Mouritz Botha, 19 Tom Wood, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Charlie Sharples.
Galles: 15 Morgan Stoddart, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (capt), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Brad Davies, 3 Craig Mitchell, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Paul James.
A dispsosizione: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Luke Charteris, 19 Ryan Jones, 20 Tavis Knoyle, 21 Scott Williams, 22 Lloyd Williams.
Marcatori: 5′ c.p. Wilkinson; 16′ m. North tr. Priestland; 24′ m. Haskell tr. Wilkinson; 37′ dr. Wilkinson; 43′ m. Tuilagi tr. Wilkinson; 56′ m. Williams; 61′ m. Wilkinson; 76′ m. North tr. Priestland.
