Think they have this down as a Fiji home match
It’s in Cardiff City Stadium (football) on artificial
Weather set fair
33,000 capacity
Should be full
My thoughts on Plumtree and Costelow are well documented
Good to see Botham on the bench
And Mee
Is Teddy Williams still not match fit?
15 Blair Murray, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Ben Carter, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Taine Plumtree, 20 James Botham, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Ellis Mee
15 Salesi Rayasi, 14 Selestino Ravutaumada, 13 Semi Radradra, 12 Josua Tuisova, 11 Jiuta Wainiqolo, 10 Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, 9 Frank Lomani, 8 Elia Canakaivata, 7 Kitione Salawa, 6 Pita Gus Sowakula, 5 Temo Mayanavanua, 4 Isoa Nasilasila, 3 Tim Hoyt, 2 Tevita Ikanivere (c), 1 Eroni Mawi
Reserves: 16 Zuriel Togiatama, 17 Livai Natave, 18 Peni Ravai, 19 Mesake Vocevoce, 20 Peceli Yato, 21 Simione Kuruvoli, 22 Vilimoni Botitu, 23 Kalaveti Ravouvou
@MiketheSnow said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
We play with our brains we win comfortably
What happens when Fiji play with their brains?
@pooler-fan said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
we lose comfortably
Fiji quickly need a different halfback pairing for that to happen. Lomani and Armstrong-Ravula are only adding to the chaos. Kuruvoli and Botitu need to be put at 9 and 10.
10-10 at halftime a fair reflection on proceedings
If Wales can improve accuracy at lineout and scrum points and YCs will follow
The problem with Fiji's style is they've conceded a handful of scrums through knock-ons and Wales inevitably earn a penalty from all of their set pieces.
Fiji were bloody dangerous and scored some great tries but how they kept 15 on the park is beyond me.
Murray can fuck off, so too Plumtree.
Costelow looked composed.
Best arrows from Elias for some time.
Put Jenkins in the second row and Teddy Williams on the bench and we have the makings of a very decent pack.
Zammit needs to go back to 15.
Adams, best game in ages.
That’s three in a row for Wales and the one win we were targeting this Summer in the bag.
Hopefully a smash and grab in the coming weeks.
@Mr-Fish said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
The problem with Fiji's style is they've conceded a handful of scrums through knock-ons and Wales inevitably earn a penalty from all of their set pieces.
I didn't expect to see that Wales set piece dominance especially in the scrum. We were missing a few tightheads and our best lock and don't have great depth to say the least.
I guess that says more about Fiji than it does about Wales though.
Glad to see us win but disappointed with the lack of strike plays and structure. There were opportunities there to open Fiji up especially in the 2nd half. But given where we were not so long ago a win is a win.
@MiketheSnow said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
Fiji were bloody dangerous and scored some great tries but how they kept 15 on the park is beyond me.
If they didn't all try to play 7s, Wales would've lost.
Murray can fuck off, so too Plumtree.
Costelow looked composed.
Best arrows from Elias for some time.
Put Jenkins in the second row and Teddy Williams on the bench and we have the makings of a very decent pack.
Zammit needs to go back to 15.
Adams, best game in ages.
Is that the same Adams that managed to ruin a four on one(maybe two) and got tackled? What happened to the appreciation of putting others into space instead of running them out of it? Looked like an impression of Lote Tuqiri who racked up 700m per game running sideways.
@antipodean said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
@MiketheSnow said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
Fiji were bloody dangerous and scored some great tries but how they kept 15 on the park is beyond me.
If they didn't all try to play 7s, Wales would've lost.
Murray can fuck off, so too Plumtree.
Costelow looked composed.
Best arrows from Elias for some time.
Put Jenkins in the second row and Teddy Williams on the bench and we have the makings of a very decent pack.
Zammit needs to go back to 15.
Adams, best game in ages.
Is that the same Adams that managed to ruin a four on one(maybe two) and got tackled? What happened to the appreciation of putting others into space instead of running them out of it? Looked like an impression of Lote Tuqiri who racked up 700m per game running sideways.
Our brains functioned better than the Fijians
Sure he cocked some stuff up, but not as much as the Fijian he beat for the touchdown and try.
That was piss poor and amateur
@MiketheSnow said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
@antipodean said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
@MiketheSnow said in 2026 Nations Championship : Fiji v Wales:
Fiji were bloody dangerous and scored some great tries but how they kept 15 on the park is beyond me.
If they didn't all try to play 7s, Wales would've lost.
Murray can fuck off, so too Plumtree.
Costelow looked composed.
Best arrows from Elias for some time.
Put Jenkins in the second row and Teddy Williams on the bench and we have the makings of a very decent pack.
Zammit needs to go back to 15.
Adams, best game in ages.
Is that the same Adams that managed to ruin a four on one(maybe two) and got tackled? What happened to the appreciation of putting others into space instead of running them out of it? Looked like an impression of Lote Tuqiri who racked up 700m per game running sideways.
Our brains functioned better than the Fijians
Sure he cocked some stuff up, but not as much as the Fijian he beat for the touchdown and try.
That was piss poor and amateur
Yeah, that was dreadful. I can't believe his teammates weren't screaming at him to take the L and just ground the ball.
Great chase though!
