Day One in Glasgow and some of the 1st up rugby was a bit stuttering like the weather. New Zealand made hard work of beating Spain, perhaps they just did not feel they would have to work for it the final score of 31-5 flattering the Kiwis. Before that Samoa were pressed all the way by France 22-14.
Argentina 17-5 Portugal was a nice even match and then Fiji just blew Zimbabwe away 40-0. next up the hosts had Wales and for a while Scotland looked like they could shade it, but Wales scored late and took the narrow win 17-14. Russia made South Africa work for their win 17-14.
The last two up saw Australia pushed and in fact led by the USA, but with 6 minutes on the clock the Wallabies scored and then took control for the last few minutes to run out 29-14 winners. Last of the 1st games and England punished Kenya errors and ran out comfortable winners 40-7.
The second round of games and although teams who should win did, they were still being given trouble. Samoa 24-17 Spain, Argentina 19-14 Zimbabwe, South Africa 19-14 Scotland, Australia 28-26 Kenya last play and England 19-12 USA. The only sideS cruising are New Zealand and Fiji.
Results Day One
01 10:30 SAMOA 22-14 FRANCE Pool B
02 10:52 NEW ZEALAND 31-5 SPAIN Pool B
03 11:14 ARGENTINA 17-5 PORTUGAL Pool C
04 11:36 FIJI 40-0 ZIMBABWE Pool C
05 11:58 WALES 17-14 SCOTLAND Pool D
06 12:20 SOUTH AFRICA 17-14 RUSSIA Pool D
07 12:42 AUSTRALIA 29-14 UNITED STATES Pool A
08 13:04 ENGLAND 40-7 KENYA Pool A
09 13:36 SAMOA 24-17 SPAIN Pool B
10 13:58 NEW ZEALAND 66-0 FRANCE Pool B
11 14:20 ARGENTINA 19-14 ZIMBABWE Pool C
12 14:42 FIJI 28-5 PORTUGAL Pool C
13 15:04 SOUTH AFRICA 19-14 SCOTLAND Pool D
14 15:26 WALES 31-5 RUSSIA Pool D
15 15:48 AUSTRALIA 28-26 KENYA Pool A
16 16:10 ENGLAND 19-12 UNITED STATES Pool A
17 16:47 FRANCE 7-19 SPAIN Pool B
18 17:09 PORTUGAL 24-14 ZIMBABWE Pool C
19 17:31 SAMOA 21-22 NEW ZEALAND Pool B
20 17:53 SCOTLAND 33-5 RUSSIA Pool D
21 18:15 UNITED STATES 29-14 KENYA Pool A
22 18:37 ARGENTINA 7-47 FIJI Pool C
23 18:59 WALES 17-5 SOUTH AFRICA Pool D
24 19:21 AUSTRALIA 14-19 ENGLAND Pool A
Fixtures Quarter-Finals
25 10:30 UNITED STATES 0-0 RUSSIA ¼ Final Bowl
26 10:52 PORTUGAL 0-0 FRANCE ¼ Final Bowl
27 11:14 SCOTLAND 0-0 KENYA ¼ Final Bowl
28 11:36 SPAIN 0-0 ZIMBABWE ¼ Final Bowl
29 11:58 ENGLAND 0-0 SOUTH AFRICA ¼ Final Cup
30 12:20 FIJI 0-0 SAMOA ¼ Final Cup
31 12:42 WALES 0-0 AUSTRALIA ¼ Final Cup
32 13:04 NEW ZEALAND 0-0 ARGENTINA ¼ Final Cup
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