Wales 34–38 Fiji, 29 September 2007

Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes · 29 September 2007Head-to-head

Full-time report

WALWales34

FIJFiji38

Fiji won by 4 points.Half-time 10–25 · Tries 5–4 · FIJ 1 yellow card

Pitch map

Layers

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Totals only: no positions in the feed

Tacklesmademissed

WAL12511

FIJ7518

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

WAL3/31/10

FIJ3/34/40

← Fiji attack · Wales attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band

Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.

Tries and goal kicks as a table

Min	Team	What	Score
17′	Fiji	Try, Akapusi Qera, converted	3–5
20′	Fiji	Try, Vilimoni Delasau	3–12
26′	Fiji	Try, Kele Leawere, converted	3–23
35′	Wales	Try, Alix Popham, converted	8–25
46′	Wales	Try, Shane Williams, converted	15–25
49′	Wales	Try, Gareth Thomas	22–25
52′	Wales	Try, Mark Jones, converted	27–25
74′	Wales	Try, Martyn Williams	34–31
78′	Fiji	Try, Graham Dewes, converted	34–36

Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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17′Akapusi Qera20′Vilimoni Delasau26′Kele Leawere35′Alix Popham46′Shane Williams49′Gareth Thomas52′Mark Jones74′Martyn Williams78′Graham Dewes

WAL

Team stats

FIJ

39%Possession61%

42%Territory58%

77Carries113

554Metres gained593

18Defenders beaten13

106Passes106

6Offloads21

125Tackles made75

11Tackles missed18

51/54Rucks won97/100

8/9Lineouts won11/11

6/6Mauls won1/2

1Turnovers won3

5Penalties conceded14

Goal kicking
WAL conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1 · FIJ conversions 3/3, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Wales

1Gethin JenkinsProp
2Matthew ReesHooker
3Chris HorsmanProp
4Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
5Ian EvansSecond row
6Colin CharvisFlanker
7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
8Alix PophamNumber 8
9Dwayne PeelScrum-half
10Stephen JonesFly-half
11Shane WilliamsWing
12James HookCentre
13Tom ShanklinCentre
14Mark JonesWing
15Gareth ThomasFull-back
16Thomas Rhys ThomasBench
17Duncan JonesBench
18Ian GoughBench
19Michael OwenBench
20Mike PhillipsBench
21Jamie RobinsonBench
22Dafydd JamesBench

Fiji

Match officials

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Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 2
TMO: Sample TMO

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Context

All-time, Wales 15–2 Fiji, 1 drawn in 18 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in

Fiji going in

Previous meeting: 11 November 2005, Wales 11–10 Fiji
Next meeting on record: 19 November 2010

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.