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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth · 26 September 2011Head-to-head
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Wales won by 74 points.Half-time 22–0 · Tries 12–1 · NAM 1 yellow card

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8141847505361636670757782496Attacks103Ball won240836228150604216941535689%Own 2274%Own half71%Opp half86%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL342
NAM13745
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL9/121/10
NAM1/10/20
← Namibia 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
MinTeamWhatScore
8′WalesTry, Scott Williams, conversion missed8–0
14′WalesTry, Aled Brew, converted13–0
18′WalesTry, Taulupe Faletau, converted20–0
47′WalesTry, Scott Williams, converted27–0
50′WalesTry, Gethin Jenkins, converted34–0
53′NamibiaTry, Heinz Koll, converted36–5
61′WalesTry, George North, converted41–7
63′WalesTry, Jonathan Davies, converted48–7
66′WalesTry, George North, converted55–7
70′WalesTry, Scott Williams, converted62–7
75′WalesTry, Lloyd Williams, conversion missed69–7
77′WalesTry, Lee Byrne, conversion missed74–7
82′WalesTry, Alun Wyn Jones, converted79–7
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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023456890HT0′20′40′60′80′1 NAM card
8′Scott Williams14′Aled Brew18′Taulupe Faletau47′Scott Williams50′Gethin Jenkins53′Heinz Koll61′George North63′Jonathan Davies66′George North70′Scott Williams75′Lloyd Williams77′Lee Byrne82′Alun Wyn Jones
WAL

Team stats

NAM
74%Possession26%
75%Territory25%
172Carries31
1,103Metres gained168
45Defenders beaten2
226Passes57
34Tackles made137
2Tackles missed45
106/108Rucks won32/34
10/12Lineouts won11/13
2/2Mauls won1/1
9Penalties conceded11
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 9/12, penalties 1/1 · NAM conversions 1/1, penalties 0/2. 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

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Lloyd BurnsHooker
  3. 3Craig MitchellProp
  4. 4Bradley DaviesSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Ryan JonesFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Tavis KnoyleScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Aled BrewWing
  12. 12Scott WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14Leigh HalfpennyWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Ken OwensBench
  17. 17Ryan BevingtonBench
  18. 18Luke CharterisBench
  19. 19Andy PowellBench
  20. 20Lloyd WilliamsBench
  21. 21Rhys PriestlandBench
  22. 22George NorthBench

Namibia

  1. 1Johnny RedelinghuysProp
  2. 2Hugo HornHooker
  3. 3Jané Du ToitProp
  4. 4Heinz KollSecond row
  5. 5Nico EsterhuyseSecond row
  6. 6Tinus Du PlessisFlanker
  7. 7Jacques BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Jacques NieuwenhuisNumber 8
  9. 9Eugene JantjiesScrum-half
  10. 10Theuns KotzeFly-half
  11. 11Danie DamesWing
  12. 12Darryl De La HarpeCentre
  13. 13Piet Van ZylCentre
  14. 14Danie Van WykWing
  15. 15Chrysander BothaFull-back
  16. 16Bertus O'CallaghanBench
  17. 17Raoul LarsonBench
  18. 18Wacca KazombiazeBench
  19. 19Rohan KitshoffBench
  20. 20Ryan De La HarpeBench
  21. 21TC LosperBench
  22. 22David PhilanderBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 4–0 Namibia in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
Namibia going in

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.