Uruguay pay the penalty as Lionel Messi salvages draw for Argentina
Lionel Messi converted an added-time penalty as Argentina salvaged a 2-2 draw against their South American rivals Uruguay in a friendly in Tel Aviv.
Lionel Messi converted an added-time penalty as Argentina salvaged a 2-2 draw against their South American rivals Uruguay in a friendly in Tel Aviv.
Sergio Aguero will start alongside Lionel Messi as Argentina face Uruguay in a friendly in Tel Aviv on Monday.
Wales secured a World Cup quarter-final clash against France next Sunday – but they ended their Pool D campaign with an unconvincing 35-13 victory over Uruguay.
Hallam Amos has a neuroscience degree and he could be a junior doctor in three years’ time – but his immediate aim is prescribing World Cup success for Wales.
Shaun Edwards accepts that Wales need to tighten up defensively as they build towards the World Cup quarter-finals.
Wales are hopeful that fly-half Dan Biggar and centre Jonathan Davies will be fit for a likely World Cup quarter-final against France.
Justin Tipuric will captain Wales for the first time in Sunday’s World Cup clash against Uruguay.
Ross Moriarty has hailed Wales’s character after they overcame a ferocious Fijian challenge and booked a World Cup quarter-final place.
Wales lock Adam Beard is set to join full World Cup training this week as he continues his recovery from appendix surgery.
Australia bounced back from their defeat to Wales with a 45-10 victory over Uruguay in Oita, but the Wallabies’ tackling was again in the spotlight.
Wales assistant coach Robin McBryde says his side’s World Cup victories over Australia and Georgia “will not a matter a bit” if they fail to successfully complete their Pool D assignment.
Fiji will aim for their first victory of the tournament when they take on Uruguay on Wednesday.
Day six saw Samoa launch their campaign with a eventful 34-9 victory over Russia in Kumagaya.