Wales v New Zealand Rugby Union

[Citizen Kane]

Centrebet goes 5.50 Wales 1.15 NZ and point start of 13.5 Have had a long think about this game and find it hard to see where Wales can claim any advantage except for home ground. NZ have it all over Wales in numbers 9 to 15 (bigger, faster, stronger, more skillful) IMO. Also in the forwards I struggle to see how you could give Wales any advantage. I expect Wales to start with a hiss and a roar spurred on by the capacity home crowd but NZ to weather this relatively easily and be starting to pull away by halftime. If this goes to plan I can easily see a 20/25+ point win to NZ. A player to watch that will be new to Northern Hemisphere followers is Chris Masoe who has had an excellant domestic season and has a strong 7's background. He is fast, skillful and I can't see Colin Charvis staying with him for long. Wales may try to put pressure on both him and the other debutant Tialata but I don't expect it to be too successful. If either debutant does struggle Henry will be straight to the bench which is another area where NZ has it all over Wales. Don't usually like taking away teams in internationals with double figure starts to cover but will take this one on. Bets for match: 1pt NZ -13.5 @ 1.85 (Centrebet) 1pt First stoppage Lineout @ 1.55 (NZTab) 1pt Last scoring play NZ conversion @ 3.00 (NZTab) 0.5pt Chris Masoe to score a try @ 4.00 (NZTab) 0.5pt Conrad Smith to scorre a try @ 2.75 (NZTab) Cheers CK

[Ra1nmaker]

Re: Wales v New Zealand Rugby Union Can't disagree with you. Don't think Wales can deal with the NZ pace and continued recycling the ball. Expect Wales to tire in the 2nd half and NZ to rack up the pts. NZ -15.5 @ betfair odds of 2.1