むちの跡s's victory over Fiji raises hopes of emulating 2019 半分-final 位置／汚点／見つけ出す
BORDEAUX, フラン, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Victory for むちの跡s over Fiji has opened a pathway to かもしれない emulating their 半分-final place at the last Rugby World Cup even if they have had a horror year and arrived at the tournament without much 期待.
In a thriller in Bordeaux on Sunday, the Welsh held on for a slender 32-26 勝利，勝つ over Fiji in their Pool C opener which 効果的に （疑いを）晴らすs the way for them to move through the group 段階 and の上に next month´s ノックアウト 行う／開催する／段階s.
"I think it's pretty 重要な for us. Fiji had probably gone into the game as favourites and with everyone 推定する／予想するing them to 勝利，勝つ," said coach 過密な住居 Gatland, 反映するing on a fortunate escape as Fiji 行方不明になるd out on a last gasp 得点する／非難する／２０ that could have 手渡すd them victory when 半分 Radradra knocked on with the tryline in sight.
Australia are the other Tier 1 nation in the pool and fancied to 前進する with the pre-tournament 期待 that either Fiji or むちの跡s would take the other qualifying 位置／汚点／見つけ出す. Georgia and Portugal are the other teams in the group but not 推定する／予想するd to make any 衝撃.
むちの跡s are therefore on 跡をつける for a ４半期/4分の1-final 会合 with one of the 最高の，を越す two finishers in Pool D, which barring any upsets should be Argentina and England.
England are one of two teams that むちの跡s managed to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 in eight internationals played this year before the World Cup. Although it is still a long way off, the Welsh could be 注目する，もくろむing a 半分-final 位置／汚点／見つけ出す thanks to Sunday´s success in Bordeaux.
This is にもかかわらず a year of mediocre returns as they lost four of five games in the Six Nations and two of their three World Cup warm-up internationals.
"What I'm pleased about is some really 肯定的な stuff, but some really good learnings for a group of young players," 追加するd Gatland, who returned to the むちの跡s 職業 in December.
"We've always been a team that build on 信用／信任 and get better in tournaments. So that's exciting,"
Gatland had taken them to the 2019 World Cup 半分-final where they 辛うじて lost to 結局の 勝利者s South Africa. (令状ing by 示す Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
