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Wales tops pool C after thumping Georgia 43-19

Wales tops pool C after thumping Georgia 43-19
Photo: World Rugby

Wales completed a clean sweep of Rugby World Cup pool matches with a 43-19 bonus-point victory over Georgia.

Louis Rees-Zammit scored a hat-trick.

Tomas Francis, Liam Williams and George North also crossed for Wales.

Georgia threatened a second-half comeback after tries from Merab Sharikadze, Vano Karkadze and Davit Niniashvili.

Wales have every right to celebrate long into the night in Nantes, but the win came at a cost after head coach Warren Gatland confirmed Taulupe Faletau suffered a broken arm in the second half, which rules the number eight out of the rest of the tournament.

They will also be sweating on the fitness of fly-half Gareth Anscombe who strained his groin before kick-off, while full-back Liam Williams ended the match on crutches after taking a blow to the knee.

In other matches played, England narrowly beat Samoa 18-17, RWC host France finished top of pool A after demolishing Italy 60-7 and the All Blacks thrashed Uruguay 73-0.

Meanwhile, Ireland has just beaten Scotland 36-14 in their pool B encounter which had just finished a few minutes ago.

In other matches, Japan will take on Argentina at 11 tonight, Tonga will take on Romania at 3.45am tomorrow while the Fiji Water Flying Fijians will play Portugal at 7am tomorrow.

Source: BBC Sports

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