France (3) 6 / 16 (3) Wales (Final Score)
France and Wales did battle in the Six Nations Competition at Stade de France, Paris at 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
France:
- Penalties – Frederic Michalak (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Wales:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – George North (1)
- Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (1)
Teams:
France: 15 Yoann Huget, 14 Wesley Fofana, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Benjamin Fall, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Louis Picamoles , 7 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Jocelino Suta, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Yannick Forestier.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damian Chouly, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Florian Fritz.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Ryan Jones (captain), 5 Ian Evans, 4 Andrew Coombs, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Aaron Shingler, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.
Date: Saturday 9 February
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain, high of 5, low of 4
Referee: George Clancy
February 9th, 2013 at 20:34 SAST
And Wales snatch the lead. What will the Frogs do now?
February 9th, 2013 at 20:35 SAST
80 @ Blue Bird:Settling in well, found some awesome MTB up here, some great forests and tracks!
February 9th, 2013 at 20:35 SAST
Wales 13 / 6 France
February 9th, 2013 at 20:35 SAST
‘There will be singing, in the valleys, land of my fathers’…..beautiful conversion!!
February 9th, 2013 at 20:36 SAST
Penalty Wales, in range for Halfpenny
February 9th, 2013 at 20:37 SAST
If Halfpenny gets this he deserves to be a full penny.
February 9th, 2013 at 20:37 SAST
Wales 16 / 6 France
February 9th, 2013 at 20:37 SAST
@ Just For Kicks:
Well as the days get longer it should get better and better. You moved at a very tough time of the year!
Halfpenny….Yabba dabba doo
February 9th, 2013 at 20:37 SAST
That aerial shot showed just how poorly the pitch inlays have been done. No wonder they are just ripping up
February 9th, 2013 at 20:38 SAST
And the Frogs are fried once again.
February 9th, 2013 at 20:38 SAST
Less than 5 minutes to go, can’t see France coming back from this now
February 9th, 2013 at 20:38 SAST
@ The_Young_Turk:
Hahahah, I will give him a pound after those kicks
February 9th, 2013 at 20:39 SAST
Are the French playing worse than last week? I can’t really tell
February 9th, 2013 at 20:40 SAST
3 Minutes to go….
February 9th, 2013 at 20:41 SAST
France Penalty… what will they do… quick tap of course
February 9th, 2013 at 20:42 SAST
French knock… yeah, they don’t want it
February 9th, 2013 at 20:43 SAST
At last Howley gets his name on the winners board. Taken him a while, but hopefully now will be the start to a Welsh upturn.
February 9th, 2013 at 20:44 SAST
Seconds left… and there’s a French lineout
February 9th, 2013 at 20:45 SAST
Time is up….
February 9th, 2013 at 20:45 SAST
WRS on the edge of the sofa!!
February 9th, 2013 at 20:45 SAST
Will the Frogs end the 6 nations without a win? looks like it at this stage.
February 9th, 2013 at 20:45 SAST
Fat lady is singing about my Bru which just got farked….
February 9th, 2013 at 20:46 SAST
Final Score: Wales 16 / 6 France
February 9th, 2013 at 20:46 SAST
Yeyy….it is so great to beat The Frogs!!
Well done Wales
The French are bad losers!
February 9th, 2013 at 20:47 SAST
My bru is so farked that I am going to go for the rank outsider from now on. That means Scotland to win every match from here on in
February 9th, 2013 at 20:48 SAST
Cheers chaps, thanks for the chat!
Fingers crossed for England tomorrow
Have a good evening one and all.
February 9th, 2013 at 20:48 SAST
Well done Wales, a good, if not very boring win. Not the greatest spectacle for a rugby match, but at least they get themselves on the board.
February 9th, 2013 at 20:48 SAST
OK folks, I’m outa here, see tommorow for the England / Ireland clash
February 9th, 2013 at 20:48 SAST
@ Blue Bird:
your team deserved it more, but what a tiresome first 70 minutes
February 9th, 2013 at 20:49 SAST
Outta here, cheers all
February 9th, 2013 at 20:51 SAST
Ciao a tutti! A domani!
February 9th, 2013 at 23:03 SAST
Well done Wales! Couldn’t have been easy to go and win in Paris, only saw the game in a few parts.