Wales (3) 8 / France (6) 9 (Final Score)
Wales and France did battle in the First Semi-Final of Rugby World Cup 2011 at Eden Park, Auckland 10:00 SA Time (21:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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France squeeked past a galant Welsch side who had to play for about 60 minutes with only 14 men after their captain, Sam Warburton, was Red Carded.
Scorers:
Wales:
- Penalties – James Hook (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Mike Phillips (1)
- Conversions – 0
France:
- Penalties – Morgan Parra (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 James Hook, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Paul James, 18 Bradley Davies, 19 Ryan Jones, 20 Lloyd Williams, 21 Stephen Jones, 22 Scott Williams.
France: 15 Maxime Medard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Morgan Parra, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 Jean Marc Doussain, 22 Cedric Heymans.
Date: Saturday 15 October 2011
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 10:00 SA Time (21:00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: A few showers, with westerlies. High of 17°C, 11°C
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Wayne Barnes (England)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Morning fellas.
Just popping in to see that everything is OK, before I head off to Sun City for the weekend.
SuperBul will be your captain for this game.
Enjoy!
Gooooooooooooooo Wales!
Viva les blues.
Come on Frenchies do me a favour and beat the Welsh, it will hopefully curb their arrogance just a tad.
Geniet dit GBS!
Hierdie gaan ‘n cracker wees. Wonder watse Franse span gaan pitch? My Superbru se die een wat teen Tonga gespeel het!
@ biltongbek:
Why do you say they are arrogant? Only their coaches maybe, not the team. If so, they have reason to be. They play awesome rugby, behave themselves off the field and are in the semi’s.
Moer hulle paddas!
I like Wales and can see why saffas support Wales – we are the only team that has beaten them and if they go on to win the WC, it gives us bragging rights.
However I can’t see Wales beating NZ and France has a far better chance of doing it. Honestly tho, it would be a travesty if the team that lost to Tonga, becomes world champion.
Good morning all
At the end of the day, the All Blacks probably deserve this the most.
Hope this game is a fair contest and is blown that way. I still have something to say about last weeks farce, who of you read the Tim Noakes article?
Morning all – Go on Jamie Roberts…… oh yes, and the rest of the Welsh team, don’t let me down by letting that bunch of spawning reptiles on the other side of the pond beat you
10@ superBul:yup, couldn’t think of anything butter to have with my coffee and croissant!
I used to read the Sun on a saturday morning when I lived in the UK to find out which alien had landed that week – Young Turk, you’d understand that – since coming back, Tin “The Nose” Noakes certainly makes up for the old tabloids!
I will try and be as good as GBS with the updates but i can not type as fast as the Bigsmile so i hope we can enjoy a typical low scoring NH match.
Wales is my favorites today but typical French style they can produce ANYTHING so you wont see me betting against the Frogs
The winner of this semi-final will move to at least third in the world. They could move to world No. 2 depending on the result of tomorrow’s semi-final
Go ye Reds
Players ready to come out
The nostril men have been upgraded to 3!!!!!
Today we dont have one horn blower to welcome them on the field , we have 3
National Anthems now , first the French and then one of the worlds best ones
@ Just For Kicks:
Noakes has clarified the earlier report and has distanced himself from saying that aliens were involved.
Two of the better anthems
Picks for Wales 69147 (75.11%)
Picks for France 22655 (24.61%)
Picks for draw 256 (0.28%)
21@ The_Young_Turk: and is also applying for Rebekah Brooks job
Game on
19@ superBul:
Bryce Lawrence is a horn blower. But his horn blowing doesn’t end with the players coming on to the field. it ends with him having to spit gooey stuff out of his mouth, or maybe swallw!
France mean business
Why does Roland always ref’ the French games? Because his Father was a Frog and he can speak their lingo? just can’t see why he continually gets their games.
@ Scrumdown:
Hahaha he wont come to SA if he is clever
26@ Scrumdown:You’ve also seen “Brycie Does Dallas”!
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