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)
Very scrappy at the moment, if the French want to win this, they really need to start dominating
89@ The_Young_Turk:
Can’t see Wales holding out for 60 minutes a man down.
NZ – France final next week. Give Wayne Barnes the Whistle.
Neil Diamond playing…..enough to put anyone off.
Do people really like that lame old stuff?
Theres a lot of Welsh support in the stadium
Give the Welsh boys some ‘Bread of Heaven’…..
Far more stiring.
93@ Blue Bird:
Clearly they do in Auckland!
Gee and Hook is still kicking like my Granny.
Hook hook die bal terwyl die hooker die bal probeer afstorm.
Priestland is sriously missed today by the Welch. Hook is hooking away
Half Time
France 6-3
Very, very poor rugby, all round, not worthy of a semi final at all in my book
France are not really interested in this game. They really don’t deserve to be world champions. They are far too up and down. Any other team in the top 8 would have put Wales away by now.
@ Scrumdown:
as Wallis deurgaan, sal Warburton kan speel? Seker nie…
@ Scrumdown:
Neil Diamond, music for the over 75’s.
My voorstel aan IRB vir die WB: speel die WB een keer in vier jaar soos die S15. Die top 8 spanne speel dubbelronde, tuis en weg, daarna die semi’s en die finaal. Dan gaan daar geen meer verskonings wees wie die beste is nie, almal speel teen almal en die beste eindig in die finaal. In so ‘n WB jaar is daar dan geen ander toetsreekse nie (3N; 6N), Super 15 of ander Europese reekse nie.
Hoe klink dit ?
Hello RT’s, nice to se you all. I just got in for lunch, so if you don’t mind I will join you for this one.
Question is, which of these two northern teams has the better chance of beating the AB’s in the final?
Poor rugby for a semi. But because of the shit format of RWC, the best teams won’t play vs each other in the final. A team that lost 2 pool matches (1 vs Tonga!)can play in the final. A league basis over 6 weeks will do the trick.
Francois Pienaar praat lekker baie stront op ITV.
103: ek hou van Neels de Beer se musiek en ek is nie naby 75 nie ! Musiek is soos ‘n blomtuin, jy moet die verskeidenheid geniet, nie net die rose nie.
@ ben_die_bul:
daar mag net een uitkloprondte wees en dis die finaal! Selfs semi finals is nie reg nie.
107: Suzie ?
France certainly don’t deserve to win this one, they’ve been given it on a plate, and they’re still making a dogs dinner out of it.
This match is such a downer now. Can’t see anything changing as far as the organization or the rules though. It’s difficult to change things much. Too many different interests and views to get all or most to agree.
Does Warburton’s red card mean that he cannot play in the final if Wales get though?
Pietman wrote:
Reken jy ABs gaan finaal toe?
Geez, France are playing so kak.
Morning everyone.
Jeez it is up hill for the Welsh playing with 14 men. Lost their best player in Warburton. Also if they make it to the final he can’t play there either cause of the red card. Will be just far, far too easy for the ABs. If they win this hats off to them. This is not a good French side at all.
Wish we had Rolland reffing our game. We would still be there had we had him and not that useless Bryce.
I thought Craig was gonna ref this game. What happened is he gonna ref the game tomorrow?
Have not followed the blog for a few days now. Have my Scots visitors here.
Wales need to score early, they’re going to tire pretty quickly
111: probleem is, of ons daarvan hou of nie, jy moet elke kompetisie speel soos hy is, en as jy wen is jy die kampioen, soos die Bokke in 2007, al het hul nie teen van die sterkste spanne gespeel nie.
Vat ook die CB hierdie jaar, Leeus en Cheetahs verdien die finaal, maar danksy Bryce kan ons ‘n Sharks vs WP finaal hê, ongeag dat nie enige van daardie spanne dit verdien volgens die hele seisoen nie.
Dit is die lewe: jy moet jou kanse gebruik of jy is weg.
I can just foresee France getting a red or yellow card too and the Welsh coming back and moering them. They are just not interested in playing this game.
Superbul@114
Jip, dink AB’s gaan maklik wen.
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