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)
@ The_Young_Turk:115 – For sure. The French are terrible. How easy will the final be for the ABs now? Or Aussies if they beat ABs but doubt they will.
Feel for the Welsh losing their best player, but that was a red card for sure. So stupid to do that tip tackle.
Big respect for Halfpenny, his high takes have been sublime
Frogs pissing me off. Just give the f-ing cup to NZ already and lets look to the future.
@ ben_die_bul:
Nog beter : die top 8 spanne speel elke 4 jaar in ‘n WB, en jy word gekeur volgens die IRB se official ranglys. Almal speel vs almal (bonuspunte, ens), met die 2 boonstes in die final. Alhoewel ek dink dat die een wat bo eindig dit verdien. Miskien nie 6 weke nie maar 8 dan. Baie fair en elke wedstryd gaan kompeterend wees. Niks ge-89-0 ens nie.
Gekeurde spanne #9 tot #24 speel in hul eie kompetisie genaamd die World Shield of so iets.
Jones for Hook
Stepan Jones replace james Hook, are they going to run the ball now?
123@ The_Young_Turk:It’s really becoming a farce now by the frogs. NZ/Aus must be drooling watching this match
Hoe langer hierdie wedstryd aangaan, hoe meer dink ek Wallis kan nog wen met ‘n onderskepdrie of Jones skepskop. Franse besig om hierdie wedstryd weg te gooi.
Stephen Jones comes on for his 103rd Test for Wales, extending his record
@ ben_die_bul:
dis my probleem met semi’s en quarters. Ek is ‘n groot WP fan, maar voel dat die Cheetahs en die Leeus dit verdien. Actually, die Leeus verdien dit die jaar.
Penalty France , over France 9-3 Wales
Flippit, we should have been in there still, we would have walked these games…
@ The_Young_Turk:123 – I say the same. Just hand it to them on a plate.
Did you read what Prof Noakes wrote? Might be on iol. Read it in our papers yesterday. Was in the Daily News. Could also have been in the Star.
He is absolutely sure that the outcome of our game was predetermined. He goes into detail why. Very good article.
Anyhow it is over but what a brilliant article he wrote.
Actually if that kinda thing is gonna start happening in rugby I will lose heart in watching the game I love so much.
Got to admire the Welsh. They’ve never given up and have been awesome this entire WC. Sad their competition ends in this way.
@ Puma:
Apparently he’s issued a clarification. Read the other article on this site.
@ Pietman:132 – WE SHOULD have Piet. Still so angry we not.
Prof Noakes reckons our game was predetermined. Said no way could the ref miss so much ever. Just can’t happen he says. He said far, far too much went unnoticed and no ref could have missed that much ever, unless he done so deliberately. Great article. He said our match was ‘bent’ meaning it was predetermined before the game who should win it. He is a honest man and would never write something like that if he never thought it.
Ai, voel jammer vir Sam, verkeerd wat hy gedoen het, maar dinge gebeur so vinnig op die veld, die arme man gaan nooit weer dieselfde wees as Wallis hier verloor nie.
@ Pietman:
That’s why it hurts so much bru!
@ The_Young_Turk:
He just put a scientific spin to it,
Wales back
Guys, had to pop out for a while.
Doesn’t seem like I missed much.
Have to agree with the comments about the quality of this game.
Overall the WC has not been very exciting and certainly not a very good advert for the code. Just what the League muppets must have been hoping for.
If a soccer ref had given a display like BL did, FIFA would have hung him out to dry. Instead Paddy O’Brian defends him.
Try Wales. Nou wat nou Frankryk. Slaap julle alweer hierdie week?
And Tom Jones arrives too!!!
Mike Phillips try
Frogs deserve to lose this game. Well done Dragons! Don’t think Wales is going to pull this off but they certainly deserve to.
Last 15 with a man short could catch the welsh out.
A massive effort here could see them through, but what effect on the bodies for next week.
Jones skop ook soos my Ouma se GAT.
Why attempt the drop when you get such a bad pass, surely you change the move
Dink net wat kon gebeur het as Rolland ons ref was laas week.
146@ Just For Kicks:
Taffy Bastids as good at thinking on their feet as the Boks?
THe way the props are going down, could be uncontested scrums soon
@ Pietman:
we couldn’t even walk the match vs the Wobblies with all the posession and territory…
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