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)
146@ Scrumdown:Gatland the next Bok coach? – would fit into the “thinking’ mentality!
French steal a Welsh line out.
Not a great game this.
Guys, we’ve got to start getting over our bitterness. I know it’s hard but we are only punishing ourselves. After this weekend the rest of the world would have forgotten all about our game…
My daughters just brought me some Eton Mess, which she has just made, looks similar to this rugby match
151@ Just For Kicks:
Bwahahaha.
A Kiwi who’s lived in Wales? I see a common Ruminant thread here. Sheep to the ignorant.
He could set up in the Karoo and feel almost as at home as Sam could in Warburton. Language might be problematic though.
153@ The_Young_Turk:
I’ve already forgotten it and am looking forward to this afternoons CC games to see who the Mighty Lions play in the semi final.
One could see a French mistake handing this match to Wales on a plate.
Looks like a hoover!
@ The_Young_Turk:135 – Yes I did read that article. Was not talking about the article by Zara Nicholson. Rather another article HE wrote himself.
My Scots visitors that arrived here this week. Said they all watche in a pub in Scotland last Sunday and everyone on that pub thought the ref took us out the game diliberate. They too say far, far too many things went unnoticed right in front of Bryce. Too much for it just to be a useless ref. Yes they also said we never took our chances, but said everyone in the pub thought the South Africans were denied many chances, cause the Aussies were cheating and the ref allowed them to. Just turning a blind eye to it. We should have had at least 5 penalties given to us. None came. Why was Vickerman not sent off with a red card? Bakkies done the same thing and got banned for 2 weeks. High tackles infront of the ref.
Anyhow it is over but it hurts that we not there when we all know that we should be. Not only us in South Africa but the whole world saw and thought we should have been in the semi. Sorry we were taken out of the game unfairly.
Watch Pocock will never get away with what he did in our game against the ABs. Not ever if Joubert is reffing. Thought he was gonna ref this game.
Now looking at these two teams playing and it will be a cake walk for ABs or Oz.
Jones maak ‘n groot verskil.
The Georgian Frog is struggling with his kicking.
@ Puma:meant – deliberate
@ Puma:
Joubert is reffing the SH game 2morrow.
Can’t see how Wales will be able to give their best in the final next week if they should make it. It’s going to be so easy for the All Blacks…. or heaven forbid, the Ozzies. If Oz win that would really really hurt!
Phillips must be the best Half Back in the tournament.
155@ Scrumdown: He could use sign language of course, but with the butter fingers we had at the WC, maybe not, we’d drop too many words
Wales just need a penalty or drop and France are out!
Surely that ball was out? Also the Welsh lock is not entitled to pull the ball back into the ruck!
Come on WALES. Just kick it over. Just win this damn thing. Can’t have the useless French team in the final.
Wales playing with 14men keeping these French out, would be great.
En daar maak Rolland sy eerste blabs, wat die wedstryd radikaal kan verander.
Short….. Justice IMO
Its a long kick this one
Frogs don’t deserve to win this match!
This is a absolutely useless French side. COME ON WALES. JUST ONE DAMN POINT WILL DO IT.
Last chance saloon, Wales
Frogs need to close this out. Will have little or no confidence going into the final, but on any day another bunch of Frenchmen could pitch up.
Magnificent performance by Wales!
No team has ever won the WC who hasn’t won their group!
That only leaves the AB’s in the competition if that stat is to be proved wrong.
all or nothing, Wales
Come on Wales. Hang in there.
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