England (0) 12 / France (16) 19 (Final Score)
England and France did battle in the Second Quarter Final in Auckland at 09:30 SA Time (20:30 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 started like a house on fire and by halftime led by 16 / 0.
England did not give up though, and came back hard at France, but France prevailed.
England go home and France marches on.
Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Ben Foden (1), Mark Cueto (1)
- Conversions – Johnny Wilkinson (1)
France:
- Penalties – Dimitri Yachvili (2)
- Drop Goals – Francois Trinh-Duc (1)
- Tries – Vincent Clerc (1), Maxime Medard (1)
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Toby Flood, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Matt Stevens.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Courtney Lawes, 19 Simon Shaw, 20 James Haskell, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Matt Banahan.
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 Louis Picamoles, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 David Marty, 22 Cedric Heymans.
Date: Saturday 8 October
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 09:30 SA Time (20:30 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Mainly fine, though isolated showers are possible. High of 16°C, low of 9°C.
Referee: Steve Walsh
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland, George Clancy
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
It is game over for the Poms.
France maul it up and get the penalty…
@ Scrumdown:
Cheers!
Deserved penalty for France. It’s all over rover!!!!!!!!!
Parra goes for goal
Spolis to the frogs – I am happy, will definitely offload a couple more cases of wine now!!!!!
Time is up…
Parra misses, but the Final Whistle goes
Well done to the French.
Superbru se ma se moer.
Two very good QF matches.
Right, off to Somerset West to buy school shoes for the kids new term, same time, same place tomorrow for the biggie. Bring it on boys. Enjoy the rest of the day
Can’t wait for tomorrow, moerse nervous!
France 19 / 12 England
Well, I never…..
The next one is the Springboks vs Wallabies match, tomorrow at 07:00 SA Time.
Goooooooooooo Bokkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Gooooooooi Mieliessssssssss!
Is that all we’ll see from the Frogs or will they continue from here? Who the hell knows!
I’ll probably here at 6.30am
… and then there were only 6….
Who goes home next?
@ grootblousmile:
What a stupid question! Ozzies and Argies of course!
The next live rugby on Rugby-Talk is some Currie Cup Action this afternoon.
At 15:00 we have the GWK Griquas vs the Vodacom Blue Bulls, from Kimberley
Then at 17:05 we have MTN Lions vs DHL Western Province, from Coka-Cola Park, Joburg
Lastly at 19:10 we have the Platinum Leopards vs The Sharks, from Rustenburg
Imanol Harinordoquy, deserved Man-Of-The-Match!
What was so impressive of Harinordoquy’s play was that he fullfilled a classic No 8’s game…. hard strike runner with hands of gold behind the scrums!
Damn, I had both games this morning wrong on Bru!
… must have sunk back in the rankings a bit!
Even old Steve Walsh had a good game as ref… wonder above wonders.
Let’s hope the referees in the remaining 2 Quarter Finals also have the spirit of letting the game flow… and hopefully we see quality rugby in the morning.
The 2 Quarter Final game threads for tomorrow have already been scheduled.
I am still amazed that France was able to show such a massive turn-around in the space of one week.
Strange blokes, these Froggies!
Only 6 of the 48 Rugby World Cup matches left, 42 done already.
Well done France.
So, the one semi-final is booked…. Wales vs France.
Strangely enough, both sides were only 2nd in their respective Pools….
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