France (9) 15 / Argentina (3) 9 (Final Score)
France hosted Argentina at Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier at 21:45 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
On a muddy field, fireworks is not expected, so in a hard and physical battle, the boot decided the outcome, not a single try scored.
France ground out a win, winning by 15 / 9.
Scores:
France: 4 Penalties Morgan Parra, 1 Drop Goal Damien Traille
Argentina: 3 Penalties Felipe Contepomi
Teams:
France: 15 Alexis Palisson, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Damien Traille, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Sébastien Chabal, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Luc Ducalcon, 18 Jérôme Thion, 19 Imanol Harinordoquy, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Fabrice Estebanez, 22 Jérôme Porical.
Pumas: 15 Martín Rodríguez, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Gonzalo Tiesi, 12 Santiago Fernández, 11 Lucas González Amorosino, 10 Felipe Contepomi (captain), 9 Nicolás Vergallo, 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 7 Miguel De Achaval, 6 Genaro Fessia, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Mariano Galarza, 3 Martín Scelzo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Rodrigo Roncero
Replacements: 16 Agustín Creevy, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Santiago Guzmán, 19 Julio Farías Cabello, 20 Álvaro Galindo, 21 Alfredo Lalanne, 22 Marcelo Bosch
Date: Saturday 20 November 2010
Venue: Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Kick-off: 21 .45 SA Time (19.45 GMT)
Expected weather: There is 30 percent chance of rain, with a high of 13°C dropping to 5°C and a wind from the southeast of 21 km/h getting stronger. It will be a cold, miserable night.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
OK, so who joins me with this game?
Damn, one hell of a difference blogging and watching from a little TV as opposed to my massive 1.8m big screen….
Not even blogging from bed either, Handbriekie si watching TV there, so I’m on the little 32″ TV in the one Family Room….
Should have stayed in the office….
Penalty France, easy one to goal, Parra going for goal
France 3 / 0
Penalty Argies, French offside from a knock on…. they will go for posts
3 / 3
Penalty France… they will also go for goal
Parra misses as it glances the wrong way off the left upright
Martin Rodriquez misses a long range penalty
Penalty France, tackler too slow to get away
France 6 / 3
TMO… not awarded, France scrum…. another penalty France
Parra successful with the penalty
France 9 / 3
Argies must beware, lots of fouls…. could get a yellow soon…
Penalty Argies, on their own 22m line
Penalty France, on their 10m line, they kick out…
Lemoenetyd
2nd Half On
Penalty France
Parra misses it
Damn, these commentators are yellow card begging idiots
Penalty Argies…. come on commentators, beg for a yellow to France too…. assholes
Contepomi slots it
France 9 / 6
Drop by Damien Traille
France 12 / 6
Penalty France, Parra will go for goal.
Over
France 15 / 6
Yet another Penalty, this one for the Argies… easy one
France 15 / 9
Chabal, The Animal off for Imanol Harinordoquy
Ledesma off, Augustine Creevy on… for the Argies
No tries in the match yet.
Argies have this knack of playing a bit of a negative game, spoiling chances of try-scoring
Hard game, make no mistake
Penalty France, maybe a bit far for posts
Argies steal the French line-out ball.
A converted try might just win it for the Argies…. France defence good though
5 minutes left in the match
3 minutes left…. looks like this match will just fizzle out as is…
Seconds left, Argies on atatck…. knock by Argies.
The just need to hook and kick out
…. and they do
France wins by 15 / 9
Not a single try in the match
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