France 47 / Japan 21 (Final Score)

France and Japan did battle in Auckland at 08:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

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Job done for France but not until after Japan gave them a good run for their money and a massive scare in the second half.

Scorers:

France:

  • Penalties – Dimitri Yachvilli (3)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Julien Pierre (1), Francois Trinh-Duc (1), Vincent Clerc (1), Lionel Nallett (1), Julien Bonnaire (1), Morgan Parra (1)
  • Conversions – Dimitri Yachvilli (4)

Japan:

  • Penalties – James Arlidge (3)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – James Arlidge (2)
  • Conversions – James Arlidge (1)

Teams:

France: 15 Cedric Heymans, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Fabrice Estebanez, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Raphael Lakafia, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Fabien Barcella.
Replacements:16  Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18 Julien Bonnaire, 19 Pascal Papé, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 David Skrela, 22 David Marty.

Japan: 15 Shaun Webb, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Koji Taira, 12 Ryan Nicholas, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Ryukoliniasi Holani, 7 Michael Leitch, 6 Takashi Kikutani (captain), 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Hisateru Hirashima.
Replacements: 16 Yusuke Aoki, 17 Nozomu Fujita, 18 Hitoshi Ono, 19 Itaru Taniguchi, 20 Atsushi Hiwasa, 21 Murray Williams, 22 Alisi Tupuailai.

Date: Saturday 10 September
Venue: North Harbour Stadium, North Shore (Auckland)
Kick-off: 08.00 SA Time (18.00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Fine, evening cloud. Freshening northeasterlies. High of  17°C and a low of 11°C
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland)), Stuart Terheege (England)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)

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