France (6) 14 / Tonga (13) 19 (Final Score)
France and Tonga did battle in Wellington at 07:00 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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Tonga beat France by 19 / 14 but miss out on the quarter finals. For Tonga, this was an epic win though!
Scorers:
France:
- Penalties – Dimitri Yachvili (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Vincent Clerc (1)
- Conversions – 0
Tonga:
- Penalties – Kurt Morath (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Sukanaivalu Hufanga (1)
- Conversions – Kurt Morath (1)
Teams:
France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Morgan Parra, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Raphael Lakafia, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Imanol Harinordoquy, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 Fabrice Estebanez, 22 Cédric Heymans.
Tonga: 15 Vungakoto Lilo, 14 Viliame Iongi, 13 Siale Piutau, 12 Andrew Ma’ilei, 11 Sukanaivalu Hufanga, 10 Kurt Morath, 9 Taniela Moa, 8 Viliami Ma’afu, 7 Finau Maka (captain), 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 5 Paino Hehea, 4 Tukulua Lokotui, 3 Kisi Pulu, 2 Aleki Lutui, 1 Soane Tonga’uiha.
Replacements: 16 Ephraim Taukafa, 17 Alisona Taumalolo, 18 Halani Aulika, 19 Joseph Tuineau, 20 Samiu Vahafolau, 21 Samisoni Fisilau, 22 Alipate Fatafehi.
Date: Saturday 1 October
Venue: Regional Stadium, Wellington
Kick-off: 07:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Fine weather with some northerly ‘breezes’. High of 17°C, low of 9°C
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (England), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Tryyyyyyyyy Tonga!
TRY TONGA
Tonga 10 / 6
Yeah mine says france by 30.
30 @ biltongbek:
Yip, that’s about it
Penalty France, 5m out… and Tonga gets another team warning
Double movement by Servat, French hooker… penalty Tonga, right on their line
Taniela Moa, Tongan scrummie, looks like he ate a fat Ricky Januarie….
Looks more like he should be a prop
Penalty Tonga, very easy one… and Morath should slot this one
Tonga 13 / 6
Can you believe it
France has not exactly been inspirational this RWC
Tip tackle by the Tongan left wing…. man, the refs go overboard with this
Yellow Card
Even though tonga is doing well here, you would still expect france to pull through.
Lemoenetyd
My goodness the French at home must be fuming. Whats happening here?
42 @ biltongbek:
Yip!
A tournament-threatening injury to wing Drew Mitchell soured Australia coach Robbie Deans’ mood after a 68-22 win over Russia on Saturday secured their place in the quarter-finals of Rugby World Cup 2011.
Having been forced to shuffle his line-up because of the “carnage” inflicted during the defeat of USA eight days earlier, Deans’ main priority was a bonus-point victory without any further mishap.
46 @ superBul:
Het Aussie nog agterspelers oor?
Hehehe
Samo had a few good runs at wing today
Dink jy nie ons moet vir Bismarck op vleuel speel nie, hulle sal nogal twee keer dink om hom te tackle, al druk hy nie n drie skryf hy dalk die res van hul agterspelers af.
Het jy gesien hoe vroeg jy more MOET opstaan vir die Argie game?
2nd Half On!
49 @ superBul:
Ek wou juis vra of jy more se eerste 2 games kan doen, ek het darem nou al meeste van die vroeg-opstaan werk gedoen!
Penalty Tonga and Morath goes for goal
Morath misses left
@ grootblousmile:
kan dit oorweeg as jy vir Peter en John Smit begin like.
Frankryk lyk maar bra kak jong
54 @ superBul:
OK, ek like hulle moerse…. hahaha
Ek moet net my wekker stel om wakker te word want glo my waneer ek nou moet wakker word sal ek mos n slaap inkry. Nee ou vrind moenie wally nie ek doen dit vir jou met graagte.
France penalty on their own 22
Die Franse is in n moerse battle vir survival hier
Maxime Medard lyk soos daai een akteur van X-Men…
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