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)
57 @ superBul:
Thanks
Penalty France, after a shoulder charge by Taumalolo
Tonga 13 / 9
Penalty Tonga, 5m out
Stolen by France
Tonga was nie agresief genoeg nie 4 spelers en hul hou die Fransman op plaas van dryf hom plat
Tonga staan nie n duim terug vir die Franse nie
67 @ superBul:
Tonga speel jong!
Die Franse is wragtig maar swak!
Last 10 minutes Tonga was 96% in French half
Tonga penalty, on France 22, near the side though
Morath misses to the left again….
Neewat, Tonga sal maar moet drieë druk
Morath was one of the most reliable kickers, what a bad time to miss your kicks
Knock by Tonga, 5m out
They are too impatient, they must just keep banging with the forwards , second time they wasted a try
i feel the first team to score now will win
French No 21, Estebanez cops a yellow for a tip-tackle
On France 22, center field
Fabrice Estebanez receives yellow card
Tonga 16 / 9
14 Minutes to go
tonga knock heeltemal te veel
Ek kannie glo Frankryk is so swak nie
Tonga attack hard again…
drop attempt… missed
Penalty Tonga, smack bang in front
Tonga 19 / 9
iemand het nie vir Tonga gese wat hulle nodig het om in die toernooi te bly nie. Tries, Tries, Tries
Tonga almost through again.
TMO
Hul afronding sucks
Not awarded, penalty Tonga, 5m out
Nou Flok Tonga hierdie Fanse behoorlik op
Tonga goes for posts again… why??
Missed right
Franse is erg poo, nou moet hulle net inskop en briljant in die playoffs speel, can you imagine winning half your pool games and still make the Final
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