RWC Semi-Final 1: Wales vs France – Live Game Article

Published 15 October 2011 | By superBul

Wales (3) 8 / France (6) 9 (Final Score)

Wales and France did battle in the First Semi-Final of Rugby World Cup 2011 at Eden Park, Auckland 10:00 SA Time (21:00 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 squeeked past a galant Welsch side who had to play for about 60 minutes with only 14 men after their captain, Sam Warburton, was Red Carded.

Scorers:

Wales:

Penalties – James Hook (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Mike Phillips (1)
Conversions – 0

France:

Penalties – Morgan Parra (3)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – 0
Conversions – 0

Teams:

Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 James Hook, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Paul James, 18 Bradley Davies, 19 Ryan Jones, 20 Lloyd Williams, 21 Stephen Jones, 22 Scott Williams.

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 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 Jean Marc Doussain, 22 Cedric Heymans.

Date: Saturday 15 October 2011
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 10:00 SA Time (21:00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: A few showers, with westerlies. High of 17°C, 11°C

Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Wayne Barnes (England)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)

206 Responses to RWC Semi-Final 1: Wales vs France – Live Game Article

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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:08 am

The welsh are an arrogant and opinionated nation of people who have done F all for the advancement of humankind since the druids commissioned Stonehenge.

The ONLY decent thing to ever come out of Wales is the road to England.

Having said that, I hope this is a competetive game.

Hook for poles.
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Just For Kicks on 15 October 2011 at 10:08 am

Tough kick
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superBul on 15 October 2011 at 10:09 am

Penalty to Wales. First chance for points
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Blue Bird on 15 October 2011 at 10:09 am

Yesss…Hooky has done it..
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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:10 am

Roland you chop.

That ball was out, but the Taffy Bastids now lead 3/0
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The_Young_Turk on 15 October 2011 at 10:10 am

Dragons draw first blood
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Just For Kicks on 15 October 2011 at 10:10 am

31@ Scrumdown:A bit harsh, they’ve given us coal and Tom Jones as well
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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:11 am

36@ The_Young_Turk:
They should all F off onto Keo then!
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Blue Bird on 15 October 2011 at 10:11 am

Morning Boys…

Glad to see most of you are behind Wales this morning…

Come on Boys, thrash the Frogs. 🙂
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ben_die_bul on 15 October 2011 at 10:12 am

Nou wie sal ek ondersteun ? Sal maar die blou span ondersteun. Franse !
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superBul on 15 October 2011 at 10:13 am

Paul James on (Wales)
10’
sub
Adam Jones off (Wales)
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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:13 am

37@ Just For Kicks:
Ask any Taffy and they’ll have an arguement that actually just about everything originated in wales.

Coal = Yorkshire, and Tom Jones I’ll conced, even though he was a coal miner before he realised he could sing a wee bit!
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Just For Kicks on 15 October 2011 at 10:13 am

Easier kick, this one
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Blue Bird on 15 October 2011 at 10:14 am

Rats..
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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:15 am

Hook skop soos my Ouma se gat.
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superBul on 15 October 2011 at 10:16 am

Bad slip when Hook kicked that penalty
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Just For Kicks on 15 October 2011 at 10:16 am

42@ Scrumdown:Of course it did, it’s rumoured even god is Welsh
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Blue Bird on 15 October 2011 at 10:16 am

@ Scrumdown:
Suppose if Granny skidded as she kicked she too would have missed!!
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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:17 am

47@ Just For Kicks:
The Welsh worship so many things, at least one of them MUST be Welsh!
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The_Young_Turk on 15 October 2011 at 10:18 am

@ Scrumdown:
You seem a tad anti the Welsh, bru. And don’t understand your comment about keo???
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The_Young_Turk on 15 October 2011 at 10:20 am

Frog’s hearts just don’t seem to be in this game. Pity.
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Blue Bird on 15 October 2011 at 10:21 am

@ The_Young_Turk:
It was becoming a bit tedious!! 😉
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Just For Kicks on 15 October 2011 at 10:21 am

Could be a red
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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:22 am

48@ Blue Bird:
They’ve both been dead for 25 years, so I’m sure they could both still outpaly the current Welsh side in most aspects, and with the surnames Davies and rice, you can guess where they originated.

Luckily they had the sense to leave and go to England.

Warburton should see RED. Taffy Bastid.

OFFFFFFFFF.
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ben_die_bul on 15 October 2011 at 10:22 am

Rooi kaart vir die rooi span.
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Just For Kicks on 15 October 2011 at 10:23 am

Welcome to the final France
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Scrumdown on 15 October 2011 at 10:23 am

@ Scrumdown:
rice should read Price
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superBul on 15 October 2011 at 10:23 am

France’s Maxime Médard attempts penalty kick for touch
18’
red
Sam Warburton receives a red card
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Rugbyprof on 15 October 2011 at 10:24 am

@ superBul: there’s nothing left to be said about our defeat vs Aus. We shouldn’t have lost! Despite the ref!
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The_Young_Turk on 15 October 2011 at 10:24 am

Red cards just spoil a match. A yellow would have been just. Reds should only be for really extreme cases.

RWC Semi-Final 1: Wales vs France – Live Game Article

Wales (3) 8 / France (6) 9 (Final Score)

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