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)
Time up. any mistake now and it’s all over for the brave Welsh.
@ Scrumdown:178 – They will win it SD. Can’t see Oz beat them tomorrow. They will beat eithe of these sides playing now.
Game over
Taffies going nowhere. Haven’t made a metre in more than 25 phases. KNOCK ON. OVERRRRRRRR.
France into the final. Probably undeservedly so.
SH to win the world cup
No way will France win playing like that.
Well, we can safely say the the WC is going to NZ or Australia
My heart feel so sore for the Welsh. They should have won this had Warburton been on the field. Also they lost their th so early.
What a easy final it will be for ABs or Oz.
If Wales would have had the full complement, they would have won this match.
I think we can safely say that Warburton lost this one for the Welsh
Jammer vir Wallis, Franse ook maar net-net. Nie een van hierdie spanne sal op vandag se spel AB’s of Aussies kan klop nie … behalwe as die regte Franse span opdaag.
Warburton must feel as sick as a pig. Must be gutted!
Wonder what he’ll have to say in the interview.
France have only played one good game this competition and then only for 40 mins.
I can safely say that I’ve never been so confident of using the word “safely” so often!
Watse taal praat die Franse kaptein daar ?
@ Blue Bird:185 – Sorry BB. We were all supporting the Welsh today. Such a pity Warburton had a brain lapse. He was their best player all wc too. Felt sorry to see him go off, but it was a red card offence. Huge pity cause they would have beaten this French side playing with 15 men.
Warburton will be feeling very bad, cause he let his team down. Feel for him actually.
188@ The_Young_Turk:
Yeah, and if dog cr@p was worth anything my 5 hounds would be making me rich right now.
I saw similar stats last week, similar outcome, only difference is that we still managed to lose it with 15 men!
Again shown , kickers win matches in WCs
Cheers guys i have a lot to do see you all tomorrow morning, watch how this Aussie team upsets the All Blacks
@ Just For Kicks:193…hehehe. 😆
Let’s start a Facebook page lobbying for Wayne Barnes to ref the final!
Well lets hope for some better cc rugby later, see you later
The final will be played tomorrow. Whoever wins tomorrow will win this world cup. There is no doubt about that.
Now for cc later. Just hope the rain stays away.
Go Sharks.. At least we still have the cc to watch.
Cheers everyone. Going to the beach with the visitors.
GOOOOOO SHARKSSSSSS. Should be a better game than what we watched now.
Superbru honors to JL1, he picked France by 3 , actual margin 1
Superbru TOP 10
1 Kwagga 51.5 4.00 55.50
2 Rugbyprof 53.5 0.00 53.50
3 grootblousmile 47.0 4.75 51.75
4 Snoek 48.5 2.50 51.00
5 Koos 47.5 3.00 50.50
6 biltongbek 49.0 0.58 49.58
7 Winston Champ 49.0 0.00 49.00
8 Slasher 46.5 2.00 48.50
9 superBul46.5 2.00 48.50
10 JL1 45.0 3.33 48.33
France rugby coach Marc Lievremont slammed a section of his World Cup team as ”spoiled brats” after they defied his orders by going out to celebrate Saturday night’s 9-8 semi-final win over Wales.
With an enigmatic smile on his face throughout, Lievremont elaborated on an earlier comment he had made about going to bed in a bad mood, by delivering the withering verdict on some of his squad.
”(Today I am) feeling good,” he said. ”I went to bed in a bad mood, because I’d asked the players not to go out.
”And I found out that a few of them had gone out. So we spoke about it this morning and I told them what I thought of them.
”I told them they are a bunch of spoiled brats. Undisciplined, disobedient, sometimes selfish. Always complaining, always whingeing,” he added, not holding back.
”And it’s been like this for four years. It seems to be our way of functioning. I also told them I have a lot of affection for them, but it is a shame they don’t look after themselves.
”But at the same time we’re in the final. And as I said yesterday we have to believe in this destiny.”
Lievremont did not name the culprits but said that he had spoken to them. When asked how the players had responded to his harsh words, he smiled again.
”Oh, they appreciated them,” he said.
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