England (0) 12 / France (16) 19 (Final Score)
England and France did battle in the Second Quarter Final in Auckland at 09:30 SA Time (20:30 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 started like a house on fire and by halftime led by 16 / 0.
England did not give up though, and came back hard at France, but France prevailed.
England go home and France marches on.
Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Ben Foden (1), Mark Cueto (1)
- Conversions – Johnny Wilkinson (1)
France:
- Penalties – Dimitri Yachvili (2)
- Drop Goals – Francois Trinh-Duc (1)
- Tries – Vincent Clerc (1), Maxime Medard (1)
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Toby Flood, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Matt Stevens.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Courtney Lawes, 19 Simon Shaw, 20 James Haskell, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Matt Banahan.
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 Louis Picamoles, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 David Marty, 22 Cedric Heymans.
Date: Saturday 8 October
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 09:30 SA Time (20:30 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Mainly fine, though isolated showers are possible. High of 16°C, low of 9°C.
Referee: Steve Walsh
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland, George Clancy
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Is that the Hermanus fish crier?
26@ Loosehead:what a pleasure
28 @ Puma:
… and the man with the kak knees arives…
Laatslaper!
England’s anthem up first
Bacon & egg sarmie with bubbly & orange juice.
30 @ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Victor does’nt kid around… you can believe him…. hehehe
France anthem….
Will it be the Frogs, or Toads
Game ON!
England kicks off
Moer hulle Bokke!!!!!!!
England employing their backline early…. bundled out
@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:30 – Think it is all mind games..lol.
Howzit OldG. How you doing mate?
For how long will the toads take it wide, if they persist they will do well
Want France to win but would rather the Boks face the poms in the final.
Walsh misses a blatant Bleekbeen knock
@ grootblousmile:36 – 🙂
@ grootblousmile:
Behave….!!
France steal the Bleekbeen lineout… and hack it out
47 @ Blue Bird:
I mostly do!
What a crap pass.
Thrust and parry…
Good 5 mins so far…
Penalty France, on their own 10m line
@ The_Young_Turk:44 – Boks/Wales final?
Could be 2007 all over again. Meeting our pool apponents in the final.
Tomorrow will be a huge battle. We need to come through that game first. We carrying 3 injured players. So really hope they come out of the game tomorrow (if we win) with no more injuries.
Some sloppy french passing, but otherwise looking quite composed.
@ Puma:54 meant – opponents
The wine has started to flow already – Case of Rose in it’s moer in
@ Just For Kicks:57 – This time of the morning?………hehehe
Frog lineout stolen
@ Puma:
Definitely. Going on todays Welsh performance, we should beat the Ozzies comfortably.
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