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
Goood Morning all of my fellow Rugby addicted friends.
Varking useless Oirish Bog Trooters screwed my Superbru, but well played you Taffy Bastids.
Now GOOOOOO you English gentlemen. Give these garlic eating frog lowlives a hiding they’ll remember longer than the battle of waterloo!
57 @ Just For Kicks:
Make them drunk… then overcharge them!
Hahaha
Dit sal die flokkers leer om so vroeg te suip!
Penalty France… kickable to goal
Nice game so far. French look like they want to play. Maybe will surprise us all.
3-0
Yachvili slots it.
Fist blood to the Frogs
France 3 / 0
@ grootblousmile:33 – Yip missed the Ireland/Wales game.
Will watch it later. Not the same knowing the score though.
Varking Georgian mercenary scores for the frogs!
England flucks up the kick-off
Moody bleeding for the cause already
58@ Puma:Gotta love the French, its never too early for a glass of wine, and they’ve got this crowd going!
67 @ Puma:
Was a bloody good game!
France hard on attack!
Bundled out just short
Damn, that was close. Frogs butcher a try.
Moer hulle Paddas!!!
Attempted Parra drop, missed
Parra’s drop kicking ability is not quite as good as my 13 year old Foxie’s!!!!
Frogs look like they’re up for this game!
Die Paddas lyk lus vir die Soutpielle.
Penalty France, Matt Stevens you ponse!
France 6 / 0
6-0
Vive la France
Looei die Souties!
France penalty again, and again Matt Stevens is the culprit
Oh dear, is it too late to change my Bru pick?
Missed to the right
Misses.
Seems this game is living up to the previous one. The reffing not to bad either.
Critical knock by the Poms in defence…. attacking French scrum
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