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
Buckets load of passion in this game!
Hier kom die paddas!
I’m expecting a high penalty count from the poms again, Johnson just can’t read or understand rules – your classic bent copper!
Nallet knocks, England scrum
Bliksem, Paddas verloor die blerrie bal.
Matt Stevens isn’t 1/2 the player that he was since he went off the heroine.
Penalty England
Dan Cole might not be the biggest tight head in the world, but goodness he has a gr8 technique.
Tryyyyyyyyy Vincent Clerc
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FRANCE!
Brilliant try by the Frogs!
The frogs are croaking once again!!!!!!!!
Sloppy, sloppy Pommie defence
France 11 / ZIPPP
England playing the worng game plan here. They need to play a tight game.
Johnson was expecting the last French side to pitch up, but I think the French players have decided F the coach, we’ll show him.
Only place toads are dominating is the scrum
@ Scrumdown:
Think the French have decided to actually F the Poms.
England now on attack
Vark me, flood’s drop goal ability also K@K!
England poor, poor POOR
Badly taken drop attempt by Flood
Poor England passing
Actually all this crappy rugby is becoming quite exciting!
Poms battering away determinedly.
107@ The_Young_Turk:
Hehehe. Amazing how a bit of public critisism can sting someone into action.
Tuilagi is the poor mans De Wet Barry.
Le Cock Sportiv doing well!
Penalty Frogs, and a good touch finder by the X-Men werewolf, Medard
If Froggies get more points here, it’s game over rover.
116@ Loosehead:
Poor bastid. To be compared to de Wet Barry is humiliating at the best of times.
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