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
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FRANCE.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyy werewolf, Medard!
It’s over for the Poms! YESSSSS!!!!!!!
Nou kak die Bleekbene innie pomp!
A good French try but also a good refereering diplay from Steve Walsh, excellent advantage played.
France 16 / ZIPPPPP
Knock by Mermaid… I mean Mermoz
French are playing “their final”. They’ll get shafted next week. They can only play 1 game like this a tournament.
Could be all over for the English at half time.
My Bru 0/2. Hope tomorrow is better or we’ll all be seeing the Boks at OR Tambo on Tuesday!
Frogs on fire. They are now just running from everywhere.
Penalty England, on their own 10m line
England error-prone
Poms can’t string 2 passes together.
Ohny is a faint shadow of his former self.
Foden carries it over the line… sloppy!
England playing both Flood and Johnny boy is causing them big k@k in their defensive patterns and attacking plays.
Johnson got that wrong as well. Strange team selection.
I hope Div has got his selections right but somehow I think not.
Good reffing!!
133 @ The_Young_Turk:
Janee, wragtig!
Frogs on a role
Defensive England scrum, on their 5
Hardondonkey is playing a good game.
Crackhead Stevens is a tellytubby
140 @ Loosehead:
Hehehe
Hard-on Donkey!
England 3m out
Poms handling errors let them down once again!
England error
… and the wounded lying all over!
Skiet hulle, moenie day hulle ly nie!
That useless shit Pom can’t even catch.
Try wasted.
Ashton can’t grab a ball wide.
Lemoenetyd
English hands coated in Vaseline for a tougher skin? ‘Cause the dumfukcers can’t catch the pill to save their lives.
Geez the Poms are kak.
Wilko – hero, villain, hero and villain again
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