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.
*******************
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
I’m off for dinner; go France. Catch everyone tomorrow.
Go the Wallabies.
I am gob-smacked…. England will have to do much better if they want this one!
What great QF’s we are witnessing. How can any other sport live up to this!
151 @ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Cheers!
Goooooooooo Bokke!
Jeez who would have thought France would be ahead at the break?
Could have been 23 zip had they got their kicks over.
Who has France on bru to win? Have not looked but doubt any of us have..lol.
Komaaaan die Vaaaaaaal.
Last nights CC game was better quality Rugby than this!
@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:151 – Cheers OldG.
Have a glas of that good red stuff for me…lol
@ Puma:157 – meant – glass
Poms playing their worst game so far, Johnson half time talk will have a few black eyes as a consequence again!!!!
So far the Soap-dodgers have been bloody ordinary!
Second half is going to rock.
If France score first in the second half, then it’s goodbye nurse to the Poms
Wales have nothing to fear in the semi.
Wales in the final for sure.
Heck this side of the draw is a cake walk for Wales. Oz messed up big time losing to Ireland.
I think Martin Johnson must have used some real expletives in the change room
2nd Half ON!
@ grootblousmile:
Johson’s face is an expletive.
166 @ The_Young_Turk:
I think he must have stumbled over his own spittle during halftime…
Penalty England, on halfway
Poms need to score soon.
JW going to kick for the line.
They don’t have the guns to go for posts and kick out
Knock by the Poms… the passion and accuracy is not there
Johnsons talk hasn’t worked yet
Defense proving crucial once again.
173 @ Just For Kicks:
Hahaha
I don’t understand the Poms man love for Tuilagi, he is very ordinary.
Johnson’s talk scared the Poms so much their hands are shaking.
@ Loosehead:
You need to be a certain kind of man to appreciate him, i suppose.
Penalty England, on their own 22
just too static
Users Online
Total 216 users including 0 member, 216 guests, 0 bot online
Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm
No Counter as from 31 October 2009: 41,832,820 Page Impressions
_