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
Poms and Micks to watch the next 2 1/4 finals from the business class lounge at the airport.
Was that Nick Easter-bunny driven back in the tackle?
Hope the Poms and paddies moer each other in the plane.
frogs defence knocking the toads back at the moment
… and England replaces the tellytubby, Stevens…
France turn the England ball over in the scrum
After 10mins, Poms haven’t looked like scoring….
Frogs even reading the scrum now
Free Kick England, Tuilagi knocks… France runs it
spoke too soon!
Yash is off.
England run it, hard on attack, 10m out
They’re back
Try Foden, England on the board
Lazy tackles there by the Frogs.
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FOKDEM!
Will the Yash substitution come back to haunt the frogs?
France 16 / 7
Ohnny!
lucky kick
Come on Boys…
Break the Frogs
much better kick this time
Good line kick by Trinh Duc
Thin Fuk playing well.
21 Minutes left… 9 points margin
Will the Frog throw this one away?
Kommaan Paddas! Moenie nou aan die slaap val nie.
France have it, hard on attack
lovely attacking play by frogs
Damn, France lose the ball.
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