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
Ref rules a French knock.
England scrum right on their own 5m line, under the sticks
Frogs need another score desperately.
VERY tough for the roses to win this from here.
Tellytubby Stevens back on
Taffy Bastids will beat both of these sides methinks.
Forward pass by the Frogs…. looks like they will take this one though
Ohnny Wilkinson off, subbed
JW off.
Poms looking a bit stronger in the 2nd half. Can the Frogs hold out.
FLUFFY
Penalty England, they tap and go… knock and the French has the ball
Fluck this Handbagman is useless for the Poms.
Whoever scores next is going to take this game.
Much better since JW off
England now throwing the kitchen sink at the Frogs.
Frogs hack the ball ahead…
Ben Fokdem kicks like my Ouma.
Frogs lucky to escape there.
13 Minutes left
Frogs need a penalty.
France mauling it up… make some ground, and then the scrum is awarded to England
Poms winning the battles but losing the war.
The sands of time running out fast for England
Poms certainly not going quietly into the night. Anything can still happen.
Kommaan Paddas!
England knock… attacking scrum to France.
Will there be a drop attempt?
the pommie plane is warming its engines!
Frogs need to put the nail in now!
Hardondonkey is built very much like I am.
Hard On Donkey has had a BIG game for the Frogs.
France now only 10m out…. and they get the scrum
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