France (3) 6 / 16 (3) Wales (Final Score)
France and Wales did battle in the Six Nations Competition at Stade de France, Paris at 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
France:
- Penalties – Frederic Michalak (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Wales:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – George North (1)
- Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (1)
Teams:
France: 15 Yoann Huget, 14 Wesley Fofana, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Benjamin Fall, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Louis Picamoles , 7 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Jocelino Suta, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Yannick Forestier.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damian Chouly, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Florian Fritz.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Ryan Jones (captain), 5 Ian Evans, 4 Andrew Coombs, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Aaron Shingler, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.
Date: Saturday 9 February
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain, high of 5, low of 4
Referee: George Clancy
Wales defend well and steal the critical ball… Halfpenny drives them back with a long raking kick
30 @ Just For Kicks:
Yip, seriously gone back at the rate of knots
France deep in the 22 again… they look a different side from last week
Wales hold things up and win the turnover ball
France pounding away but Wales defense is impenetrable.
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Huget takes a ball from the air, calls a mark
Wales kick it into the French goal area, dotted down, 22m drop out
Looks like the Frogs have not turned up today either. Maybe they will pitch for the pommies… hope so.
Plenty ball for wales now, but they are squandering good ball
Wales 6m out have a lineout…
France steal Wales ball… hacks it ahead
Some brief glimpses of great rugby from both sides, but all shortlived at the moment
Halfpenny calls a mark just inside his 22
43 @ Just For Kicks:
As if the game is just waiting to really break open
Freddy Frog not having a good day. Maybe he is missing his Sharky mates.
Advantage being played to France as they bash it up, time after time… they go back to the penalty
Massive driving from the frogs
Wales gets a relieving penalty, near their own 5
45 @ grootblousmile:Yup, somethings got to happen, surely
France looks stronger…. but Wales defence is good
Now Wales turn to bash it up….
Amazing the difference between the rugby of last weekend compared to the rugby of this weekend.. – chalk and cheese!
Hope the match tomorrow will be a better spectacle.
Biggar kicks a bigger kick than he wanted to… directly out
This time Biggar does not kick big enough… hehe
Penalty Wales, near their own 10m line
We’ll have a last lineout inside the French half for Wales
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@ The_Young_Turk:
53
Yes i really hope England keep playing their more expansive game. I am falling asleep in this game, it is almost like soccer.
Low scoring game, but it’s a hard game nonetheless
Wales are having so much possession in France’s half – but they run out of ideas. France are soaking up all the attacking possession and then just clearing the ball long
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