France (16) 26 / 24 (8) England (Final Score)
France and England did battle in the Six Nations tournamnt at
Stade de France, Paris at 19:00 SA Time (18:00 France 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 – Jean-Marc Doussain (2), Maxime Machenaud (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Yoann Huget (2), Gael Fickou (1)
- Conversions – Maxime Machenaud (1)
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (2), Alex Goode (1)
- Drop Goals – Danny Care (1)
- Tries – Mike Brown (1), Luther Burrell (1)
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (1)
Teams:
France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Maxime Medard, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Jean-Marc Doussain, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Pascal Pape (Captain), 4 Alexandre Flanquart, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Yannick Forestier, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Yoann Maestri, 20 Antoine Burban, 21 Damien Chouly, 22 Maxime Machenaud, 23 Gael Fickou.
England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Jonny May, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Danny Care, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (Captain), 6 Tom Wood, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Dave Attwood, 20 Ben Morgan, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Brad Barritt, 23 Alex Goode.
Date: Saturday 1 February
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (18:00 Fr Time, 17:00 GMT)
Predicted weather: 70% chance of rain, 30 kph wind, high of 11
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
Speed good for me too, now. As you say, must be Vodacom
Just For Kicks wrote:
Beer, braai and swimming pool hot.
Yesterday must have been 40 degrees.
England 5m out now
France steals the ball… and hack it out
England have to build again, and they are inside the 22.. 5m out…
Try Mike Brown
Well done Danny Care. Good try
Good try
France 16 / 8 England
England fighting back after France dominance of the half
Apart from his initial error, which he can be forgiven for, Jack Norwell has had a very good debut so far
Drop goal missed by Farrell
Lemoenetyd
Very iffy first half. Good start from France, but they faded towards the end of that half. Need to come out stronger. England slowly finding their feet.
Nice fast game, very unlike Northern Hemisphere rugby in general
8 Points is not that much to haul in, anybody’s game still
Woodward thinks England are going to run away with it in the second half. Hmmmm, interesting
105 @ Just For Kicks:
Old woody is an optimist… hehehe
2nd Half ON!
Good kick by Farrell
England immediately play the territorial game
Wat drink ons?
Red wine.
110 @ Loosehead:
Coka-ka-Lola
Much, much better by England
Try Danny Care.
TMO
Looks short
Back for the penalty it is… Farrell for goal.
Slots it
France 16 / 11 England
Hhhhhhmmmmm, Poms catching up slowly.
France penalty, after a good steal on the ground
Scrum down, turnover ball to England
England showing glimpses of some very good rugby, pity they just don’t seem to be able to follow through
Now that’s better. Good stuff
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