Rugby World Cup 2019: France vs USA – Live Game Article

Published 2 October 2019 | By grootblousmile

France (12) 33 / 9 (6) USA (Final Score)

France and the United States of America did battle in a Rugby World Cup 2019 International at

Fokuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fokuoka City, Japan on 2 October 2019 at 09:45 SA Time (16:45 Japan Time, 09:45 French Time, 00:45 PST, 07:45 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

France:

Penalties – 0
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Yoann Huget (1), Alivereti Raka (1), Gael Fickou (1), Baptiste Serin (1), Jefferson Poirot (1)
Conversions – Thomas Ramoz (1), Camille Lopez (3)

USA:

Penalties – AJ MacGinty (3)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – 0
Conversions – 0

Teams:

France	United States of America
2 October 2019 at 09:45 SA Time
Team: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Alivereti Raka, 13 Sofiane Guitoune, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 Yoann Huget, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Louis Picamoles (Captain), 7 Yacouba Camara, 6 Arthur Iturria, 5 Paul Gabrillagues, 4 Bernard le Roux, 3 Emerick Setiano, 2 Camille Chat, 1 Cyril Baille Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 20 Gregory Alldritt, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Romain Ntamack, 23 Maxime Medard	Team: 15 Mike Teo, 14 Blaine Scully (Captain), 13 Marcel Brache, 12 Bryce Campbell, 11 Martin Iosefo, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Shaun Davies, 8 Cam Dolan, 7 Hanco Germishuys, 6 Tony Lamborn, 5 Nick Civetta, 4 Nate Brakeley, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Joe Taufete’e, 1 Eric Fry Replacements: 16 Dylan Fawsitt, 17 Olive Kilifi, 18 Paul Mullen, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Ben Pinkelman, 21 Ruben de Haas, 22 Will Magie, 23 Thretton Palamo

Expected weather: Cloudy with spotty showers, breezy and humid. High of 30°C and a low of 23°C
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)

69 Responses to Rugby World Cup 2019: France vs USA – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:37 am

OK folks, shuffle up… it’s the erratic France against a possible sleeping giant, the USA, coming up!
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:39 am

To rights, France should have far too much firepower for the USA, so I expect a bonus point win for France.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:42 am

Players out on the field…

Anthems up next.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:43 am

Anthems…

USA Anthem up 1st…
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:45 am

France Anthem…
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:48 am

Game ON!

Kick-Off by the USA!
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:52 am

USA scrum, just outside their own 22.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:53 am

Good USA scrum…
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:54 am

Try Yoann Huget, behind the sticks!
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:55 am

France 7 / 0 USA
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:56 am

USA penalty, on their own 10m line… offside
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:58 am

Another USA penalty, inside the French 22… offside again….

Kicked into the corner.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:58 am

Penalty advantage from the lineout maul… penalty it is, 5m out.

France captain already spoken to.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 9:59 am

France defence up to the task, USA driven out to touch.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:01 am

USA disjointed and blundering… France WILL exploit it!

USA scrum, just outside their 22.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:02 am

France have already done 2 chip-kicks over midfield and caused big havoc in the USA defensive structures both times.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:03 am

France scrum, after Scully could not catch a high ball.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:05 am

2 Scrum resets…
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:06 am

USA scrum penalty, French loosehead prop going straight down.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:07 am

USA penalty, smack bang in front, No 4 and 7 both offside!

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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:08 am

France 7 / 3 USA
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:09 am

The USA forwards look mobile and they are huge units…
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:09 am

France wanting to run USA off their feet.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:11 am

France lineout on the USA 22.

Big opportunity here to run hard at the USA midfield.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:13 am

Try France, off a cross-kick… No 14, Alivereti Raka!
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:14 am

France 12 / 3 USA
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:18 am

USA scrum, 10m out…

Another reset scrum
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:20 am

USA very close… penalty, 5m out.

Bernard le Roux might be in trouble… no, just a team warning to France.
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:21 am

France 12 / 6 USA
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grootblousmile on 2 October 2019 at 10:22 am

France kick-off restart is fluffed… did not travel 10m.

Scrum middle spot, USA ball.

Rugby World Cup 2019: France vs USA – Live Game Article

France (12) 33 / 9 (6) USA (Final Score)

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United States of America

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