France (6) 14 / Tonga (13) 19 (Final Score)
France and Tonga did battle in Wellington at 07:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Tonga beat France by 19 / 14 but miss out on the quarter finals. For Tonga, this was an epic win though!
Scorers:
France:
- Penalties – Dimitri Yachvili (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Vincent Clerc (1)
- Conversions – 0
Tonga:
- Penalties – Kurt Morath (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Sukanaivalu Hufanga (1)
- Conversions – Kurt Morath (1)
Teams:
France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Morgan Parra, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Raphael Lakafia, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Imanol Harinordoquy, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 Fabrice Estebanez, 22 Cédric Heymans.
Tonga: 15 Vungakoto Lilo, 14 Viliame Iongi, 13 Siale Piutau, 12 Andrew Ma’ilei, 11 Sukanaivalu Hufanga, 10 Kurt Morath, 9 Taniela Moa, 8 Viliami Ma’afu, 7 Finau Maka (captain), 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 5 Paino Hehea, 4 Tukulua Lokotui, 3 Kisi Pulu, 2 Aleki Lutui, 1 Soane Tonga’uiha.
Replacements: 16 Ephraim Taukafa, 17 Alisona Taumalolo, 18 Halani Aulika, 19 Joseph Tuineau, 20 Samiu Vahafolau, 21 Samisoni Fisilau, 22 Alipate Fatafehi.
Date: Saturday 1 October
Venue: Regional Stadium, Wellington
Kick-off: 07:00 SA Time (18:00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Fine weather with some northerly ‘breezes’. High of 17°C, low of 9°C
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (England), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
France force Tonga to carry back and dot down, 5m scrum to France
90 @ superBul:
A Team who has lost a Pool game has NEVER won the RWC…. France will be 2 down
Kurt Morath has set a new Tonga record for points in a single Rugby World Cup (45), overtaking the 44 by Pierre Hola in 2007
Half a minute left
Pealty France… at the posts, they choose to scrum
I love this mocking of the French pack by Tonga
Try France??
TMO
Awarded
Final Score: Tonga 19 / 14 France
Well done Tonga if your handling was a bit better and Morath had his boots there you could have won by 20+
Just saw this comment on IRB site
Lump on France! Whoever they get in the quarters (Eng?) will now have to handle one of those brilliant out-of-nowhere performances
4 relative easy penalties missed by Tonga
Morning all, Tonga must be rueing that loss to Canada now.
France 121 (14)Tackles(Missed) Tonga 85 (24)
Genade, I suppose nobody picked Tonga on Bru
I have to go buy some Kameeltjies quick
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