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France 64 - Georgia 7

France

Georgia

  1. France into last eight

    France into last eight

    Two tries by record-breaking wing Christophe Dominici helped France crush Georgia 64-7 in their final Pool D match on Sunday to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals where they will face New Zealand. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:80'
    • France
    • Georgia
    • 80' Beauxis misses the kick and ref blows for full-time. Nine tries for France, a bonus point and a place in the quarter-finals. The question is: who will they play? That's all down to the result of Ireland v Argentina, who are up next.
    • 79' France looking to score before the end and move the ball from right to left before Bonnaire crashes over in the corner. 64-7.
    • 77' Chip through by Skrela but France chasers unable to touch bobbling ball down and Georgia have a scrum 5.
    • 75' Martin has been spear tackled by Elizbarashvili but ref has sin binned the wrong man! Gigauri goes off!
    • 73' Khamashuridze nails the conversion to make it 59-7.
    • 72' Georgia awarded penalty in France 22m area and Maisuradze takes a quick tap and crashes over for a try. Well played Georgia! 59-5.
    • 65' Jauzion rips the ball from Georgia and feeds Dominici, the ball goes through the hands to Martin who crashes over in the right corner. 59-0.
    • 64' Martin on for Betsen.
    • 63' Beauxis makes it 54-0.
    • 62' Another penalty to France for Georgia handling on the ground. France opt for scrum right infront of Georgia posts. First wave is repelled but Nallet leads the second attack and touches down. 52-0.
    • 57' Dominici in space on the left. Elissalde sees he is unmarked and chips ahead for the winger, who wins the race to the ball and touches down for his second try of the day. 47-0.
    • 55' Nice passage of play from the Georgia forwards - picking and driving their way up field to create a drop goal opportunity for Kvirikasvili. Sadly the stand-off puts his kick wide.
    • 54' Pelous on for Thion.
    • 54' Fabulous conversion from Beauxis, who adds the two points from the left touchline. 42-0.
    • 52' Machkhaneli offside, France kick for the corner, their forwards drive towards the Georgia line and Bruno crashes over for France's fifth try. 40-0.
    • 49' Rougerie breaks a couple of tackles on the right wing but Georgia awarded penalty for France not releasing at the tackle. But Kvirikashvili misses touch and France counter.
    • 48' Dominici almost clear again, this time down the left touchline, but Labadze collars him and the France winger concedes penalty for not releasing.
    • 45' France go over again. Beauxis puts a pin-point cross-kick into the corner from a scrum, Dominici takes it comfortably and cuts inside his marker to make the score 35-0. Nicely taken try!
    • 44' Georgia give away penalty for holding on to the ball in the tackle and Betsen leads an attack into their half.
    • 41' Beauxis gets us started again, Georgia take the kick well and clear up field. But France counter attack with Elissalde to the fore. Georgia finally forced to run the ball into touch on their own line.
    • 40' Georgia kick penalty for touch, win a long lineout throw but then Elizbarashvili's kick is long and ref blows for half-time. France will be happy with three tries and a 30-0 scoreline. They have been efficient and taken their chances well.
    • 40' Good counter rucking from Georgia moves France rolling maul backwards and earns them a scrum down. Thion also warned by ref for taking one of the Georgia forwards by the neck.
    • 38' Beauxis converts his own try - six from six now for the stand-off. 30-0.
    • 37' France cutting Georgia defensive line to shreds with some superb passing and lines of running, Poitrenaud eventually putting Beauxis over. 28-0.
    • 34' Kvirikashvili kicks low into France 22 but Poitrenaud replies with interest, sending a superb touch finder into Georgia's 22.
    • 31' Abuseridze is off with injury and Elizbarashvili comes on.
    • 30' France kick for the corner, win their throw and Nyanga nips down the blindside for their second try. 21-0.
    • 28' Elissalde is scragged at a France scrum in Georgia's 22m area and Georgia clear up field. But France counter through Jauzion. They win a penalty and Elissalde taps and goes but Magrakvelidze trips him and gets a yellow card. The Georgia prop lucky not to be sent off.
    • 26' Huge touch finder from Beauxis moves France from their own 22 into Georgia's 22.
    • 24' Crossing from Georgia gives Beauxis another pot at goal, and he's on target again with a monster kick from just inside his own half. 16-0 France.
    • 22' Mignoni off for treatment and Elissalde on at scrumhalf.
    • 21' Mignoni breaks down the blindside but pulls up with what looks like a pulled hamstring.
    • 19' Georgia win penalty and skipper Abuseridze takes a quick tap and darts into France 22m area. France concede another penalty for not rolling away at the tackle but Kvirikashvili pushes his kick wide.
    • 18' Georgia concede another penalty and Beauxis on target to extend France lead to 13-0.
    • 16' Georgia have been a huge success in this tournament and the Georgian president has already offered investment in the sport after the tournament, including a new national rugby stadium. Watch out for these boys in years to come. They are tough and uncompromising and when you consider their team is selected from less than 1,000 players it is an amazing achievement for them to be so competitive.
    • 14' France doing the basics very well so far and starving Georgia of the possession. But Georgia are up for this contest, no doubting that!
    • 12' Nice take by the Georgia pack who keep the ball tight and drive away from danger. But France pinch the ball and spread it wide to Marty on the left, who is bundled into touch.
    • 11' Beauxis sends a low touch finder into Georgia's half for a lineout 10m from Georgia tryline.
    • 9' Gigauri intercepts and moves Georgia into an attacking position in France 22m area, allowing his forwards to attack the defensive line before conceding a penalty for diving over the top.
    • 7' Beauxis kicks the conversion to move France 10-0 ahead.
    • 6' Superb opening try for France. Jauzion beats Gigauri on the outside with a lovely turn of speed and finds Poitrenaud, who goes over for the try. 8-0.
    • 5' Lovely clearance from Beauxis moves France back into Georgia's half from the kickoff.
    • 3' Jauzion drives up the middle, Betsen shows good support and France awarded a penalty for Georgia offside. Early chance for Beauxis and the stand-off slots it comfortably to give France a 3-0 lead.
    • 2' France win an early lineout and Marty tests the Georgia midfield.
    • 1' Georgia get the match started. They still have an outside chance of qualifying and will need a strong opening quarter if that is going to happen.
    • - Georgia have been one of the surprise packages of this World Cup and although an upset is very unlikely they should at least be competitive up front through their bunch of gnarly forwards.
    • - France will be expecting a bonus point win to give themselves a chance of topping the group and avoiding a quarter-final clash with New Zealand. However, it will all come down to the Ireland v Argentina game later today. All France can do is win, and win well, and to achieve that aim coach Bernard Laporte has named a strong line-up, captained by Serge Betsen.
    • - Welcome to Eurosport's online coverage of France v Georgia from the Stade Vedledrome in Marseille, the last group match for both these teams and most probably the final appearance in the World Cup for the gallant Georgians.

  • Summary

    France versus Georgia
    Poitrenaud 6’, Nyanga 30’, Beauxis 37’, Dominici 45’, 57’, Bruno 52’, Nallet 63’, Martin 67’, Bonnaire 80’ Tries Maisuradze 71’
    Beauxis 6’, 31’, 38’, 53’, 63’ Conversions Zirakashvili 72’
    Beauxis 4’, 18’, 24’ Penalties  
      Drops  

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Lewis

  • France

    Manager: Bernard Laporte

    On the Field

    • Milloud
    • Bruno Try Substitution Out (58′)
    • Poux Substitution Out (58′)
    • Nallet Try
    • Thion Substitution Out (54′)
    • Betsen Substitution Out (64′)
    • Nyanga Try
    • Bonnaire Try
    • Mignoni Substitution Out (22′)
    • Beauxis Try
    • Dominici Tries×2
    • Jauzion
    • Marty Substitution Out (58′)
    • Rougerie
    • Poitrenaud Try Substitution Out (72′)

    Subs

    • Pelous Substitution In (54′)
    • Skréla Substitution In (58′)
    • Elissalde Substitution In (22′)
    • Martin Substitution In (64′) Try
    • Mas Substitution In (58′)
    • Clerc Substitution In (72′)
    • Szarzewski Substitution In (58′)

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Georgia

    Manager: Malkhaz Tcheishvili

    On the Field

    • Magrakvelidze Yellow Card Substitution Out (50′)
    • Giorgadze
    • Zirakashvili
    • Didebulidze Substitution Out (41′)
    • Mchedlishvili
    • Maisuradze Substitution Out (50′)
    • Urushadze Substitution Out (33′)
    • Chkhaidze
    • Abuseridze Substitution Out (31′)
    • Kvirikashvili
    • Khamashuridze Substitution Out (55′)
    • Giorgadze
    • Gigauri Yellow Card
    • Urjukashvili
    • Barkalaia Substitution Out (55′)

    Subs

    • Eloshvili Substitution In (55′)
    • Kopaliani
    • Dadunashvili Substitution In (41′)
    • Shvelidze Substitution In (50′)
    • Maisuradze Substitution In (50′) Try
    • Samkharadze Substitution In (31′)
    • Elizbarashvili Substitution In (55′)

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None