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Les Bleus back on track
France healed wounded pride with a record 87-10 win over Namibia in Toulouse nine days after their upset loss to Argentina in the opening World Cup encounter. More
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Live Commentary
Time:80'- France
- Namibia
80' Ref blows for full-time and France win 87-10. France are back in the World Cup and have laid down a marker. Their public will be pleased and France can now perpare for Friday's clash with Ireland with renewed confidence.
80' Losper adds the conversion. 87-10.
80' Langhoven looks like he crooked himself in the prcoess of scoring.
79' Langenhoven intercepts and runs in from 60m to score for Namibia. 87-8.- 77' Pelous has gone off with what looks like a leg injury.
- 75' France win lineout close to Namibia line, their first wave is held up but the French forwards regroup and Ibanez is driven over for their 13th try. 87-3.
70' France drive Namibia off the ball, they move the ball to the left wing and Clerc chips ahead and wins the touchdown. or does he? Ref Rolland goes upstairs and the video official rules a knock on.- 69' Losper attacks the France line but the ball is knocked on by Botes. Not a good pass.
- 67' Harinodoquy's down after trying to make a big hit on Meyer. Looks like he's cracked his hand on the hooker's knee. ocuh.
67' Meyer on for Horn.- 66' Elissalde slots a superb conversion from the right touchline to make it 82-3.
- 65' Rougerie on for Poitrenaud, Heymans goes to full back.
- 65' Heymans feeds Clerc, one wing to another, and Clerc goes over for this hat-trick. 80-3.
- 62' Beauxis on for Michalak.
- 60' Two more from Elissalde. 75-3.
- 59' Clerc goes over after a well-executed move from a set piece. 73-3.
- 57' Harinordoquy on for Nyanga, Ibanez for Szarzewski and Pelous for Chabal.
- 57' Elissalde again slots conversion. 68-3.
- 56' Dusautoir sets off from the restart, the ball is recycled and Elissalde goes over. 66-3.
- 54' Two more points from Elissalde. 61-3.
- 53' Two huge hits from Namibia somehow keep the French out and the Africans win a penalty on their 10m line. Crikey, Losper is going for goal. Tad ambitious I think - good effort but it's pulled up short and France launch another attack. Chabal on the charge and he breaks tackle after tackle before going over from 55m. Great effort from the Seabass!! 59-3.
- 50' Jauzion on for Traille.
- 50' 54-3 thanks to Elissalde conversion.
- 48' Dusautoir takes the restart and makes a superb break. The ball is kept alive and Nyanga shows his pace, before Namibia dive on the ball and concede penalty. Elissale takes a quick tap and finds Chabal with a cross kick and the big man crashes over in the right corner. 52-3.
- 48' Elissalde makes it 47-3.
- 46' France opt for scrum again and they drive over to allow Bonnaire to touch dow. 45-3.
- 46' Namibia make a mess of the scrum and France show slick handling as they launch a series of attacks. Poitrenaud dances through the defence but is hauled down just short - but Namibia have conceded penalty for offside.
- 44' France drive for the line but he's held up a metre short, so is Chabal with some superb Namibia defence. Very courageous from Namibia.
- 43' France win penalty at the scrum for Namibia standing up and France opt for another pack down.
- 41' It looks unlikely as Clerc is right away put clear down the right. Losper stops him just short of the Namibia line. Namibia awarded a scrum but France nick it and spread it wide to Heymans but a superb tackle from Witbooi prevents him going over.
41' Namibia restart. Can they stem the tide and prevent France from totally running away with this game?- 40' Ref Rolland blows for half-time and France retreat to the dressing room with a spring in their step. They will be feeling much better about things now, but the game as a contest was effectively over when Rolland awarded the red card to Nieuwenhuis. Shame. 40-3 to France.
- 40' Elissalde adds the conversion. 40-3.
- 40' Botes again kicks long and it's scrum back to France. Bonnaire finds Marty who bursts down the right, the ball is moved back across field and Michalak switches before popping the ball up to Nallet for his second try of the evening. 38-3.
- 39' Two more points from Elissalde. 33-3.
- 36' Namibia win line-out and France concede penalty for collapsing the maul. Losper makes a mess of the kick and kicks it over dead ball line and France have scrum back! Traille finds Marty and the ball eventually reaches Clerc on the right wing who rockets over and touches down under the Namibia posts. 31-3.
- 33' Elissalde adds the conversion. 26-3.
- 32' Traille breaks through and throws a forward pass to Nyanga - but the ref misses it - and the ball is recycled for lock Nallet to go over. Namibia will not be pleased with the ref missing that forward pass! 24-3.
- 30' Good line-out take from Chabal and France forwards are driving. But again Namibia steal it and Losper makes a half break before feeding Botes, who makes excellent yards only for his pass to go to ground. Great effort from Namibia!
- 29' Solid scrum from Namibia, who add a back to their pack, and Losper clears well.
- 27' The game has gone a little flat. Poitrenaud brings it to life a little by making some nice ground and the ball is moved quickly to the right - but Nyanga knocks on.
- 25' Poitrenaud and Heymans combine well down the right but Marty spills the ball again!!
- 23' France make a mess of the restart and knock on over their own line - Marty again! - and Namibia awarded a 5m scrum. But their scrum is destroyed by the French and Elissalde kicks up field.
- 22' Elissalde adds the two points. 19-3.
- 21' France kick for the corner. Game over for Namibia by the looks of it - down to 14 men. France immediately take advantage of their extra man and Dusatoir goes over for their third try. 17-3.
19' Huge hit by Nieuwenhaus on Chabel and he's laid the Frenchman out. He's also been given a red card and his evening is over! Looks a tad harsh to me.- 18' France win penalty at the scrum and Traille kicks them into the corner. But they make a mess of the lineout and Namibia are allowed to clear the danger.
- 17' France win good line-out ball and Traille crashes into the Namibia midfield. Clerc spills the ball when it is recycled. France have made a few errors now, depite their good start and they won't want to make any more. They seem to be rushing things somewhat.
- 14' High tackle Niuwenhaus on Clerc and the Namibian gets a warning from the ref Rolland. Namibia win free kick at scrum and try to counter quickly and Losper finds huge touch finder in France half.
- 13' Botes on for Wessels.
- 12' Wessles if off and it doesn't look good for the stand-off.
- 12' Elissalde makes it 12-3.
- 11' France bounce back immediatelty as Michalak launches an attack from his own half, all the way up field with Marty finishing it off with France's second try. 10-3.
- 8' Perfect start for France. Can they build on it and give their public something to cheer. Not if have anything to say about it as they bounce back with a drop goal from Wessels - well taken! 5-3.
- 6' France pressuring the Namibians up front and driving towards their line after winning a lineout. Szarewski goes close but Namibia turn the ball over. But Wessels misses touch and Marty launches an attack that ends with Heymans going over in the left corner. 5-0 France.
- 3' Namibia have hardly touched the ball but they win a penalty for France holding on in the tackle and Wessles kicks them down to the halfway line.
1' Michalak gets the game underway and France are right way on the offensive.- - France coach Bernard Laporte has rung the changes for this clash, determined to give the whole country a lift and prove that his side are indeed contenders for the title. Watch out for Frederic Michalak at fly-half to have a huge impact on the outcome.
- - A huge evening for France in Toulouse as they try to get their World Cup campaign back on track. France fell into state of shock after losing to Argentina in their opening game and tonight is their chance to make amends.
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Summary
France versus Namibia Heymans 7’, Marty 11’, Dusautoir 21’, Nallet 32’, 40’, Clerc 38’, 59’, 65’, Bonnaire 47’, Chabal 49’, 54’, Elissalde 56’, Ibanez 75’ Tries Langenhoven 79’ Elissalde 12’, 22’, 33’, 39’, 40’, 48’, 50’, 55’, 57’, 60’, 66’ Conversions Losper 80’ Penalties Drops Wessels 10’
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Alain Rolland
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FranceManager: Bernard Laporte
On the Field
- Poux
- Szarzewski
- De Villiers
- Chabal
×2 - Nallet ×2
- Nyanga
- Dusautoir
- Bonnaire
- Elissalde
- Michalak
- Heymans
- Traille
- Marty
- Clerc ×3
- Poitrenaud
Subs
- Ibanez
- Jauzion
- Harinordoquy
- Pelous
- Rougerie
- Mas
- Beauxis
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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NamibiaManager: Hakkies Husselman
On the Field
- Lensing
- Horn
- Du Toit
- Kazombiake
- Esterhuyse
- Nieuwenhuis
- McKenzie
- Burger
- van Tonder
- Wessels
- Bock
- Van Zyle
- Langenhoven
- Witbooi
- Losper
Subs
- Africa
- Lintvelt
- Meyer
- Redelinghuys
- Du Plessis
- Jantjies
- Botes
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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