FRA
No.Name
15Maxime Medard, FB
14Vincent Clerc, W
T
13Aurelien Rougerie, C
12Maxime Mermoz, C
11Alexis Palisson, W
10Morgan Parra, FH
9Dimitri Yachvili, SH
3
1Jean-Baptiste Poux, P
2William Servat, H
3Luc Ducalcon, P
4Pascal Pape, L
5Lionel Nallet, L
6Thierry Dusautoir, FL
7Julien Bonnaire, FL
8Raphael Lakafia, N8
Replacements
16Dimitri Szarzewski, H
17Fabien Barcella, P
18Julien Pierre, L
19Imanol Harinordoquy, N8
20Francois Trinh-Duc, FH
21Fabrice Estebanez, C
22Cedric Heymans, W

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Sky Stadium
6:00 AM, October 1, 2011
Attendance: 32,763
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

83'14-19 End of half
83'14-19 End of half
81'Clerc dives into the corner for the all important try. France are in the quarter-finals but questions will have to be asked of Lievremont's men
81'+114-19 Try - Vincent Clerc , France
81'+214-19 End of second half
76'Player substituted - Alexis Palisson , France
76'Substitute on - Cedric Heymans , France
73'Substitute on - Tomasi Palu , Tonga
73'Player substituted - Suka Hufanga , Tonga
73'9-19 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
72'Not too sure why Tonga are taking the points instead of going for the four try bonus but they have a ten point advantage
67'Substitute on - Julien Pierre , France
67'Player substituted - Pascal Pape , France
67'9-16 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
66'Morath makes amends for his earlier misses stretching their lead to seven
65'Yellow card - Fabrice Estebanez , France
64'The French centre is penalised for a dangerous tackle
62'Player substituted - Andrew Ma'ilei , Tonga
62'Substitute on - 'Alipate Fatafehi , Tonga
59'Player substituted - Morgan Parra , France
59'Substitute on - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
59'Player substituted - Aurelien Rougerie , France
59'Substitute on - Fabrice Estebanez , France
58'Player substituted - Kele Hehea , Tonga
58'Substitute on - Joe Tuineau , Tonga
50'Player substituted - Raphael Lakafia , France
50'Substitute on - Imanol Harinordoquy , France
50'Player substituted - William Servat , France
50'Substitute on - Dimitri Szarzewski , France
50'9-13 Penalty goal - Dimitri Yachvili , France
49'PENALTY FOR FRANCE!!! Dimitri Yachvili slots the penalty to reduce the deficit
48'Player substituted - Soane Tonga'uiha , Tonga
48'Substitute on - Sona Taumalolo , Tonga
46'Player substituted - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
46'Substitute on - Luc Ducalcon , France
41'Player substituted - Luc Ducalcon , France
41'Substitute on - Fabien Barcella , France
41'6-13 End of first half
40'6-13 Start of second half
40'Substitute on - Halani 'Aulika , Tonga
40'Player substituted - Kisi Pulu , Tonga
40'Player substituted - Finau Maka , Tonga
40'Substitute on - Samiu Vahafolau , Tonga
39'Yellow card - Suka Hufanga , Tonga
36'6-13 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
35'PENALTY FOR TONGA!!!! Morath slots the extra three and Tonga have some breathing space
29'6-10 Conversion - Kurt Morath , Tonga
27'6-8 Try - Suka Hufanga , Tonga
26'Try for Tonga!!!!!Unbelievable - Tonga over the tryline - Kurt Morath tries the cross kick and Hufanga crashes over - all down to the halfbacks there as Moa and Morath orchestrate their attack brilliantly
25'Player substituted - Samiu Vahafolau , Tonga
25'Substitute on - Finau Maka , Tonga
24'6-3 Penalty goal - Dimitri Yachvili , France
23'PENALTY FOR FRANCE!!!! Yachvili keeps the scoreboard ticking over with an easy three points
20'Player substituted - Fabien Barcella , France
20'Substitute on - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
11'Player substituted - Finau Maka , Tonga
11'Substitute on - Samiu Vahafolau , Tonga
7'3-3 Penalty goal - Kurt Morath , Tonga
7'Player substituted - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
7'Substitute on - Fabien Barcella , France
6'PENALTY FOR TONGA!! Kurt Morath slots the extras with a confident strike for Maka's men
2'3-0 Penalty goal - Dimitri Yachvili , France
1'PENALTY FOR FRANCE!!! Yachvili gets France on the scoreboard early on with a confidently struck penalty
1'0-0 Start of first half

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