France won all their line-outs! And... pressed hard the first 10 minutes. Then they made one interception to score a try.
The rest of the game was all New Zealand... In the first half France missed four tackles, and NZ scored immediately four tries.
If New Zealand can duplicate these attacks, they will be in the final for sure...
France will probably lose in the quarter finals to England and Wilkinson kicks, like in the last two world cups.
Watch Canada Japan this Tuesday morning 00.am in Montreal, and France Tonga Saturday October 1. Because... if France lose to Tonga and Canada beats Japan (both possible...), then who knows whom might go with NZ into the quarter finals...!
In the semi-final anyway, New Zealand will beat England to the biggest pleasure of the local fans.
As for the final against South Africa or even Ireland... that is another story. Don't miss it, reserve your Sunday October 23, 4am in Montreal.
Now today, the best games were played this afternoon on the Montreal Irish field at Ste Julie: all 8 Quebec finals were held all day on two fields, and all games were close until the last minute! Clouds were hiding the sun but the temperature was around 26 deg C this afternoon and the Labatt blues were disapearing faster than you could catch the mosquitoes, so happy to get so much fresh food... I killed over 100 during the 6 hours I was there, give or take a few dozens!
A fantastic day of rugby with a crowd never seen I believe in Quebec finals.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Rugby - Incredible try
Not at the world cup, but... never quit...!
http://www.videobash.com/video_show/ridiculous-rugby-try-42781
http://www.videobash.com/video_show/ridiculous-rugby-try-42781
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Rugby - France Canada 2
Well... it started with penalty conversion for Canada and a try by each team due to a missed reception of a high ball and a quick reaction by the opponent! Tit for tat...
Canada then held off in the first half, and could even have been at par if the Canadian kicker had not missed 3 or 4 penalty conversions which seemed very feasible, and if the Canadian players had been more careful for offside at rucks, costing them 3 penalties in the middle of the field, ie 9 points.
Finaly, France sped up in the last 10 minutes with 2 tries on the left size of the Canadian team, obviously knowing that the left wing of Canada is more known for the gel in his blonde hair than for his tackles.
Overall a good refering, except for the penalty against a Canadian player for having touched a French player with his shoulder when they both run after a ball out of touch. The Frenchman took his time to make a spectacular dive behind the advertising pannels very close to the field of play, and the referre asked the touch judge opinion.
Canada forwards demonstrated their progress, even though most of them are amateurs, like in the old days of rugby.
And France showed they could run and score. Going for the Canadian left wing only helped.
The next game for both teams is really the game they came here for:
- Canada needs to beat Japan on Tuesday September 27 to qualify automatically for the next rugby world cup (top 12 ranked in the world).
- France needs to beat New Zealand on next Saturday September 24 to avoid a top seed in the quarter final. Like England... in the last two world cups, France was eliminated by... England...!
As for England, they still need to offer a satisfactory game, to the worries of their managers. They were lucky today against a valorous team of Georgia that the referee waited 7 infringements in/close to the 22m before issuing a yellow card. I am sure Georgia would have got one after 3 infringements!
We will only know what England can really do on their last game against Scotland. Losing to Scotland could mean playing New Zealand in the quarter final...
Canada then held off in the first half, and could even have been at par if the Canadian kicker had not missed 3 or 4 penalty conversions which seemed very feasible, and if the Canadian players had been more careful for offside at rucks, costing them 3 penalties in the middle of the field, ie 9 points.
Finaly, France sped up in the last 10 minutes with 2 tries on the left size of the Canadian team, obviously knowing that the left wing of Canada is more known for the gel in his blonde hair than for his tackles.
Overall a good refering, except for the penalty against a Canadian player for having touched a French player with his shoulder when they both run after a ball out of touch. The Frenchman took his time to make a spectacular dive behind the advertising pannels very close to the field of play, and the referre asked the touch judge opinion.
Canada forwards demonstrated their progress, even though most of them are amateurs, like in the old days of rugby.
And France showed they could run and score. Going for the Canadian left wing only helped.
The next game for both teams is really the game they came here for:
- Canada needs to beat Japan on Tuesday September 27 to qualify automatically for the next rugby world cup (top 12 ranked in the world).
- France needs to beat New Zealand on next Saturday September 24 to avoid a top seed in the quarter final. Like England... in the last two world cups, France was eliminated by... England...!
As for England, they still need to offer a satisfactory game, to the worries of their managers. They were lucky today against a valorous team of Georgia that the referee waited 7 infringements in/close to the 22m before issuing a yellow card. I am sure Georgia would have got one after 3 infringements!
We will only know what England can really do on their last game against Scotland. Losing to Scotland could mean playing New Zealand in the quarter final...
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