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France edges Wales 9-8 in Rugby World Cup semifinal

Sports Oct. 15, 2011 - 05:43PM JST ( 29 )

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France's Vincent Clerc lies on the ground after being tackled by Wales' Sam Warburton

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smartacusOct. 15, 2011 - 07:16PM JST

It's amazing. France lost two of its pool games and yet makes the final. The real final is tomorrow's game between New Zealand and Australia.
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ExportExpertOct. 15, 2011 - 07:30PM JST

This tournament style is a farce, farcicle refs making dubious calls, cheating, teams losing two games and going through , i could bang on for a couple of hours but it's poinltess.
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BurakuminDesOct. 15, 2011 - 08:25PM JST

The spear tackle did look pretty ordinary - but surely a yellow card would have sufficed and then let the judiciary sort it out through the week. Wales were very brave and probably deserved the win - but well done to the French lads, they have now made 3 WC finals. That's 2 more than a team in Black, by the way.
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calm downOct. 15, 2011 - 09:40PM JST

I hope whoever wins tomorrow shows the rugby world how unworthy the French are of being finalists by putting 50 on them next week.
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ExportExpertOct. 15, 2011 - 09:51PM JST

Burakumin you dont know what you are talking about, you think NZ has only been in 1 final?

You should check your facts and also take alook at history.
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pacific08Oct. 15, 2011 - 10:05PM JST

Export

Anyway, never in 3 final and 5 semi-final like the French !

Allez les Bleus !
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GodanOct. 15, 2011 - 10:15PM JST

The spear tackle did look pretty ordinary

Gotta agree with Burakumin on this one! Seen that kind of tackle about a dozen times in this WC and this gets a red?! In pool play, I can see it getting a red, but in a semifinal? Personally, I think Wales was robbed of a chance to make it to the finals. :-(
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BurakuminDesOct. 15, 2011 - 10:17PM JST

OK then, Export, my mistake - it's just hard to remember the Blacks have been in 2 finals, their performances when it counts are rarely memorable! Getting the excuses ready for tomorrow, mate? Food poisoning, anyone? Biased refs? IRB conspiracy?
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pacific08Oct. 15, 2011 - 10:26PM JST

how unworthy the French are

Only because of that sentence i would love the Blacks win tomorrow (sorry Burakumin...) for the French give them in the final, their third very important, crucial loss against us !
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ExportExpertOct. 15, 2011 - 11:02PM JST

No excuses from me burakumindes, if the blacks lose they lost, but i dont think aussie has a chance tomorrow, the all blacks at home, you know how hard they are to beat at home.

Plus its the world cup, and the all blacks have been having practise and trial runs at winning the world cup it for 24 years, they have a point to prove now, aussie havent got a hope in hell to be honest.

If there is a biased ref on the game tomorrow he aint leavin NZ alive, if there is food poisoning at a hotel it will be suzy. ** GO BLACK**
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pacific08Oct. 15, 2011 - 11:03PM JST

unworthy ?

No, a combination of circonstances :

Because Tonga beat Canada (so the french went to quarter-final) because Irland beat Australia (so the french didnt have Australia to beat in quarter-final, only England ) also in this match today because Wales missed so many penalties and kicks so the french are in final.

But i want to add that the France team has shown a real strong character...loosing badly to the Tongians but redeemed against the English and finally today martyred against Wales...France is still here. Bravo.

Everything is possible !
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ExportExpertOct. 15, 2011 - 11:32PM JST

There is only one unbeaten team in this competition and they will remain as such !

GO BLACK
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pacific08Oct. 15, 2011 - 11:41PM JST

Prop Gethin Jenkins

"It changed the game a bit, we had to play a different style but fair play to the French, they held us out."

****GO BLUES
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pacific08Oct. 15, 2011 - 11:43PM JST

Export, how to do "BOLD" ?

thanks
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BurakuminDesOct. 15, 2011 - 11:44PM JST

if there is food poisoning at a hotel it will be suzy

@ExportExpert Ha ha! I have it on good authority one of the caterers at the ABs hotel is an Aussie girl named Suzy. Enjoy the brekky, boys!
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pacific08Oct. 15, 2011 - 11:47PM JST

****LES BLEUS...GO !
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ExportExpertOct. 15, 2011 - 11:50PM JST

Burakumindes - They having Delivery "Hell Pizza" mate so they will sure be "Fired Up", and they have tight security on the food now a days, since the incident in South Africa the NZRU dont take any chances.

GO BLACK
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ExportExpertOct. 15, 2011 - 11:51PM JST

Pacifico see when you make a reply at the top of the field where you type on the left you can see a "bold" button, simply highlight the text you want to make bold and click the Bold button

as below

GO BLACK

Whala
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pacific08Oct. 15, 2011 - 11:57PM JST

GO BLUES

Thanks Export, hahaha !

Voila !
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pacific08Oct. 16, 2011 - 12:21AM JST

ALLEZ LE BLEUS !
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calm downOct. 16, 2011 - 12:33AM JST

@pacific 08 as a wallaby supporter it may be a bit rich of me to call another side 'average'..but gee,pretty sure the bookies will be putting up 35.5 start the frogs next week....sorry,the real final is tomorrow...no more miracles but plenty of 'miserables'...if the ABs beat the choke tomorrow and get thru expect 50+
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pacific08Oct. 16, 2011 - 12:55AM JST

@calm down

I eat "frogs" but FROGS eat ABs... look :

31 october 1999 : Score: 43-31

6 october 2007 : Score: 20-18

23 october 2011 : ....................

Even from a Wallaby fan, sure about yourself ?

ALLEZ LES BLEUS
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nec123aOct. 16, 2011 - 05:26AM JST

actually burakumindes if the ABs go through it will ALSO be their 3rd RWC final (87, 95) to Frances '87, '99, '11.
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calm downOct. 16, 2011 - 05:32AM JST

And this is giving you confidence ?? a scoreline of 12 years ago...?? why dont you go back 2 weeks,knocked back to New Caledonia by Tonga,last week almost beaten by an English rabble...and last night had to rely on a 14 man Welsh side fluffing kicks...I like the French I think they're humorous but no merci beacoups for blues..
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nec123aOct. 16, 2011 - 05:34AM JST

btw that the '95 All Blacks had food poisoning in RWC Final is not a contentious fact. It is simply stating what actually happened. I had a friend play in that final (I won't embarrass him by writing his name) So I heard it straight from the horses mouth.

The issue was whether or not the food poisoning was deliberate. Well, no one can confirm or deny that. As there is no hard evidence most of us accept it was just bad luck that 3/4s of the squad were vomiting into their toilets 2 nights before the final.... still it made for a great conspiracy. There are some (including members of that AB squad) who believe it was deliberate. I don't know or care - they lost end of story. They were still the better team by a very long way - but as we have seen time and time again. A RWC picks a winner...it doesn't necessarily pick the best team.

Whoever goes through tonight - the frogs are roadkill!
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SimondBOct. 16, 2011 - 08:17AM JST

I watched that game last night and it reconfirmed to me why I watch just one or two games a year.

Get the ball, kick it to the other end. Other side catches it runs a few meters and then 20 odd people climb and push over each other until the other side gets it who then kicks it back to the original kicker who starts the whole sorry cycle again.

Scrums, it appears to me, are set to test the referees ability to find the most microscopic fault so he can start the whole thing again.

It was a turgid, brain numbingly boring 80 minutes out of my life. If Rugby was a new concept you could not have sold that crap to a blind man.

Finally, just how long is the ball actually in play in an 80 minute match? 20 mins?
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ExportExpertOct. 16, 2011 - 01:32PM JST

GO BLACK
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lostrune2Oct. 16, 2011 - 04:04PM JST

Go black and blue tomorrow!
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pacific08Oct. 16, 2011 - 05:20PM JST

Go BLUE and BLACK !

a scoreline of 12 years ago...?? why dont you go back 2 weeks,knocked back to New Caledonia by Tonga,last week almost beaten by an English rabble...and last night had to rely on a 14 man Welsh side fluffing kicks...

12 years ago ??

2007 is 12 years ago for you ?

almost beaten by the English ...have you really saw the match ?

Yesterday, "fluffing kicks...

but les BLEUS are in FINAL, thats what every teams in a World Cup are looking for ! so Bravo pour les bleus.