RWC QF#1 Australia V England

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Jonny Wilkinson was the scourge of Australia again as his four penalties put England in the World Cup semi-final after a thrilling win in Marseille.

Lote Tuqiri's try put Australia 10-6 up but Wilkinson's boot and England's superior scrum kept them in the game.
There was little flowing rugby in the second half but with neither side on top, it made for nail-biting viewing.
Wilkinson and Stirling Mortlock missed late chances to win it but England held on for a memorable victory.

Another loss to England in the RWC.... now we have to wait till kiwi land in 4 years.

f*ck.

Yeah very disappointing game :(

man i dont know what to say
the scrums were shit, both teams fault.
WD to lote for the good try tho, i now respect him again.
its just sad to loose a game when we scored a try and they didnt.

If thats the way we played, lucky we didn't win - the Kiwi's will tear us a new one next week.

Instead they'll do that to the pom's who have already had their "big" game - THAT I'm going to enjoy.

Maybe you'll just have to enjoy watching England vs France instead!

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If thats the way we played, lucky we didn't win - the Kiwi's will tear us a new one next week.

Instead they'll do that to the pom's who have already had their "big" game - THAT I'm going to enjoy.

If it wasn't on so late I might have joined you for that.

Man - can't believe the kiwi's lost. What's going on in this world.

Go the Boks! ;)

OMG I just saw.... wtf is happening in the world???

Its being replayed later.... must record and watch.

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France edge New Zealand out of world cup
Thierry's all gold: Dusautoir powers to the line

CARDIFF, 6 October - France staged a second-half fightback to beat the All Blacks 20-18 in an epic encounter at Millennium Stadium.

Trailing 13-3 in the first half, tries from Thierry Dusautoir and Yannick Jauzion for France in the second 40 saw the favourites condemned to another early exit from the IRB Rugby World Cup as Les Bleus set up a semi-final with world champions England.

France bolted out of the blocks in the second half, and repeated pressure on the All Black line paid off when centre Luke McAlister was adjudged to have blocked Jauzion as the French centre tried to reach a Jean-Baptiste Elissalde chip-over. McAlister saw yellow and Lionel Beauxis kicked the penalty.

Sebastien Chabal's entrance on 51 minutes roused French support in the stands as Les Bleus pressed forward again, rewarded when Dusautoir stepped through a tackle to finish off a sweeping move. Beauxis struck the inside of the post to level the scores at 13-13.

As McAlister returned, Dan Carter limped off to be replaced by Nick Evans. That signalled a period of sustained attack by the All Blacks, rewarded as number 8 Rodney So'oialo powered low through two Frenchmen to dump the ball over the whitewash. The score remained 18-13 as McAlister put the kick wide.

Frederic Michalak made an entrance on 67 minutes to devastating effect. He immediately powered down the left, handing off to Jauzion to dive over. With Beauxis off the field, Elissalde kicked the conversion.

A cagey opening to the first half saw veteran flanker Serge Betsen being knocked out cold and helped off the field. Then Carter dispatched a penalty to make it 3-0 with 13 minutes gone. Five minutes later, Carter, Jerry Collins and McAlister combined for the centre to power through and cross next to the posts. Carter converted, then Beauxis missed a penalty for France to leave the score at 10-0.

Carter increased the lead with a penalty on 30 minutes, before Beauxis scored a last-gasp three points to get the scoreboard moving for France.

The Kiwi's choke every World Cup. It's suprising, but not that suprising. The hard part to understand is that it was to France.

we had no intensity at the break down, far too many turn overs there. our scrum was severely lacking. england never looked like they were out of their comfort zone.

we got sucked into playing their game with pathetic drop goal attempts.

at least now we'll be able to clean out the team of a few of the oldies who are past their prime and start giving the next generation some test experience.