RWC: France v Tonga (Pool C)

[Stargazer]

France

1 Jefferson Poirot (capt.), 2. Camille Chat, 3. Rabah Slimani, 4. Paul Gabrillagues, 5. Sebastien Vahaamahina, 6. Wenceslas Lauret, 7. Charles Ollivon, 8. Gregorie Alldritt
9 Baptiste Serin, 10. Romain Ntamack, 11. Alivereti Raka, 12. Sofiane Guitoune, 13. Virimi Vakatawa, 14. Damian Penaud, 15. Maxime Medard

Reserves:
16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Emerick Setiano, 19 Bernard Le Roux, 20 Yacouba Camara, 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Camille Lopez, 23 Pierre-Louis Barassi

Tonga

1 Siegfried Fisi’ihoi, 2. Paula Ngauamo, 3. Ma'afu Fia, 4. Sam Lousi, 5. Halaleva Fifita, 6. Sione Kalamafoni, 7. Zane Kapeli, 8. Maama Vaipulu
9 Sonatane Takulua, 10. James Faiva, 11. David Halaifonua, 12. Siale Piutau (capt.), 13. Malietoa Hingano, 14. Cooper Vuna, 15. Telusa Veainu

Reserves:
16 Sosefo Sakalia, 17. Vunipola Fifita, 18. Siua Halanukonuka, 19. Sitiveni Mafi, 20. Nasi Manu, 21. Leon Fukofuka, 22. Latiume Fosita, 23. Atieli Pakalani

[chimoaus]

Didn’t think anyone else was watching. Some big Fijians playing well for France, nice early try.

[African Monkey]

Poor throw from Ngauamo

[chimoaus]

Does the French 9 remind anyone else of Kirk? They sure do have similar body shapes.

[chimoaus]

French 8 seems handy.

[African Monkey]

Tonga need to play Fukofuka instead of Takalua.

[chimoaus]

Lots of dropped balls so far. Reminds me of the u13 changing sheds.

[African Monkey]

Oh fuck off Ben Skeen fuck he's a clown.

[Stargazer]

Geez, for a second I thought he was going to send someone to the bin (or worse).

[African Monkey]

@Stargazer Anything's possible with Ben Skeen constantly interferring....

[ACT Crusader]

He’s a solid unit that Raka.

Tonga holding up okay for the first half hour.

[Stargazer]

Great tackle from Veainu.

[chimoaus]

@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: France v Tonga (Pool C):

He’s a solid unit that Raka.

Tonga holding up okay for the first half hour.

He’s fucking huge, great tackle by the Tongan 15.

[chimoaus]

And Raka scores.

[ACT Crusader]

Nice skill there from Raka.

The ref was holding a committee meeting and the French halfback takes a quick kick and they score.

[ACT Crusader]

Tongan attack lacks organisation and any sort of fluency.

[westcoastie]

France on their way to setting up a barn-storming last pool match with the English. Winner of that goes into a likely quarter with Australia I believe and on same side of draw as NZ. Starting to get juicy ain't it?

[Rebound]

@ACT-Crusader How's it even possible to play on the. The ref didn't even show where the mark is. The reffing is getting worse by the minute

[ACT Crusader]

@Rebound said in RWC: France v Tonga (Pool C):

@ACT-Crusader How's it even possible to play on the. The ref didn't even show where the mark is. The reffing is getting worse by the minute

Ref had his back turned as well.

[chimoaus]

Should goal line defenders be able to lead with their heads? Seems a worrying trend. Try to Tonga.