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ENGLAND 28 - 31 SOUTH AFRICA
Twickenham - Saturday 15 November 2014
KO: 14:30 HT: 6-13 Att: 82,000
HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
England v Boks Almost ready to rock n roll here at Twickers...but it's raining England v Boks Anthems done...& that's got to be the loudest I've heard it in years!
England v Boks The heartbeat beats...& Swing Low is already deafening...
England 0-0 Boks 1min England KO & in the Bok 22 en mass...
England 0-0 Boks 3mins Good clear from Boks & set up lineout just outside England 22...
England 0-0 Boks 4mins Dylan Hartley forces penalty & it's England's ball as indicated by ref Steve Walsh
England 0-0 Boks 4mins Owen Farrell clears for lineout on 22 & it's good...they head deep into 22...
England 0-0 Boks 6mins But Jean de Villiers hit comes in on Kyle Eastmond & he knocks on; Bok scrum
England 0-0 Boks 7mins Scrum steady & Boks clear it out quickly; England defensive 10m lineout
England 0-0 Boks 8mins England get it away & lineout just outside Bok 22 but Boks nick it before knock on
England 0-0 Boks 8mins But it's a Bok scrum & there's no faffing again; in, out & clear but doesn't find touch
England 0-0 Boks 9mins Kicked back & Hartley hits Lawes in lineout on Bok 10m...
England 0-0 Boks 10mins Boks in possession & clear deep into England 22; Anthony Watson tries to run it back...
England 0-0 Boks 11mins ...but half Bok squad shuts him down; advantage played & Farrell passes in for Etzebeth to turnover
England 0-3 Boks 12mins Penalty Boks & Pat Lambie whacks over 3 points
England 0-3 Boks 13mins Momentarily England head back into Bok territory, but soon Boks on halfway > England penalty
England 0-3 Boks 14mins Hard to see anything for the luminosity of so many silly coloured boots!
England 0-3 Boks 16mins England attacking scrum but Jan Serfontein intercepts looks shocked with glee & runs in try
England 0-3 Boks 17mins Walsh missing himself on big screens so goes to TMO for ridiculous offside...there wasn't
England 0-10 Boks 18mins TMO confirms no problem & Lambie converts
England 0-10 Boks 20mins Mike Brown makes a fantastic break from own half; kicked back & Billy Vunipola goes for it
England 0-10 Boks 22mins Goes nowhere eventually & it's a bit static now into second quarter.
England 0-10 Boks 23mins Eastmond puts Vunipola thru who eventually gets shut down in 22 & spills by half the Boks
England 0-10 Boks 25mins Timeout for check on Schalk Burger but he's fine
England 0-10 Boks 26mins Massive charge from Dave Attwood close to whitewash; England go width of tryline with good hands
England 0-10 Boks 27mins England can't quite find tryline but huge improvement in attack all round mostly...
England 0-10 Boks 27mins Duane Vermeulen pinged for not releasing & Farrell tees up in front of posts
England 3-10 Boks 29mins Faz pops over 3 points, & from restart, Boks engineer 22 lineout which is good
England 3-10 Boks 32mins Brownie catches a poor Bok cross kick deep in own 22; but Courtney Lawes pulls down maul
England 3-13 Boks 34mins Lambie pops over 3 points; meanwhile Watson's been limping around for a bit
England 3-13 Boks 37mins England defensive scrum & Billy V almost drops his quick tap but goes; penalty England
England 6-13 Boks 38mins Faz tees up from in front of posts just outside 10m & is on target to reduce deficit
England 6-13 Boks 40mins Sadly if England can't win this game, all the build chat seems awfully futile...
England 6-13 Boks 40mins So it's HT & it's rugby...but it's not so thrilling...
England 6-13 Boks HT P: Farrell (2) | T: Serfontein C: Lambie P: Lambie (2)
England 6-13 Boks HT England are exerting pressure on Boks, but there's little killing edge as getting shut down
England 6-18 Boks 47secs A perfect kick from Lambie to Willie le Roux > offload to Cobus Reinach to score
England 6-20 Boks 2mins Lambie converts & England needs to respond quickly
England 6-20 Boks 43mins Victor Matfield collapses maul in own 22 & is shown yellow; England's moment...
England 11-20 Boks 44mins Huge driving maul from setpiece & David Wilson is awarded the try under posts
England 13-20 Boks 45mins Faz converts & things are looking up...
England 18-20 Boks 48mins England follow up with a driving maul from 35m out & BOOM! Ben Morgan's over for the try
England 20-20 Boks 50mins Faz converts & suddenly it's from misery for England to all square!
England 20-25 Boks 54mins Brilliant setpiece retort from Boks & Burger scores from lineout as Matfield returns to field
England 20-25 Boks 57mins No conversion & play resumes; lineout on halfway as Boks head to England 22
England 20-25 Boks 58mins Bok scrum as Watson doesn't cover himself in glory; good England defence so far in own 22
England 20-25 Boks 60mins Lambie cross kicks & Watson reaches as does Habana but latter pinged for taking in air
England 20-25 Boks 61mins Silly pen but Faz clears; Watson & May at least needs to swap wings if no Yarde coming on
England 20-25 Boks 62m Vermeulen offside on floor & trying to pull a leg out at ruck; Hartley stops it with stamp
England 20-25 Boks 62mins Hartley given YC; earlier changes Morgan for Vunipola & Bismarck du Plessis for Strauss
England 20-25 Boks 64mins Bit of faffing as England over halfway & Ford/Youngs readying to come on
England 20-25 Boks 65mins Watson should've been taken off ages ago & gives away penalty
England 20-25 Boks Rob Webber, George Ford & Ben Youngs on for Wood, Faz & Care; Coenie Oosthuizen for Jannie dP
England 20-28 Boks 67mins Lambie kicks over another 3 points; George Kruis & Matt Mullan on for Attwood & Marler
England 23-28 Boks 68mins Boks pinged in ruck & Ford tees up from in front of posts outside 10m to add 3
England 23-28 Boks 72mins Hartley stays off & Webber stays on; England in possession; Boks clear & Brown catches...
England 23-28 Boks 73mins But le Roux cynically holds onto Browny's legs so he can’t react; pen England
England 23-28 Boks 74mins Great position for England but mess it up & Boks back over halfway with penalty
England 23-28 Boks 76mins Boks kick to corner & are in possession 5m out from England whitewash
England 23-31 Boks 77mins Such a practised move by Boks & ball offloaded to Lambie for drop goal
England 28-31 Boks 79m England pull their socks up & after much recycling along width of tryline > Barritt in corner
England 28-31 Boks 80mins Excellent thinking from Ford to set Barritt up; but no conversion
England 28-31 Boks 80mins England need to move quickly but Boks have other plans as le Roux touches down over tryline
England 28-31 Boks 80mins But Walsh goes to TMO to check - le Roux did knock on. And it's all over.
15 Mike Brown 14 Anthony Watson 13 Brad Barritt 12 Kyle Eastmond 11 Jonny May 10 Owen Farrell 9 Danny Care 1 Joe Marler 2 Dylan Hartley 3 David Wilson 4 Dave Attwood 5 Courtney Lawes 6 Tom Wood 7 CHRIS ROBSHAW (C) 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Rob Webber 17 Matt Mullan 18 Kieran Brookes 19 George Kruis 20 Ben Morgan 21 Ben Youngs 22 George Ford 23 Marland Yarde
SCORERS T: Wilson, Morgan, Barritt C: Farrell (2) P: Farrell (2), Ford Hartley
15 Willie le Roux 14 JP Pietersen 13 Jan Serfontein 12 JEAN DE VILLIERS (C) 11 Bryan Habana 10 Pat Lambie 9 Cobus Reinach 1 Tendai Mtawarira 2 Adriaan Strauss 3 Jannie du Plessis 4 Eben Etzebeth 5 Victor Matfield 6 Marcell Coetzee 7 Schalk Burger 8 Duane Vermeulen BENCH: 16 Bismarck du Plessis 17 Trevor Nyakane 18 Coenie Oosthuizen 19 Bakkies Botha 20 Teboho “Oupa” Mohoje 21 Francois Hougaard 22 Handré Pollard 23 Cornal Hendricks
SCORERS T: Serfontein, Reinach, Burger C: Lambie (2) P: Lambie (3) DG: Lambie Matfield
Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU) Asst. Referees: Jérôme Garcès (FFR), Nick Briant (NZR) TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
WALES 17 - 13 FIJI 
Millennium Stadium - Saturday 15 November 2014
KO: 14:30 HT: 17-6 Att: 61,326
ANOTHER RWC2015 Pool of Death preview in Cardiff today ended with victory to Wales, but in a disappointing error-strewn game.
Wales made eight team changes and Fiji made five following their defeats last weekend to Australia and France. Head Coach Warren Gatland’s Wales went into this game having thrashed Fiji 66-0 in their recent encounter in the RWC 2011 , but their previous encounter in Cardiff ended in a 16-16 draw. The sheer size of the Fiji backline made them a fearsome proposition and, with their centres Niki Goneva and Nemani Nadolo topping last season’s try scoring stats for the Premiership and Super Rugby respectively, Wales needed a disciplined defensive performance.
Wales certainly started brightly, after the crowd had given the cibi, the Fijian version of the haka a warm response. Some lovely handling by the Welsh backs put George North in for a try in the corner after just 6 minutes. Wales looked to press home the advantage and solid forward play allowed Priestland to put Alex Cuthbert through in the opposite corner after 18 minutes - Wales were 10-0 up and looking good, although Priestland missed both the difficult conversions.
However, Fiji stepped things up and, although play was scrappy in the middle of the pitch, Nadolo missed a try scoring opportunity shortly afterwards. Fijian attacking pressure then forced Wales to give away two penalties within kicking range; both were well converted by Nadolo to bring Fiji back into the game, 10-6 with half an hour gone. Fiji then missed a golden opportunity to go over in the corner when Masi Matadigo chose to go himself rather than pass the ball to either of the players clear outside him. Wales made the tackle, and Nadolo missed the resulting penalty.
Wales then turned the tables and a concerted attack on the Fijian line led to a succession of penalties being awarded to the Welsh. Priestland kicked to touch each time to force the line out on the 5m line, and eventually Ma’afu was shown the yellow card by referee Pascal Gaüzère for bringing down the ma ul. Wales took another line out, Fiji infringed again and Gaüzère promptly awarded the penalty try under the posts, but failed to show a deserved yellow card for the offence. Priestland converted and Wales went in 17-3 up at half time with a man advantage.
Wales controlled most of the early exchanges at the start of the second half, and early pressure meant that the Welsh forwards trundled over the line, with Dan Lydiate seemingly touching down. However, the referee deferred to TMO Carlo Damasco who eventually concluded no try. Wales were awarded a penalty from earlier in the move and kicked to touch. From the resulting lineout, Ma’afu was penalised for taking out Bradley Davies in the air and received his second yellow card, followed by the obligatory red. Fiji were down to 14 men with almost half an hour still to play.
The expectation was clearly that Wales would make their man advantage count. Yet Fiji almost immediately counter-attacked with Matavesi leading a move that almost resulted in Nayacalevu going over in the corner, but Liam Williams got back to make an excellent covering tackle.
Both teams then proceeded to play some dire rugby, with almost every move resulting in an error, knock on or turnover of the ball. Wales needed to play at high tempo and with discipline to make the most of their advantage, but continued to play a strangely sloppy, unstructured game. Alex Cuthbert again came close but was bundled into touch just a few metres short of the Fiji line.
Both teams appeared to have run out of ideas, but then another quick break from Liam Williams for Wales put Taulupe Faletau into clear space and he had just enough speed to make the try line before he was tackled. Yet, once again, the referee and TMO spent several minutes reviewing the play and decided that Williams should have released the ball in the tackle even though he clearly was not held. Frankly, this was poor officiating to deny Wales the try.
Suddenly there was a turnaround at the set piece, and the 7 man Fijian scrum started demolishing Wales, even winning one against the head. Wales managed to scramble clear of danger and launch an attack at the other end of the pitch, but Nadolo picked off a pass and Scott Williams was unable to get near him as he ran the ball in for a try which he also converted. The restart on 78 minutes left Fiji within sight of victory if they could score another try. The Millennium Stadium crowd could hardly bear to watch, but as the clock ticked down Fiji took the strange decision to kick the ball long and Wales gratefully put it out of play for the win.
Wales will be relieved to have won a match they really should have bossed, and coaching staff, players and supporters alike will be bitterly disappointed with that performance. Fiji will also be disappointed with the error count, but with only 14 men on the pitch they stayed in the game and prevented Wales from putting points on the board.
15 Liam Williams 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Scott Williams 12 Jamie Roberts 11 George North 10 Rhys Priestland 9 Mike Phillips 1 GETHIN JENKINS (C) 2 Scott Baldwin 3 Samson Lee 4 Bradley Davies Wasps 5 Luke Charteris 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Taulupe Faletau BENCH: 16 Emyr Phillips 17 Nicky Smith* 18 Rhodri Jones 19 Alun Wyn Jones 20 James King 21 Rhodri Williams 22 James Hook Gloucester 33 Cory Allen
SCORERS T: North, Cuthbert, PT C: Priestland
15 Metuisela Talebula 14 Waisea Nayacalevu 13 Vereniki Goneva 12 Nemani Nadolo 11 Asaeli Tikoirotuma 10 Josh Matavesi 9 Nikola Matawalu 1 Campese Ma'afu 2 Sunia Koto 3 Manasa Saulo 4 Leone Nakarawa 5 Api Ratuniyarawa 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotukula 7 Masi Matadigo 8 AKAPUSI QERA BENCH: 16 Tua Tuapati 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa 18 Isei Colati 19 Tevita Cavubati 20 Mala Ravulo 21 Henry Seniloli 22 Jonetani Ralulu 23 Timoci Nagusa
SCORERS T: Nadolo C: Nadolo P: Nadolo (2) 
Ma'afu
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR) Asst. Referees: Jaco Peyper (SARU), Dudley Phillips (IRFU) TMO: Carlo Damasco (FIR)
ITALY 18 - 20 ARGENTINA 
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa - Saturday 15 November 2014
KO: 15:00 HT: 12-10 Att: tbc
15 Andrea Masi 14 Luke McLean 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Luca Morisi 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Kelly Haimona 9 Edoardo Gori 1 Matias Aguero 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 5 Joshua Furno 6 Alessandro Zanni 7 Simone Favaro 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Andrea Manici 17 Alberto De Marchi 18 Dario Chistolini 19 Marco Bortolami 20 Francesco Minto 21 Guglielmo Palazzani 22 Luciano Orquera 23 Giulio Toniolatti
SCORERS P: Haimona (5), Orquera
15 Joaquín Tuculet 14 Lucas González Amorosino 13 Horacio Agulla 12 Jerónimo De la Fuente 11 Manuel Montero 10 Juan Martín Hernández 9 TOMÁS CUBELLI (C) 1 Marcos Ayerza 2 Matías Cortese 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro 4 Guido Petti* 5 Tomás Lavanini 6 Facundo Isa 7 Javier Ortega Desio 8 Leonardo Senatore BENCH: 16 Santiago Iglesias Valdez 17 Lucas Noguera Paz 18 Ramiro Herrera 19 Lucas Ponce 20 Tomás Lezana* 21 Martín Landajo 22 Nicolás Sánchez 23 Matías Moroni
SCORERS T: Gonzalez Amorosino, del la Fuente C: Hernandez (2) P: Hernandez, Sanchez
Referee: Craig Joubert (SARU) Asst. Referees: Glen Jackson (NZR), Ian Davies (WRU) TMO: Simon McDowell (IRFU)
SCOTLAND 16 - 24 NEW ZEALAND
BT Murrayfield Stadium - Saturday 15 November 2014
KO: 17:30 HT: 10-14 Att: 66,004
ANOTHER tale of so near and yet so far... and there have been a few in the 109 year history of matches between Scotland and New Zealand from a home perspective.
Scotland can lament the one that got away at BT Murrayfield in front of an energised crowd, but must also acknowledge a performance over-flowing in resolve and bravery from Vern Cotter’s charges.
Looking at the record books, there have been previous, recent episodes in the 30 matches between the nations where Scotland, even on home soil, have been on the receiving end of some fearful thrashings.
But Saturday’s game, in spite of an error count that was frustrating, and coming out on the wrong side of the penalty count, especially at scrums, Scotland worked furiously in defence and, for so long in the game, denied the All Blacks the go-forward that seems to be part of their DNA. They also got their own lineout purring very effectively and asked questions of the visitors that have not always been forthcoming in the past.
Jonny Gray and Rob Harley put in a tireless shift and with captain Greig Laidlaw, continuing to prompt Scotland to be positive – even when deep in their own 22 – there was much to hearten Scotland supporters from today’s display.
Head coach Vern Cotter told scottishrugby.org: “I feel for the players. We always knew this game was going to give us something and we have a lot of good things in the game to take away.
“The players’ effort, desire and determination on the field – as a coach you can’t ask for anything more than that.”
Perhaps it was an omen of what was to follow but the home faithful were in good early voice, continuing a chorus of Loch Lomond as the habitual New Zealand haka got underway.
Scotland dominated the initial exchanges with the first two scrums ending with penalties to each team for collapses, though thereafter, French referee Romain Poite, concluded, more often than not that it was Scotland who were guilty of scrum malpractice.
Richie Gray pouched a stray ball in the seventh minute and was penalised for not releasing but Dan Carter miscued the relatively straight-forward attempt.
The visitors posted the first points as Victor Vito exploited a missed tackle by Alex Dunbar in space on the left to surge over through the joint tackle of Laidlaw and Stuart Hogg for a try duly confirmed by TMO Gareth Simmonds. Carter missed the conversion.
Scotland hit back at once. The All Blacks were building and Richie McCaw sought to thread a pass to Vito. On it in a flash was Tommy Seymour who blazed away from 40 metres for an interception try – his fifth for Scotland and second in successive weeks. Laidlaw’s conversion gave Scotland a 7-5 lead, as Mark Bennett was helped off with a hamstring injury to be replaced by Sean Lamont.
Into the second quarter and Russell’s attempted clearance was charged down and Scotland had to scramble frantically to repel a Kiwi attack. TMO Simmonds was asked to adjudicate afresh but amid a jumble of arms and legs could not see a clear grounding from scrum-half T J Perenara. Back for a penalty to New Zealand though and Carter found his range to give the visitors a 1 point lead after his two abortive early strikes.
Russell returned from the sidelines, which had seen Duncan Weir on for 6 minutes, but an accumulation of errors and another injury – this time Euan Murray departing with a groin problem – was disrupting Scotland’s rhythm.
But there was once again character aplenty from Scotland, as, with pressure being applied to the visitors’ lineout – and Jonny Gray charging down an attempted clearance from Perenara – Laidlaw narrowed the gap to 1 point with his first penalty at goal for a side entry offence.
On the stroke of half-time, however, referee Poite adjudged Scotland were at fault as a scrum hit the turf and Carter bolstered the Kiwi lead, 10-14.
Another Seymour interception – clutching the ball out of the grasp of substitute Liam Messam – and Stuart Hogg at full tilt, set up an offside penalty for Laidlaw who popped it over early in the second half to just be a point short, 13-14.
Scotland sought to counter from deep in their own 22 as the game ticked into the last quarter but another scrum penalty enabled Colin Slade to claim the first All Black points of the half as he took over the kicking duties from Carter who had been subbed as New Zealand introduced their A-list backs from the bench.
From the kick off, the All Blacks gathered and moved the ball to midfield were they were guilty of not releasing, and courtesy of the admirable Laidlaw we were back to a 1-point game, 16-17 into the final quarter.
The crowd were so engaged now and when Sean Lamont cut back on the narrow side and New Zealand were so lazy in their retreat, that they were caught offside, a chance beckoned to go for the jugular. Laidlaw, however, pushed the kick across the posts.
Down the other end, Jeremy Thrush took a line close to a goal-line ruck to crash through the remnants of Scotland’s defence for the Kiwis’ second try after Julian Savea had threatened to unleash all kinds of mayhem in the build-up. Slade converted for a final score of 16-24, despite Scotland’s valiant effort.
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Sean Maitland 13 Mark Bennett 12 Alex Dunbar 11 Tommy Seymour 10 Finn Russell 9 GREIG LAIDLAW (C) 1 Alasdair Dickinson 2 Ross Ford 3 Euan Murray 4 Richie Gray 5 Jonny Gray 6 Rob Harley 7 Blair Cowan 8 Adam Ashe BENCH: 16 Fraser Brown 17 Gordon Reid 18 Geoff Cross 19 Tim Swinson 20 Johnnie Beattie 21 Chris Cusiter 22 Duncan Weir 23 Sean Lamont
SCORERS T: Seymour C: Laidlaw P: Laidlaw (3)
15 Ben Smith 14 Colin Slade 13 Malakai Fekitoa 12 Ryan Crotty 11 Charles Piutau 10 Daniel Carter 9 TJ Perenara 1 Joe Moody 2 James Parsons* 3 Charlie Faumuina 4 Jeremy Thrush 5 Dominic Bird 6 RICHIE MCCAW (C) 7 Sam Cane 8 Victor Vito BENCH: 16 Dane Coles 17 Wyatt Crockett 18 Ben Franks 19 Luke Romano 20 Liam Messam 21 Augustine Pulu 22 Sonny Bill Williams 23 Julian Savea
SCORERS T: Vito, Thrush C: Slade P: Carter (3), Slade
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR) Asst. Referees: John Lacey (IRFU), Stuart Berry (SARU) TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)
FRANCE 29 - 26 AUSTRALIA
Stade de France - Saturday 15 November 2014
KO: 21:00 HT: 17-16 Att: tbc
IN front of a French crowd in fine voice and trumpeting prowess, a late surging Qantas Wallabies were defeated by a dominant France 29-26 in Paris in a bruising encounter, leaving the visitors unable to keep their unbeaten run against France in 2014 after the 3-0 series in June of this year.
Australia was unlucky not to score in the first minute of the match when a hurried French kick on their line was deflected off an Australian hand into Rob Simmons. The big lock could not keep control of the ball and Les Bleus did not concede.
A fired up French outfit marched their way well into the Qantas Wallabies defensive zone and were able to take an early lead in the match when scrumhalf Sebastien Tillous-Borde dived through to score to bring the score to 7-0.
Australia struck back straight away with some excellent work by the rushing Australian forwards off the restart allowing Bernard Foley to successfully convert the first penalty opportunity, bringing the score to 7-3.
Fisticuffs broke out after referee Nigel Owens had blown the whistle, and pulled up both captains, making his intentions as clear as day: “Play as hard as you want; tackle as hard as you want; but none of this nonsense after the whistle.“
Mistakes in the midfield by Australia made it difficult for the Wallabies to build momentum and a clinical France pushed the Wallaby defence with consistent attacks on the Wallabies try line. Les Bleus’ efforts eventually led to Camille Lopez successfully converting a penalty, to extend France’s lead to 10-3.
Further infringements by the home nation at the breakdown allowed Foley to keep the Wallabies within striking range to bring the score to 10-6 at the end of the first quarter.
France were eventually rewarded for their patience with a second try after the Wallabies made costly errors in underestimating the French winger, Teddy Thomas who darted through several attempted tackles to score in just his second appearance for Les Bleus. Lopez added the conversion to bring the score to 17-6 on the half hour mark.
The Qantas Wallabies were able to score a try just before half time after a solid Australian scrum, led by Sekope Kepu in his 50th Test match. The scrum in the French 22 allowed the Australian backs to create space, for Adam Ashley-Cooper to crash over for a well-earned try. A penalty to the Wallabies allowed Bernard Foley to cut the deficit to one point (17-16) on the cusp of half time.
France started the second half well, bringing on the big guns early in Mathieu Bastareaud and Uini Atonio for Alexandre Dumoulin & Nicolas Mas, and again were able to capitalise on Australian errors as Lopez successfully converted a penalty to take the score to 20-16.
After some solid Wallaby defence, France were able to extend the lead with a penalty against young Australian forward, Sean McMahon, who in entertaining fashion attempted to pick up and dump the monstrous Bernard le Roux, and after some pondering, the referee and TMO deduced the tackle was not after the whistle nor passed the horizontal so warranted just a penalty which this time Lopez did not miss.
Bernard Foley continued his 100% kicking form in the 54th minute of the match to convert his forth penalty of the match to keep Australian in range of France with the score at 23-19.
With less than 20 minutes left in the match France extended its lead through consecutive penalties by Lopez and Rory Kockott to take the score to 29-19.
After a brilliant run by Ben McCalman and Adam Ashley-Cooper to open the French defence, Les Bleus were forced to employ desperate measures at the breakdown to stop the Wallabies scoring a try when Ashley-Cooper was brought down five metres before the line.
Not on the pitch 5 minutes, replacement Rémi Talès was sent to the sin bin for the infringement giving Australia an opportunity to chance their arm with less than 10 minutes to go.
An excellent run by Australian fullback Israel Folau gave the Wallabies a much needed jump start and eventually allowed Rob Simmons to be rewarded for his solid performance all match with his first Test try just near the posts. The successful conversion brought the score to 29-26 in favour of France.
A final foray by the visitors found them in the opposition 22 one last time, and the pitch looked like dinosaur claws had raked it after the scrum. Owens was forced to reset for the last play, ending with a French penalty Kockott kicked to touch for their first win since 2012.
15 Scott Spedding 14 Yoann Huget 13 Alexandre Dumoulin 12 Wesley Fofana 11 Teddy Thomas 10 Camille Lopez 9 Sebastien Tillous Borde 1 Alexandre Menini 2 Guilhem Guirado 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Pascal Papé 5 Yoann Maestri 6 THIERRY DUSAUTOIR (C) 7 Bernard Le Roux 8 Damien Chouly BENCH: 16 Benjamin Kayser 17 Uini Atonio 18 Xavier Chiocci 19 Alexandre Flanquart 20 Yannick Nyanga 21 Rory Kockott 22 Rémi Talès 23 Mathieu Bastareaud
SCORERS T: Tillous Borde, Thomas C: Lopez (2) P: Lopez (4), Kockott Talès
15 Israel Folau 14 Adam Ashley Cooper 13 Tevita Kuridrani 12 Christian Leali’ifano 11 Joe Tomane 10 Bernard Foley 9 Nick Phipps 1 James Slipper 2 Saia Fainga’a 3 Sekope Kepu 4 James Horwill 5 Rob Simmons 6 Sean McMahon 7 MICHAEL HOOPER (C) 8 Ben McCalman BENCH: 16 James Hanson 17 Benn Robinson 18 Ben Alexander 19 Will Skelton 20 Matt Hodgson 21 Will Genia 22 Quade Cooper 23 Rob Horne
SCORERS T: Ashley Cooper, Simmons C: Foley (2) P: Foley (4)
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) Asst. Referees: Wayne Barnes (RFU), Marius Mitrea (FIR) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
IRELAND 49 - 7 GEORGIA 
Aviva Stadium - Sunday 16 November 2014
KO: 14:30 HT: 9-0 Att: 40,156
IRELAND ran in six tries against a determined Georgian side at the Aviva Stadium, a win which saw them rise to third in the IRB World Rankings after beating a second tier nation in the Guinness Series.
In an unexciting first half, the homeside led 9-0 from the boot of Ian Madigan with Georgia holding up well in defence. Indiscipline saw the visitors rack up three penalties, the third just over the 40 minute mark after scrum half Giorgi Begadze was yellow carded for not rolling away at the breakdown. Meanwhile, Ireland missed a number of opportunities as the Georgians bossed the set-piece exchanges.
However, the Irish fans and team were visibly upset when flanker Viktor Kolelishvili managed to plant his foot on Dominic Ryan’s face rather than the ground as he stepped over the ruck without looking down. Captain Eoin Reddan protested, but Irish-born referee, JP Doyle continued play. The latter also caused consternation amongst Irish fans across social media as to why an Irishman was refereeing and Ireland game, but Doyle is an RFU referee and replacement for Mathieu Raynal, who last month had a knee operation after yet another refereeing accident during the European Champions Cup.
So Ireland began the second half a man up for the first 10 minutes, and made merry with converted tries from front rowers Dave Kilcoyne and Richardt Strauss, but still managed to miss three try scoring opportunities in the meantime, taking the score to just 23-0.
Georgia brought on a host of substitutes early in the second half, and back up to a full complement, lock Giorgi Nemsadze eased through the lackadaisical defence from a penalty lineout to score. Merab Kvirikashvili drop kicked the conversion to bring the score to 23-7 as the game neared the final quarter.
But No8 Dimitri Basilaia churlishly infringed in his own 22, earning himself a yellow card, and Ireland the opportunity to open the floodgates, beginning with a converted try from Simon Zebo from the resulting scrum, opening the gulf to 30-7 with 18 minutes remaining on the clock.
Coach Joe Schmidt waved on his replacements over the next 2 minutes, all but Jack McGrath. In quick succession, Felix Jones scored a brace, and Stuart Olding added a try of his own. Madigan converted two of the three tries, and the scoreboard shot up 19 points in 7 points.
An exhausted Georgian side held out any more attacks from Ireland in the remaining six minutes of the game, and were handed quite a routing in the end, 49-7.
15 Felix Jones 14 Craig Gilroy 13 Darren Cave 12 Gordon D'Arcy 11 Simon Zebo 10 Ian Madigan 9 EOIN REDDAN (C) 1 Dave Kilcoyne 2 Richardt Strauss 3 Mike Ross 4 Dave Foley* 5 Mike McCarthy 6 Dominic Ryan* 7 Tommy O'Donnell 8 Robbie Diack BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Jack McGrath 18 Rodney Ah You 19 Devin Toner 20 Robin Copeland* 21 Kieran Marmion 22 Ian Keatley 23 Stuart Olding
SCORERS T: Jones (2), Zebo, Kilcoyne, Strauss, Olding C: Madigan (5) P: Madigan (3)
15 Merab Kvirikashvili 14 Alexander Todua 13 DAVID KACHARAVA (C) 12 Merab Sharikadze 11 Tamaz Mtchedlidze 10 Lasha Khmaladze 9 Giorgi Begadze 1 Mikheil Nariashvili 2 Shalva Mamukashvili 3 David Kubriashvili 4 Kote Mikautadze 5 Giorgi Nemsadze 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili 7 Viktor Kolelishvili 8 Dimitri Basilaia BENCH: 16 Simon Maisuradze 17 Zurab Zhvania 18 Levan Chilachava 19 Levan Datunashvili 20 Giorgi Chkhaidze 21 Vazha Khutsishvili 22 Lasha Malaguradze 23 Muraz Giorgadze
SCORERS T: Nemsadze C: Kvirikashvili Begadze, Basilaia
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR) Asst. Referees: Luke Pearce (RFU), Federico Anselmi (UAR) TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)
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