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Wales into 2011 Four Nations – France 11-12 Wales

ebbs — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:55:30 +0000

Away in Albi, France and in front of a near full house Wales had one of the biggest wins in their history as they turned over the favourites France to win the European Cup.

France had the better of the first period and went into half time with a narrow 4-0 lead thanks to a try from Quentin Nauroy on 17 minutes, as Munoz missed the conversion attempt.

The second period and the exciting tight affair continued Wales coming out the stronger and scoring on 46 and 60 minutes through Rhys Williams and Gareth Thomas. With Lloyd White managing to convert the first 4-6, then missing the second 4-10.
67 minutes and France scored, this time Nicolas Munoz converted and we were all squared up. Then in an amazing sequence first Wales missed a drop goal by Lloyd White as it was ruled out for obstruction. From the resulting penalty, France went up-field and got what looked to be the winning one-pointer themselves through Tony Gigot. However in a final twist and with four minutes to go, Wales were awarded a penalty 40 metres out. Lloyd White ignored the cat-calls around the stadium and kicked the winning goal. Giving us the final score of:

France 11-12 Wales

Scorers

France: Tries: Nauroy, Sadoaui
Goals: Munoz 1/2
Drop-goal: Gigot
Wales:Tries: Williams (46), Thomas (60)
Goals: White 2/3

Teams

FRANCE
1. Cyril Stacul (Union Treiziste Catalan)
2. Frederic Vaccari (Union Treiziste Catalan)
3. Jean-Phillipe Baile (Catalans Dragons)
4. Teddy Sadaoui (AS Carcassonne)
5. Quentin Nauroy (Union Treiziste Catalan)
6. Tony Gigot (Union Treiziste Catalan)
7. Nicolas Munoz (Lézignan Sangliers)
8. Jamal Fakir (Catalans Dragons)
9. Kane Bentley (Union Treiziste Catalan)
10. Remi Casty (Catalans Dragons)
11. Olivier Elima (Bradford Bulls)
12. Michael Simon (Union Treiziste Catalan)
13. Jason Baitieri (Catalans Dragons)
Subs:
14. Sebastien Martins (Union Treiziste Catalan)
15. Mathieu Griffi (Toulouse Olympique)
16. Andrew Bentley (Lézignan Sangliers)
17. Yoan Tisseyre (Toulouse Olympique)

WALES
1. Elliot Kear (Crusaders)
2. Rhys Williams (Warrington Wolves)
3. Christiaan Roets (South Wales Scorpions)
4. Gareth Thomas (Crusaders)
5. Mark Lennon (Cronulla Sharks)
6. Ian Webster (Central Queensland Comets)
7. Danny Jones (Keighley Cougars)
8. Jordan James (Crusaders)
9. Lloyd White (Crusaders)
10. Jacob Emmitt (St Helens)
11. Chris Beasley (Central Queensland Comets)
12. Aled James (South Wales Scorpions)
13. Ben Flower (Crusaders)
Subs
14. Jordan Ross (York City Knights)
15. Ross Divorty (Featherstone Rovers)
16. Gil Dudson (Crusaders)
17. Neil Budworth (Mackay Cutters)

Referee: Phil Bentham (England)

England Run Riot – England 60-6 France

ebbs — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:45:51 +0000

We would have been disappointed if it had been anything else, but it was good to see England put on a clinical performance at Leigh against an under power French outfit.

Sam Tomkins scored four first-half tries and got his second international hat-trick as well as England ran up a 34-6 half-time lead.

Sam Tomkins

The second period and they heaped further pain on the French as they added a further 26 unanswered points. Giving us the final score of:

England 60-6 France

Scorers

England
Tries: Widdop, Briscoe, S Tomkins 4, Shenton 2, Ellis 2, Bridge Goals: Sinfield 6, Widdop 2

France
Try: Bentley Goals: Mounis

Teams

England: Widdop (Melbourne Storm), Briscoe (Hull FC), Bridge (Warrington), Shenton (Castleford), Hall (Leeds), Brown (Huddersfield), S Tomkins (Wigan), Graham (St Helens), Sinfield (Leeds), Peacock (capt, Leeds), Ellis (West Tigers), Burgess (South Sydney), O’Loughlin (Wigan). Replacements: Roby (St Helens), Morley (Warrington), Westwood (Warrington), J Tomkins (Wigan).

France: Villegas, Piquemal, Gossard, Raguin, Vaccari, Gigot, Munoz, Ferriol, Mounis, Casty, Elima, Fakir, Bentley. Replacements: Barthau, Griffi, Simon, Touxagas.

Referee: Leon Williamson (New Zealand)

France squad for England game

ebbs — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:19:45 +0000

France coach Bobbie Goulding has concentrated on players with Super League experience in his squad to face England, however he has been hit by the withdrawal of Catalans Dragons captain Thomas Bosc the goalkicking half-back suffered a leg injury in the Dragons’ 24-6 Engage Super League defeat at Hull KR on Sunday and is in France for scans.

Thomas Bosc

Bosc’s place has gone to half-back Nicolas Munoz, one of three representatives from French domestic champions Lezignan.

Full Squad

Revised 20-man France squad (Catalans unless stated): A Bentley, R Casty, V Duport (Toulouse), O Elima (capt), J Fakir, D Ferriol, T Gigot, C Gossard, M Griffi (Toulouse), N Munoz (Lezignan), G Mounis, D Pelo, N Piquemal (Lezignan), F Quintilla (Lezignan), S Raguin, M Simon, Y Tisseyre (Toulouse), J Touxagas, F Vaccari, C Villegas (Toulouse).

France play England in Leigh on Saturday 12 June.

England meet France 20:00 Friday 23 October

ebbs — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:57:34 +0000

England will open their Four Nations campaign against France at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster on Friday, 23 October with Kick-off: 2000 BST. SkySports2. They will then play Australia on the 31 October and New Zealand on 7 November.

The squad will however be without Sean O’Loughlin who has been ruled out of the Four Nations tournament after cracking a bone in his thumb during Englands win over Wales on Saturday.

The Wigan captain will be replaced in the squad by Hull winger Tom Briscoe. Briscoe, 19, missed three months of the season with an ankle problem, and said his Four Nations call-up had come “totally out of the blue”.

The referee for Fridays meeting will be the Kiwi Leon Williamson

France squad for the Gillette Four Nations series

ebbs — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:43:23 +0000

Catalans Dragons provide 16 of the 23 players in the France final squad for the Gillette Four Nations series.

The Super League contingent include new captain Olivier Elima and Australian-born duo Clint Greenshields and Casey McGuire, who qualify through the three-year residency rule. A third Australian hoping to represent France, Adam Mogg, has withdrawn because his partner is expecting a baby.

The non-Catalans players are Mathieu Griffi and Constant Villegas from Championship club Toulouse, the Carcassonne trio of Romain Gagliazzo, Christophe Moly and Teddy Saddaoui, Pia scrum-half Maxime Greseque and UTC winger Frederic Vaccari.

France kick off the tournament against England at Doncaster on Friday, October 23, before hosting New Zealand in Toulouse and Australia in Paris.

Full squad

(Catalans unless stated): Jean-Philippe Baile, Kane Bentley, Thomas Bosc, Remi Casty, Vincent Duport, Olivier Elima (capt), Jamal Fakir, David Ferriol, Mathieu Griffi (Toulouse), Romain Gagliazzo (Carcassonne), Cyril Gossard, Clint Greenshields, Maxime Greseque (Pia), Casey McGuire, Sebastien Martins, Christophe Moly (Carcassonne), Dimitri Pelo, Sebastien Raguin, Teddy Saddaoui (Carcassonne), Cyril Stacul, Julien Touxagas, Frederic Vaccari (UTC), Constant Villegas (Toulouse).

England smash sorry France

ebbs — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:11:37 +0000

The only thing that was flowing in Paris for the French was the beer as England produced a power play game to brush Les Blues aside.

The first period on a beautiful evening in Paris saw England run in 8 tries through Ryan Atkins, 7 mins, Danny McGuire 10 mins, Richie Myler on 14 and 17 mins, Peter Fox 22 mins, Ryan Hall 26 mins and Shaun Briscoe on 36 and 37 mins to give us the half time score of 0-44.

The second period and France tightened things up or maybe England took the foot off the pedal, but it was France who scored first on 43 mins through Jean-Phillipe Baile, England then got back on track and extended out through Roby on 47 mins, then myler got his hat trick on 61 mins. England completed their scoring through tries by Sam Burgess on 65 mins and Peter Fox on 70. France salvaged some pride by scoring the last points through Cyrille Gossard on 75 minutes though Myler

could have had the last say had he held a pass behind him with the line begging. That would have given him the points record, though no one can complain at his haul of 30 points. So the end of a good evening for England saw a Final score of:

France 12-66 England

Scorers

France
Tries: Baile, Gossard Goals: Bosc (2)

England
Tries: Atkins, McGuire, Myler (3), Fox (2), Hall, Briscoe (2), Roby, Burgess Goals: Myler (9)

Teams

France: Villegas (Toulouse); Duport (Catalans Dragons), Planas (Toulouse), Baile (Catalans Dragons), Vaccari (Catalans Dragons); Murcia (Limoux), Bosc (Catalans Dragons); Casty (Catalans Dragons), Bentley (Catalans Dragons), Guisset (Catalans Dragons, capt), Gossard (Catalans Dragons), Mounis (Catalans Dragons), Anselme (Toulouse).

Replacements: Martins (Pia), Gagliazzo (Carcassonne), Barthau (Catalans Dragons), Griffi (Toulouse).

England: Briscoe (Hull KR); Fox (Hull KR), Shenton (Castleford), Atkins (Wakefield), Hall (Leeds); McGuire (Leeds), Myler (Salford); Morley (Warrington), Moore (Huddersfield), Peacock (Leeds, capt), Hock (Wigan), Westwood (Warrington), Burgess (Bradford).

Replacements: Roby (St Helens), Graham (St Helens), Clubb (Harlequins), Crabtree (Huddersfield).

Tricolore lowered by Toa Samoa

ebbs — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:52:03 +0000

Even having a French referee did not help the French team against Samoa The first half saw France soft and an easy touch as Samoa scored 5 unanswered tries to take a 0-24 lead into half-time. The second half and at least France scored 2 tries as Samoa stretched away to a final score of:

France 10 Samoa 42

Scorers

France
Tries: Guisset, Planas Goals: Bosc
Samoa
Tries: Utai, Meli, Te’o 2, Carmont, Taulapapa, Roberts, Puletua Goals: Roberts 2, Paulo 2
Samoa winger Francis Meli
Meli was one of seven Samoa tryscorers in Penrith

Teams

France: Taylor, Planas, Sadaoui, Raguin, Pelo, Wilson, Bosc, Guisset, Moly, Fellous, Fakir, Anselme, Mounis.
Replacements: Elima, Carrasco, Griffi, Baile.

Samoa: Ropati, Utai, Meli, Carmont, Taulapapa, Roberts, Talipeau, Leuluai, Seuseu, F. Puletua, Te’o, T. Puletua, Hansen.
Replacements: McDade, Lauitiiti, Paulo, Samau.

Referee: Thierry Alibert (France)

The Bati batter lackluster Les Tricolores

ebbs — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:24:26 +0000

Fiji recorded a surprise destruction of France in pool B. The Bati started at a gallop and within three minutes posted a 2 pointer penalty from which they never looked back, as the highly fancied French fell off tackles and left huge gaps in midfield. Leading 18-6 at half-time they went on to a final score of:

Fiji 42 France 6

Scorers

Fiji
Tries: Hayne 2, Divavesi, Uate 3, Tora Goals: Naiqama 7

France
Tries: Wilson Goals: Bosc

Teams

Fiji: Hayne, Tadulala, Naiqama (captain), Millard, Uate, Noilea, Groom, Divavesi, Sukanaveita, Vonomateiratu, Sims, Sadrau, Bukuya. Replacements: Storer, Bradley-Qalilawa, Tora, Koroi.

France: Taylor, Murphy, Wilson, Raguin, Pelo, Bosc, Moly, Borlin, Wynne, Elima, Guisset (captain), Sadaoui, Mounis. Replacements: Casty, Fakir, Greseque, Carrasco.

France overpower Scotland in Pool B

ebbs — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:56:56 +0000

France show they are too strong for Scotland in the opening Group B match of Rugby League’s World Cup in Canberra.

Scotland’s Jonathan Steel cancelled out an early Jared Taylor try, but Jerome Guisset and John Wilson gave the French a comfortable 18-6 half-time lead. The second half and the Scots did not give up as Oliver Wilkes and Dean Colton twice cut the deficit but Sebastien Raguin ensured France remained a score ahead. Guisset added a superb effort five minutes from time and Christophe Moly wrapped things up for the French. Final score:

Scotland 18 France 36

Scorers

Scotland
Tries: Steel, Wilkes, Colton Goals: Brough 3
France
Tries: Taylor, Guisset 2, Wilson, Raguin, Moly Goals: Bosc 6
France next face Fiji on Saturday, while Scotland will look to get their first win against the same opponents on 5 November.

Teams

Scotland: M Robertson (Manly); D Colton (Doncaster), G Cowan (Wests Tigers), K Henderson (Wakefield), J Steel (Hull KR); J Duffy (Widnes), D Brough (Wakefield, capt); S Logan (Canberra), I Henderson (New Zealand Warriors), P Jackson (Huddersfield), I Morrison (Widnes), D MacGillivray (Wakefield), L Patterson (Widnes).
Subs: O Wilkes (Wakefield), C Armit (Canterbury), M Nanyn (Oldham), A Henderson (Gateshead).

France (Catalans players unless stated): J Taylor (Lezignan); J Murphy, J Wilson, S Raguin, T Sadaoui (Carcassonne); T Bosc, M Greseque (Pia); A Fellous (Lezignan), J Rinaldi (Harlequins), O Elima, J Guisset (capt), E Anselme (Leeds), G Mounis.
Subs: J Wynne (Lezignan), R Casty, J Fakir, C Moly (Carcassonne).

France World Cup Squad

ebbs — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:21:11 +0000

France or Les Tricolores will come to the 2008 World Cup in hope rather than anticipation of progressing into the quarter-finals, though their best previous results have been as runners-up in 1954 and 1968. They do have a prolific try-scoring fullback lining up for them who hails from Newcastle in New South Wales. Jarred Taylor qualified for the French World Cup team under the residential rule. He was the top try-scorer in the French premiership this year.

France look to compete up front thanks to captain Jerome Guisset and Adel Fellous. But the forward most likely to attract attention is the second rower Jamal Fakir, the only concern is he is returning after a knee re-construction.

One star of the future to look out for is; French schoolboy international centre Teddy Sadaoui who has already attracted the eyes of talent scouts in Australia and England.

FRANCE WORLD CUP SQUAD:

Eric Anselme Leeds Rhinos
Jean-Philippe Baile Catalans Dragons
Jean-Christophe Borlin St Gaudens
Thomas Bosc Catalans Dragons
Laurent Carrasco Villeneuve RL
Remi Casty Catalans Dragons
Olivier Elima Catalans Dragons
Jamal Fakir Catalans Dragons
Adel Fellous Lezignan
Maxime Greseque Pia
Mathieu Griffi Catalans Dragons
Jerome Guisset (C) Catalans Dragons
Christophe Moly Carcassonne
Gregory Mounis Catalans Dragons
Justin Murphy Catalans Dragons
Dimitri Pelo Catalans Dragons
Sebastien Planas Toulouse
Sebastien Raguin Catalans Dragons
Julien Rinaldi Harlequins
Teddy Sadaoui Carcassonne
Jared Taylor Lezignan
John Wilson Catalans Dragons
James Wynne Lezignan