| FRANCE 87 | V | NAMIBIA 10 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Rugby World Cup, Pool D Updated 25.11.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Toulouse | DATE: 16 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: | |||||
| REFEREE: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | HALFTIME: 40-3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Clerc (3), Nallet (2), Chabel (2), Heymans. Marty, | TRIES: Langenhoven | ||||||
| Dusautoir, Bonnaire, Elissalde, Ibanez | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Elissalde (11) | CONVERSIONS: Losper | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: Wessels | ||||||
| 15 | Clément Poitrenaud (22) | Stade Toulousain | 15 | Tertius Losper | Western Suburbs RFC | ||
| 14 | Vincent Clerc | Stade Toulousain | 14 | Ryan Witbooi | Western Suburbs RFC | ||
| 13 | David Marty | Perpignan | 13 | Bradley Langenhoven | North-West University RFC, Sth Africa | ||
| 12 | Damien Traille (21) | Biarritz Olympique | 12 | Piet Van Zyl (22) | Boland Cavaliers, South Africa | ||
| 11 | Cédric Heymans | Stade Toulousain | 11 | Heinrich Bock | Reho Falcons RFC | ||
| 10 | Frédéric Michalak (20) | Stade Toulousain | 10 | Emile Wessels (21) | Tuggeranong Vikings RFC, Australia | ||
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Elissalde | Stade Toulousain | 9 | Jurie van Tonder (20) | United RFC | ||
| 8 | Julien Bonnaire | Bourgoin | 8 | Jacqueus Nieuwenhuizen | Falcons, South Africa | ||
| 7 | Thierry Dusautoir | Stade Toulousain | 7 | Michael MacKenzie (19) | United RFC | ||
| 6 | Yannick Nyanga (19) | Stade Toulousain | 6 | Jacques Burger | Griqualand West, South Africa | ||
| 5 | Lionel Nallet | Castres Olympique | 5 | Nico Esterhuizen (18) | Falcons, South Africa | ||
| 4 | Sébastien Chabal (18) | Sale Sharks, England | 4 | Uakazuvaka Kazombiaeze | Western Suburbs RFC | ||
| 3 | Pieter de Villiers (17) | Stade Français | 3 | Johannes du Toit | Griqualand West, South Africa | ||
| 2 | Dimitri Szarzewski (16) | Stade Français | 2 | Hugo Horn (16) | Border, South Africa | ||
| 1 | Jean-Baptiste Poux | Stade Toulousain | 1 | Kees Lensing (Capt.) (17) | Natal, South Africa | ||
| 16 | Raphaël Ibañez (Capt.) (2) | London Wasps, England | 16 | Jan Michael Meyer (2) | Wanderers RFC | ||
| 17 | Nicolas Mas (3) | Perpignan | 17 | Johannes Redelinghuys (1) | Kimberley Tech. RFC, South Africa | ||
| 18 | Fabien Pelous (4) | Stade Toulousain | 18 | Herman Lintvelt (5) | United RFC | ||
| 19 | Imañol Harinordoquy (6) | Biarritz Olympique | 19 | Tinus du Plussis (7) | Stellenbosh Univ., South Africa | ||
| 20 | Lionel Beauxis (10) | Stade Français | 20 | Eugene Jantjies (9) | Wanderers RFC | ||
| 21 | Yannick Jauzion (12) | Stade Toulousain | 21 | Lu-Wayne Botes (10) | Johannesburg Univ. RFC, S.Africa | ||
| 22 | Aurelien Rougerie (15) | Clermont Auvergne | 22 | Melrick Africa (12) | Reho Falcons RFC | ||
| COACH: Bernard Laporte | COACH: Hakkies Husselman | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES This was the highest score and biggest win recorded by France in an international match. Nieuwenhuis was sent off after 20 minutes for a dangerous tackle on Chabel. Namibia finished the match with 14 players. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6990780.stm http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/world_cup_news/article2970877.ece |
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