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Crikey. Nervous times, come on Wales...
North did well to get back and snare Fickou. He got of that sofa pretty quick!
Luckily the French have missed a couple of kicks to leave Wales still in touch.
Not a very easy 40 mins on the sofa for us welsh fans. Just not happening. Tff wainwright’s try there. Shame Navidi is off. That’s not going to help later on.
France have played some nice rugby in their pool games, but lacked structure and hopefully more importantly not kept it up. Hopefully Wales will get their opportunity in the second half, but I’m far from confident. France’s game to lose now.
France lacking a bit of precision otherwise they could have been out of sight. I think Wales will come back to win this.
Urgh.
France wanted to play Wales. They know there’s not much between the sides. They’re in the right place mentally and it will take something special by Wales to change the tide. Come on Wales!
French have blown it. What an idiot.
I dunno, its been 13 mins since the card and they haven't scored. On average you get 7 points during a yellow, Wales should be well on their way, this looks a bit shit.
This going to be very close.
North needs to come off.
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Crikey, if Wales keep playing like they're in the last minute and needing a try then they soon will be.
It clearly is not going to happen for Wales. France deserve to win.
Blimey, thought France would just get steamrollered. Wales so poor.
EDIT: gift!
Take a deep breath.
Wales know how to win. Wales AB final I reckon and that would be difficult to call.
Blimey
Wales still have to beat either South Africa or Japan. If they play like they did today, I'd say a NZ - Japan final isn't out of the question.
France really had to work to throw that away.
Mike Philips saying this one of Wales best ever wins.
Was it? They were dead lucky. They should have put France away with 14 men.
Still, they've forgotten how to lose so on they go.
France played the majority of the rugby in that game. A couple of key turn overs and daft sending off gifted it to the welsh.
I've aged 30 years!
(Welsh pundit) "one of the best Welsh victories".
Really? Lucky to get away with that one. France could have dropped a goal 15 mins from the end and that would have been it.
Not an impressive welsh performance.
They do look tired, and I think that contributed to the score line. Next weeks games are going to be tough for England and Wales. Good result though.
Never in doubt.
Erm...
Wales know how to win. Wales AB final I reckon and that would be difficult to call.
France deserved to win. Tough, shouldn’t have been so stupid I guess. Wales will certainly be going under the radar now! Can’t see South Africa or Japan fearing us. Still we’re in the Semi finals, the dream goes on : )
Gareth Davies has been great this tournament, but Tomos Williams has been great also whenever he’s been on. Wainwright continues to impress.
Come on Japan!
Welsh pundit) “one of the best Welsh victories”.
Into world cup semi final, yes it is right up there.
France left a lot of points on the pitch there, unlike the Welsh who put away all but one of their opportunities. That's not a compliment to Wales when they only run by 1 point Vs 14 men
SA and Japan have the weapons to put those points on Wales.
See you in the third place playoff when the kiwis beat us
SA kiwi final
So, a South African TMO and referee clearly fancied playing Wales more than France in the semi and 'couldn't quite see' that the forward pass went forward. Hmmmmmm...............you take your luck where you find it!
Wales vs NZ final. Like any grand tour winner, they are playing their way into the tournament heading into the mountains at the end of week 2.
Wales know how to win. Wales AB final I reckon
Really? If Wales play that way again they'll get hammered by the Boks or the ABs.
France lost that game by their own stupidity rather than Wales doing anything good.
What they meant by 'one of the best Welsh wins' I think was holding on and then coming back from being so outplayed. Red card helped obvs.
As Mike Phillips said Wales haven't played that well this tournament, nor for ages, and yet somehow....
Through by the thickness of a post. Wales can't play any worse than that, so things are looking up for them in the SF.
What they meant by ‘one of the best Welsh wins’ I think was holding on and then coming back from being so outplayed.
I don't think so! The poor pundit was going on about how entertaining it was, so I think it was just relieved babbling.
Coming back from a nine point deficit with an extra man takes some doing, though. 🙂
Really? If Wales play that way again they’ll get hammered by the Boks or the ABs.
I agree, they were poor, but I reckon that could be their crap performance of the competition.
May main concern tbh is that England haven't had a really crap game yet, and they always have at least one...
We were shite. But we won. We haven’t really played other than first half against Aus. We’ve won 4 games not playing well and we’re in the semis. If we actually turn up for 80 mins who knows?
Playing that badly and still we win. Blood pressure slowly coming back to normal...
God the commentary and coverage in general is terrible.
So, a South African TMO and referee clearly fancied playing Wales more than France in the semi and ‘couldn’t quite see’ that the forward pass went forward. Hmmmmmm……………you take your luck where you find it!
You certainly do. But in contrast I thought the ref gave a lot of 50:50 decisions to France, including giving them a scrum for a Welsh knock-on when there wasn’t; not giving a penalty to Wales for holding on in a ruck after clearly signalling it; penalising them for side entry into a ruck when they had momentum in the second half - the only time either side were penalised when both sides did it. He allowed France to gain momentum and buggered Welsh momentum up.
But really, France lost the game by wasting time. If they’d tried to score more points they would have won. Instead, they did everything to slow the game down to an unreasonable amount. And ran the clock down against themselves.
The poor pundit
Cant you recognise anyone who isnt Johnny Wilkinson?
Heading to the bar down the road to watch SA play Japan now . . . .
Wales ate playing at their level as we already know we have far too many poor players in our team Watkin, Parkes, Francis, Ball, Wyn Jones wouldnt get in other teams 30 man squad
Watkin, Parkes, Francis, Ball, Wyn Jones wouldnt get in other teams 30 man squad
Gatland's British lions...
”they only run by 1 point Vs 14 men” - think back 8 yrs to the semis! France playing with 15 men against wales with 14, wales nearly edged it with halfpennys failed long range penalty 9-8 to france if I remember....
This is going to be awesome!
I’m already feeling emotional watching and hearing the drummers. I’d love Japan’s to do this!
I fear a big score by Sithifrica.
Come on Japan!