For its second meeting in the group stage of the Rugby World Cup, the French XV showed a much less conquering face than last week. If there was victory in the end for Anthony Jelonch and his team, nothing was easy against a Uruguayan team well within their reach on paper. After the success against the All Blacks (27-13), Fabien Galthié made numerous changes to rest his starters and give playing time to the rest of his squad. If Jaminet scores the first points of the match on a penalty (3-0, 4th), to everyone’s surprise it is Uruguay who will score the first try of this match. On a nice collective sequence with a transmission to the foot for the left side, Nicolas Freitas escapes to flatten (3-5, 6th).
The Stade Pierre-Mauroy will not be cold for long since the Blues will catch up very quickly. After a collapsed scrum, Maxime Lucu escapes to give Antoine Hastoy who will score a try after a nice feint (10-3, 11th). After the successful transformation, Jaminet shortly after added three new additional points for his team on a penalty (13-5, 14th). Despite this beautiful reaction of pride, the Blues are not 100% on this first meeting like the problems in the scrum. More worrying, Romain Taofifénua received a yellow card for a poorly controlled tackle with the forearm which hit an opponent (27th). The referee decides to put this action in a bunker to possibly definitively expel the 2nd line of LOU, but he ends up sticking to his decision of a warning.
The magnificent La Marseillaise ??
During this moment at 14 against 15, the Blues will get a big scare with a new infiltration from Los Teros which hits the mark. But after watching the video refereeing, Hastoy was hampered in the action by an illegal screen from Inciarte (33rd). Jelonch’s teammates avoided the worst and sought to pull away at the end of the first period. After a good shift, Hastoy tried to find Bielle-Biarrey in the corner but this cross from the opening half of La Rochelle was too long. A sequence like these first 40 minutes for the Blues, who were too messy and penalized by technical fouls. 13-5 at halftime.
The return to the pitch does not cause an electric shock for Christophe Galthié’s men who are not at their best against a surprising South American team. And by dint of doubt, the Blues will concede another try by Baltazar Amaya who escapes two French tackles to score (13-12, 53rd). On the edge of the precipice, the host country of this world reacts thanks to a twist of fate and a countered Uruguayan kick: Peato Mauvaka takes advantage of the offering after a balancing act in order to flatten, Jaminet ensures behind the transformation (20- 12, 56e).
The match is still hotly contested and Uruguay is holding up physically. The Blues take time to realize their actions and widen the gap. You have to wait until the last ten minutes to see the scoreboard move again: launched by Antoine Hastoy, Louis Bielle-Biarrey escapes alone on the right to score his first try in the World Cup at only 20 years old. Jaminet ensures the transformation behind (27-12, 73rd).
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Finished: Next Thursday at 9 p.m. in Marseille, France will continue with its third match of the World Cup against Namibia. The day before at 5:45 p.m. in Nice, Uruguay will have faced Italy.
Finished: Cameron Woki, on the broadcaster’s microphone: “There is a lot of frustration because we would have liked to have shown a different performance. We were opposed to a team which had a lot of desire and which was starting its competition. We did not did not know how to do the right things in the scrum and in the running game. I think that we were not patient, so we have to remedy that in order to be patient next time. This is unacceptable at the international level and an opportunity to have won this match with fifteen penalties [conceded].”
Finished: Antoine Hastoy, on the broadcaster’s microphone: “We knew it, but we didn’t know how to respond to the aggressiveness and the fight proposed in the rucks. When we could score, we didn’t do it and we didn’t didn’t get away. They remained valiant and played the ball quite well. We came away frustrated from this match because we wanted to play well collectively and we didn’t manage to do so. There are a lot of things to see again, but we will retain the victory! In a week, we play again and we will have to be better.”
Finished: Maxime Lucu, on the broadcaster’s microphone: “It was a very difficult match where we tried to set the pace. We didn’t necessarily succeed in scoring, but we are happy with the performance and to have won in front the public. The competition continues!”
Finished: In the standings of Group A of the World Cup, France takes the lead with eight points won in two matches! Italy is second with five points while New Zealand, Namibia and Uruguay remain stuck without any points.
Finished: For its second match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the France team beats Uruguay 27-12 after a dull and delicate game marked by numerous errors in touch and scrum. The offensive bonus was not won by Fabien Galthié’s men, who have their work cut out for them after this meeting marked by the seal of indiscipline.
Finished: It’s over on the pitch at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq between France and Uruguay! Short 27-12 victory for the Blues, without the offensive bonus.
82 mins. : In its 22 meters, France passes close to the interception and to obtain a final try opportunity, but Uruguay keeps the ball until committing a forward.
80 mins. : Another penalty for Uruguay a few seconds before the siren! They will have one final ammunition to negotiate.
79 mins. : Macalou steals the ball from the Teros in the air! But the leather is immediately returned to the Uruguayans with the foot of Villière.
78 mins. : New penalty against the Blues! A total of three faults were committed in this situation… Uruguay will still find a touch in the French 22 meters!
77 mins. : While France was in difficulty in its 22 meters, Macalou, on a counter ruck, recovered the ball in the ruck and launched into an 80 meter race to offer France its fourth try of the evening, synonymous with an offensive bonus . This is unfortunately refused in the video after viewing the images!
75 mins. : In their 22 meters, the French are penalized for poor support! Uruguay logically goes into touch.
74 mins. – Successful transformation for France: Completely on the right, Jaminet transforms this test! France will win: with the bonus? There are six minutes left to score a try.
73 mins. – Test for France: BIELLE-BIARREY TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How good this one is. In the 22 meters, the Blues finally pick up speed after a scrum and make a shift which allows Bielle-Biarrey to try in a corner on the right.
72 mins. : The French attack is very messy and cannot hold the ball! There are still two tries to score to win the offensive bonus point…. Uruguay, however, commits a forward and concedes a scrum on its 22 meter line, on the right.
70 mins. : The French conquest is really not at its best and, on this throw from Mauvaka, a forward is committed when starting the ball carried…
69 mins. : France gets out of its camp without problem then obtains a penalty on the halfway line for offside. Hastoy takes a penalty within 22 meters!
67 mins. : Great French collective push on the ball carried! The pressure makes Uruguay commit a forward.
66 mins. : Less than a quarter of an hour from the end of this game, France is still far from safe! Especially since the Teros obtain a penalty in the French camp, on the right, and go into touch within 22 meters.
64 mins. : High French tackle from Couilloud on Freitas! The Uruguayans, with a penalty, return to the French camp.
64 mins. – Change: Couilloud takes Lucu’s place less than twenty minutes from the siren!
63 mins. : Mr. Ben O’Keeffe sanctions the French scrum via the link from Wardi whose elbow has touched the ground! France then missed a great opportunity to score its third try of the evening.
61 mins. : SO ! The French scrum is rewarded with a penalty a few meters from the Teros goal. The Blues ask for the scrum again.
60 mins. : On the carried ball, once again, the South American defense hit the mark with a great action from Bianchi, who scraped the leather after the maul was separated.
59 mins. : Lucu leaves in the closed after the scrum and tries to find, with an advantage in progress, Bielle-Biarrey on a kick to follow. This does nothing and Hastoy hits a very interesting penalty!
58 mins. : In a Uruguayan offside position on a play at the foot of Etcheverry, France obtains a penalty and decides to request a scrum. Before playing it on the right 30 meters from the goal, Flament replaces Woki.
56 mins. – Successful transformation for France: No problem for Jaminet which allows France to regain an eight-step lead!
55 mins. – Test for France: MAUVAKA TEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Having just entered the game, the first French line comes to recover a play at the Uruguayan foot of Etcheverry blocked by a teammate on the return to go and flatten. WOW!
54 mins. – Successful transformation for Uruguay: Completely on the right edge of the touchline, Etcheverry, on his wrong foot, passes the transformation! The Teros come back one step behind a timid French team…
53 mins. – Test for Uruguay: AMAYA TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a number from the Uruguayan fullback. After the touchline, the South Americans settle into the 22 meters of France and, on the right, Amaya performs a festival to overwhelm the French defense, and in particular Vincent, to try in the corner.
51 mins. : Chalureau, who has just come into play, isolates himself from his support and has the ball scratched by Ardao, rewarded with a penalty! The Teros are within 22 French meters.
51 mins. : Big French push on the scrum, but Uruguay escapes without conceding a penalty!
50 mins. – Change: Mauvaka, Wardi, Cros, Chalureau and Falatea come into play for France! Suddenly, five of the eight players on the first three lines were replaced, including Jelonch.
50 mins. : When a French candle falls, the French winger is the quickest to recover the leather and go flatten under the posts. But, when receiving the ball, Jelonch committed a forward… The try is refused after viewing the images!
49 mins. – Missed penalty for France: As the chief gunner that he is, Jaminet, 56 meters from the poles slightly to the left, misses this penalty. We stay at 13-5!
48 mins. : On the center line and on the scrum, Sanguinetti is caught by the patrol! Jaminet, with a score of 13-5 in favor of the Blues, will therefore try to widen the gap.
46 mins. : Aldegheri is sanctioned with a penalty by Mr. Ben O’Keeffe in the scrum! The Teros therefore leave their camp via a penalty. The France house is not at its best!
45 mins. : At the entrance to Uruguay’s 22 meters, Bourgarit’s throw is not straight… So many errors for France in conquest this Thursday evening!
44 mins. : Continuing, the French defense is once again rewarded with a penalty in its camp! The fire lit by the Teros is extinguished and the Blues arrive in the opposing camp.
43 mins. : Great defense from the Blues on the sidelines! The counter ruck is carried out and France clears, which delights the northern public at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
42 mins. – Onward for Uruguay: The second half does not start any better for France since the Uruguayans arrive within the local 22 meters via sharp runs! Amaya commits a forward, but it comes back to a French fault and a penalty is taken.
41 mins. : Here we go again on the pitch of the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq between France and Uruguay! It is the Teros who restart the game.
Half-time: In a dull first period, the France team, struggling in touch and scrum, did not manage to largely gain the upper hand over Uruguay, the seventeenth nation in the world, very valiant and united in defense . Trailing 3-5 after a try from Freitas, the French still got back in front on a try from Hastoy and returned to the locker room with an advantage of eight points (13-5). You will still have to pass the opposing line three times during the second act to win the offensive bonus!
Half-time: It’s the break on the pitch at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq between France and Uruguay! 13-5 in favor of the Blues.
40 mins. : Uruguay wins a penalty!!! The scrum does not advance then the ball is extracted. Unfortunately, under the poles, France commits an obstruction…
39 mins. : OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! For the first time, the Blues’ ball is well organized. The leather comes out and we go towards the axis where Hastoy tries a cross kick for Villière! Lonely in the in-goal, he recovers the leather… behind the in-goal, very small at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. We return to a penalty for France, which takes the scrum at 5 meters.
38 mins. : At the entrance to Uruguay’s 22 meters, France wins a penalty and decides to return to touch a few minutes before the siren.
37 mins. : Once again, the Teros defense hits the mark! While Jelonch had launched Villière a few meters from the line, Freitas recovered the ball on contact to give his team some breathing space. Taofifenua takes the opportunity to return to the pitch!
36 mins. : Great French effort following the throw-in! Arata is penalized with a penalty on a candle and the Blues go into touch with Hastoy’s foot.
34 mins. : After Pujadas’ throw, very well controlled like the ball carried, the play goes wide and the French defense makes it cross. Easily, Etcheverry flattened under the French poles. Finally, for a Uruguayan obstruction on Hastoy, the test was canceled after viewing the images. France was (very) hot and escaped with a penalty!
33 mins. : Taofifenua’s yellow card remains a yellow card! He will be back on the northern pitch in a few minutes.
32 mins. : The French scrum is punished after a foul by Aldegheri! The Teros are surprising at the end of the first act and go into touch very close to the French goal.
31 mins. – Forward to Uruguay: France is scared by a new incursion by Uruguay! Freitas, very dangerous, however makes a pass after contact forward offering a scrum to the Blues, put in difficulty by this good formation.
30 mins. : Uruguay’s launch of the game behind the scrum is magnificent! The South Americans quickly gained 40 meters by sending the play wide towards Freitas, but then lost possession. Everything has to be done again !
29 mins. – Forward for France: Despite the numerical inferiority, France appears dangerous on a scratch from Macalou, but Moefana lets the ball escape on contact at the entrance to the Teros 22 meters.
27 mins. – Yellow card for Taofifenua: The tackle on the shoulder of Taofifenua is confirmed by the images and he comes out for ten minutes! A bunker could worsen the color of the cardboard…
27 mins. : New penalty for Uruguay! After the throw from Pujadas, Arata drives the play and Taofifenua makes a high tackle on the opposing No.9. The video was also requested by Mr. Ben O’Keeffe.
26 mins. : This time, it’s the tricolor scrum that is penalized! Uruguay is doing very well in clearing their camp.
25 mins. : What a pity ! Bourgarit’s throw for Jelonch was perfect, but the valiant Teros defended perfectly on the carried ball and won a scrum 5 meters from their line.
24 mins. : The left side of the Uruguayan scrum is once again sanctioned with a penalty! France decides this time to go for a penalty, which pleases the crowd at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
23 mins. : In an action where France had chained passes, including a superb one after contact from Macalou, Villière was caught by several Uruguay defenders, who won a scrum from 22 meters.
22 mins. : France is sanctioned with a free kick in this test of strength! Uruguay therefore regains possession of the ball, but a sequence of kicking exchanges begins.
21 mins. : Pujadas’ Uruguayan touch is sanctioned by Mr. Ben O’Keeffe and France will have a scrum to play!
20 mins. : Uruguay recovers a penalty on an action where Bielle-Biarrey had struggled not to go into touch! Jaminet made a mistake and the South Americans will have a touch to manage at the entrance to the French part of the field.
19 mins. : After the scrum, Lucu raises a candle that France manages to recover on the halfway line! The locals then pick up speed and enter the Teros camp.
17 mins. – Forward for Uruguay: In the French camp, Uruguay commits a forward by the Bayonnais Leindekar after recovering the ball in a ruck.
16 mins. – Successful penalty for France: Jaminet continues his flawless performance with this perfect penalty! The Blues take shelter from a converted try from Uruguay.
15 mins. : The French continue to attack and, over a long sequence, they enter within 22 meters! It didn’t go to the end after a kicking game from Hastoy, but a penalty was whistled in the middle for a tackle without the ball by Sanguinetti. Jaminet will try to worsen the score!
13 mins. – Successful transformation for France: From the right, Jaminet, although on his bad foot, manages to transform this try: 10-5 for Fabien Galthié’s gang!
11 mins. – Test for France: HASTOY TEST !!!!!!!!!!!!! On this second scrum, the push is good and Lucu goes to the right and serves Hastoy who then goes to the line taking an interval. Gorgeous !
10 minutes. : On the scrum, France obtains a new penalty and demands a test of strength again! A sector in which the Blues currently seem superior.
09 mins. : After this try, France appears dangerous and it is Lucu who breaks through to the ruck! The Blues then continue with the big ones, but the referee stops the game and returns to a tricolor penalty. France requests a scrum a few meters from the line.
07 mins. – Failed transformation for Uruguay: In a corner on the left, Etcheverry completely misses the transformation! Uruguay is still ahead, 3-5.
06 mins. – Test for Uruguay: FREITAS TEST!!! Beautiful incoming run from Vilaseca into the heart of the French defense at the entrance to the 22 meters. Finally, a precise foot play from Etcheverry is intended on the left for Freitas who gets ahead of Jaminet to flatten into a corner.
05 mins. : Nice outing from Lucu on the dismissal of the Teros! The Uruguayans have a touch to negotiate 40 meters from the French line.
04 mins. – Successful penalty for France: On a goal attempted from the left side, Jaminet, the scorer of the evening, manages to unlock the French counter! France has entered this part well.
03 mins. : The first scrum benefits the Blues since Sanguinetti is sanctioned by Mr. Ben O’Keeffe! A penalty is obtained by France, which decides to try to open the score.
01 min. – Forward for France: On Hastoy’s kick-off, Villière recovers the ball, but it is after a forward from Macalou! The first scrum will take place on the Uruguayan 22 meter line, completely on the left.
01 min. : Let’s go on the pitch of the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq between France and Uruguay! Mr. Ben O’Keeffe, the New Zealand referee for this match, has just whistled the kick-off, given by the Beus.
Before the start of this match, the anthems are played starting with La Marseillaise in honor of the XV of France. We then continue with Orientales, la Patria o la tumba (“Orientals, the Homeland or the Tomb”) for the Teros. After that, kick-off is now imminent in the North.
A moment of contemplation takes place, as World Rugby announced during the day, “to remember those who lost their lives, lost loved ones and all those who were affected by the floods in Libya and the earthquake of land in Morocco.
The players and the refereeing body enter the pitch of the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq! The French will play in blue while the Uruguayans will play in orange.
In a few minutes, at 20 years and 87 days, Bielle-Biarrey will become the youngest French player to participate in a World Cup!
On the whistle this Thursday evening, we will find the New Zealander Mr. Ben O’Keeffe! Until now, the trained ophthalmologist has refereed France nine times, with four victories, including that against the United States during the 2019 World Cup, and five French defeats.
In six matches played in the Lille metropolis, the XV of France has always won: against Romania in 1986, Argentina in 1988 and Australia in 1989 at the Stadium Nord and against Argentina at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in 2012 and 2018.
If this meeting is the first official match between France and Uruguay, the two teams have already played each other twice in the past: it was in 1960 and 1985 during South American tours with two big French victories.
Arata is preparing to play his first match for Uruguay since the November 2021 meeting against the United States. The Castres scrum-half was one of four Uruguayans to score tries for the Teros at the 2019 World Cup: against Fiji at Kamaishi, he beat three defenders before completing a 40-yard scramble into the net. -aim.
Agustin Ormaechea’s father, Diego, remains the oldest player to have played a match in the World Cup: he was actually 40 years and 26 days old when he faced South Africa in Glasgow during the 1999 edition !
Captain Vilaseca and Ormaechea are set to become the first Uruguayans to play in three editions of the World Cup: they will also set a record for matches in the competition with this ninth appearance.
Five of the 23 Uruguayan players selected for this match play in France: Arata plays in Castres, Freitas and Vilaseca in Vannes, Leindekar in Bayonne and Ormaechea in Nice.
For this entry into the World Cup, Esteban Meneses has decided to line up an experienced starting XV with eleven players already present during the last edition of the global tournament in 2019. On the front line, we will find Sanguinetti, Pujadas and Peculo while Aliaga and Leindekar will be in the second row and Civetta, Ardao and Diana in the third. The hinge will be made up of Arata and Etcheverry while Freitas and Basso will lead the wings and the duo Vilaseca/Inciarte will be in the center. Amaya, finally, will start at the back.
Uruguay substitutes: Gattas, Benitez, Piussi, Dotti, Bianchi, Deus, Ormaechea, Berchesi.
The XV of the départ of Uruguay: Amaya – Basso, Inciarte, Vilaseca, Freitas – Etcheverry, Arata – Diana, Civetta, Ardao – Leindekar, Aliaga – Peculo, Pujadas, Sanguinetti.
Ramos, a substitute against Uruguay, has scored fourteen points or more in each of his last eleven games since the November 2022 face-off against Australia. He scored seventeen points per game in 2023 and has not missed more than two penalties in a single game this season.
For his seventeenth selection, Lucu, who made his international debut in 2021, is starting for the fifth time in his career. This is only the second time he has played in the starting XV alongside fly-half Hastoy, following a match against Fiji in preparation last month.
For this match, the French staff decided to rotate their squad widely with twelve changes made compared to the team lined up against the All Blacks on September 8. Thus, only Woki, Villière and Moefana keep their place in the starting XV. A team which will start with third row Jelonch, back from a long injury, as captain. He will be partnered with Macalou and Boudehent while Woki will play in the second row with Taofifenua. In front, we will find Gros, Bourgarit and Aldegheri. In the middle, Lucu and Hastoy will start like Moefana and Vincent in the center, Villière and Bielle-Biarrey on the wings as well as Jaminet at the back.
France’s replacements: Mauvaka, Wardi, Falatea, Chalureau, Flament, Cros, Couilloud, Ramos.
The XV from France: Jaminet – Bielle-Biarrey, Vincent, Moefana, Villière – Hastoy, Lucu – Jelonch, Macalou, Boudehent – Taofifenua, Woki – Aldegheri, Bourgarit, Gros.
It was after a victory over the United States (19-16 defeat in the first leg, 34-15 victory in the return) that Uruguay managed, in October 2021, to punch its ticket for the 2023 World Cup. For the moment, in fifteen matches played in the competition, the Teros have won three: in 1999 against Spain, in 2003 against Georgia and in 2019 against Fiji. All for 188 points scored and 718 conceded.
Uruguay, for its part, begins its fifth World Cup this Thursday evening in the North of France. Exempt from a match during the opening weekend, Esteban Meneses’ men are ambitious in this World Cup because they are aiming for the third directly qualifying match for the 2027 edition. For this, the Teros must put themselves in confidence against France before facing Italy then Namibia, their two direct opponents.
This year, Fabien Galthié’s France is on a mission. Three times finalist in the competition (1987, 1999, 2011), the French XV are indeed aiming for the supreme coronation at home: if this were to be the case at the end of October, the Blues would become the second European nation to lift the William Webb Ellis trophy after England in 2003.
Last Friday, the Blues got their World Cup off to a perfect start by defeating New Zealand 27-13, for the first time they had been beaten in their history in the group stage of a World Cup. Second in Group A after Italy’s large improved victory over Namibia, France has this Thursday evening the opportunity to take the lead in its group by gaining plenty of points against Uruguay, the seventeenth nation. worldwide.
For its second match in the competition, the XV of France, six days after beating New Zealand at the opening of the tournament, faces Uruguay this Thursday evening at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, in the Lille suburbs. . A meeting which will be the first of the World Cup for the Teros.
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