France v Australia: rugby union Test match - live
1m ago 16.42 EDT PENALTY! France 12-13 Australia (Ramos, 38) That is so typical. Australia do so well to defend the French maul, win the subsequent line-out but then go and give away a penalty on the ground for holding on. Not efficient enough cleaning that up on the ground. So Ramos steps up and makes it a one point game.
3m ago 16.40 EDT 36 mins: Another penalty and France kick it into touch. A strong position to work the maul but Neville does well to defend it. Australia are very good on their maul defence. They win the ball back and get the line-out. Excellent defence.
6m ago 16.38 EDT PENALTY! France 9-13 Australia (Ramos, 34) Relentless pressure from France sees them win a penalty. Ramos, who has lightning in his laces, hammers this through the posts with an elegant swing of his boot. France starting to click in midfield. Nanty looking good with strong carries.
9m ago 16.35 EDT 31 mins: France are messy off the back of their scrum with Dupont’s offload in the tackle finding nothing but air. They still keep the ball, though, and get over the gainline with Penaud working the space down the left. Penalty advantage as France ramp things up.
12m ago 16.31 EDT 27 mins: It’s not exactly an exhibit of running rugby. I’m not complaining. I fancy a kicking contest and right now it’s probably Australia who are edging that battle. This one from Ikitau on the left wing is too long and France gather with a mark. The resulting line-out is skew by Australia so France have the ball on the half-way line.
15m ago 16.28 EDT 25 mins: Oh no. Foley makes a mess of that. Really shanked that penalty from the left and the ball misses by some distance. Will that be costly?
16m ago 16.27 EDT 23 mins: Australia have it after some kick tennis that puts them in the ascendency. They have a penalty on the left and it’s within Foley’s range. Wokie is off his feet and hands Australia a chance to open their lead.. Some very good work from Kellaway from loose play. Those Aussie outside backs are impressing so far.
20m ago 16.23 EDT TRY! France 6-13 Australia (Foketi, 18) WHAT. A. TRY! Sensational. Australia have just scored a try that was birthed 75m back. A dink over the top from Dupont is fielded and then shifted left from the Wallabies. Wright’s pace on the left win was blistering and all of a sudden Paris opened up in front of him. Foketi ran a perfect support line and collected the well placed pass. He brushed off the final defender and scored under the posts. What a move. That happened in the blink of an eye. Foley kicks the extras and oh my word Australia are up by 7.
23m ago 16.20 EDT NO TRY! It looked for certain that Ollivon had burrowed over but the replays show that he had committed the sin of a double movement. Fair play I reckon. Still, France will be annoyed that their work from the line-out that opened the space through the middle from strong carries by the pack didn’t yield a score.
26m ago 16.17 EDT 14 mins: France will have the line-out 5m from the Aussie line. A good restart from the French gets the ball back and a little dink from Ramos lands in that awkward space for the covering fullback.
28m ago 16.16 EDT PENALTY! France 6-6 Australia (Foley, 13) Atonio buys the dummy run and takes out Hooper without the ball. Smart play from the Aussies who are looking to make some pretty shapes out there. Foley kicks the points and brings us back level.
30m ago 16.13 EDT PENALTY! France 6-3 Australia (Ramos, 10) Boom! That was at least 50m on the angle but Ramos makes it look easy. A perfect strike as the ball sails over the upright, clearing it with room to spare.
31m ago 16.12 EDT 9 mins: It’s a bit of a ding-dong affair. Both teams going to the boot and hoisting it hight. After a few exchanges, France isolate the tackler and win a penalty. It’s a fair way out but Ramos is going for it from the halfway line.
34m ago 16.10 EDT PENALTY! France 3-3 Australia (Ramos, 6) Dupont wins a penalty by getting his knees on the ground after being tackled. That compels the Australians to let him go and give him space. They don’t and instead hold on. So it’s a penalty. Ramos nudges it over without any fuss.
37m ago 16.06 EDT PENALTY! France 0-3 Australia (Foley, 4) Foley slots that from the right to open up the scoring. Clean as you like as it slides through the poles.
39m ago 16.05 EDT 3 mins: That’s a huge scrum from the Wallabies. They’ve just won a penalty by driving the French pack back into the Seine. Huge statement. This is within range on the right.
41m ago 16.03 EDT 2 mins: France steal the ball on the ground and get the scrum. That’s off the back of some swift Aussie attack that went left and right.
1h ago 15.27 EDT Tonight’s game will start with a minute’s silence after French rugby lost one of it’s favourite sons. ⚫️🕊️ Ce soir, avant le début de France/Australie, nous observerons une minute d'applaudissement pour notre ancien international Benoît Dauga, qui est décédé ce jeudi à l'âge de 80 ans.
Toutes nos condoléances à sa famille et à ses proches. 🙏 #FRAAUS
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1h ago 15.15 EDT France team news Just look at that team. The half-back pair. The back row. That centre combination. It’s a real shame Paul Willemse is out – likely for the rest of the Autumn Nations Series – but there’s star quality throughout and enough muscle to compensate for his absence. France: Ramos; Penaud, Fickou, Danty, Moefana; Ntamack, Dupont (capt); Baille, Marchand, Atonio, Woki, Flament, Jelonch, Ollivon, Alldritt Replacements: Mauvaka, Priso, Falatea, Taofifenua, Geraci, Macalou, Luca, Jalibert. 🇫🇷⚡️🇦🇺 Ça se passe 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊 𝒂̀ 𝟐𝟏𝒉 au @StadeFrance et il nous tarde de vous retrouver !
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𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐙 𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐔𝐒 ! 🔥 #FRAAUS #XVdeFrance #NeFaisonsXV pic.twitter.com/z4ph6q19KA — France Rugby (@FranceRugby) November 3, 2022
Updated at 15.19 EDT
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