Match 1
Jeudi 9 mars au Chacras RC (Mendoza), France bat Irlande 31-23
Arbitre : Marius Jonker (AfS)
France : 5 essais Chouly (35), Peyras (40), Médard (41), Cibray (50), Lacroix (78), 3 transformations Lespinas
Irlande : 2 essais Trimble (27), Merrigan (69), 2 transformations et 3 pénalités (3, 45, 56) Steenson
FRANCE : Peyras (Pau) - Denos (Toulouse), Mirande (Agen), Roux (Clermont) (Lacroix, 52), M. Medard (Toulouse) - (o) Lespinas (Brive) - (m) Cibray (Pau, cap) (Thomas, 55) - Alexandre (Grenoble), Chouly (Brive), Baget (Biarritz) - Jacquet (Clermont) (Diotallevi, 74), Fèvre (Agen) - Montes (Stade Français) (Bastin, 40), Montagnat (Ribes, 47), Lafond (Montauban) (Montès, 66).
Match 2
Lundi 13 juin à Mendoza (Liceo RC), France bat Italie 43-40 (mi-temps : 12-23)
Arbitre : Wayne Barnes (Ang)
France : 6 essais Denos (17, 45), Ribes (30), Gambetta (61), Médard (65), Montagnat (70), 5 transformations Thiery (17, 30), Lespinas (45, 66, 70), 1 pénalité Thiery (51)
Italie : 5 essais Bernabo (5), Pratichetti (11), Rosa (27), Mariani (41), Tonilatti (54), 3 transformations (27, 42, 55) et 2 pénalités (19, 60) Robuschi, 1 drop Rebecchini (4)
Cartons jaunes : Barbieri (25), Pratichetti (68)
ITALIE : Robuschi - Rosa, Pratichetti, Forcucci, Mariani - (o) Rebecchini - (m) Toniolatti - Pelizzari (Talotti, 78), Cattina (Leonardi, 64), Barbieri - Bernabo (cap), Reato - Milani (Battisti, 78), Ghiraldini, Vignedonati
FRANCE : Thiery (Médard, 64) - Peyras, Lacroix, Roux (Mirande, 46), Denos - (o) Lespinas - (m) Tomas (Cibray, 46) - Diotallevi, Baget (Chouly, 50), Gambetta (cap) - Drozdz, Jacquet (Fèvre, 66) - Bastin (Montès, 41), Ribes (Montagnat, 50), Lafond (Ribes, 71)
Match 3
Angleterre 27 France 37
Mendoza, 17 juin 2005
Arbitre : Paul Marks
Pour l'Angleterre : 4 essais Morgan (30 et 81) Foden (43) Flood (58) ; 2T Flood ; 1P Flood
Pour la France : 3 essais Medard, Mirande et Fevre : 2T Beauxis ; 6P Beauxis
Angleterre
1 Michael Cusack
Leeds Tykes
2 David Ward
Bath
3 Wayne Thompson
Bristol Shoguns
4 Richard Blaze
Worcester Warriors
5 Sean Cox
Sale Sharks
6 James Haskell
London Wasps
7 David Seymour
Saracens
8 Mark Hopley
Worcester Warriors
9 Ben Foden
Sale Sharks
10 Toby Flood
Newcastle Falcons
11 Tom Varndell
Leicester Tigers
12 Simon Whatling
Worcester Warriors
13 Matt Cornwell (C)
Leicester Tigers
14 Tom Biggs
Leeds Tykes
15 Olly Morgan
Gloucester
16 Neil Briggs (R)
Rotherham Titans
17 Dylan Hartley (R)
Worcester Warriors
18 Aston Croall (R)
Saracens
19 William Bowley (R)
Worcester Warriors
20 Lee Dickson
Newcastle Falcons
21 Shane Geraghty (R)
London Irish
22 Will Skinner (R)
Leicester Tigers
France
1 Pierre-Philippe Lafond
Montauban
2 Benjamin Kayser
Paris
3 Yohann Montes
Paris
4 Denys Drozdz
Brive
5 Damien Fevre
Agen
6 Gérald Gambetta (C)
Lyon
7 Fabien Alexandre
Grenoble
8 Marc Baget
Biarritz
9 Fabien Cibray
Pau
10 Lionel Beauxis
Pau
11 Maxime Médard
Toulouse
12 Sylvain Mirande
Agen
13 Thibault Lacroix
Biarritz
14 Benjamin Thiery
Bayonne
15 Jean-Baptiste Peyras
Pau
16 Frédéric Montagnat (R)
Bourgoin
17 Alexandre Bastin (R)
Clermont Ferrand
18 Loic Jacquet (R)
Clermont Ferrand
19 Damien Chouly (R)
Brive
20 Julien Tomas (R)
Montpellier
21 Régis Lespinas (R)
Brive
22 Florian Denos (R)
Toulouse
Player On Player Off Time
Dylan Hartley James Haskell 2
James Haskell Dylan Hartley 12
Dylan Hartley Michael Cusack 45
Aston Croall Wayne Thompson 49
Neil Briggs David Ward 62
William Bowley Richard Blaze 62
Shane Geraghty Simon Whatling 68
Will Skinner David Seymour 68
Player On Player Off Time
Damien Chouly Gérald Gambetta 31
Alexandre Bastin Yohann Montes 41
Julien Tomas Fabien Cibray 45
Florian Denos Benjamin Thiery 53
Régis Lespinas Florian Denos 65
Loic Jacquet Denys Drozdz 68
Frédéric Montagnat Damien Fevre 79
Report
France secured their semi-final place in the Under 21 World Championship with a hardfought 37-27 victory over England at Mendoza Rugby Club.
France fly half Lionel Beauxis scored 21 of his team's points against an Egland side that struggled in vain to match their opponents.
From the start, England kept the ball in their forwards whilst France looked to bring their backs into the game. Maxime Medard opened the try scoring in the first half, benefitting from Beaxis' vision and quick hands. England responded with a fine try of their own, full back Olly Morgan latching on to a clever kick from fly half Toby Flood to bring the score to 11-10 in favour of France.
But France extended their lead once again with a Beauxis penalty and a Sylvain Mirande try to leave the half time score at 21-10.
Two England tries early in the second half, to Mark Hopley and Flood brought them to within two points of the French, but the team in blue recovered their poise and their control of the game. Damien Fevre's try late in the second half was the final nail in England's coffin.
Quotes
Jim Mallinder (coach England): It was a very hard game and we are disappointed with the result. But France deserved their victory, which was gained around the fine performance of their fly half. Now we have to correct our errors for the next matches.
Eric Lamarque (coach France): We played with a lot of intensity. We suffered a lot of injuries, but we're happy to be in the semi finals. We're also happy because our defence was criticised against Italy and I said that it was rather a problem of ball retention. We showed that that was the case today.
Sujet: championnat du monde moins de 21 ans 
Mar 14 Juin 2005 - 21:59
