11 Oct 2015
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11 Oct 2015
QUARTER-FINAL LINE-UP
Ireland will play Argentina at the Millennium Stadium next Sunday at 14:00 SA time
France will play the All Blacks at the Millennium Stadium next Saturday at 21:00 SA time.
11 Oct 2015
FULL-TIME IN CARDIFF
Ireland 24-9 France
Hughly impressive by Ireland. But at what cost did their win come? Injuries to 4 key players - and a possible citing
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78' - Penalty to Ireland as Vincent Debaty is penalised for walking around
Ireland finishing with a ruthless display. Very impressive to watch
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77' - Into the final 3 minutes and the match is won
Scrum to the Irish on their own 22m after a knock-on from the restart
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76' - Penalty at the scrum for Ireland
France look tired and Ireland are been given a second wind by their incredible supporters who are in full voice
Amazing atmosphere
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70' - Madigan puts Ireland onto the attack and into the French 22m as we're into the last 10 minutes of the match
Time has flown by
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68' - Argentina and New Zealand will be interested watchers of this match
Not sure who they'd like to play to be honest
Argentina arguably playing better rugby than the All Blacks at the moment
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68' - Forward pass denies France
Relief for Ireland inside their 22m
Ireland starting to tire. Certainly not helped by injuries to key players
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67' - France march back into Irish territory
Should be a sensational finish to this match
Don't leave your seats!
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63' - Penalty to France in a kickable position
They elect to take the points through the boot of Morgan Parra
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62' - Luke Fitzgerald on for Keith Earls
Mathieu Bastareaud off for France, replaced by Alexandre Dumoulin
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62' - Penalty to France as Ireland hold on
Huge relief as Ireland prepare to make a tactical substitution rather than an injury-enforced one!
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60' - We're into the final quarter now
Ireland with an 9-point lead. Will they hang on for a famous victory?
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59' - Ireland's turn to defend a French maul now
And they turn it over!
Huge by Sean O'Brien
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55' - Peter O'Mahony down and he's replaced by Chris Henry
Another bad looking injury for the Irish
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55' - Ireland lose possession and Kearney is forced to hurry back to field the French kick
He does well as Ireland have another player down
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53' - Oh dear, skipper Thierry Dusautoir drops it cold in midfield
Scrum to Ireland in the French 22m as their fans grow in voice
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52' - Hats off to Ireland who have lost their two best players in the match already
They are targeting the relatively small Michalak
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50' - FANTASTIC BY IRELAND!
They barge forward through their pack then spread it wide and ROB KEARNEY dives over in the tackle for the first try of the match
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49' - Excellent play by Henshaw as he slices through the French backline
Closest Ireland have come to scoring a try
5m scrum after aknock-on in the tackle