FRA
	No.	Name
15Scott Spedding, FB 
14Yoann Huget, W
13Mathieu Bastareaud, C
12Alexandre Dumoulin, C
11Noa Nakaitaci, W
10Frederic Michalak, FH  2  5
9Sebastien Tillous-Borde, SH
1Eddy Ben Arous, P
2Guilhem Guirado, H
3Rabah Slimani, P T
4Pascal Pape, L
5Yoann Maestri, L
6Thierry Dusautoir, FL
7Damien Chouly, FL
8Louis Picamoles, N8
Replacements
16Benjamin Kayser, R
17Vincent Debaty, R
18Nicolas Mas, R T
19Bernard Le Roux, R
20Alexandre Flanquart, R
21Morgan Parra, R
22Remi Tales, R
23Gael Fickou, R

ITALY
	No.	Name
15Luke McLean, FB
14Leonardo Sarto, W
13Michele Campagnaro, C
12Andrea Masi, C
11Giovanbattista Venditti, W T
10Tommaso Allan, FH  
9Edoardo Gori, SH
1Matias Aguero, P
2Leonardo Ghiraldini, H
3Martin Castrogiovanni, P
4Quintin Geldenhuys, L
5Josh Furno, L
6Alessandro Zanni, FL
7Francesco Minto, FL
8Samu Vunisa, N8
16Andrea Manici, R
17Michele Rizzo, R
18Lorenzo Cittadini, R
19Valerio Bernabo, R
20Simone Favaro, R
21Guglielmo Palazzani, R
22Carlo Canna, R
23Enrico Bacchin, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Twickenham

8:00 PM, September 19, 2015

Attendance: 76,232

3140d

Huget injury overshadows France victory

France showed glimpses of the flair within their ranks but it was nineteen points from the boot of Frederic Michalak which did most damage in their Rugby World Cup Pool D victory over Italy

Match Commentary

82'		Read the full match report here
81'		Tom Hamilton sums up from Twickenham: "It was a case of job done for France but it was a victory that will potentially marred by what looked to be a worrying knee injury to Yoann Huget. They will wait nervously on his prognosis but they can take solace in the performance of Louis Picamoles who was wonderful. And in Scott Spedding they have a fullback who offers an assured presence while their front-row was immense. They lack direction in the midfield and are missing Wesley Fofana but that is a luxury Italy can only dream of. They offered little in structured attack leaving this Pool to already seem to be a two-horse race between Ireland and France."
81'		32-10 End of second half

Match Stats

FRA

ITALY

46%

54%

43%

57%

FRA

ITALY

107	Runs	94
431	Metres Run	298
7	Clean Breaks	2
109	Tackles	120
15	Missed Tackles	23
7	Turnover Knock On	6

Standings

Pool A
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	FRA	4	+178	18
2	NZL	4	+206	15
3	ITALY	4	-67	10
4	URUG	4	-99	5
5	NAMIB	4	-218	0
Pool B
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	4	+144	19
2	SA	4	+117	15
3	SCOT	4	+75	10
4	TONGA	4	-81	5
5	ROM	4	-255	0
Pool C
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	WALES	4	+84	19
2	FIJI	4	+5	11
3	AUS	4	-1	11
4	POR	4	-39	6
5	GEO	4	-49	3
Pool D
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	ENG	4	+111	18
2	ARG	4	+58	14
3	JPN	4	+2	9
4	SAMOA	4	+17	7
5	CHI	4	-188	0

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