Second half as promised:
41
Foley kicks to Machineaud who sticks it out 45m from his own line
Wallaby lineout to Simmons. Wide ball to AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and just in from touch but the phase makes 10 metres
42
Couple of phases, Kuridrani straightens then Foley takes on the line and makes another 10 metres
Ball goes Skelton then Folau - try
43
Foley knocks over the kick
44
French restart to THB, then punched up by Palu
To'omua charged down, knock on thankfully, scrum Wallabies
45
Good shove France. White grubbers, then runs and evades Palu. Good yards.
COuple of phases then Hooper smashes Tales
46
10 phases France before dropping it and losing metres.
47
THB gets his stinger, pulls the reverse Badger tackle, resulting in a knock on from the next phase
Which is kicked away by White. Merde!
French recover, start the phases again before Fardy cops one in the beard.
48
French scrum. Skelton's shoulder position is all wrong. Short arm for early push
French hit it up but lose it in contact into touch. French loosehead pops his knee and goes off
49
Wallaby lineout. Ball to Palu at the back. Nice passes to AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). Hooper rips and runs, but knocks on
French scrum. Stirlo and Burkey talking about how lateral we are. Good point.
50
Hooper was offside there as the French pushed Kepu back and sideways
Machineu has the ball ripped off him, and they go wide. Foley hits Folau on the chest at pace and distance
51
Folau nearly forced into touch. Lucky to get that back! Couple of hitups with To'omua at first receiver.
AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) drills it into touch inside the French 22
French lineout to 6. Bastareud hits out past the 22 then Tales clears.
Folau takes and runs, then delivers a hail mary that THB can't pull in
52
French scrum just on their own 40m. Kepu done again for not pushing straight. Pocock has a point
53
French find touch on the Aussie 35m. Sio on
Ball to 4, hit up in close from the Frogs and TPN bashes their replacement flanker as ball spilled.
Another kick through from Folau this time ends up in the French 22 in touch
54
Quick play on to Fofana. Great cleanout Sio
French recover and clear to their own 40
Wallaby lineout straight to Skelton at the front. Folau midfield makes yards.
55
Next phase Kuridrani gets up over gain line, and French in from the side as the ball comes free
Kick for touch about 8 metres out from the French line
Beale on
56
Simmons calls himself, then spills it, but was played with in the air
Go for touch again. 5m out this time
Simmons calls himself again and is beaten in the air. Clear the french were double marking him.
57
French get the ball and clear. Horwill on - Skelton utterly ROOTED
Wallaby lineout 23m out from the French line
Fardy gets the ball right on the 15m line - how good is TPN's throwing?
White to Foley who spills it. Ugly
French kick deep. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) fakes to kick then runs
Great run Sio! Palu smashes it up, then Beale takled next phase.
Sio AGAIN!
Channel 10 broadcast clock stops at this point. WTF? I'll just carry on
58
Quick hands Folau to Palu, static, makes 20m. Kepu lateral and cleaned up.
Beale hands through but noone supporting.
Foley through, chucks a back hander but a French hand in the way
Eventually the French knock on
59
Phipps on
Weeks on
Wallaby scrum - early push from us taken to a penalty by Pollock. TAKE THE WEIGHT BLUE!
French kick to touch on our 38m. Knock on us as the ball comes down.
French getting bashed but jeezus Kuridrani has to watch his driving tackling style.
Knock on France
60
Wallaby scrum - Pollock has a word about early push to us.
BIG scrum Wallabies. Great hands from Phipps to Foley to Beale to THB
Another setup by Palu, then the French replacement prop drifts onto Beale
Foley into the hole, Beale follows, Hooper looms up on the inside - TRY!
Laurie Weeks was following that like a Labrodor among the greyhounds - legs churning, getting nowhere
62
Foley knocks it over
63
French restart and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) takes it on the wing. Turnover France and the box kick for Huget. Knock on into touch
Hooper takes lineout option 5 out
McCalman on
64
Benny Mac hits it up after great 4 ball. Phipps hit it beautifully there.
Ball to Foley, takes it aout 35m. French lineout
Bastareud runs over Foley, and drops it. Foley picks it up and chucks it back, but French pick it up
65
Folau knocks it down, French penalty - put it in touch 5 metres out
Big drive from the Frogs - great ball to the back and just fluid. Very weak effort from the Wallaby forwards
66
Conversion made
67
Restart Foley deep to Huget. CLearance to the French 35m
68
Wallaby lineout to Simmons (again) and the French come through to hassle Phipps
He offloads and Hooper spills but its recovered. Weeks hits it up.
Fuck I've gotta say Phipps' speed of delivery is really noticable over White's at this point
Beale throws a pass, French player knocks it up, Beale regathers and runs straight into three forwards
Poor pass Phipps after another couple of phases, Foley not running onto it hard enough
French defence has found a bit of line speed too
69
COuple of scrappy phases, then Foley palms Dusatoir and goes straight
Beale the only one on hand to clean out, ball comes back
Short interchange from Phipps to Benny Mac to Horwill across the gain line
Back to Phipps, then Folau, who flick passes but stuffs it. Knock on Wallabies.
Should have released it earlier
Charles on
70
SCrum France just outside their 22
Machineu goes blind with a chip but out on the full
Quick play on AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Beale hits it up in midfield and is crunched
Hooper pick n go, makes nearly 10 metres
Couple of phases, Foley beats another tackler
Phipps caught with the ball again (no protection) and knocks on
71
French scrum about 35 out from their own line
Horne on for Kuridrani
French not taking the weight. Bastareud passes forward. THB picks up
Wallaby scrum after the resulting maul fails to produce a result - back for advantage
30 metres out from the French line
72
Good push Wallabies. Advantage for collapsing.
Horne gets it on the wing and tackled
Benny Mac takes it and the tackler at the same time
Kick for touch. Charles RUNS to take the throw
74
Wallaby maul from the resulting lineout. Hooper off the back.
Phipps like a bullet with the passes. Then takes the tap for the penalty and in!
76
Foley misses the kick - should really have got that but away to the right. Plant foot too close
French restart short, and Folau knocks it on
French scrum 40m from Wallaby line, about 25 in
77
French hooker pops under pressure from Weeks but ball away
Second channel to The Beast, brushes Beale, outpaces AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and then tries to kick?
Clearance Fardy to Foley it up to the 40 but quick play on by France
78
Fofana smashed Horwill with Phipps around the ankles
French drive it up, but Wallabies line speed good. Hooper nearly has it but then Sio penalised
79
French kick for touch into our 22. ABout 15 out
French lineout to 2, Fardy up in front but knocks on.
Michalak hoists it, Folau goes up, ladders The Beast, who knocks on
80
Wallaby scrum under the posts. Phipps feeds it sideways! FOley clears
French lineout as the hooter goes, about 30 out
81
Knock on out wide by Dulin, game over
