FULL-TIME: FRANCE 27-12 URUGUAY. France win but with no bonus point and Uruguay can be proud of their performance as they gave France a scare here. What a spectacle and thank you for sharing it with us.
Uruguay find touch on the French 22 after a breakdown penalty. Yet another penalty against France and they are warned. Uruguay secure the set-piece on the French 22. They drive forward before sending it wide. Eventually the ball is spilled and that will be that!
NO TRY, FRANCE, MACALOU! 27-12: Once again Uruguay steal a French ball in their 22. Scappy by Uruguay as the ball is stolen by France and kicked through by Sekou Macalou, who collects and runs home to SCORE! HOWEVER! The TMO is involved and they rule that Sekou Macalou kicked it illegally. STRANGE!
TRY, FRANCE, BIELLE-BIARREY! 27-12: France clear a scrum and go left before changing direction, A long pass finds Louis Bielle-Biarrey who puts this result safely into French hands, The conversion is OVER!
France get the ball after the scrum however and string the phases together before they are dispossessed.
France feed a line-out near halfway after another scrum penalty. They swing it wide and progress to the 10 metre line before securing another penalty. This time they reach the 22 but spill the ball at the line-out.
We continue to see errors from both teams. Very scrappy and Uruguay have another penalty. They then mess up the subsequent line-out.
Uruguay swing the ball wide and make good ground as they cross the halfway line before earning an offside penalty. They find touch, secure the set-piece and go wide again.
All the good work undone as they concede a scrum penalty five metres from their own line. France opt for another scrum. After a reset Uruguay earn the scrum penalty and a HUGE relief. HOW?
France with a scrum penalty just outside the Uruguay 22. Again they go for the corner. The line-out is secured and Mauvaka has it at the back as they drive forward. Once again Uruguay turn it over. GREAT WORK!
TRY, FRANCE, MAUVAKA! 20-12: A mistake by Uruguay as they kick the ball into their own player and it's PLAY-ON! it lands for Mauvaka, who controls it and runs home to SCORE! BRILLIANT! The conversion is OVER!
CONVERSION, URUGUAY, ETCHEVERRY! 13-10: Etcheverry adds two more.
TRY, URUGUAY, AMAYA! 13-10: Uruguay edge closer after the line-out and after two attempts they go wide where Baltazar Amaya, is into a gap and SCORES!
Uruguay manage to come away with a ball after HUGE FRENCH PRESSURE at the scrum. They make good ground before securing a penalty at the breakdown. They go for the corner.
A high-kick bouces awkwardly and in favour of France and goes forward off a French arm before they run home to score. BUT we come back for the scrum. NO TRY!
France with a scrum penalty now and Mateo Sanguinetti is penalised. Jaminet goes for goal and it's WIDE!
It's a sudden turn and now France giving the penalties away under pressure.
Another Uruguayan mistake and another French penalty. The French find touch on the other side of halfway.
Uruguay as Freitas is into a gap. They make good ground before securing an offside penalty and find touch in the corner. France steal the ball after the line-out. Nice!
Kick-off! We are back underway in the second half.
HALF-TIME: FRANCE 13-5 URUGUAY. The French have dominated but the Uruguayan defence have held on for now, They may run out of steam later but at this stage they are up for the fight.
This time France choose a scrum five metres from the Uruguay line and come away with it before going wide. They then go offside and it's relief for Uruguay on the cusp of the break.
The penalties are mounting against Uryguay after a cynical tackle at the breakdown. Again France find touch in the corner and secure the line-out. After a few attempts they try the kick-pass to the corner but there's too much on it. Uruguay have been warned for multiple infringements.
The set-piece is secured and France with seven forwards drive forward before Uruguay steal the ball! WOW!
France with another penalty near the Uruguay 22 and they go for the corner.
NO TRY, URUGUAY, ETCHEVERRY! 13-5: Uruguay with an offside penalty and they go for the corner and secure the set-piece. They drive initially and then go wide where . Etcheverry storms into a gap to SCORE! The TMO is involved and rules that there was obstruction in the build-up. That's a SHAME!
Uruguay make their way into the French half before securing an advantage for an offside penalty, Advantage OVER and then the spill it! Oh dear!
Scrappy play from both sides but the French continue to apply the pressure despite being a man short.
YELLOW CARD, FRANCE, TAOFIFENUA! 13-5: Uruguay earn another important penalty in their own half before we have some TMO involvement. Romain Taofifenua has been sin-binned for a shoulder tackle to the head. The TMO will also review it!
Uruguay find touch after securing an important scrum penalty five metres from their own line.
Another French penalty at the breakdown and they go for the corner. The set-piece is secured and they drive forward before Uruguay force a knock-on. Great work!
This time Uruguay earn the free-kick. They kick high and Jaminet takes an easy MARK! What a waste!
Vincent into a gap for France as they make their way to the 10 metre line. They string 12 phases together before giving away a silly penalty at the breakdown for playing the ball on the ground.
The problems are mounting at the scrum as Uruguay give away another free-kick.
Stolen by Uruguay after the restart before they mess it up with a horrible spill.
PENALTY, FRANCE, JAMINET! 13-5: France have another penalty after more pressure on Uruguay who play a man without the ball and Jaminet makes NO MISTAKE!
CONVERSION, FRANCE, JAMINET! 10-5: Melvyn Jaminet adds two more.
TRY, FRANCE, HASTOY! 8-5: Maxime Lucu clears the scrum and go wide. A decoy runner paves the way for Hastoy to score in the corner.
Great work by France to make their way to within five metres of the line before securing an offside penalty right in front. France opt for the scrum and earn another penalty after a reset. They want another scrum.
TRY, URUGUAY, FREITAS! 3-5: Messy from France after the restart but Maxime Lucu clears it into touch. Uruguay secure the line-out and Vilaseca is into a gap. The ball is recycled before a kick-pass bounces nicely for Nicolas Freitas, who SCORES! The conversion is WIDE! Great work!
PENALTY, FRANCE, JAMINET! 3-0: After a few resets at the scrum the penalty go to the French and they have a shot at goal and Melvyn Jaminet slots it DOWN THE MIDDLE!
An opportunity for France right from the kick-off as Uruguay fail to gaher. They got their timing wrong luckily the French spill the ball.
Kick-off! We are underway here in Lille after a minute of silence to remember those who died in the Moroccan earthquake.
Match officials : Our referee is Ben O'Keeffe from New Zealand. He will be assisted by his compatriots Paul Williams and James Doleman. The TMO Ben Whitehouse hails from Wales.
Uruguay: 15 Baltazar Amaya, 14 Bautista Basso, 13 Tomas Inciarte, 12 Andres Vilaseca (captain), 11 Nicolas Freitas, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 9 Santiago Arata, 8 Manuel Diana, 7 Santiago Civetta, 6 Manuel Ardao, 5 Manuel Leindekar, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 3 Ignacio Peculo, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 1 Mateo Sanguinetti.
Replacements: 16 Facundo Gattas, 17 Matias Benitez, 18 Reinaldo Piussi, 19 Ignacio Dotti, 20 Lucas Bianchi, 21 Carlos Deus, 22 Agustin Ormaechea, 23 Felipe Berchesi.
France: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 13 Arthur Vincent, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Gabin Villière, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Anthony Jelonch (captain), 7 Sekou Macalou, 6 Paul Boudehent, 5 Romain Taofifenua, 4 Cameron Woki, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Pierre Bourgarit, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros.
Replacements:16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Sipili Falatea, 19 Bastien Chalureau, 20 Thibaud Flament, 21 Francois Cros, 22 Baptiste Couilloud, 23 Thomas Ramos.
The Teros have not had much game time of late and that fact will definitely be exposed by the French, who is expected to win comfortably.
Uruguay have lost four of their last five matches and only managed a 19-10 victory against Spain. That was however in 2020. In their last game Uruguay went down 34-18 against Georgia.
This is the first match at Rugby World Cup 2023 for Uruguay.
France had the perfect start in Paris last Friday when they defeated the All Blacks 27-13 in the opening game.
Good evening and welcome to the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille for our coverage of this Rugby World Cup 2023 Pool A clash between hosts France and Uruguay.
