FULL TIME! 96-0. France try to run from deep to get the the century but the ball goes out of play and the final whistle sounds. It was a training game for France with Namibia showing plenty of fight but they just don't possess the quality to match the French.
PENALTY TRY! Namibia collapse a maul that would surely have been a try.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 89-0. That is a record for France at a RWC.
TRY! FRANCE! JAMINET! 87-0. The French suck all the Namibian defenders close in and then go wide. Easy run in for the replacement 10.
Scrum penalty to France on halfway. They will hit the lineout again.
I guess the only question remains is whether France can get to a century. They have nine minutes to score 18 points.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 82-0. Another two pointer for Ramos.
TRY! FRANCE! OLLIVON! 80-0. Ollivon shows his pace to out sprint the Namibian players. A nice dummy to get his brace.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 75-0. The fullback slots the extras.
TRY! FRANCE! BIELLE-BIARREY! 73-0. France make a mess of the lineout and Greyling intercepts. He does not have the pace to go all the way so kicks ahead. France however get back and counter which ends with Bielle-Biarrey scoring.
France back on attack in Namibia's 22 with a lineout.
Namibia are camped deep inside France's half for a bit now. Can they get some points?
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 68-0. Another touchline conversion for Ramos. He is racking up the points tonight.
TRY! FRANCE! PENAUD! 66-0. Penaud is over for his hat-trick. It really is too easy, particularly with Namibia down a man.
Namibia are so close to going over but just can't get the ball over the line. Scrum to France now inside their own 22.
The Couilloud try is disallowed after the TMO comes in for foul play.
Deysel's yellow had been upgraded to red as there was no mitigation.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 61-0. Ramos just slides with one between the uprights.
TRY! FRANCE! COUILLOUD! 59-0. Mavuaka breaks and offloads to Couilloud to score.
France with another 5m lineout. Can Namibia hold out, they have gone six minutes without conceding here.
Oh no, Deysel is going to the bin for 10 minutes for head on head contact with Du Pont. Rossouw intercepted to score under the posts but the try is not given, such disappointment.
Ramos finds too much distance with his clearance and Namibia have the scrum on the hosts 22.
KICK OFF! 54-0. France get the second half underway. Can Namibia avoid conceding a 100?
HALF TIME! 54-0. France are in full flight tonight but it is a pretty sad state of affairs for Namibia. Could we get the first 100 today, one would hope not but the form France are showing is ominous. This is a big ask of Namibia to come out in the second 40 and remain motivated.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 54-0. Ramos with a superb kick from touch to rub salt into the wounds.
TRY! FRANCE! BIELLE-BIARREY! 52-0. This is just box office from Du Pont. Ramos starts it off with a chip from his own 22 which he collects. A couple more quick phases pass before Du Pont finds Bielle-Biarrey with a left-footed cross-kick. Magnificent.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 47-0. Ramos with another kick from a slight angle.
TRY! FRANCE! DU PONT! 45-0. A bit scrappy from France but Penaud finds the gap and draws the last man before sending his captain over.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 40-0. Ramos converts from in front.
TRY! FRANCE! FLAMENT! 38-0. Jelonch breaks straight through the ruck and finds Flament on his right shoulder. Far too easy.
So close again for Namibia. They get within a meter of the French line but the hosts win the penalty on the ground
Some excellent play by Namibia. They go through 13 phases, getting over the advantage line and creating problems. Unfortunately it ends with a knock-on inside France's 22.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 33-0. Ramos converts from a slight angle. This could get very big if we keep going at this rate.
TRY! FRANCE! DANTY! 31-0. France again go off the back of a 5m lineout, Du Pont feeds Danty who crashes over.
First scrum penalty goes the way of France. They are now completely dominant in every aspect.
France look to be in again for all money after more brilliant work by Du Pont. However, there is a knock and Namibia are off the hook.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 26-0. Ramos adds the extras.
TRY! FRANCE! PENAUD! 24-0. Another well worked move. Namibia expected the maul so all their defenders were committed. Mauvaka however breaks off the back and his inside pass sees Penaud go in untouched.
Penalty on halfway. France set the lineout up inside the Namibia 22 as they go on the hunt for a bonus point try.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 19-0. Ramos coverts a simple kick.
TRY! FRANCE! OLLIVON! 17-0. What a try, that will be one of the tries of the tournament. Started by Jalibert and finished by Ollivon with four spectacular offloads inbetween.
Namibia are holding their own in the scrums for now. There is certainly no shortage of effort on their part.
Superb work by Greyling on the ground to win a penalty for Namibia after Fickou broke their defence. That was another try loading.
This is already looking like it could get very ugly for Namibia. While they have matched up in close quarters, they are leaving so much space in the wide channels.
CONVERSION! RAMOS! 12-0. This time Ramos finds the target from the opposite touchline.
TRY! FRANCE! DANTY! 10-0. That is brilliant from the hosts again. From the scrum Du Pont dinks it over the top which Bielle-Biarrey collects. He flicks it inside to Danty to score just before going into touch.
Loubser over does his kick so France have a scrum in midfield, about seven meters outside of Namibia's 22.
Ramos is just wide with his conversion attempt from touch.
TRY! FRANCE! PENAUD! 5-0. The French maul can't quite get the job done from close range but Du Pont find Penaud with a cross-kick who scores in the corner.
Penalty to France after Namibia try to run from deep. Good work on the ground by the hosts. They opt for the lineout.
Early possession from Namibia but they can't make much headway. They end up kicking with the ball finding touch on their 10m line.
Early clearance by France finds touch just outside their 22.
KICK OFF! 0-0. We are underway in this Pool B clash. It is Namibia who kick off.
The teams are out for the national anthems. Kick off is moments away.
Namibia: 15 Andre van der Berg; 14 Gerswin Mouton, 13 Johan Deysel (captain), 12 Danco Burger, 11 JC Greyling; 10 Cliven Loubser, 9 Jacques Theron; 8 Prince Gaoseb, 7 Johan Retief, 6 Max Katjijeko; 5 Adriaan Ludick, 4 Mahepisa Tjeriko; 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Louis van der Westhuizen, 1 Desiderius Sethie
Replacements: 16 Obert Nortje, 17 Jason Benade, 18 Haitembu Shikufa, 19 PJ Van Lill, 20 Richard Hardwick, 21 Oela Blaauw, 22 Alcino Izaacs, 23 Divan Rossouw
France: 15 Thomas Ramos; 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Antoine Dupont (captain), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Thibaud Flament, 4 Cameron Woki, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Pierre Bourgarit, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Paul Boudehent, 21 Baptiste Couilloud, 22 Yoram Moefana, 23 Melvyn Jaminet
This should be a fairly one-sided encounter with the French at full strength. Namibia's big game is against Uruguay next week so they will largely be focused on that especially considering that they've never won a World Cup game before.
Namibia on the other hand have lost heavily in their opening two games. While they were competitive against Italy in the first half, they fell away in the second. Against the All Blacks, Namibia were hammered 71-3.
France beat New Zealand in their first match before struggling past Uruguay last week. The French did however field a completely second string side, something they have not done this week.
France are currently second in Pool A, one point behind Italy who have only played Namibia and Uruguay. They are still heavy favourites to top the pool.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool A fixture between the hosts France and Namibia at the Orange Velodrome.
