The greatest match EVER?! | France v South Africa | Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Highlights
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00:00yes just one change for France and it's a big one Antoine Dupont returning just
00:0524 days after suffering that fractured cheekbone Cyril Baye, Peto Malvaca and
00:10Winnie Antonio are the front row for France this evening a huge night ahead
00:16for two French locks perhaps known more for their mobility than power Cameron
00:19Waukee who was born in Saint-Denis just down the road teams up with Thibaut Flamel
00:24Anthony Gellon only recently returned playing after six months out with an ACL
00:29injury he's in the back row with La Rochelle number eight Greg Aldridge and
00:33France's top try scoring forward of all time Charles Olivon has that famous
00:40cheekbone fully healed well we will find out it's a 20th test as captain for
00:44Antoine Dupont fly half-much as Yalaba has made the number 10 shirt all his own
00:50at this tournament Jonathan Dante has won each of his last
00:5318 tests playing for France his combination with defense captain Gael
00:57Ficu could be crucial Louis B.L.B.R.A. only turned 20 in June this year he
01:04plays his first game at the Stade de France Damien Penault has seven tries in
01:08his last seven tests the fullback Thomas Ramos is the leading point scorer at the
01:13World Cup 13 of the France matchday 23 have never lost at this stadium well
01:21seven of the South African matchday squad played in their previous two
01:23World Cup quarterfinals Stephen Kipzop gets a start at loose head prop a big
01:28responsibility again for Bongi and Benambi and Hooker after that tournament
01:32ending injury to Malcolm Marks Franz Malherber plays in a third
01:35quarterfinal only Brian Havana and Victor Matfield had more springboard
01:40caps than even Etzebeth he teams up with the equally abrasive Franco Mostert in
01:44the second row Sio Kalisi leads South Africa for a 51st time the oldest player
01:50in the squad Dwayne Van Uylen takes over at number eight former World Player of
01:54the Year Peter Stef Dutoy wears seven a big selection call at nine and ten
02:00Kobus Reinhardt and Marnie Lebeck are preferred to Fafter Klerk and Andre
02:04Pollard who were on the bench this evening two World Cup winners in the
02:09midfield Damien Dele Allende and Jesse Creel. Creel has three tries in his
02:13previous five tests against France South Africa are yet to score a counter-attack
02:19try at this World Cup that could change with the likes of Cheslin Colby, Kirtley
02:23Aronson and Damien Willemsen teaming up in the back three. Perhaps surprisingly
02:29again there's five forwards and three backs on the South African bench but
02:33plenty of power and talent to call upon as usual
02:39a nation united for a World Cup dream back in Paris after a road trip around
02:52the country a tour to France if you like France and South Africa for a place in
02:59the semi-final Leblanc looking to continue their quest for World Cup
03:05glory there's also Captain France on many occasions there's a little dink
03:11over the top from Dupont it's for Jalibert and the fly half has scooped it
03:15up for France Dupont already making things happen and look at Louis Biel
03:22Biel-Rey
03:27almost Petr Malvaka for Cameron Walkie
03:36and they're rumbling forward France they're almost there
03:42Malvaka change of direction from Walkie penalty advantage France Peno for Cyril
03:50Bae
03:59and we're barely three minutes in and already the roof is lifted off the
04:05France but look at the slick hands of the back of the skip good pass for Peno
04:09and the finish by the big number one Cyril Bae
04:18Kovac Reinhardt tries to charge it down but the flags are up very clever from the
04:27vastly experienced Eben Ecevit his 111th test match tonight his Biel Biel-Rey
04:34the young 20-year-old Tyro coming in off his left wing Gregory Aldridge again
04:43it was good turn over South Africa wins the ball
04:50Dwayne Van Meulen involved in that I think veteran number eight kicked high
04:55it's gone backwards and look at Kirtley Adanson, Adanson's got space in front of
05:00him and he will score for South Africa
05:06against the run of play the Springboks have their first try of the night
05:13all-or-nothing play the back end of it after the turnover from Dwayne Van Meulen
05:18up high Reinhardt becomes a 50-50 ball there Nitzkan here
05:22Kirtley Adanson can't fly 12 tries in his previous 12 test matches coming into
05:30this quarterfinal Kirtley Adanson he is lightning and there wasn't anything
05:37that Salma Ramos could do about that shot clocks down to five seconds
05:45tries to curve it round and he does use it
05:51Dante so often the source of momentum for France
06:09he won't have the distance he hits the upright Willemsen can't take it on the
06:15first grab Steph Dutoy wins the line out it's a little unstraight but they
06:24carry on here's Aaron Savick try score through a half gap offloads Jesse Creel
06:30now slightly leading with the left arm that's what the crowd are unhappy about
06:35here's Libic high crossfield kick
06:41Wokey but it's into the hands of Deolindy still going the inside
06:46center South Africa looking for their second try
06:54Deolindy will score it for the Springboks
07:00where Kirtley Adanson decided to take it in a couple of passes here went to
07:06the ground Creel was the one in the end that set it up which allowed them to get
07:11their line sorted for the cross kick from Liboc and from there becomes a
07:1550-50 ball look at all the chases green jersey Fuku can't handle it this guy
07:20here I'm a real fan of him Deolindy goes straight ahead but look at the effort on
07:24effort play from the number 12 he gets off off the deck gets back into play and
07:30then gets the score well only John Davila's a start of Morgan
07:37laser-like pass from Dupont de Gélabert Ramos Peno back inside to Dupont
07:46Ramos now
07:51they pick and go to France
07:56Sio Kalisi asked the referee can I have a go at that he said yes and that's
08:00exactly what the Springbok captain has done but do France still have the ball I
08:04think they do Malvaca
08:14Thibaut Flamont to Dante again
08:20France do get their penalty and Dupont's gonna play quickly
08:25Antoine Dupont, Malvaca, he scores
08:35and now Malvaca here's the initial go forward from Dante the quick tap from the
08:44everywhere Dupont man he is class in the pass to finish
08:50well the impact he's making already it's incredible isn't it and Deolindy spoke
08:55about it during the week that he said he knows he's capable of making such a big
08:58difference he inspires that fear in opponents said the France fly half and
09:03Ramos it's been charged down by Cheslin Colby
09:10it remains 12 each if it plays as a coach this is what you love it takes a
09:20long time and it's wind up and this guy is super quick France have brought this
09:26line out down Cyril by again so thrilled to have him back after missing a few
09:33games with that calf strength he's all drip now so often that the primary ball
09:38carrier for France Antonio and La Rochelle yes Paul was out
09:45Paul's out says the referee good line speed from South Africa and they've got
09:48possession here's Jesse Creel puts it on the toe
09:51Cheslin Colby it sits up for him
09:58Cheslin Colby is absolute lightning for South Africa picked up nicely by the
10:07good recognition from Creel to kick this ball through and this guy here's got box
10:12office speed Cheslin Colby well a course score to try in the World Cup final four
10:23years ago in Japan
10:27Wow what a sight that is Cheslin Colby in full flight
10:34Marnie Levert has hit it very well though six kicks from Antoine Dupont
10:43attacking kicks as well Mel Vakka comes around the corner the dummy from the
10:48hooker good tackle from Mel Herber the tight-knit prop here's Dante
10:56France are over the line cheering for the score Cyril Bayh and he has a second
11:05try for France
11:10they get their third try of the half and the conversion will level it up once
11:18more with a good hold off this line out the move was actually give it the pass
11:22but he saw a bit of space and then Dante we know he loves this part of the
11:26field he hits it up on the back of that ruck you can see just to the left hand
11:30side great body position great power by against two in the Six Nations for the
11:38last three years for France that's how crucial he is Ramos
11:43jinx it over for the extra two will level at 19 France have a penalty
11:50advantage is don't see again loose ball out the back to shallow bear gets away
11:54from Jesse krill there's much a shallow bear flicks it out the back for Peno it's
11:58gone behind him told is off to the races but they'll go back to the penalty
12:02advantage so Brendan coming upstairs to you and got potential foul play put on
12:09the big screen and we'll let you know we're gonna do he's been I'm gonna show
12:13you head-on head contact by South Africa for since it's here moment is
12:18that oh yeah crown of the head to
12:26there is mitigation I think we've done tippy so we've got direct head-on head
12:31contact it is foul play you need to be lower so it's a yellow card it's foul
12:35play and a review that's a bit goes to the cinnamon
12:43Tomas Ramos to put France in France and he does just that as we go to halftime
12:56entertainment plus in the first 40 minutes here at the Stade de France
13:01three tries a piece
13:06much a shallow bear gets us back under way 40 minutes from a semi-final
13:18vantage vantage to France to pump compliance he goes the short side to
13:26shallow bear steps away from one defender
13:35the crowd will tell the story
13:41Thomas Ramos as the first point to the second half almost making the decision
13:47of what to do here RKS Neyman to be Mulan to clerk
13:56advantage South Africa twisting looking for the tribe
14:07to clerk finds one of his forwards there's three to clerk to it's a bit
14:16it's a bad that's the tribe of South Africa
14:25to take that tip but look at the big boy even it's a bit go rumble and get you
14:31some son his sixth test shallow bear gets us back underway approaching the
14:41final ten minutes it's alpha vanilla got there very well for France and they've
14:45won possession here Dupont skips away loose ball wokies there anything anyone
14:52furious defense coming in from deal three penalty again to South Africa
15:03Pollard from 52 meters the flags are up France need to recycle they do so
15:12Wadi hasn't been he's wrapped up by the clerk advantage France Ramos is gonna
15:22cross kick with a free hit is too heavy Colby marks and they'll come back well
15:27now there's a decision to be made what they do with this penalty Ramos straight
15:34down the middle no problem we're back to a one-point game in the
15:40quarter-final
15:45top of the newer
15:51leave there no going clean that's good
15:59radar Wadi just takes his time needs to get low here but what a carry that is
16:04he's lost the ball the clock's in the red and says like Colby
16:17South Africa
16:22power on to the semi-final
16:26Frank's World Cup dreams are shattered
16:34you