{"id":332950,"date":"2023-09-21T22:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=332950"},"modified":"2023-09-22T01:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T01:02:40","slug":"commentators-lose-it-at-insane-rock-and-roll-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=332950","title":{"rendered":"Commentators lose it at insane 'rock and roll' move"},"content":{"rendered":"

France<\/a> captain Antoine Dupont may have been forced off the field with a facial injury<\/a>, but he managed to have one of the try assists of the tournament beforehand.<\/p>\n

Dupont's 45th-minute injury \ufefftook the gloss off France's highest ever score, a 96-0 romp against hapless Namibia at the Rugby World Cup<\/a> on Friday morning (AEST).<\/p>\n

There were 14 tries, including a penalty try, and Thomas Ramos converted 12 of 13.<\/p>\n

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The Rugby World Cup's seventh highest score was marred by Dupont's game-ending injury, after he was in a head-on-head collision with Namibia captain Johan Deysel in the 45th minute. Deysel was yellow-carded for the dangerous upright hit while Dupont walked off to tears. He reportedly left Stade Velodrome immediately for hospital scans.<\/p>\n

\"Antoine<\/p>\n

Dupont was at his dazzling best prior to the clash with Deysel, with his \ufeffmastery never more evident than the moment where he set up Louis Bielle-Biarrey's first try of the match.<\/p>\n

The France skipper took a quick tap and ran diagonally past multiple defenders, before putting in an inch-perfect left-footed cross kick split seconds before he was cleaned up.<\/p>\n

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Bielle-Biarrey did not even have to break stride to collect the ball in the left corner.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffThat is stunning. Dupont is rock and roll," exclaimed lead commentator Dallen Stanford on Stan Sport's coverage.<\/p>\n

"It's Dupont with the tap and it's dream-like as he gets wiped out, off his left boot," co-commentator Tom Mitchell added.<\/p>\n

"It couldn't be more on the money,<\/p>\n

\"'Rock<\/p>\n

The heavy-hitters who made the scoreboard this time included winger Damian Penaud with a hat trick, Bielle-Biarrey, center Jonathan Danty and flanker Charles Ollivon who grabbed two each.<\/p>\n

The other try scorers in the Marseille mauling were lock Thibaud Flament, replacement scrumhalf Baptiste Couilloud, replacement fullback Melyvn Jaminet and a last-gasp penalty try.<\/p>\n

Penaud's try-scoring run extended to six games and gave him a national record 13 in a calendar year, beating Phillipe Saint-Andr\u00e9's record from 1995, and put him one ahead of Saint-Andr\u00e9 for Les Tricolores with 33 tries overall.<\/p>\n

France extended Namibia's tournament losing run to a record 25 games.<\/p>\n

"It was a tough day at the office. A little bit humiliating," Namibia coach Allister Coetzee said. "Our objective is still alive, to win a game at the World Cup."<\/p>\n

\"Antoine<\/p>\n

Namibia had an intercept try five minutes into the second half scratched off after the TMO showed Deysel's collision with Dupont.<\/p>\n

Les Tricolores opened the tournament beating New Zealand 27-13 and followed with an uninspiring 27-12 victory against Uruguay. That game drew criticism and so Galthi\u00e9 picked a full-strength side which had the four-try bonus point inside 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

"We got outmuscled and outclassed by a quality French side," Namibia hooker Louis van der Westhuizen said. "We've got a lot of local boys only playing (club) rugby in Namibia, so for them to play on a world stage like this in front of a crowd like this is massive."<\/p>\n

It took six minutes for France to score from a lineout, with Dupont's smart kick to the right picked up on the bounce by Penaud.<\/p>\n

Jalibert kicked next, to the left, where Bielle-Biarrey did well to stop the ball going out and showed great hands to flick it back to Danty. The try was awarded following a quick review.<\/p>\n

\"France<\/p>\n

Ollivon got in on the act, burrowing over after Penaud and Mathieu Jalibert combined neatly. Hooker Peato Mauvaka dummied to attack and instead served Penaud on the right, and his change of direction was too good for Namibia's defense.<\/p>\n

Another attacking lineout saw Cameron Woki rise high and pat the ball down instantly to Dupont, who fed Danty for his second try on his return from a sore hamstring. Then, Flament picked up No.8 Anthony Jelonch's offload and dived between the posts.<\/p>\n

Dupont orchestrated many of his team's attacks, so it was just reward he was served by Penaud, who broke free from a couple of weak tackles and passed to him inside in the 38th.<\/p>\n

France's last pool game is against Italy on Oct. 6, when Penaud will look to overtake winger Vincent Clerc on 34 tries and move closer to France's record-holder Serge Blanco on 38.<\/p>\n

Namibia lost 52-8 to Italy before being overwhelmed 71-3 by the All Blacks, and concludes against Uruguay in Lyon next Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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