1 Oct 2019
Opening Results
Having cruised to a 20-3 half time lead over the Pumas in France’s opener they made difficult work of the second half with a 69th minute drop goal from Camille Lopez to make it 23-21 proving the difference between the sides, in what was their only second half points.
USA on the other hand were, as expected, taken to the cleaners by England in their World Cup opener with their only points coming in overtime.
Form In World Cups
Les Bleus laid down a serious marker in this Pool C with their win over Argentina and it looks as if they’ll reach the World Cup knockout stages for ninth straight time, having never failed to do so before.
The minimum requirement will be the full five points against this Tier 2 USA outfit, which should also fend off any late surges from Mario Ledesma’s men to claw them back in the pool. Indeed, when facing Tier 2 nations they’ve won 24 of their 27 outings since 2000, with 18 of their victories by more than 23 points, including seven of 10 at World Cups.
By contrast, the Americans have lost 32 of their 33 matches in that time period when facing Tier 1 nations, as 20 were by more than that 23-point margin.
Moreover, if we exclude both Italy and Scotland from those matches then 17 of their 23 such fixtures have seen them lose by more than that margin and so that looks pretty likely this Wednesday.
Of course, the French fans will still be hoping Typhoon Mitag doesn’t stop their clash going ahead, as that would put the result down as a 0-0 draw, meaning they’d miss out on some valuable points and also only put them level on points with Argentina having both played two fixtures.
France were dealt a slight setback in the front row with replacement prop Demba Bamba injuring himself, while the French Rugby Federation proceeded to embarrass themselves after announcing a call-up of already injured player, Uini Atonio.
France -23 Handicap
The Americans will have to fare without their flanker John Quill who’s been handed a three-week ban for his shoulder charge on Owen Farrell.
Other than that, they’ll be putting everything they have left into this encounter with defeat all but ending their World Cup campaign after just two matches.
In fact, having had that intense fixture with Eddie Jones’ men just six days prior to this, there could still be a few sore bodies in their squad and Les Bleus look the value bet on the handicap.
France -23 Point Handicap At 10/11
FRANCE V USA TEAMS
France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Alivereti Raka, 13 Sofiane Guitoune, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 Yoann Huget, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Louis Picamoles (captain), 7 Yacouba Camara, 6 Arthur Iturria, 5 Paul Gabrillagues, 4 Bernard Le Roux, 3 Emerick Setiano, 2 Camille Chat, 1 Cyril Baille.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 20 Gregory Alldritt, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Romain Ntamack, 23 Maxime Medard.
United States: 15 Mike Teo, 14 Blaine Scully (captain), 13 Marcel Brache, 12 Bryce Campbell, 11 Martin Iosefo, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Shaun Davies, 8 Cam Dolan, 7 Hanco Germishuys, 6 Tony Lamborn, 5 Nick Civetta, 4 Nate Brakeley, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Joe Taufete’e, 1 Eric Fry.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Fawsitt, 17 Olive Kilifi, 18 Paul Mullen, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Ben Pinkelman, 21 Ruben de Haas, 22 Will Magie, 23 Thretton Palamo.
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