Full Time
80:00
9:00pm Sun November 12, 2017
Pool A - Optus Stadium, Burswood / Whadjuk - Crowd: 14744
79

SCRUM ENGLAND - Bousquet with a shock play-the-ball. England will take their time with this set and hope to close out the game.

England 36-6

77

France get a repeat set after forcing a drop out.

England 36-6

73

England have struggled to go on with the blitz. France have been determined but scrappy.

England 36-6

64

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ENGLAND: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.

Widdop with another conversion attempt for the touchline and he is unable to add the extras.

England 36-6

63

TRY ENGLAND: Scored by Jermaine McGillvary. Kick to come.

McGilvray is awarded his second try of the night, almost losing the ball in the process.

England 36-6

54

England look to be a little panicked at times in attack in the last 5 minutes

England 32-6

48

SCRUM FRANCE - Forward pass by England after a fast break and a scoring opportunity goes begging.

England 32-6

43

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ENGLAND: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdop converts from the touchline.

England 32-6

41

TRY ENGLAND: Scored by Jermaine McGillvary. Kick to come.

Widdop with a great catch and pass, sends the ball to McGillvray who scores in the corner.

England 30-6

40

SCRUM ENGLAND - Sloppy ball handling by Jullien, who turns the ball over in the first set after the break.

England 26-6

35

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION FRANCE: Conversion attempt by Lucas Albert successful.

Albert converts from in front.

England 26-6

33

TRY FRANCE: Scored by Benjamin Garcia. Kick to come.

Garcia with a great rakes try, at dummy half, close to the line, he dummies and then goes himself to score under the posts.

England 26-4

32

PENALTY FRANCE - 5 metres from the Brits line and the French get another 6.

England 26-0

31

SCRUM FRANCE - McGillvray spills the ball cold with no one near him.

England 26-0

29

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ENGLAND: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.

Widdop misses from out wide

England 26-0

28

TRY ENGLAND: Scored by John Bateman. Kick to come.

Bateman takes on his defender and gets outside him to score in the corner.

England 26-0

27

PENALTY ENGLAND - Mark Kheirallah all over the ruck

England 22-0

25

French winger Bergal cops an accidental finger to the eye from Bateman

England 22-0

23

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ENGLAND: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.

Widdop just misses the extras.

England 22-0

22

TRY ENGLAND: Scored by Mark Percival. Kick to come.

England send the ball right and some nice draw and passing creates an overlap and Percival scores an easy try.

England 22-0

18

SCRUM ENGLAND - Sloppy ball control by the French sees the turn the ball over 10 metres out from the English line.

England 18-0

17

SCRUM FRANCE - England spill the ball early in their set and France get another crack at their line.

England 18-0

17

Poor kick on the third tackle by France ends their attack.

England 18-0

16

PENALTY FRANCE - Another ruck penalty against England

England 18-0

15

PENALTY FRANCE - At the end of the set, giving the French their first genuine attacking set.

England 18-0

10

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ENGLAND: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdop nails another conversion.

England 18-0

9

TRY ENGLAND: Scored by James Graham. Kick to come.

Some sloppy play by England, before the ball goes wide to Graham running a strong line who barges over for a good try.

England 16-0

8

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ENGLAND: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdop with another great conversion from out wide.

England 12-0

6

TRY ENGLAND: Scored by Stefan Ratchford. Kick to come.

Ratchford goes in for England's second try inside 6 minutes after a good backline movement

England 10-0

3

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ENGLAND: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdops converts his own try for touch

England 6-0

2

TRY ENGLAND: Scored by Gareth Widdop. Kick to come.

Widdop bursts into a gap out wide and scores after just 2 minutes

England 4-0

1

Baitieri cops a head knock making a tackle and comes off for an HIA

0 all

The final match of the preliminary rounds is underway. France needs to win by at least 16 points to stay alive in the competition.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Phil Bentham

Touch Judges: Chris Kendall, Michael Wise

Video Referee: Bernard Sutton

ENGLAND (36)
Tries: Gareth Widdop, Stefan Ratchford, James Graham, Mark Percival, John Bateman, Jermaine McGillvary (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (4/7)
Penalty Goals:

FRANCE (6)
Tries: Benjamin Garcia
Field Goals:
Conversions: Lucas Albert (1/1)
Penalty Goals: