FRENCH fly-half Christophe Lamaison lost count of how many points he scored in his side’s momentus 43-31 World Cup semi-final win over New Zealand at Twickenham on Sunday. “How many points did I score? I don’t know,” Lamaison said after a perfect goal-kicking performance had yielded him 28 points. The French, in dire straits for the past 18 months, reverted to their traditional flamboyant style against the tournament favourites and their willingness to throw the ball around saw them rally from 14 points down to score 33 straight points. “In this match you had to take risks,” said Lamaison.
SOCCER RESULTS
Results of cup and league matches in South Africa at the weekend:
ROTHMANS CUP
Semi-final, first leg, at Loftus Stadium: Sundowns 0 Orlando Pirates 1 (Dennis Lota 17); Second leg: November 13, FNB Stadium.
CASTLE PREMIERSHIP
At Athlone Stadium: Santos 1 (Jean-Marc Ithier 85) Moroka Swallows 1 (Peter Matshitse 60)
At Athlone Stadium: Hellenic 2 (Bradley August 11, David O’Gorman 34) Mother City 0
At Makhulong Stadium: Classic 1 (Petros Mokoena 49) Ajax Cape Town 0
At Kings Park: African Wanderers 3 (Tholomusi Blose 30, Welcome Mazibuko 39, Sizwe Maduna 42) Free State Stars 0
Standings
(played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)
Sundowns 8 7 1 0 18 4 22
Classic 12 7 1 4 19 20 22
Hellenic 11 6 2 3 24 12 20
Mann. Rangers 11 6 2 3 16 14 20
Kaizer Chiefs 10 4 5 1 13 7 17
Wits Univ. 11 4 5 2 13 8 17
Santos 12 4 4 4 18 20 16
Jomo Cosmos 11 4 3 4 16 10 15
Bloem. Celtic 10 4 2 4 11 12 14
AmaZulu 11 3 5 3 10 13 14
Free State Stars 11 4 2 5 6 9 14
African Wanderers 13 4 2 7 12 20 14
Orlando Pirates 7 3 3 1 14 8 12
SuperSport Utd 10 3 3 4 9 11 12
Moroka Swallows 11 3 3 5 10 14 12
Ajax Cape Town 12 3 2 7 10 16 11
Mother City 10 1 3 6 8 18 6
Bush Bucks 11 1 2 8 11 22 5