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Rugby World Cup

Stadium for Rugby in Paris

I/ The last winner of the last Worldcup

a) The last winners of the lasts Worldcup

In 1987, New Zealand won 29-9 again the French team. The match was it Auckland.
In 1991, Australia won 12-6 again England. The match was in London.
In 1995, South Africa won 15-12 again France. The match was in Cardiff.
In 2003, England won 35-12 again Australia. The match was in Sydney.
In 2007, South Africa won 15-6 again England. The match was in Paris.

b) The Results of WolrdCup in France in 2007

Firsts Matches

Group A: There are England, South Africa, Samoa, U.S.A and Tong Island. South Africa and England were qualified for Quarterfinals.

Group B: There are Autralia, Walles, Fidji Island, Canada and Japan. Australia and Fidji Island were qualified for quarterfinals.

Group C: There are New Zealand, Scotland, Italia, Roumania and Scotland. New-Zealand and Scotland were qualified for quarterFinals.

Group D: There are France, Ireland, Georgia, Namibie and Argentina. Argentina and France were qualified for quarterFinals.

Quarters Finals

England won against Australia: 12-40
France won against New Zealand: 20-18
South Africa won against Fidji Island: 37-20
Argentina won against Scotland.

Semi Finals

England won againstFrance: 14-9
South Africa won against Argentina: 37-13

Match For The Third Place

Argentina won against France 34-10

Final

South Africa won against England 15-6

II/ Game’s rules, rugby’s field, the position of the players on the field

a)The foot game :

A player is allowed to kick the ball with his foot. He can clear it out of play to put danger far from his half or to come closes to the opponent’s goal line.
He can also try an up and under ; this means kick the ball very high and run after it to catch it before your opponent.

b)The scrum :

Decided by the referee after a forward pass, the scrum puts eight players of the two teams head to head, shoulder against shoulder. The scrum half of the no guilty team introduces the ball in a tunnel betwenn the two teams. The hooker tries to touch the ball with his foot and make it roll out.

c)The tackle :

To stop the ball carrier, we must tackle him. The opponent can be held anywhere on the body except the throat and the face (high tackle) then you make him fall. The tackled player must immediatly release the ball or pass the ball for the play to go on. If he doesn’t, there will be a penalty try.

d)The 15 players and their part :

In front we find the pack (the strong ones) : they have to break into the opponent’s half. You can find 2 prop forwards, one hooker, two second-rows, 2 third-rows placed on the side and a center third row. Behind we find the three quarters ; they use moves and often run fast to take their opponents by surprise.
We also find a scrum half and a stand off half, two three quarter enters two three quarter wing and a fullback.

E) Vocabulary

Prop forwars : pilier
Hooker : talonneur
Second-row : deuxième ligne
Third-row : troisième ligne
Center third row : troisième ligne centre
Three quarters : trois quart
Scrum-half : demi de mêler
Stanf off half : demi d’ouverture
three quarter centers : trois quart
centrethree quarter wing : trois quart
fullback : arrière

III/ Rugby items

In the rugby is it just like every sport, we can buy items and they are really expansive!

The official tee costs 22€ (81 Z.) and the official polo cost 45€ (165 Z.). We can too buy some accessories for example:
keyring 10€
shoulder bag 18€
official cap 18 €

And kids can buy a replica of the ball (30€) or a black clock for 8.4€. The women have every thing what have men but in others colors. The items are not only for french, we can buy everything of country of the world.
The All Black jersey’s costs 70€, the same price like Argentina. Italia’s jersey costs 59€ and the Ireland jersey’s costs 78€.
Dieux du Stade is a calendar where we can see our french team, nacked, and it costs 28€.

Dieux du stade’s Picture

Clément B; Nicolas H; Didier D; Julien L; Antoine R.

Recipe of the Quiche Lorraine

Ingredients
1 roller of puff pastry
3 eggs
30 cl of « fresh cream »
25 cl of milk
300 grams of chopped bacon
150 grams of grated Swiss cheese
Salt, pepper

Equipment :
1 Salad bowl
1 whip
1 pie plate

For the pastry:
170 g plain four
85 g unsalted butter

To make the pastry, sift the flour into a large mixing bowl. Rub in the butter, using your fingertips, until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in enough ice-cold water to make a soft but not sticky dough. Wrap in ding film and chill for 10 minutes. Set the oven at 180C°. Roll the chilled pastry out on a lightly floured work surface to a large circle and line the tin. Lightly prick the pastry, and bake “blind” for 15 minutes. Leave to cool.
Take bacon and fry in very hot frying pan then drain, in a sieve remove the fat having melted, the purpose being to bring out more flavour.
Take the salad bowl and break 3 eggs there then pour the « fresh cream » over the eggs.
Mix eggs and the fresh cream with the whip.
Add the salt and the pepper.
Put bacon over the precooked pastry in a harmonious and regular way then pour the egg mixture over the bacon.
Sprinkle in a regular way the Quiche with the Swiss cheese.
Put in preheated oven (180°C). At the end of 25 minutes, prick with a knife the Quiche to check if it’s ready.

Enjoy !

Two years after the fire of the old Sport Center of Metz, the “Arenes” is built in 2001. It was conceived by the architect Paul Chemetov. This building was built on the old Roman amphitheater. It’s a modern building situated in the east of the town in “Quartier de l’amphitheatre”. It’s a fabulous place if you want to have a nice walk along the river with the park linking the swimming pool and the sports center.

It’s a sports complex, where can welcome national or international sport and art, event like music and festival. In the Arenes you can pratise a lot of sports like gymnastics, handball, dance… This is also a place of meetings. October, we can see the Open of Moselle (a tennis competition) during two weeks, and in December the world competition of Handball for girls. We can go to the “Arenes” to look some shows of celebrities like Dany Boon….

The building can welcome 4500 visitors to look matches and support their teams. There are three levels in this building and the “Arenes” measure 16 580 m2.

Gabriel MAROT, Xavier HITTINGER, Thomas CASANOVA, Victor PETRY, Simon BAUMANN

Level 1 : easy

1 who is it ?
 Jacques Chirac
 Léonard de Vinci
 Nicolas Sarkozy

2 Where is our capital ‘’Paris’’
 1
 2
 3
 4

3) what is this monument ?
 Eiffel tower
 The learing tower of Pisa
 Babel tower
 Chirac tower

4)What is the name of holiday we celebrate during winter ?:
 Christmas
 All saints day
 Saint Valentine

5) what is the name of the sea south of France ?
 Indian sea
 Indiana sea
 Mediterranean sea
 France sea

Level 2 : Medium level :

6)France is well known for :
 Carrots
 Meat
 Chocolate
 Cheese

7)What are the colours of the French flag ?

 Blue, red and white ?
 Green, black and blue ?
 Red, blue and white ?
 Blue, white and red ?

8)How many inhabitants live in France ? :
 About 60 000 000
 About 30 000 000
 About 90 000
 About 200 000 000

9)What is the name of the most famous king in France ?:
 King Louis II
 King Johnny Hallyday
 King Louis XIV
 King Jean le Père

10) What is the highest mountain in France ?
 Mont rose
 Everest
 L’aiguille du midi
 Mont blanc

.Level 3 : Hard

1)Who is the prime minister ?
 Lionel Jospin
 François Fillon
 Jacques Chirac

2)What is the name of the men who built the Eiffel tower ? :
 George Eiffel
 Gustave Eiffel
 Gustave Tower

3)Where was Napoleon born?
 In Metz
 In Ajaccio
 In Paris

4) Who is the symbol of France ?
 Marianne
 Juliette
 Jeanne d’ Arc

5) What is the surname of Jeanne d’ Arc ?
 La pucelle d’Orléans
 La Guerrière de Paris
 La tueuse de Domrémy