France 87-10 Namibia: Cedric Heymans and David Marty score a try apiece in the opening 10 minutes as France dominate Worse follows for Namibia in Toulouse when Jacques Nieuwenhius is sent off for a high tackle on Sebastien Chabal From the resulting penalty, France get the drive on and Thierry Dusautoir is bundled over to make it 19-3 Lionel Nallet adds a brace either side of Vincent Clerc's try as France score at a point-a-minute to lead 40-3 at half time France score five tries in a 12-minute spell after the break, lock Chabal scores the pick of them after racing 55m to score Clerc scores a hat-trick on his home ground as France notch up 13 tries to romp to their biggest ever international victory Samoa 15-19 Tonga: Both sets of players go through a war dance before what promises to be a physical encounter Samoa's Elvis Seveali'i has a try chalked off after review but Gavin Williams kicks four penalties to put them 12-6 ahead Pierre Hola kicks a third penalty after the break to give Tonga, who have lost their last nine games against Samoa, hope And the Tongans are rewarded for some fine forward play when they drive Epeli Taione over to move 16-12 in front Tonga finish with 13 when Hale T Pole is sent off and Toma Toke is sin-binned, but they hold on for a famous victory Fiji 29-16 Canada: Kele Leawere scores the opening try at the Millennium Stadium to put Fiji 10-3 ahead Canada's James Pritchard kicks a second penalty but Kamelu Ratuvou squeezes over to make it 15-6 at the break Vilimoni Delasau cruises over early in the second half, but Ryan Smith responds for Canada to keep them in it at 22-13 Mike Pyke also crosses for the Canadians but the video official says he made a double movement and disallows the try Canada are camped on the Fiji line in the closing minutes but a dropped ball allows Ratuvou to go 90m to wrap up the win
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