| Time |
Score |
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| 1 |
3 - 0 |
France stray offside at the breakdown and James Pritchard lands the resulting 35-metre penalty from the right-hand side to give the Canucks an early lead. Fine strike in what are difficult conditions in Napier.
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| 4 |
3 - 5 |
Disaster for Canada! France rumble forward, with Picamoles driving them into the Canucks' 22. Trinh-Duc then hoists a pretty poor up-and-under into the night sky. However, Pritchard fails to gather, fumbling the ball backwards and Clerc is on hand to pick up the pieces and score his fifth try in his last five starts for his country.
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| 5 |
3 - 7 |
Scrum-half Morgan Parra converts from right in front of the posts.
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| 6 |
8 - 7 |
What a start in Napier! Canada post an immediate reply - and in exactly the same fashion. Monro sends a booming Garryowen into the French 22. The cashing Mackenzie and van der Merwe make real nuisances of themselves, putting France fullback Damien Traille under all sorts of pressure and he fails to gather, allowing Smith to throw himself on the loose ball. Try Canada!
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| 7 |
10 - 7 |
Pritchard makes no mistake with the easy conversion attempt.
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| 16 |
10 - 10 |
France take it through a number of phases before Canada eventually infringe at the breakdown and Morgan Parra slots the resulting penalty just to the right of the posts to level matters. Much better from Les Bleus.
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| 35 |
10 - 13 |
Canada infringe at the breakdown and Parra converts from a central position 35 metres out to edge Les Bleus back into the lead.
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| 37 |
10 - 16 |
Pritchard is guilty of going off his feet and that's another penalty for France. More difficult angle this time, from the right-hand side, but the outcome is the same, Parra splitting the sticks with another assured strike.
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| 40+1 |
10 - 19 |
Canada are caught offside once more and Para dissects the uprights with the last kick of the half to put nine points between the sides. A costly few minutes for the Canucks.
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| 43 |
13 - 19 |
Monro drops back into the pocket and slots over a fine drop goal to keep Canada's spirits up after a missed penalty from Pritchard.
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| 47 |
13 - 22 |
Jason Marshall, who has struggled in the scrum, gives away another penalty for a set-piece offence and Parra punishes his indiscretion.
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| 48 |
16 - 22 |
Canada hit right back with Monro slotting over another terrific drop goal. Canada still believe.
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| 56 |
16 - 25 |
France back on the offensive and up to the Canadian 22..... Trinh-Duc then drops into the pocket once more and this time he goes for the drop goal - and he lands it. France lead by nine once more.
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| 59 |
19 - 25 |
The Canucks are just refusing to go away, much to France's annoyance, and Pritchard drags the underdogs back to within a converted try by lobbing the ball between the posts after more sustained Canadian pressure.
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| 63 |
19 - 30 |
Well, there's the French breakthrough and you have to say that it has been coming. The French spread the ball wide swiftly to Traille, who cleverly changes the angle of his run, wrongfooting the covering Canadian defenders by cutting infield and racing away to score. Parra adds the extras. Game over?
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| 64 |
19 - 32 |
Easy two points for Parra.
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| 78 |
19 - 37 |
Picamoles pops the ball up for Yachvili, who fires it wide to Clerc and he takes care of the rest. A second try for the Toulouse wing.
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| 79 |
19 - 39 |
Parra converts well from wide on the right and that means he's going to end with a record of eight successful kicks from nine attempts. Pretty good stats in light of how poor the goal-kicking has been in New Zealand so far.
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| 80+2 |
19 - 46 |
Wonderful, wonderful score from France, who attack from inside their own half, moving the ball through a succession of hands before Traille eventually puts Clerc in for his hat-trick try. Parra converts with the last kick of the game.
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