Rugby World Cup , Pool A - Auckland, 24 September 2011, 20:30 local, 08:30 GMT
New Zealand (19) 37 - 17 (3) France (FT)

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Timeline

Time New Zealand  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Thomson - try 5 - 0
16 Jane - try 10 - 0
18 Carter - conversion 12 - 0
20 Dagg - try 17 - 0
21 Carter - conversion 19 - 0
34 Jane - sub off
S Williams - sub on
38 19 - 3 Yachvili - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
Dagg - try		 24 - 3 start of second half
Traille - sub off
Heymans - sub on
Ducalcon - sub off
Barcella - sub on
Harinordoquy - sub on
Picamoles - sub off
42 Carter - conversion 26 - 3
46 Carter - penalty goal 29 - 3
52 Servat - sub on
Szarzewski - sub off
54 29 - 8 Mermoz - try
55 Mealamu - sub off
Hore - sub on
Ellis - sub on
Weepu - sub off
Whitelock - sub off
AJ Williams - sub on		 29 - 10 Yachvili - conversion
61 Kahui - sub off
Slade - sub on
63 Carter - drop goal 32 - 10
64 Trinh-Duc - sub on
Parra - sub off
65 Pape - sub off
Pierre - sub on
68 Rougerie - sub off
Estebanez - sub on
69 BJ Franks - sub on
OT Franks - sub off
71 Thomson - sub off
Boric - sub on
74 BJ Franks - sub off
OT Franks - sub on		 32 - 17 Trinh-Duc - try
Yachvili - conversion
75 S Williams - try 37 - 17
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result New Zealand won by a margin of 20 points
Rugby World Cup points New Zealand 5 (1 try bonus), France 0
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance 60856
 
Referee ACP Rolland (Ireland)
 
New Zealand Test debuts none
France Test debuts none

Teams

New Zealand France
Tries Thomson (9), Jane (16), Dagg (20, 40), S Williams (75) Tries Mermoz (54), Trinh-Duc (74)
Cons Carter (18, 21, 42) Cons Yachvili (55, 74)
Pens Carter (46) Pens Yachvili (38)
Drops Carter (63) Drops none
    Team
15 FB
Israel Dagg
14 W
Cory Jane
13 C
Conrad Smith
12 C
Ma'a Nonu
11 W
Richard Kahui
10 FH
Dan Carter
9 SH
Piri Weepu
1 P
Tony Woodcock
2 H
Keven Mealamu
3 P
Owen Franks
4 L
Brad Thorn
5 L
Sam Whitelock
6 F
Jerome Kaino
7 F
Richie McCaw (c)
8 N8
Adam Thomson
    Replacements
16 H
Andrew Hore
17 P
Ben Franks
18 L
Ali Williams
19 N8
Anthony Boric
20 SH
Andy Ellis
21 W
Colin Slade
22 W
Sonny Bill Williams
    Team
15 FB
Damien Traille
14 W
Vincent Clerc
13 C
Aurelien Rougerie
12 C
Maxime Mermoz
11 W
Maxime Medard
10 FH
Morgan Parra
9 SH
Dimitri Yachvili
1 P
Jean-Baptiste Poux
2 H
Dimitri Szarzewski
3 P
Luc Ducalcon
4 L
Pascal Pape
5 L
Lionel Nallet
6 F
Thierry Dusautoir (c)
7 F
Julien Bonnaire
8 N8
Louis Picamoles
    Replacements
16 H
William Servat
17 P
Fabien Barcella
18 L
Julien Pierre
19 N8
Imanol Harinordoquy
20 FH
Francois Trinh-Duc
21 C
Fabrice Estebanez
22 FB
Cedric Heymans

Match stats

New Zealand   France
5 Tries 2
3 from 5 Conversion goals 2 from 2
1 from 1 Penalty goals 1 from 1
66.7% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 21
124 Passes 115
98 Runs 93
451 Metres run with ball 259
Attacking
54% Possession 46%
56% Territory 44%
7 Clean breaks 4
18 Defenders beaten 10
12 Offloads 8
86 from 91 (94.5%) Rucks won 72 from 79 (91.1%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 6 from 6 (100.0%)
9 Turnovers conceded 15
Defensive
98/10 Tackles made/missed 88/18
90.7% Tackling success rate 83.0%
Set pieces
10 won, 1 lost (90.9%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 1 lost (85.7%)
9 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 1 lost (92.3%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 9
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Dagg 2/1 10 6/6/5 36 1 3 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Jane 1/0 5 0/0/1 35 1 2 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/1 0 0/6/5 23 0 3 2 0 9/1 1/0 0 0/0
C Nonu 0/0 0 2/5/6 91 1 3 1 1 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Kahui 0/0 0 0/4/8 37 0 0 3 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Carter 0/1 12 7/25/9 88 2 3 0 3 10/2 1/0 0 0/0
SH Weepu 0/1 0 7/52/4 18 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/1/8 6 0 0 0 1 4/2 0/0 3 0/0
H Mealamu 0/0 0 0/3/5 2 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P OT Franks 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Thorn 0/0 0 0/1/2 5 0 0 0 1 9/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/1/6 1 0 0 0 0 2/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Kaino 0/0 0 0/1/8 28 0 2 2 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/3/12 18 0 0 0 0 17/1 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Thomson 1/0 5 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 1 11/0 2/0 1 0/0
(H) Hore 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) BJ Franks 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) AJ Williams 0/0 0 0/2/4 14 1 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Boric 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Ellis 0/0 0 1/9/1 1 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Slade 0/0 0 0/0/1 15 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) S Williams 1/0 5 1/2/7 28 1 1 2 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Traille 0/0 0 0/0/5 16 0 0 0 3 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Clerc 0/0 0 1/2/7 24 0 0 1 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Rougerie 0/0 0 1/1/5 0 0 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Mermoz 1/0 5 0/4/6 54 2 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Medard 0/0 0 1/2/7 32 1 1 0 1 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
FH Parra 0/0 0 4/21/5 2 1 0 2 2 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Yachvili 0/1 7 6/61/1 0 0 1 0 0 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Poux 0/0 0 0/3/5 2 0 0 0 0 7/2 0/0 1 0/0
H Szarzewski 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Ducalcon 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Pape 0/0 0 0/2/4 12 0 0 0 0 8/1 1/0 0 0/0
L Nallet 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Dusautoir 0/0 0 0/5/12 26 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Bonnaire 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 1 0 12/1 7/0 0 0/0
N8 Picamoles 0/0 0 0/1/8 51 0 2 1 2 5/2 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Servat 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 2 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Barcella 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Pierre 0/0 0 0/0/1 4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/2/4 3 0 0 1 1 5/1 2/0 1 0/0
(FH) Trinh-Duc 1/0 5 0/6/4 15 0 1 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Estebanez 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Heymans 0/0 0 1/0/4 6 0 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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