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Believe it or not, but its wet and windy in Wellington as the All Blacks take on France in the second test after France won in Dunedin last week. NZ have made two changes and and two positional, while France have made three. Its a packed house with South African ref Marious Jonker in charge.
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France kick off with NZ gathering. Box kick. France move the ball right and kick and ball in to touch.
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NZ win their throw - box kick - NZ regather - penalty to the home side near the French 22. Kick about 12 metres in from NZ left. Stephen Donald going for it, but ball right of posts.
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Ball in to touch after the drop out. Lineout to NZ inside their own half.
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NZ get their throw and drive it on in the forwards. High kick down centre. France gather and go left. Penalty to France. A much stronger start by NZ from last week. Kick down the left to touch near NZ 22.
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France win it at the front and move the ball down the centre - recycle and right.
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Drop goal effort by Damien Traille just misses. Drop out and NZ get a penalty. Ball to touch midway in the French half.
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NZ short lineout. - France get it at the back and move the ball wide left - NZ up quickly. Kick down the centre and Muliaina counters. France gather and kick long back. NZ forced to kick in to touch on their 22.
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France drive it on after throw, but forced in to touch. NZ throw inside their 22.
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NZ win it at front - box kick - Winger Clerc messes up and ball in to touch midway in French half.
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NZ attacking down centre after throw. Recycle ball back left.
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Recycle and the French get it but knock on - scrum to home side.
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NZ under pressure in the scrum. France intercept NZ regroup - scrum to France.
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NZ much heavier in scrum. Freekick to NZ. Tap and go. ball right down the blindside. Back infield on the French10 metres. Ball left. Kick ahead Heymans winning the race back to the ball, he dodges Rokocoko and kicks ball away from his in-goal area. Penalty for late tackle on Heymans by Nonu.
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Full-back Medard kicks badly down pitch, but NZ then mess up badly and knock on.
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High kick after scrum. Muliaina does really well to get away and set up NZ counter. Ball recycled.
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NZ attacking down the right. Penalty to the home side. Kickable more or less in front of posts.
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Donald misses again to the right. he should have got it despite the weather.
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Long drop out - kicked back - Medard does well and France get a penalty on their 10 metres line.
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Ball to touch down their right on the NZ 22. All Blacks get it, but knock on. Good scrum by France, but they mess up at the base and Cowan kicks long down the pitch.
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French throw on their 22. Won untidy at the front. Bad kick and NZ with the ball - forward pass.
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Scrum down the centre and midway in the French half. Ball left by France - kick - too long and straight in to touch - ball back to inside the French half.
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NZ with ball after their throw. Recycle - ball left wide - NZ mess up with a knock on. Scrum to France still midway in their half.
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Very messy scrum looks like NZ trying to wheel. NZ get it - ball left - very messy - scrum to NZ.
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Picked up at the base and right.
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5 - 0 |
Recycle - inside the French 22.
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TRY Ball down the centre - five metres out - recycle - slow ball - still five metres. under the posts - ball left and centre Ma'a Nonu gets the ball wide to score.
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Donald fails to convert. NZ gather restart - high kick - NZ regather and up to the French 22. NZ getting in to stride. Ball right to Cory Jane - does he score in the corner?
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No try - arm under the ball. French 22 drop out.
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France look a bit stunned after the try. Ball in touch after the drop out. NZ win their throw and attack down centre. France get it and attack right - inside the NZ half.
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Kick - straight in to touch. Line out on NZ 10 metres line. High kick after throw - great kick back under pressure. It is really raining hard.
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Penalty to France on NZ 10 metres line.
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Julien Dupuy going for the posts - the crowd boo - but the scrum-half just goes left of the posts.
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France get the drop out and attack up to the NZ 22. Slow recycle. The forwards drive it on. Maybe a drop goal effort soon.
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Penalty to NZ in front of their posts. Donald kicks to touch on half way line - down the NZ right.
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NZ attack down the centre. ball left and up to French 10 metres. Recycle. Donald kick charged down France with the ball. Penalty to France.
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Long kick for Dupuy. The crowd boo again - I think that is really bad. Ball just right of the posts. A good effort.
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France with the ball after long drop out . Kick and NZ counter from within their 22. ball out wide left but only forwards .
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Recycle and ball right - ball up to France 22. NZ with the ball. Penalty to the home side.
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8 - 0 |
Donald with the kick - very kickable despite the weather. The crowd don't boo this time - how strange! The fly-half does it.
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France go high at the restart - the hooter goes - France attacking near the NZ 22. Recycle - slow ball . NZ get it and ball in to touch. Its half time.
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NZ start the second half but ball too long and in to touch. Scrum back on half way. Not a good start for fly-half Donald.
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Penalty to France at the scrum. Dupuy going for the post - long and straight.
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Just short - the ball ducked under the bar. NZ with the ball after drop out - high kick - Medard kicks under pressure and NZ counter with ball in hand.
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France win the ball at breakdown. Scrum to France.
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8 - 5 |
TRY France go left to wing Cedric Heyman who beats a number of players and then cuts in to score a terrific try from 30 metres out.
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8 - 7 |
A really good conversion by Dupuy. Match on!
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France with the ball after restart. Very slow ball. High kick. Kicked back left - but too long and ball out on the full.
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French win lineout on NZ 10 metres. Ball left again - recycle. The forwards take it on - slow ball. On the NZ 10 metres line - good kick down the centre - Jane fails to find touch. Heymans again with the ball, but forced in to touch.
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NZ win their throw and move the ball wide left. Hack on - big chase - France win it and in to touch 3 metres from French line. Quick throw. NZ on French line.
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Still on French line - France have managed to win it. Four metres from French line. Ball cleared really well. Ball in to touch on French 10 metres line.
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NZ win their and attack down centre.
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Recycle - ball left down centre. The NZ forwards try to take it on. Nonu with a good run - inside French22 - recycle - five metres from tryline, but again France nick it.
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Ball to touch on the French 22.
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Throw on straight. French scrum.
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Picked up at the base - NZ all over the French. NZ scrum.
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Still raining! Read does really well at the base, but is stopped just five metres from the tryline - ball in to touch. Penalty to NZ for the French throwing ball in to touch.
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11 - 7 |
Donald going for the posts. Difficult kick. He does well and scores.
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Various changes being made by both sides. NZ get the ball at the restart. France get it and a quick drop kick by Medard on half way line - and only just misses.
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France with the ball after drop out. Recycle. NZ up quickly. Ball wide but behind backs. Medard does really well and releases Heyman again. Down wing - chip ahead by NZ win race. Drop out.
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Penalty to France. Dimitri Yachvili on at scrum-half going for the posts. But he misses.
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NZ kick really long at drop out. Kicked back. ball bounces - inside NZ 22. NZ chip down centre. France gather with difficulty. Kick.
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NZ up to the French22. France up quickly. Recycle. Ball left - knock on by Smith. France drive it on with forwards. Ball moved wide to Heymans with space.
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He chips appears to be tackeld off the ball on NZ tryline, but NZ get away with it. Scrum.
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Scrum 15 metres from NZ line. NZ kick long. Medard tries another drop kick - but well wide.
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Ball cleared to touch. NZ win throw and kick long. Ball kicked back. High kick back by NZ - knock on scrum to the home side.
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14 - 7 |
NZ pick up at the base. Ball down the centre. Recycle and left. Left again.. Near French 22. Advantage to NZ
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Penalty to NZ. Ref talking to French captain. Warning. Luke McAlister going for the posts and the former Sale Sharks player scores.
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NZ hooker knocks on and NZ give away a penalty in front of the posts. Silly - but understandable penalty by the All Blacks. Yachvili scores.
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France with restart and clear long. NZ counter - high kick back - ball bounces. France get ball down right. Scrum to France on their 10 metres line.
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Good scrum by BZ - France keep ball. Box kick - ball bounces and France force NZ in to touch.
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France win their throw 10 metres out. Recycle. NZ think they have won the ball - but scrum to France.
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Good position for France - reasonable blind side. The forwards try to drive it on after the scrum. Seven metres out. Recycle. Slow ball and NZ get it - Kick to touch just outside their 22.
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Ball not staright at throw. Scrum to NZ. Good scrum. McAlister kicks long and France counter at pace. France keep it - just. Very slow ball - high kick.
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France gather and counter - high kick. NZ counter in hand.
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NZ kick long. NZ up quickly. France kick - too long and directly in to touch. Scrum just inside French half.
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NZ with a driving maul. Box kick- NZ up contesting kick - ball to ground and lineout to NZ five metres out from French line.
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NZ win throw - ball near forwards. Ball infield with forwards, scrum to France about 12 metres from their tryline.
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France clear over half way to touch after scrum. Someone on pitch. NZ win throw at front. Box kick - NZ get it - box kick - Rokocoko free - big bounce by ball and the winger knocks on. Five metres scrum to France.
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Big push by NZ. France keep it and kick.
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NZ- drop kick by McAlister. misees.
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France try to run it out from behind line. Promising, but Traille knocks on. NZ scrum. Ball in to touch and the match ends with a NZ win, but the series to France because of points. I hope you enjoyed the series.
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