France tour - Sydney, 28 June 2008, 20:05 local, 10:05 GMT
Australia (10) 34 - 13 (6) France (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
18 Giteau - penalty goal 3 - 0
21 3 - 3 Yachvili - penalty goal
22 Elhorga - sub off
Janin - sub on
28 Tuqiri - sub off
Ashley-Cooper - sub on
35 Giteau - try 8 - 3
36 Giteau - conversion 10 - 3
40 end of first half 10 - 6 end of first half
Yachvili - penalty goal
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Sharpe - try 15 - 6
43 Giteau - conversion 17 - 6
45 Palu - sub off
Waugh - sub on
46 Elsom - try 22 - 6
47 Giteau - conversion 24 - 6
48 Faure - sub off
Boyoud - sub on
49 Bruno - sub off
Kayser - sub on
50 Giteau - penalty goal 27 - 6
56 Barnes - sub off
Cross - sub on
57 Picamoles - sub off
Lievremont - sub on
59 Robinson - sub off
Alexander - sub on
60 Yachvili - sub off
Tillous-Borde - sub on
62 Mortlock - try 32 - 6 Boyet - sub off
Lacroix - sub on
63 Giteau - conversion 34 - 6
65 Smith - sub off
Mumm - sub on
66 34 - 11 Palisson - try
67 34 - 13 Trinh-Duc - conversion
69 Moore - sub off
Freier - sub on
Burgess - sub off
Cordingley - sub on		 Nallet - sub off
Couzinet - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 21 points
 
Ground name Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance 48899
 
Referee M Jonker (South Africa)
 
Australia Test debuts BE Alexander, RP Cross
France Test debuts R Boyoud, D Janin, B Kayser, T Lacroix, B Lecouls, M Lievremont, A Palisson, S Tillous-Borde

Teams

Australia France
Tries Giteau (35), Sharpe (42), Elsom (46), Mortlock (62) Tries Palisson (66)
Cons Giteau (36, 43, 47, 63) Cons Trinh-Duc (67)
Pens Giteau (18, 50) Pens Yachvili (21, 40)
    Team
15 FB
Cameron Shepherd
14 W
Peter Hynes
13 C
Stirling Mortlock (c)
12 C
Berrick Barnes
11 W
Lote Tuqiri
10 FH
Matt Giteau
9 SH
Luke Burgess
1 P
Benn Robinson
2 H
Stephen Moore
3 P
Al Baxter
4 L
James Horwill
5 L
Nathan Sharpe
6 F
Rocky Elsom
7 F
George Smith
8 N8
Wycliff Palu
    Replacements
16 H
Adam Freier
17 P
Ben Alexander
18 F
Dean Mumm
19 N8
Phil Waugh
20 SH
Sam Cordingley
21 C
Ryan Cross
22 W
Adam Ashley-Cooper
    Team
15 FB
Pepito Elhorga
14 W
Alexis Palisson
13 C
Francois Trinh-Duc
12 C
Damien Traille
11 W
Benjamin Thiery
10 FH
Benjamin Boyet
9 SH
Dimitri Yachvili
1 P
Lionel Faure
2 H
Sebastien Bruno
3 P
Benoit Lecouls
4 L
Sebastien Chabal
5 L
Lionel Nallet (c)
6 F
Fulgence Ouedraogo
7 F
Imanol Harinordoquy
8 N8
Louis Picamoles
    Replacements
16 H
Benjamin Kayser
17 P
Renaud Boyoud
18 L
David Couzinet
19 N8
Matthieu Lievremont
20 SH
Sebastien Tillous-Borde
21 FH
Thibault Lacroix
22 FB
David Janin

Match stats

Australia   France
4 Tries 1
4 from 4 Conversion goals 1 from 1
2 from 2 Penalty goals 2 from 2
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
20 Kicks from hand 21
133 Passes 101
99 Runs 110
502 Metres run with ball 370
Attacking
7 Clean breaks 2
11 Defenders beaten 7
12 Offloads 17
72 from 76 (94.7%) Rucks won 81 from 85 (95.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
16 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
116/6 Tackles made/missed 107/11
95.1% Tackling success rate 90.7%
Set pieces
7 won, 3 lost (70.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 2 lost (66.7%)
14 won, 2 lost (87.5%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 2 lost (88.2%)
Discipline
18 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Shepherd 0/0 0 1/1/4 68 1 1 0 0 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Hynes 0/0 0 0/1/7 89 1 2 1 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Mortlock 1/0 5 2/7/9 84 2 4 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Barnes 0/0 0 1/5/8 13 0 0 2 2 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Tuqiri 0/0 0 0/0/4 19 0 1 1 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Giteau 1/1 19 10/25/5 15 1 1 0 3 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Burgess 0/1 0 5/55/6 55 1 1 1 2 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/3/5 18 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/4/7 7 0 0 3 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Baxter 0/0 0 0/0/3 6 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/1/4 28 1 0 3 1 4/0 6/1 1 0/0
L Sharpe 1/0 5 0/5/13 17 0 0 0 1 7/0 4/0 4 0/0
F Elsom 1/0 5 0/1/6 23 0 1 1 0 11/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/5/3 2 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/4/8 25 0 0 2 2 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Freier 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Alexander 0/0 0 0/0/1 7 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Mumm 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 1 0/0
(N8) Waugh 0/0 0 0/4/2 6 0 0 0 1 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Cordingley 0/0 0 1/7/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Cross 0/0 0 0/0/2 7 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 0/0/1 10 0 0 0 1 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 Elhorga 0/0 0 1/3/1 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Palisson 1/0 5 2/2/7 65 1 1 2 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Trinh-Duc 0/1 2 5/9/7 11 0 1 2 2 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Traille 0/0 0 1/5/7 25 0 0 1 1 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Thiery 0/0 0 0/3/5 38 1 2 3 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Boyet 0/0 0 7/9/2 14 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Yachvili 0/0 6 5/37/3 11 0 0 0 2 4/0 2/0 1 0/0
P Faure 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Bruno 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 0 0 8/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Lecouls 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Chabal 0/0 0 0/1/10 21 0 0 1 0 4/2 2/2 1 0/0
L Nallet 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 1 3/1 2/0 1 0/0
F Ouedraogo 0/0 0 0/1/4 15 0 0 0 1 14/0 0/0 2 0/0
F Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/4/16 47 0 1 2 1 7/1 5/0 0 0/0
N8 Picamoles 0/0 0 0/3/12 59 0 1 3 2 6/0 1/0 0 0/0
(H) Kayser 0/0 0 0/1/7 10 0 0 2 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Boyoud 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Couzinet 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 2/0 0 0/0
(N8) Lievremont 0/0 0 0/0/4 9 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) Tillous-Borde 0/0 0 0/18/5 22 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Lacroix 0/0 0 0/0/5 1 0 1 2 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Janin 0/0 0 0/0/1 7 0 0 0 0 3/0 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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