Rugby World Cup - Auckland, 23 October 2011, 21:00 local, 08:00 GMT
New Zealand (5) 8 - 7 (0) France (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
14 5 - 0

Try for New Zealand! - Tony Woodcock crashes over from the lineout - great run in

45 8 - 0

Penalty for New Zealand! - Donald knocks over the penalty by the narrowest of margins

47 8 - 5

Try for France! - Dusautoir crashes over under the sticks with the All Blacks defence failing to bring him down

48 8 - 7

Conversion for France! - Trinh-Duc adds the extras to bring his side to within a point

80

Full Time! - Ellis kicks the ball out - what a game and the All Blacks have ended 24 years of hurt with another home win - amazing scenes

Timeline

Time New Zealand  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
12 Parra - sub off
Trinh-Duc - sub on
14 Woodcock - try 5 - 0
17 Parra - sub on
Trinh-Duc - sub off
22 Trinh-Duc - sub on
Parra - sub off
33 Donald - sub on
Cruden - sub off
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 Donald - penalty goal 8 - 0
46 Clerc - sub off
Traille - sub on
47 8 - 5 Dusautoir - try
48 8 - 7 Trinh-Duc - conversion
49 Weepu - sub off
Ellis - sub on
50 Mealamu - sub off
Hore - sub on
51 AJ Williams - sub on
Whitelock - sub off
65 Servat - sub off
Szarzewski - sub on
Poux - sub off
Barcella - sub on
69 Pierre - sub on
Pape - sub off
75 Nonu - sub off
S Williams - sub on		 Doussain - sub on
Yachvili - sub off
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 1 point
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance 61079
 
Referee CP Joubert (South Africa)
 
New Zealand Test debuts none
France Test debuts JM Doussain

Teams

New Zealand France
Tries Woodcock (14) Tries Dusautoir (47)
Cons none Cons Trinh-Duc (48)
Pens Donald (45) Pens 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
Aaron Cruden
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
Kieran Read
    Replacements
16 H
Andrew Hore
17
Ben Franks
18 L
Ali Williams
19
Adam Thomson
20 SH
Andy Ellis
21 FH
Stephen Donald
22 C
Sonny Bill Williams
    Team
15 FB
Maxime Medard
14 W
Vincent Clerc
13 C
Aurelien Rougerie
12 C
Maxime Mermoz
11 W
Alexis Palisson
10 FH
Morgan Parra
9 SH
Dimitri Yachvili
1 P
Jean-Baptiste Poux
2 H
William Servat
3 P
Nicolas Mas
4 L
Pascal Pape
5 L
Lionel Nallet
6 F
Thierry Dusautoir (c)
7 F
Julien Bonnaire
8 N8
Imanol Harinordoquy
    Replacements
16 H
Dimitri Szarzewski
17 P
Fabien Barcella
18 L
Julien Pierre
19
Fulgence Ouedraogo
20 SH
Jean-Marc Doussain
21 FH
Francois Trinh-Duc
22 W
Damien Traille

Match stats

New Zealand   France
1 Tries 1
0 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 1
1 from 3 Penalty goals 0 from 2
25.0% Kick at goal success 33.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 22
98 Passes 156
89 Runs 108
296 Metres run with ball 368
Attacking
47% (55%/40%) Possession (1H/2H) 53% (45%/60%)
46% (56%/36%) Territory (1H/2H) 54% (44%/64%)
2 Clean breaks 4
10 Defenders beaten 14
6 Offloads 10
73 from 76 (96.1%) Rucks won 80 from 85 (94.1%)
3 from 3 (100.0%) Mauls won 8 from 10 (80.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
128/14 Tackles made/missed 104/10
90.0% Tackling success rate 91.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
14 won, 2 lost (87.5%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 2 lost (88.2%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 10
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 0/0 0 6/9/9 72 0 1 1 1 0/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Jane 0/0 0 0/3/7 19 0 1 1 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/0 0 0/6/3 17 0 0 0 1 9/3 0/0 1 0/0
C Nonu 0/0 0 2/5/11 36 0 1 1 1 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Kahui 0/0 0 2/1/7 53 0 1 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cruden 0/0 0 1/8/5 11 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Weepu 0/0 0 10/36/2 0 0 0 1 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 1/0 5 0/1/3 9 1 1 0 0 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Mealamu 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
P OT Franks 0/0 0 0/2/5 8 0 0 1 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Thorn 0/0 0 0/2/5 12 0 0 0 1 7/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 2/1 0 0/0
F Kaino 0/1 0 0/2/3 10 0 1 0 1 12/1 1/0 0 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/1/7 4 0 0 0 0 18/2 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Read 0/0 0 0/4/7 19 0 1 0 1 9/0 5/0 1 0/0
(H) Hore 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) AJ Williams 0/0 0 0/0/6 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
(SH) Ellis 0/0 0 4/14/2 0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Donald 0/0 3 2/3/2 21 1 2 0 1 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) S Williams 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 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 Medard 0/0 0 2/6/10 42 0 2 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Clerc 0/0 0 1/2/3 13 0 0 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Rougerie 0/1 0 2/8/6 29 0 4 3 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Mermoz 0/0 0 3/14/8 30 0 1 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Palisson 0/0 0 1/4/7 39 0 0 1 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Parra 0/0 0 0/9/3 4 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Yachvili 0/0 0 7/62/2 8 1 0 0 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Poux 0/0 0 0/4/5 1 0 0 2 0 5/1 0/0 2 0/0
H Servat 0/0 0 0/2/5 0 0 0 0 1 11/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Mas 0/0 0 0/4/3 7 0 1 0 0 3/3 0/0 0 0/0
L Pape 0/0 0 0/1/5 3 0 0 0 0 7/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Nallet 0/0 0 0/3/8 5 0 0 1 1 9/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Dusautoir 1/0 5 0/2/12 19 1 2 0 0 14/1 1/0 2 0/0
F Bonnaire 0/0 0 0/4/6 16 0 0 0 1 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/3/9 33 0 0 0 2 8/0 8/1 0 0/0
(H) Szarzewski 0/0 0 0/1/2 8 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Barcella 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Pierre 0/0 0 0/2/2 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
(SH) Doussain 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Trinh-Duc 0/0 2 5/21/6 91 2 4 0 2 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Traille 0/0 0 1/2/6 17 0 0 0 2 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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