Rugby World Cup - Auckland, 15 October 2011, 21:00 local, 08:00 GMT
France (6) 9 - 8 (3) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
7 0 - 3

Penalty for Wales!!! What a nudge from Hook from the touchline - great kick and Wales have the early lead

18

RED CARD FOR WALES!!!! Warburton sent off for Wales for the tackle on Clerc

21 3 - 3

Penalty for France!!! Parra strokes the ball through and we're all square

33

Penalty for France!!! Parra bisects the posts and the French have the lead

33 6 - 3

Penalty for France!!! Parra bisects the posts and the French have the lead

50 9 - 3

Penalty for France!!! Parra's kick bisects the posts and they have a six point advantage

58 9 - 8

Try for Wales!!!!!! Phillips darts around the breakdown and dives over the line - that try has come out of nowhere

Timeline

Time France  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
7 0 - 3 Hook - penalty goal
9 James - sub on
AR Jones - sub off
18 Warburton - red card
21 Parra - penalty goal 3 - 3
33 Parra - penalty goal 6 - 3
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 Servat - sub off
Szarzewski - sub on
Barcella - sub on
Poux - sub off
Hook - sub off
SM Jones - sub on
50 Parra - penalty goal 9 - 3
55 RP Jones - sub on
Lydiate - sub off
58 9 - 8 Phillips - try
60 AW Jones - sub off
BS Davies - sub on
61 Pierre - sub on
Pape - sub off
75 Bonnaire - sub off
Ouedraogo - sub on
80+1 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result France won by a margin of 1 point
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland (neutral venue)
Attendance 58629
 
Referee ACP Rolland (Ireland)
 
France Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none

Match stats

France   Wales
0 Tries 1
0 from 0 Conversion goals 0 from 1
3 from 3 Penalty goals 1 from 4
100.0% Kick at goal success 20.0%
0 (2 missed) Dropped goals 0 (2 missed)
Kick/pass/run
43 Kicks from hand 33
55 Passes 152
57 Runs 124
218 Metres run with ball 265
Attacking
34% Possession 66%
35% Territory 65%
3 Clean breaks 2
6 Defenders beaten 9
2 Offloads 3
46 from 51 (90.2%) Rucks won 114 from 117 (97.4%)
8 from 8 (100.0%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 15
Defensive
130/9 Tackles made/missed 54/6
93.5% Tackling success rate 90.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 1 lost (87.5%)
12 won, 1 lost (92.3%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 6 lost (68.4%)
Discipline
6 Penalties conceded 8
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/1

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Medard 0/0 0 11/1/12 84 0 1 1 1 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Clerc 0/0 0 2/1/4 14 0 2 0 1 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Rougerie 0/0 0 1/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Mermoz 0/0 0 2/0/2 0 0 0 1 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Palisson 0/0 0 2/5/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Parra 0/0 9 9/7/4 48 1 2 0 1 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Yachvili 0/0 0 11/29/2 33 1 1 0 3 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Poux 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 0 0 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Servat 0/0 0 0/0/5 23 1 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Mas 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Pape 0/0 0 0/2/2 3 0 0 0 0 6/1 1/0 0 0/0
L Nallet 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 5/3 0 0/0
F Dusautoir 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 0 0 1 17/1 1/0 1 0/0
F Bonnaire 0/0 0 1/1/3 1 0 0 0 1 13/1 2/1 0 0/0
N8 Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/4/7 4 0 0 0 3 10/1 1/2 0 0/0
(H) Szarzewski 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Barcella 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Pierre 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Ouedraogo 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 0/0 0 3/2/11 47 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/0/7 41 1 3 1 3 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C JJV Davies 0/0 0 1/1/3 5 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 1/1/12 35 0 2 1 2 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
W SM Williams 0/0 0 0/9/4 11 0 1 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Hook 0/0 3 13/11/2 14 0 0 0 0 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 1/0 5 7/98/9 24 1 2 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/2/4 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/2/9 4 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/1/7 6 0 0 0 1 3/0 4/0 0 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/3/6 2 0 0 0 1 5/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/3/3 3 0 0 0 1 10/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/1
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/1/19 52 0 1 0 2 10/0 1/0 1 0/0
(P) James 0/0 0 0/0/7 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/1 1 0/0
(L) BS Davies 0/0 0 0/1/7 6 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) RP Jones 0/0 0 0/0/9 9 0 0 0 1 2/0 2/0 0 0/0
(FH) SM Jones 0/0 0 6/16/3 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 1/0 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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