France took on the All Blacks at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille tonight. The All Blacks (in white) won the match by 5 tries to none, 39 / 12.

 

Match summary from rugbyweek.com

 

New Zealand continued their unbeaten tour of the northern hemisphere with a comprehensive 39-12 win over France  on Saturday thanks to their commitment to a running style of rugby.

The All Blacks, having already seen off Wales (19-12), Italy (20-6) and England (19-6) without really hitting second gear, showed a welcome willingness to spurn the aerial ping-pong that has marked many games of late.

In return, their sure-handedness in the offload and ability to turn the slightest mistake by the French into an attacking opportunity made for some often breath-taking rugby that resulted in five tries.

The visitors overcame a nervous opening 10 minutes to score five-pointers through Sitiveni Sivivatu, Mils Muliaina, Jerome Kaino, Cory Jane and Conrad Smith, with the exceptional Dan Carter booting an additional 14 points.

France, who had sprung a 20-13 win over South Africa and posted a facile 43-5 victory over Samoa in their autumn internationals, responded with three Julien Dupuy penalties and a Francois Trinh-Duc drop-goal.

A tremendous shunt from the French pack at the first scrum on New Zealand ball saw the visiting front row buckle and pop under pressure, and Dupuy made no mistake from 35 metres after three minutes.

But the All Blacks came firing back, Yannick Jauzion hauling down Ma’a Nonu within striking distance of the French line but Sitivatu skipped through the threadbare defence after quick ball from the resulting ruck.

Carter converted and was then on hand to produce a potential try-saving tackle on Fabien Barcella after Jauzion had exploited a huge hole in midfield.

Dupuy kicked his second penalty on the quarter-hour mark after Julien Bonnaire had been obstructed at an attacking line-out to pull the score back to 7-6.

The Stade Francais scrum-half added to his tally when flanker Kaino released his binding from another scrum under enormous pressure.

France had a lucky break when Trinh-Duc’s clearing kick from the restart was charged down by Jimmy Cowan, but the All Black scrum-half just failed to ground the ball.

But after a bad tactical choice by Dupuy, Cowan spread the ball wide in the New Zealand 22m area, the speeding Sivivatu turning provider by drawing Vincent Clerc and offloading to full-back Muliaina for an easy try.

Carter missed the conversion but grabbed a 29th minute penalty when Jauzion failed to roll away after tackling the dangerous-looking Nonu.

Tom Donnelly then spilled the ball over the line after Nonu gathered Carter’s clever chip and fed a galloping Kieran Read.

The French front-five crumbled in the ensuing scrum, Kaino touching down amid a mass of bodies for a try Carter converted.

Trinh-Duc pulled back three points with a 35-metre drop-goal to leave the All Blacks 22-12 up at half-time.

Dupuy missed two pots at goal early in the second-half either side of a successful Carter effort and French heads went down.

Carter, who was part of Perpignan’s Top 14-winning side last season, then enjoyed an impressive cameo for a full 10 minutes, giving a textbook demonstration on why many consider himself the world’s best rugby player, mixing solid defence with deft handling touches and chips.

Jane scored the All Blacks’ fourth try in the 61st minute, finding himself in space down the right flank and gathering his own chip over Traille to touch down. Carter converted.

Smith rubbed French noses in it when he skipped down the blindside unmolested for a try Carter also converted as tempers frayed between a well-beaten home side and an All Blacks team that now play the Barbarians in London next week.

 

Points:

France: 3 Penalties Julien Dupuy, 1 Drop Goal Francois Trinh-Duc

All Blacks: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties Daniel Carter, 1 Try Sitiveni Sivivatu, 1 Try Mils Muliaina, 1 Try Jerome Kaino, 1 Try Corey Jane, 1 Try Conrad Smith

 

Teams:

France: 15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Sébastien Chabal, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 William Servat, 1 Fabien Barcella.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Nicolas Mas, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Julien Puricelli, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Yann David, 22 Cédric Heymans.

New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Tanerau Latimer, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Luke McAlister.

 

Date: Saturday, November 28
Venue: Stade Vélodrome, Marseilles
Kick-off: 21.45 SA Time (19.45 GMT, 08.45 NZ time, November 29)
Expected weather: Clear skies to partly cloudy, with a high of 15°C (59°F)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

173 Responses to France (12) 12 vs All Blacks (22) 39 (f/t) – Game Thread & match summary

  • 151

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  • 152

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  • 153

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  • 155

    Namibia beat Tunisia 22-10 in a tense and physical match in Windhoek on Saturday to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand and join world champions South Africa, Wales, Fiji and Samoa in Pool D.
    The victory gives Namibia a 40-23 aggregate victory after they won the first leg in Tunis 18-13 a fortnight ago, the first time the away side had won an encounter between the two African rivals.
    The battle for the Africa 1 qualifying spot was still wide open at half time with Tunisia holding a narrow 10-9 lead.
    However, the visitors’ discipline let them down as they were continuously penalised for offside and ruck infringements with Namibian fly half Emile Wessels taking full advantage with his accurate boot.
    In the final minutes the visitors’ frustrations boiled over as players from both sides were involved in a melee, which resulted in a red card and three yellow cards being issued by referee Marius Jonker.

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