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)
More/naand everyone!
NZ 22 / 12
61@ Swanie – Hello Koos!
This french side does not look very threatening and the AB are looking very fresh and frisky
Good running rugby happening but the Frogs are weak on their right hand side…
Naand vreemdeling, Aus het n mooi wen vandag gekry.
@64 Said yesterday, the ABs’ only lose against the French in the WC, this will be an easy win for them..
64 – Treehugs. French are like that. They turn it on for one week just to fall down the next. They also had too many changes for this game.
Still I say Go All Blacks.
Howzit sB, ja ‘n paar balle vir ‘n slag vasgesit en hulle het driee gedruk.
65@ Swanie – Agree…. and the All Blacks are looking for that side the whole time!
Lemoenetyd
Looks like Boks let the SH sides down this tour. We really messed up on this tour.
Far too tired. Daft selections for our Dirt Trackers and too many injuries to the Test side.
GBS I now no i am not a total rugby dunce, since i have read someone who is supposed to know their rugby say that Adams instead of FdP with Pienaar instead of M Steyn.
That is blatently something (no words to describe)
Waar is die ABs se moegheid, maak ons nie ons naam gat met die storie nie.
Anyway, Frogs was unlucky not to get a penalty try earlier in the game. Commentators called it ‘devine intervention’ by McCaw…
Lemoenetyd
Swanie and Old Fella will have to brush their early morning teeth with a dop or 2…. hehehe
41 – Old Griquas. Enjoy it mate. We go through the same here. If our team loses our media lets rip. We win then we are the everything great.
Don’t take too much notice of the media mate. Just enjoy the win. Wallabies ended on a high that is all that matters. See it is hot there by you now. Very hot here too. Up in the highveld this week but back down to the coash (Umhlanga) next week. Can not wait.
SuperB, onthou, toe die toer begin het die Bokke duidelik gese hulle is nie moeg nie, dink nog dit was Matfield. Toe het ek gese almal moet dit onthou en nie later lang jaar en alle ander kuk as verskoning gebruik nie.
Daar was gisteraand nie veel van ‘n gameplan nie, behalwe skop en tackle en die Iere het ons heeltemall oorspeel.
75 – GBS. Coffee time for me. Had my wine earlier now on the coffee 😀
GBS @ 75 Yep, brushing the teeth now with a French champagne as toothpaste. Great way to wash down the bacon & eggs. Time is 0737 hrs.
I read the froggies had made quite a few changes. Silly. I will watch the left hand side in the second half. Nice to have people point something like that out. Off to make decafe and choc muffin.
Fark, Coffee and a Decafe…. grilllllllll !!
Sissies!
I found the ABs game on justin.tv. I’ll catch the second half. I would expect the ABs to pull away from the Frogs within the first 10 mins after halftime.
Aish GBS, had little sleep last night, or at least very broken between watching and trying not to sleep. Feels like I have a babelas without drinking.
Now 6.40 and the iPod says 25 degrees, sweet soos ‘n rysiesvark al klaar…maybe a cold one just to take off the edge!
77
swanie ek sal nooit die moeg verskonning aanvaar nie. Die ABs speel nou hul 14de toets ons het 12 gehad. Hulle het Frankryk 3 keer , Bokke 3 en Aus 4 keer vanjaar gespeel.
I’m having a very healthy breakfast like drink myself….. Fresh orange juice….. spiked with a Vodkatjie!
@82, I assume no Fox for you?
Super, dis die probleem, dit is net ‘n verskoning! As jy dan so moeg is moes jy by die huis bly dan nie…
Fark, glad you guys slept at all….. BonzaiHandbriekie was away for the night so Handbriekie and myself had to babysit a 7 week old little stoepkakker doggy…. fark the thing was continiously moaning so it had to “sleep” on our bed… nibbling toes and shit!
hehe how was that for ‘n woer-woer kick, spinning sideways…
Swanie @ 82 no Fox yet; just moved to new home, with connection next week.
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