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)
88 – GBS 😀 A puppy can be hard work boet. I love a pup though but wont get another one. My oldest pug is 11 years old in Jan the other one is 7 next year. Those are my last pets I get. Want to travel more now and with pets you cant do it.
73 – superbul i have been thinking that but didnt want to say it
Sheesh, the running lines and offloading of both teams are top notch.
Meisiekind’s brother comes on for the French…
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the passion and commitment in the last minutes against Ireland did not show fatigue to me. The stupid untimely subs was more the reason why we missed that one.
73 – Super don’t think most of their top players played in their domestic tourney. Our Boks played in the CC and remember about 10 Boks are Bulls players. They played in a CC final at the end of Oct. CC final like a test almost. Then they went straight from there into training for this eoyt.
Heard too that all players will only get 3 weeks rest then back into training for the S14. It is very tough. Think the Bok players should get at least a 5 week break now.
Then I also read in the papers today they had their wifes and girlfriends with them on this tour. So how much they put into this eoyt we just have to wonder.
Griqua that is good news that you can watch i would be devastated if i couldnt
Stoepkakker lol woke the hub up their laughing, wheres the one that sleeps in the ashtray
95 – Super, Yip those subs also almost cost us in the first test against the Lions. Not sure who does it. I somehow think it is Muir. He done that with the Sharks last year. It just never works.
Penalty Carter…25/12 ABs
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puma what about that last 3 minutes?
NZ 25 / 12
Penalty Dupey…missed
Swanie where do you live?
Puma, Brisbane
Superbul i think its mental fatigue, thats why second half so many penalties, it has been a long hard year for them.
I was shocked when i read that they go back into training so soon, dont think players are going to last as long as they used to. Thats why they need to make the money while they can i think.
that was a quick charge
JW organised individual resting times for all players, including a later start in the S14 for some players. I have not seen anything like that from the current regime…
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The penalty count was 13-10, off those 13 at least 3 was harsh so the fresh team made the mistakes early
Parra, the frog… hehehe on for Dupuy
104 – Swanie it is a lovely place. Been there on Business and on holiday to the Gold Coast. Climate similar to Durbs.
Try Corey Jane
i will now defend the boks and say this is not as physical as the Boks/Bogs game.
When will the player of the year be announced?
NZ 32 / 12
Whooow the ABs are moering the froggies
Shame
the ABs must smile at our results compared to theirs
Parra got a brulparra smack on the ear
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dont know , after this game i think.
The International Rugby Board has announced the shortlist for the IRB Player of the Year 2009 in association with Emirates Airline. The winner will be announced, together with the IRB Coach of the Year and IRB Team of the Year, during the final weekend of November Tests.
Puma, GC will be similar to Durbs but Brisbane gets hotter and slightly colder.
I dont think none of us can complain about the team that was chosen, we were all happy with it apart from us all haveing a few personel preferences, like me wanting Deysel and Frans Steyn 🙂
This game has been dissapointing, thought it would be more exciteing and physical.
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