All Blacks (5) 8 / France (0) 7 (Final Score)
The New Zealand All Blacks and France did battle in the Final of Rugby World Cup 2011 at Eden Park, Auckland at 10:00 SA Time (21:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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The All Blacks held out a very galant and determined France side… and wins Rugby World Cup 2011 by 1 point.
Yip, that’s right… only 1 point!
Scorers:
All Blacks:
- Penalties – Stephen Donald (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Tony Woodcock (1)
- Conversions – 0
France:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Thierry Dusautoir (1)
- Conversions – Francois Trinh-Duc (1)
Teams:
New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Richard Kahui, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Brad Thorn, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Ali Williams, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Sonny Bill Williams.
France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Morgan Parra, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 Jean Marc Doussain, 22 Damien Traille.
Date: Sunday 23 October
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 10:00 SA Time (21:00 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Partly cloudy with a high of 19°C, dropping to 10°C.
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Nigel Owens (Wales)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Tryyyyyyyy Tony Woodcock
59@ superBul:
Ek se mos, Joubert laat die AB’s met moord wegkom.
All Blacks 5 / 0
The frogs really being impeded at those up and unders, Joub’s need to look at that
Parra back on.
Too easy. Is that the end of the French challenge?
First scrum… 18 minutes into the game
Ref fout Fransman nooit gelos nie@ Scrumdown:
54 i get that same feeling
@ Scrumdown:
Ja, hou McCaw dop, hy het Joubert innie sak…
Penalty All Blacks… against Poux
AB’s early shove? Reset scrum. Does the ref know the rules, and does he have a clue as to what’s going on?
Gee the officials are missing a lot. AB line out throw was as straight as my dog’s back leg, but they let it go.
Scoring always seems to come so easy for the Blacks. It really demoralising for the opposition.
Franse tackle met oorgawe, hoop nie Joubert mis n goeie game nie
Surely the main job of the TJ at line out is to watch the ball being thrown in. He is in the perfect position to see it, the best in fact. So how come there are so many skew throws going a miss?
Parra now off again. Look’s like that’s it for him tonight.
AB’s starting to dominate somewhat now.
French need some inspiration.
Real home town blowing and the result will follow.
France watching Nonu like a hawk… beautiful kick by the All Blacks, defensive French lineout, 5m from their line.
They only manage to scramble it out to their 22.
The AB’s absorb the pressure early on so well, slowly just suck the life out of the opposition. Classic here today
French turn it over. Great defence.
Eaaaasy All Blacks penalty, excellent counter-rucking
Great counter rucking by the Blacks.
Weepu misses badly again
80@ Scrumdown:
But then great AB counter rucking brings a penalty.
Weepu for poles. Misses badly.
He’s having a ‘mare.
Weeeeeeeeeps brought the wrong boots tonight
All Blacks looking stronger and stronger as time goes on.
All Blacks forcing France into the corners… wise play
McCaw het al n paar harde knocks gevat, wonder oor sy sogenaamde besering, dink dit is n foefie vir simpatie.
Franse kort n wegbreek drie, en dan is die vet innie vuur!
AB’s missed 8 points thus far from the boot. Weepu left the boots in Wellington!
Do they have an alternative kicker?
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