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)
France scambling it out well
Things going to script for the Blacks. Sloewly grinding down the Froggies and as their heads droop and their hearts are no longer in it, the points will pile up.
Rougerie manages to dot down… 22m drop out
Another Chicken down injured
Frogs now really having to go into defensive mode. They looked so much better when they were playing with the ball in the early stages of the match
The longer the game goes on without the AB’s pulling away, the more the french will think they have a chance.
At the moment though, all NZ.
Scrum France, on their own 10m line
Excelent line kick by France… and they also get the lineout, deep inside All Black territory
Jnae makes a monumental error. Ball touched by black, so french throw.
France can’t afford to concede any more points before half-time. If they can score something before half-time, they may have a second wind in the second half.
Defensive All Blacks scrum, deep in their own 22
All Blacks doing the basics well. France having to scramble.
Free kick All Blacks, early engage
Cruden with a cut on the knee
Now Thorne spills the pill.
Cruden now down. Another AB stand off crocked?Looks like he could have tweaked a ligament to me.
Stephen Donald warming up.
Eishhhh, hyper-extention of the right knee by Cruden
Cruden could be a blow if he goes off here
Cruden off, Stephen Donald on
Attempted Drop Kick by Trinh-Duc.. missed
All Blacks scrum, 3 min from halftime
Penalty All Blacks…. not letting go of the ball by French cappie
agh kom nou Joubert, blaas die game tog fair
Thought i’d lost you all then, site went dead for a while
For Floks sake GBS, Don’t fark up the site now. What’s been happening??
Trinh-Duc kicks directly into touch… time is up in the first half
Lemoenetyd
Whoow Abs want to get back to GH for advice
Coffee time, a pretty bish bash half, lets hope one side or the other comes out with their heads on
With Donald Duck on, this match could go either way.
Will investigate quickly why the site is mucking around…. fok tog!
113@ The_Young_Turk:It could be a WP thing, you know what these Northeners are like!
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