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)
@ The_Young_Turk:
Joubert moet net die Franse bietjie meer laat speel in die vaste los, hy blaas hulle te vinnig op, en hy moet daai flokken swart truie straf wat so oor die onkantlyn speel!
119@ grootblousmile:
Wordpress errors?
@ Just For Kicks:
121@ Pietman:
Joubert was so ver swak IMO.
The AB’s have really shown how they have missed Carter at pivot in this match, they were all at sea in a number of moves
@ Pietman:
French are, as we all know, a team of moods and emotions. If they get a sniff that the All Blacks may be vulnerable, who knows. Don’t think the ref’s decisions are impacting the game at the moment.
@ Pietman:
Mens kan nie veel fout vind met sy blasery nie maar soos jy se daai ekstra sekonde of twee wat die ander span gegun word maak dat dinge skeef trek, ongelukig net na een span toe. Maar die Franse is lus vir die All Blacks en AB,s lyk of hul al meer skop om in posisie te kom. Nie meer daai wilde hardlopery nie
@ Scrumdown:
Die Kiwis sal heppie wees met hom…. 🙁
Alhoewel die Kiwi kommentator noem dat “Joubert has been handing the French the short end of the stick so far’…
And agree, Joub’s has missed alot in the match so far
Right, how are the frogs going to come out?
2nd Half ON!
If the Frogs score first…..
Strong is the answer so far
Drama at the MotoGP in Sepang. Big prang on the second lap of the main race and the race appears to be cancelled due to all medical staff helping in the medical centre.
Now confirmed race cancelled.
Everyone looks shocked.
Marco Simoncelli apparantly badly injured. He has a bit of a reputation as a “wild one”.
Info’ very sketchy. Sad indeed.
Penalty France, shot at goal
Finally the penalty. Now the Frogs have to have their kicking boots on.
@ Pietman:
128
the fact they admit it says a lot
Missed
Amazing, not one kick has been successful in this match so far….
Easy one for the AB’s
Penalty All Blacks, easy one, mid field….
Easy 3 points to the ABs.
Donald takes this kick
All Blacks 8 / 0
Frogs need to score now to stay in it
Frogs need points desperately. Can’t let the gap widen any further.
Frogs on attack
France hard on attack
Tryyyyyyyyyy Dousoutoir!
Just confirmed Marco Simoncelli has died from his injuries sustained in a crash on the second lap at the Malaysian MotoGP race.
…….. and the frogs are back, tryyyyyyyyyyy!
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