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)
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Moer hulle Paddas!!!!!!!!!!!!
All Blacks 8 / 7
Cat now amongst the pigeons
All Blacks going to implode?
149@ Scrumdown:Not good at all, such a dangerous sport
Nou gaan die poppe dans!!
France forcing the All Blacks to scramble now…
Just 1 point in it, frogs well and truly back into the game
looks like a real tough game. Who would have that that France would be putting up such a tough game
This will be the real test of the All Blacks now! Their true test of character. Do or die! It could not have been scripted better.
29 Minutes left in the match
No, he doesn’t understand!
155@ Just For Kicks:
Yup. As a biker I know full well.
It’s not the speed that kills,it’s the VERY sudden stop.
Hello Mense!!!
159 @ BonzaiGBS:
Hello my son… how are you?
Frogs repelling the Black wave.
Brilliant defence from France – Hats off to them
@ BonzaiGBS:
Ciao GBs jnr!
Pressure starting to be bought to bear on the mentally fragile AB’s.
Who will prevail?
Hey, anything can still happen in this game.
All Black supporters must be stressing big time now.
Was that Graham Henry’s father in the AB box, or has G Henry really aged that much in 50 minutes?
The look in the eyes of the ABs not great, go back to that choke article by a NZ scientist and his whole story of choking seems right. Do i see fear in their eyes
grootblousmile wrote:
Man, this is turning out to be a thrilling match. I was sympathetic to the ABs at the start, but these Froggies man, man they are turning me.
French loose trio having good games.
173 @ BonzaiGBS:
Good… lovely day here in the Panne… lekker sonskyn…
How is the weather in George?
You studying today??
France’s tail feathers are really up now…. cho, cho… choke?
Relieving penalty for the All Blacks from a scrum
If France win this, they will thoroughly deserve it. This isn’t so much an All Black choke. It is more to do with the fact that France, when on song, simply don’t live in the same world as other teams mentally.
@ The_Young_Turk:Yup, Frogs really have come to the party today
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