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)
18 minutes left
Penalty France… they do not manage to kick out.
18 mins to go – 1 point in it.
Scrum for France, on halfway
Joubert laat die ABs baie langer toe om te klou aan die franse
Penalty France, kickable… difficult one though
I disagree, I think the AB’s are choking a bit here, there is a bit of desperation beginning to creep in. Someone needs to calm things down.
Frogs whooping ass on the AB scrum. Amazing turnaround.
@ grootblousmile:
@ grootblousmile:
Of course Im studying….Not now of course. The weather is great….too bad I don’t have a car to go to the beach…
Trinh-Duc goes for goal and misses….
Kicking in this game was well below par, if we were not robbed by Bryce we would have been right up here
flip, I dont know how to use this reply thing……hahaha
Fark, the French are so unpredictable
This wasn’t in the script at all, turning out to be a real nail-biter
@ Just For Kicks:
There is a reason that France are the only team the ABs very occasionally “choke” on. It’s because they are so extremely up or down. When they are up they are irrepressible. No other team in the world would be able to live with them.
AB’s starting to panic. The NZ shrinks are desperately phoning the NZ Herald to place their adverts for tomorrow morning, and GH is thinking WTF to say.
France throwing EVERYTHING at the All Blacks
Franse moet nie nou die bal wegskop nie , hulle het die ABs
12 Minutes to go….
Hehehe. Hardondonkey manhandled Reid in that maul.
All Blacks starting to plug the corners again
Thank you ref, about time
Penalty France… now for a good touch finder….
Franse vorries lyk nou baie goed
10 mins to go.
All Black lineout, deep in their own half
I thought that Newzealand would give France a hiding….looks like I was wrong
Skew again
Fark, I can’t say which way this match is going to go. Can the ABs hold out??? Can the French score the winning points?????
It’s nice to see the French using the boots to move the AB’s lying offside.
Joubert has been awful at policing the rucks IMO.
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