France took on the All Blacks at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille tonight. The All Blacks (in white) won the match by 5 tries to none, 39 / 12.
Match summary from rugbyweek.com
New Zealand continued their unbeaten tour of the northern hemisphere with a comprehensive 39-12 win over France on Saturday thanks to their commitment to a running style of rugby.
The All Blacks, having already seen off Wales (19-12), Italy (20-6) and England (19-6) without really hitting second gear, showed a welcome willingness to spurn the aerial ping-pong that has marked many games of late.
In return, their sure-handedness in the offload and ability to turn the slightest mistake by the French into an attacking opportunity made for some often breath-taking rugby that resulted in five tries.
The visitors overcame a nervous opening 10 minutes to score five-pointers through Sitiveni Sivivatu, Mils Muliaina, Jerome Kaino, Cory Jane and Conrad Smith, with the exceptional Dan Carter booting an additional 14 points.
France, who had sprung a 20-13 win over South Africa and posted a facile 43-5 victory over Samoa in their autumn internationals, responded with three Julien Dupuy penalties and a Francois Trinh-Duc drop-goal.
A tremendous shunt from the French pack at the first scrum on New Zealand ball saw the visiting front row buckle and pop under pressure, and Dupuy made no mistake from 35 metres after three minutes.
But the All Blacks came firing back, Yannick Jauzion hauling down Ma’a Nonu within striking distance of the French line but Sitivatu skipped through the threadbare defence after quick ball from the resulting ruck.
Carter converted and was then on hand to produce a potential try-saving tackle on Fabien Barcella after Jauzion had exploited a huge hole in midfield.
Dupuy kicked his second penalty on the quarter-hour mark after Julien Bonnaire had been obstructed at an attacking line-out to pull the score back to 7-6.
The Stade Francais scrum-half added to his tally when flanker Kaino released his binding from another scrum under enormous pressure.
France had a lucky break when Trinh-Duc’s clearing kick from the restart was charged down by Jimmy Cowan, but the All Black scrum-half just failed to ground the ball.
But after a bad tactical choice by Dupuy, Cowan spread the ball wide in the New Zealand 22m area, the speeding Sivivatu turning provider by drawing Vincent Clerc and offloading to full-back Muliaina for an easy try.
Carter missed the conversion but grabbed a 29th minute penalty when Jauzion failed to roll away after tackling the dangerous-looking Nonu.
Tom Donnelly then spilled the ball over the line after Nonu gathered Carter’s clever chip and fed a galloping Kieran Read.
The French front-five crumbled in the ensuing scrum, Kaino touching down amid a mass of bodies for a try Carter converted.
Trinh-Duc pulled back three points with a 35-metre drop-goal to leave the All Blacks 22-12 up at half-time.
Dupuy missed two pots at goal early in the second-half either side of a successful Carter effort and French heads went down.
Carter, who was part of Perpignan’s Top 14-winning side last season, then enjoyed an impressive cameo for a full 10 minutes, giving a textbook demonstration on why many consider himself the world’s best rugby player, mixing solid defence with deft handling touches and chips.
Jane scored the All Blacks’ fourth try in the 61st minute, finding himself in space down the right flank and gathering his own chip over Traille to touch down. Carter converted.
Smith rubbed French noses in it when he skipped down the blindside unmolested for a try Carter also converted as tempers frayed between a well-beaten home side and an All Blacks team that now play the Barbarians in London next week.
Points:
France: 3 Penalties Julien Dupuy, 1 Drop Goal Francois Trinh-Duc
All Blacks: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties Daniel Carter, 1 Try Sitiveni Sivivatu, 1 Try Mils Muliaina, 1 Try Jerome Kaino, 1 Try Corey Jane, 1 Try Conrad Smith
Teams:
France: 15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Sébastien Chabal, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 William Servat, 1 Fabien Barcella.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Nicolas Mas, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Julien Puricelli, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Yann David, 22 Cédric Heymans.
New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Tanerau Latimer, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Luke McAlister.
Date: Saturday, November 28
Venue: Stade Vélodrome, Marseilles
Kick-off: 21.45 SA Time (19.45 GMT, 08.45 NZ time, November 29)
Expected weather: Clear skies to partly cloudy, with a high of 15°C (59°F)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Go All Blacks…. ek like mos nie daai Laventel Kappokkies nie… vet mooi nokkol!
Eish die NH score nou big bragging rights.
Go All Blacks. Good luck just win this game.
GBS that was a wonderfull summary of the bok /Irish game.
what was your score GBS?
sien jy sal moet kans waag in die babaas game om te probeer titel steel
My prediction for this one… All White’s by 5….
Hiya superBul, hub fast asleep so am sitting in bed posting in the dark with just the tv for light, what about you.
Have been looking forward to this game. No pressure
4@ Boomninny – Why thank you ma’am….
No i am in the light, look forward to the Haka and a frog win by 9
Carol when you read this i have changed my mind, think i might just fancy the caveman a bit, just wish he would shave.:lol:
Think I have ABs by 3. Really sure they will win here tonight. Well hoping. Go ABs we need SH teams to do well.
Never watched the Wales and Oz game as had visitors here at the time but see Oz whacked Wales.
My pleasure GBS
Oh no they got a school band to play the nz anthem i think, did you see there faces
since you all supporting nz i will go with the froggies to even it up a bit.
Game on!!
13 – Treehugs. 😀 At least it will make it interesting..hehe.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Disappointed with our Bokke tonight. Felt for the players really. They have had such a loooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnngggg season. They need to come home to rest.
9 of them are staying there to play for the BaaBaas next week. Crazy. Should be on the plane tomorrow and come back to the sun and rest.
Hope FdP gets player of the year award. Just keeping my fingers crossed. He deserves it.
Foggies by 3 yeehaa
Frogs 3 / 0
Try Sivivatu… with ease!
Puma@15 Money talks doll, they proffessional sportsmen, its the end of our season, so a bit more money for retirement i dont begrudge them and they have to spoil there families after being away playing most of the year.
oi vey yourside scores
NZ 7 / 3
G’day everyone. Phew! These early morning matches wear you out before the day starts. After a 4.15 am Wallbies kick off, Sydney time, I feel like it’s time to go back for a kip! No live coverage of the ABs and Frogs here, so will appreciate score updates?? Go the ABs.
Congrats to the Irish. Time for the boks players to have a well deserved end of season rest.
Go froggie go
Hello Old Griquas man
Howzit GBS??? Mate, you’re a real winner – this site is tremendous, well done.
Hi Old Griquas, quickly look on Voldy someone said it was on iraqgoal or something
We won team of the year. Felt great for that but why did PdV not then win coach of the year? We won everything with thim there? Sounds not right to me. If the team wins the award naturally the coach should too.
Now if FdP does not get Player of the Year I will be serioussssssssssssssslllllllllllllyyyyy Angry 😆
Ja bleed froggie you made Bakkies and Matfield bleed alot
24@ Old Fella – Thanks man, good to hear you guys enjoy it!
Skrum lesse ?
24 – Old Griquas. Well done to the Wallabies. Knew they would win today. Had them for a win on my superbru. Not by as much as they did but hey, mate your team won well. Never got to see the game will tomorrow will watch the replay. Just pleased they won.
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