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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · McLean Park, Napier · 18 September 2011Head-to-head
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France won by 27 points.Half-time 19–10 · Tries 4–1

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476479824137Attacks1413Ball won811491750179565313862432653%Own 2235%Own half76%Opp half78%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA797
CAN10921
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/45/61
CAN1/12/52
← Canada attack · France attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc, converted5–3
7′CanadaTry, Ryan Smith, converted7–8
64′FranceTry, Damien Traille, converted30–19
79′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc, converted37–19
82′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc, converted44–19
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′
4′Vincent Clerc7′Ryan Smith64′Damien Traille79′Vincent Clerc82′Vincent Clerc
FRA

Team stats

CAN
59%Possession41%
58%Territory42%
109Carries77
392Metres gained268
21Defenders beaten7
154Passes87
79Tackles made109
7Tackles missed21
81/83Rucks won68/69
14/14Lineouts won6/8
6/6Mauls won2/3
8Penalties conceded13
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/4, penalties 5/6 · CAN conversions 1/1, penalties 2/5. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  2. 2William ServatHooker
  3. 3Luc DucalconProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Romain Millo-ChluskiSecond row
  6. 6Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan ParraScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11Aurélien RougerieWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13David MartyCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Damien TrailleFull-back
  16. 16Guilhem GuiradoBench
  17. 17Fabien BarcellaBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Imanol HarinordoquyBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Fabrice EstebanezBench
  22. 22Maxime MedardBench

Canada

  1. 1Hubert BuydensProp
  2. 2Pat RiordanHooker
  3. 3Jason MarshallProp
  4. 4Jebb SinclairSecond row
  5. 5Jamie CudmoreSecond row
  6. 6Adam KleebergerFlanker
  7. 7Chauncey O'TooleFlanker
  8. 8Aaron CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Ed FairhurstScrum-half
  10. 10Ander MonroFly-half
  11. 11Phil MackenzieWing
  12. 12Ryan SmithCentre
  13. 13DTH Van Der MerweCentre
  14. 14Ciaran HearnWing
  15. 15James PritchardFull-back
  16. 16Ryan HamiltonBench
  17. 17Scott FranklinBench
  18. 18Tyler HotsonBench
  19. 19Nanyak DalaBench
  20. 20Sean WhiteBench
  21. 21Nathan HirayamaBench
  22. 22Conor TrainorBench

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Context

All-time, France 9–1 Canada in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Canada going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.