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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Eden Park, Auckland · 24 September 2011Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 20 points.Half-time 19–3 · Tries 5–2

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101721415476773835Attacks915Ball won7812825391851486242672020452%Own 2238%Own half56%Opp half77%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL9510
FRA9719
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL3/51/11
FRA2/21/10
← France attack · New Zealand 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
10′New ZealandTry, Adam Thomson, conversion missed5–0
17′New ZealandTry, Cory Jane, converted10–0
21′New ZealandTry, Israel Dagg, converted17–0
41′New ZealandTry, Israel Dagg, converted24–3
54′FranceTry, Maxime Mermoz, converted29–8
76′FranceTry, Francois Trinh-Duc, converted32–15
77′New ZealandTry, Sonny Bill Williams, conversion missed37–17
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
10′Adam Thomson17′Cory Jane21′Israel Dagg41′Israel Dagg54′Maxime Mermoz76′Francois Trinh-Duc77′Sonny Bill Williams
NZL

Team stats

FRA
54%Possession46%
56%Territory44%
103Carries90
467Metres gained275
19Defenders beaten10
142Passes128
95Tackles made97
10Tackles missed19
82/83Rucks won70/74
9/9Lineouts won12/13
0/0Mauls won5/5
11Penalties conceded6
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 3/5, penalties 1/1 · FRA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1. 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

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Adam ThomsonNumber 8
  9. 9Piri WeepuScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Richard KahuiWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Cory JaneWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Ali WilliamsBench
  19. 19Anthony BoricBench
  20. 20Andy EllisBench
  21. 21Colin SladeBench
  22. 22Sonny Bill WilliamsBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Luc DucalconProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Morgan ParraFly-half
  11. 11Maxime MedardWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13Aurélien RougerieCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Damien TrailleFull-back
  16. 16William ServatBench
  17. 17Fabien BarcellaBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Imanol HarinordoquyBench
  20. 20Francois Trinh-DucBench
  21. 21Fabrice EstebanezBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 53–15 France, 1 drawn in 69 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
France 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.