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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Eden Park, Auckland · 23 October 2011Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 1 point.Half-time 0–5 · Tries 1–1

Pitch map

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1547159Attacks73Ball won11515928512131146037402413663%Own 2242%Own half65%Opp half63%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA10410
NZL12814
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA1/10/20
NZL0/11/30
← New Zealand 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
15′New ZealandTry, Tony Woodcock, conversion missed0–5
47′FranceTry, Thierry Dusautoir, converted5–8
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
15′Tony Woodcock47′Thierry Dusautoir
FRA

Team stats

NZL
53%Possession47%
54%Territory46%
108Carries89
368Metres gained296
14Defenders beaten10
156Passes98
104Tackles made128
10Tackles missed14
80/84Rucks won73/75
14/16Lineouts won14/16
8/10Mauls won2/2
10Penalties conceded7
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 1/1, penalties 0/2 · NZL conversions 0/1, penalties 1/3. 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. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Morgan ParraFly-half
  11. 11Alexis PalissonWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13Aurélien RougerieCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Fabien BarcellaBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Fulgence OuedraogoBench
  20. 20Jean Marc DoussainBench
  21. 21Francois Trinh-DucBench
  22. 22Damien TrailleBench

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. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Piri WeepuScrum-half
  10. 10Aaron CrudenFly-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. 19Adam ThomsonBench
  20. 20Andy EllisBench
  21. 21Stephen DonaldBench
  22. 22Sonny Bill WilliamsBench

Match officials

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Context

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

France going in
New Zealand 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.