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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Stadiummk, Milton Keynes · 1 October 2015Head-to-head
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France won by 23 points.Half-time 24–12 · Tries 5–2 · CAN 1 yellow card

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14′42′56′59′42831343867743541Attacks1014Ball won1271593544126113322910951391346%Own 2244%Own half53%Opp half68%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA11023
CAN13322
← 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′FranceTry, Wesley Fofana, converted5–0
28′FranceTry, Guilhem Guirado, converted15–0
31′CanadaTry, DTH Van Der Merwe, converted17–5
34′CanadaTry, Aaron Carpenter, conversion missed17–12
38′FranceTry, Rabah Slimani, converted22–12
67′FranceTry, Pascal Pape, converted32–18
74′FranceTry, Remy Grosso, converted39–18
14′FrancePenalty goal scored
42′CanadaPenalty goal scored
56′CanadaPenalty goal scored
59′FrancePenalty goal scored
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′1 CAN card
4′Wesley Fofana28′Guilhem Guirado31′DTH Van Der Merwe34′Aaron Carpenter38′Rabah Slimani67′Pascal Pape74′Remy Grosso
FRA

Team stats

CAN
54%Possession46%
57%Territory43%
119Carries120
499Metres gained424
6Clean breaks3
22Defenders beaten23
143Passes141
5Offloads8
110Tackles made133
23Tackles missed22
79/84Rucks won77/81
14/14Lineouts won6/8
7/10Scrums won8/8
6/9Mauls won0/1
4Turnovers won10
10Penalties conceded14
34Kicks from hand27
470Kick metres483
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 5/5, penalties 2/2 · CAN conversions 1/2, penalties 2/2. 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.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Eddy Ben ArousProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Bernard Le RouxFlanker
  8. 8Damien ChoulyNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien Tillous-BordeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Brice DulinWing
  12. 12Wesley FofanaCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Remy GrossoWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Vincent DebatyBench
  18. 18Nicolas MasBench
  19. 19Yannick NyangaBench
  20. 20Fulgence OuedraogoBench
  21. 21Morgan ParraBench
  22. 22Remi TalesBench
  23. 23Alexandre DumoulinBench

Canada

  1. 1Hubert BuydensProp
  2. 2Aaron CarpenterHooker
  3. 3Doug WooldridgeProp
  4. 4Brett BeukeboomSecond row
  5. 5Jamie CudmoreSecond row
  6. 6Kyle GilmourFlanker
  7. 7Richard ThorpeFlanker
  8. 8Tyler ArdronNumber 8
  9. 9Phil MackScrum-half
  10. 10Nathan HirayamaFly-half
  11. 11DTH Van Der MerweWing
  12. 12Nick BlevinsCentre
  13. 13Ciaran HearnCentre
  14. 14Phil MackenzieWing
  15. 15Matt EvansFull-back
  16. 16Ray BarkwillBench
  17. 17Djustice Duru-SearsBench
  18. 18Andrew TiedemannBench
  19. 19Evan OlmsteadBench
  20. 20Nanyak DalaBench
  21. 21Gordon McRorieBench
  22. 22Harry JonesBench
  23. 23Conor 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.