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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 17 October 2015Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 49 points.Half-time 29–13 · Tries 9–1 · FRA 1 yellow card

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7′9′15′17′112329363850596568713969Attacks1023Ball won9115323371871184232913328836%Own 2237%Own half61%Opp half73%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL11620
FRA9524
← 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
11′New ZealandTry, Brodie Retallick, converted8–3
23′New ZealandTry, Nehe Milner-Skudder, converted15–6
29′New ZealandTry, Julian Savea, converted22–6
36′FranceTry, Louis Picamoles, converted24–11
38′New ZealandTry, Julian Savea, conversion missed29–13
50′New ZealandTry, Jerome Kaino, conversion missed34–13
59′New ZealandTry, Julian Savea, converted39–13
65′New ZealandTry, Kieran Read, converted46–13
68′New ZealandTry, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, converted53–13
71′New ZealandTry, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, converted60–13
7′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
9′FrancePenalty goal scored
15′FrancePenalty goal scored
17′FrancePenalty goal missed
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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11′Brodie Retallick23′Nehe Milner-Skudder29′Julian Savea36′Louis Picamoles38′Julian Savea50′Jerome Kaino59′Julian Savea65′Kieran Read68′Tawera Kerr-Barlow71′Tawera Kerr-Barlow
NZL

Team stats

FRA
51%Possession49%
52%Territory48%
109Carries108
732Metres gained410
14Clean breaks7
24Defenders beaten20
173Passes158
7Offloads10
116Tackles made95
20Tackles missed24
75/79Rucks won83/87
9/10Lineouts won10/14
3/3Scrums won4/4
4/4Mauls won3/5
9Turnovers won6
9Penalties conceded5
39Kicks from hand28
432Kick metres333
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 7/9, penalties 1/1 · FRA conversions 1/1, penalties 2/3. 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.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Wyatt CrockettProp
  2. 2Dane ColesHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Nehe Milner-SkudderWing
  15. 15Ben SmithFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Joe MoodyBench
  18. 18Charlie FaumuinaBench
  19. 19Victor VitoBench
  20. 20Sam CaneBench
  21. 21Tawera Kerr-BarlowBench
  22. 22Beauden BarrettBench
  23. 23Sonny Bill WilliamsBench

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. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan ParraScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Brice DulinWing
  12. 12Wesley FofanaCentre
  13. 13Alexandre DumoulinCentre
  14. 14Noa NakaitaciWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Vincent DebatyBench
  18. 18Nicolas MasBench
  19. 19Damien ChoulyBench
  20. 20Yannick NyangaBench
  21. 21Rory KockottBench
  22. 22Remi TalesBench
  23. 23Mathieu BastareaudBench

Match officials

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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.