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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Olympia Park, Rustenburg · 30 May 1995Head-to-head
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France won by 36 points.Half-time 23–3 · Tries 8–2

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA175
CIV7837
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/82/20
CIV1/22/70
← Ivory Coast 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
3′FranceTry, Thierry Lacroix, conversion missed5–0
26′FranceTry, Abdelatif Benazzi, converted16–0
34′FranceTry, Guy Accoceberry, conversion missed23–0
43′FranceTry, William Techoueyres, converted28–3
48′FranceTry, Sebastien Viars, conversion missed35–3
61′FranceTry, Arnaud Costes, converted40–6
66′Ivory CoastTry, Aboubakar Camara, converted42–11
70′FranceTry, Thierry Lacroix, converted47–13
73′FranceTry, Philippe Saint-Andre, conversion missed54–13
77′Ivory CoastTry, Aboubacar Soulama, conversion missed54–18
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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015304560HT0′20′40′60′80′
3′Thierry Lacroix26′Abdelatif Benazzi34′Guy Accoceberry43′William Techoueyres48′Sebastien Viars61′Arnaud Costes66′Aboubakar Camara70′Thierry Lacroix73′Philippe Saint-Andre77′Aboubacar Soulama
FRA

Team stats

CIV
80%Possession20%
147Carries33
925Metres gained120
34Clean breaks3
37Defenders beaten5
172Passes55
12Offloads4
17Tackles made78
5Tackles missed37
49/61Rucks won12/16
11/14Lineouts won12/17
5/5Scrums won7/11
20/23Mauls won5/6
18Penalties conceded14
30Kicks from hand45
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/8, penalties 2/2 · CIV conversions 1/2, penalties 2/7. 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. 1Laurent BenezechProp
  2. 2Marc de RougemontHooker
  3. 3Christian CalifanoProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Arnaud CostesFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Abdelatif BenazziNumber 8
  9. 9Guy AccoceberryScrum-half
  10. 10Yann DelaigueFly-half
  11. 11William TechoueyresWing
  12. 12Thierry LacroixCentre
  13. 13Franck MesnelCentre
  14. 14Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  15. 15Sebastien ViarsFull-back
  16. 16Christophe DeylaudBench
  17. 17Philippe BenettonBench
  18. 18Emile NtamackBench
  19. 19Aubin HueberBench
  20. 20Philippe GallartBench
  21. 21Jean-Michel GonzalesBench

Ivory Coast

  1. 1Jean-Pascal EzouProp
  2. 2Achille NiamienHooker
  3. 3Toussaint DjehiProp
  4. 4Jean AkaSecond row
  5. 5Djakaria SanokoSecond row
  6. 6Patrice PeriFlanker
  7. 7Soumaila OkouFlanker
  8. 8Isimaila LassissiNumber 8
  9. 9Frederic DupontScrum-half
  10. 10Aboubakar CamaraFly-half
  11. 11Max BritoWing
  12. 12Lucien NiakouCentre
  13. 13Jean SathiqCentre
  14. 14Aboubacar SoulamaWing
  15. 15Victor KouassiFull-back
  16. 16Anando ErnestBench
  17. 17Amidou KoneBench
  18. 18Eduard AngoranBench
  19. 19Tagro PaulinBench

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Context

All-time, France 1–0 Ivory Coast in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Ivory Coast going in

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