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Full time16 November 2002
France
20–20
New Zealand
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Tour 2002Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. 11’CFrance conversion · Francois Gelez2–0
  2. 11’TFrance try · Olivier Magne7–0
  3. 22’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens7–3
  4. 26’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens7–5
  5. 26’TNew Zealand try · Kees Meeuws7–10
  6. 41’PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez10–10
  7. 48’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens10–13
  8. 63’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens10–15
  9. 63’TNew Zealand try · Faalogo Tana Umaga10–20
  10. 65’CFrance conversion · Francois Gelez12–20
  11. 65’TFrance try · Nicolas Brusque17–20
  12. 75’PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez20–20

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Francois GelezFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Thomas CastaignedeCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Sylvain MarconnetBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste RueBench
  18. 18Sébastien ChabalBench
  19. 19Thibault PrivatBench
  20. 20Gérald MerceronBench
  21. 21Xavier GarbajosaBench
  22. 22Dimitri YachviliBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Joe McDonnellProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Ali WilliamsSecond row
  5. 5Brad MikaSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Marty HolahFlanker
  8. 8Sam BroomhallNumber 8
  9. 9Danny LeeScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Mark RobinsonCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Carl HaymanBench
  18. 18Keith RobinsonBench
  19. 19Rodney So'oialoBench
  20. 20Steve DevineBench
  21. 21Paul SteinmetzBench
  22. 22Ben BlairBench

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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.