TheBreakdown
Full time28 June 2003
New Zealand
31–23
France
Jade Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 2003Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter7–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter10–0
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter13–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter16–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko21–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko26–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko31–0
  10. –CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak31–2
  11. –CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron31–4
  12. –PFrance penalty · Damien Traille31–7
  13. –PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak31–10
  14. –TFrance try · Yannick Jauzion31–15
  15. –TFrance try · Sylvain Marconnet31–20
  16. –DFrance drop goal · Frederic Michalak31–23

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Jerry CollinsNumber 8
  9. 9Steve DevineScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Josevata RokocokoWing
  12. 12Daniel CarterCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Kees MeeuwsBench
  18. 18Brad ThornBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Aaron MaugerBench
  22. 22Caleb RalphBench

France

  1. 1Sylvain MarconnetProp
  2. 2Yannick BruHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Lionel NalletSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Imanol HarinordoquyFlanker
  7. 7Patrick TabaccoFlanker
  8. 8Elvis VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Vincent ClercWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Yannick JauzionCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Baptiste RueBench
  17. 17Pieter de VilliersBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Sébastien ChabalBench
  20. 20Christian LabitBench
  21. 21Gérald MerceronBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

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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.