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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin · 11 October 2003Head-to-head
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France won by 43 points.Half-time 24–8 · Tries 7–2 · FRA 1 yellow card · FIJ 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA7419
FIJ9731
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/46/60
FIJ1/12/20
← Fiji 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
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  • 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
18′FijiTry, Api Naevo6–8
34′FranceTry, Christophe Dominici17–8
37′FranceTry, Imanol Harinordoquy, converted22–8
44′FijiTry, Rupeni Caucau, converted24–16
57′FranceTry, Yannick Jauzion, converted35–18
67′FranceTry, Yannick Jauzion, converted42–18
73′FranceTry, Yannick Jauzion, converted49–18
79′FranceTry, Raphaël Ibanez56–18
82′FranceTry, Christophe Dominici61–18
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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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FRA card · 1 FIJ card
18′Api Naevo34′Christophe Dominici37′Imanol Harinordoquy44′Rupeni Caucau57′Yannick Jauzion67′Yannick Jauzion73′Yannick Jauzion79′Raphaël Ibanez82′Christophe Dominici
FRA

Team stats

FIJ
78%Possession22%
122Carries76
696Metres gained267
22Clean breaks4
31Defenders beaten19
179Passes79
11Offloads4
74Tackles made97
19Tackles missed31
56/62Rucks won43/47
7/8Lineouts won7/11
11/11Scrums won13/13
13/14Mauls won0/0
10Turnovers won13
8Penalties conceded13
27Kicks from hand21
880Kick metres620
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/4, penalties 6/6 · FIJ conversions 1/1, 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Yannick BruBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18Olivier BrouzetBench
  19. 19Christian LabitBench
  20. 20Gérald MerceronBench
  21. 21Damien TrailleBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

Fiji

  1. 1Richard NyholtProp
  2. 2Greg SmithHooker
  3. 3Joeli VeitayakiProp
  4. 4Ifereimi RawaqaSecond row
  5. 5Api NaevoSecond row
  6. 6Sisa KoyamaiboleFlanker
  7. 7Kitione SalawaFlanker
  8. 8Alifereti DoviverataNumber 8
  9. 9Mosese RauluniScrum-half
  10. 10Nicky LittleFly-half
  11. 11Rupeni CaucauWing
  12. 12Seru RabeniCentre
  13. 13Aisea TuilevuCentre
  14. 14Vilimoni DelasauWing
  15. 15Norman LigairiFull-back
  16. 16Bill GadoloBench
  17. 17Nacanieli SeruBench
  18. 18Kele LeawereBench
  19. 19Vula MaimuriBench
  20. 20Sami RabakaBench
  21. 21Waisale SereviBench
  22. 22Marika VunibakaBench

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Context

All-time, France 12–1 Fiji in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Fiji 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.