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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · WIN Stadium, Wollongong · 31 October 2003Head-to-head
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France won by 27 points.Half-time 26–0 · Tries 5–2 · FRA 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA9112
USA5923
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA2/23/31
USA2/20/00
← USA 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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  • 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
15′FranceTry, Brian Liebenberg11–0
20′FranceTry, Brian Liebenberg, converted16–0
35′FranceTry, Jean-Baptiste Poux23–0
44′USATry, Kort Schubert, converted26–5
49′FranceTry, Brian Liebenberg31–7
52′USATry, Mike Hercus, converted31–12
55′FranceTry, Yannick Bru, converted36–14
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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15′Brian Liebenberg20′Brian Liebenberg35′Jean-Baptiste Poux44′Kort Schubert49′Brian Liebenberg52′Mike Hercus55′Yannick Bru
FRA

Team stats

USA
71%Possession29%
96Carries109
525Metres gained384
19Clean breaks6
23Defenders beaten12
142Passes104
19Offloads14
91Tackles made59
12Tackles missed23
47/47Rucks won75/79
13/16Lineouts won13/19
12/13Scrums won8/12
9/10Mauls won5/6
10Turnovers won6
12Penalties conceded14
18Kicks from hand13
544Kick metres264
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3 · USA conversions 2/2, penalties 0/0. 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. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Yannick BruHooker
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  4. 4David AuradouSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Sébastien ChabalFlanker
  7. 7Patrick TabaccoFlanker
  8. 8Christian LabitNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11David BoryWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Brian LiebenbergCentre
  14. 14Pepito ElhorgaWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Raphaël IbanezBench
  17. 17Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. 18Jérôme ThionBench
  19. 19Olivier MagneBench
  20. 20Frederic MichalakBench
  21. 21Yannick JauzionBench
  22. 22Aurélien RougerieBench

USA

  1. 1Mike MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Kirk KhasigianHooker
  3. 3Dan DorseyProp
  4. 4Alec ParkerSecond row
  5. 5Luke GrossSecond row
  6. 6Kort SchubertFlanker
  7. 7Dave HodgesFlanker
  8. 8Dan LyleNumber 8
  9. 9Kevin DalzellScrum-half
  10. 10Mike HercusFly-half
  11. 11Riaan van ZylWing
  12. 12Salesi SikaCentre
  13. 13Philip EloffCentre
  14. 14David FeeWing
  15. 15John BuchholzFull-back
  16. 16Matthew WyattBench
  17. 17Jacob WaasdorpBench
  18. 18Gerhard KlerckBench
  19. 19Jurie GouwsBench
  20. 20Matt ShermanBench
  21. 21Jason KeyterBench
  22. 22Mose TimoteoBench

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Context

All-time, France 7–2 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
USA 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.