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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal · 20 November 2003Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 27 points.Half-time 6–14 · Tries 1–6

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA11626
NZL499
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA1/11/11
NZL5/50/00
← New Zealand 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.
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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
13′New ZealandTry, Chris Jack, converted0–5
21′New ZealandTry, Doug Howlett, converted3–12
43′FranceTry, Pepito Elhorga, converted11–14
52′New ZealandTry, Josevata Rokocoko, converted13–19
54′New ZealandTry, Brad Thorn, converted13–26
59′New ZealandTry, Mils Muliaina, converted13–33
74′New ZealandTry, Marty Holah13–40
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
13′Chris Jack21′Doug Howlett43′Pepito Elhorga52′Josevata Rokocoko54′Brad Thorn59′Mils Muliaina74′Marty Holah
FRA

Team stats

NZL
14%Possession86%
71Carries147
287Metres gained634
3Clean breaks21
9Defenders beaten26
90Passes179
6Offloads9
116Tackles made49
26Tackles missed9
42/45Rucks won90/95
12/14Lineouts won24/27
10/11Scrums won11/11
9/9Mauls won9/9
15Turnovers won4
10Penalties conceded6
36Kicks from hand23
1,147Kick metres727
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · NZL conversions 5/5, 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. 1Sylvain MarconnetProp
  2. 2Yannick BruHooker
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  4. 4David AuradouSecond row
  5. 5Thibault PrivatSecond 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. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Pepito ElhorgaWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Raphaël IbanezBench
  17. 17Jean-Jacques CrencaBench
  18. 18Fabien PelousBench
  19. 19Olivier MagneBench
  20. 20Frederic MichalakBench
  21. 21Brian LiebenbergBench
  22. 22Nicolas BrusqueBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  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. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Leon MacDonaldCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Carl HoeftBench
  18. 18Brad ThornBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Daniel CarterBench
  22. 22Caleb RalphBench

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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.