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Nations Championship 2026 · One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch · 4 July 2026Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 2 points.Half-time 17–13 · Tries 5–4 · NZL 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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282140475059717853195Attacks1460Ball won8719519462375559151372442521%Own 2231%Own half81%Opp half85%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL16525
FRA18827
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL3/51/10
FRA3/42/20
← France attack · New Zealand 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
  • 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
2′FranceTry, Damian Penaud, converted0–5
8′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan5–7
21′New ZealandTry, Peter Lakai, converted10–10
40′New ZealandTry, Cam Roigard, converted17–13
47′FranceTry, Antoine Hastoy, converted19–18
50′New ZealandTry, Cam Roigard, converted24–20
59′FranceTry, Theo Attissogbe26–25
71′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan34–25
78′FranceTry, Matthieu Jalibert, converted34–30
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′1 NZL card
2′Damian Penaud8′Will Jordan21′Peter Lakai40′Cam Roigard47′Antoine Hastoy50′Cam Roigard59′Theo Attissogbe71′Will Jordan78′Matthieu Jalibert
NZL

Team stats

FRA
51%Possession49%
47%Territory53%
146Carries146
501Metres gained481
11Clean breaks12
27Defenders beaten25
220Passes186
6Offloads11
165Tackles made188
25Tackles missed27
120/120Rucks won113/117
9/11Lineouts won8/10
5/6Scrums won5/6
4/4Mauls won4/4
3Turnovers won2
8Penalties conceded9
17Kicks from hand21
504Kick metres538
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 3/5, penalties 1/1 · FRA conversions 3/4, 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

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Fletcher NewellProp
  4. 4Josh LordSecond row
  5. 5Sam DarrySecond row
  6. 6Peter LakaiFlanker
  7. 7Luke JacobsonFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Cam RoigardScrum-half
  10. 10Ruben LoveFly-half
  11. 11Caleb ClarkeWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Quinn TupaeaCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Asafo AumuaBench
  17. 17Xavier NumiaBench
  18. 18Tyrel LomaxBench
  19. 19Jamie HannahBench
  20. 20Wallace SititiBench
  21. 21Cortez RatimaBench
  22. 22Billy ProctorBench
  23. 23Fehi FineanganofoBench

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Maxime LamotheHooker
  3. 3Demba BambaProp
  4. 4Hugo AuradouSecond row
  5. 5Tom StaniforthSecond row
  6. 6Pierre BochatonFlanker
  7. 7Oscar JegouFlanker
  8. 8Marko GazzottiNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime LucuScrum-half
  10. 10Matthieu JalibertFly-half
  11. 11Theo AttissogbeWing
  12. 12Yoram MoefanaCentre
  13. 13Fabien Brau-BoirieCentre
  14. 14Damian PenaudWing
  15. 15Max SpringFull-back
  16. 16Barnabe MassaBench
  17. 17Reda WardiBench
  18. 18Regis MontagneBench
  19. 19Mickael GuillardBench
  20. 20Killian TixerontBench
  21. 21Nolann Le GarrecBench
  22. 22Antoine HastoyBench
  23. 23Nicolas DepoortereBench

Match officials

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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.