| NEW ZEALAND 42 | V | FRANCE 11 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 09.02.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Eden Park, Auckland | DATE: 2 June 2007 | SPECTATORS: 41,500 | |||||
| REFEREE: Stuart
Dickinson (Australia) |
HALFTIME: 20-3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Mauger (2), Sivivatu (2), So'oialo |
TRIES: Coux | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Evans (2), Carter, Weepu |
CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Carter, Weepu, Evans | PENALTY GOALS: Boyet (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Leon MacDonald | Canterbury | 15 | Thomas Castaignède | Saracens, England | ||
| 14 | Josevata Rokocoko | Auckland | 14 | Jean-Francois Coux (20) | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||
| 13 | Isaia Toeava | Auckland | 13 | Arnaud Mignardi | Agen | ||
| 12 | Aaron Mauger | Canterbury | 12 | Jean-Philippe Grandclaude (22) | Perpignan | ||
| 11 | Sitiveni Sivivatu (22) | Waikato | 11 | Benjamin Thiéry (21) | Bayonne | ||
| 10 | Dan Carter (21) | Canterbury | 10 | Benjamin Boyet | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||
| 9 | Piri Weepu (20) | Wellington | 9 | Nicolas Durand | Perpignan | ||
| 8 | Chris Masoe | Wellington | 8 | Sebastian Chabal | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 7 | Richie McCaw Capt.(19) | Canterbury | 7 | Olivier Magne | London Irish, England | ||
| 6 | Reuben Thorne | Canterbury | 6 | Gregory Le Corvec (19) | Perpignan | ||
| 5 | Ali Williams | Auckland | 5 | Pascal Papé Capt. (16) | Castres Olympique | ||
| 4 | Chris Jack (18) | Tasman | 4 | Julien Pierre (18) | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||
| 3 | Carl Hayman (17) | Otago | 3 | Nicolas Mas (17) | Perpignan | ||
| 2 | Keven Mealamu (16) | Auckland | 2 | Sebastian Bruno | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 1 | Tony Woodcock | North Harbour | 1 | Christian Califano | Gloucester, England | ||
| 16 | Andrew Hore (2) | Taranaki | 16 | Raphael Ibanez (5) | London Wasps, England | ||
| 17 | Neemia Tialata (3) | Wellington | 17 | Franck Montanella (3) | Auch | ||
| 18 | Troy Flavell (4) | Auckland | 18 | Olivier Olibeau (4) | Perpignan | ||
| 19 | Rodney So'oialo (7) | Wellington | 19 | Damien Chouly (6) | Brive | ||
| 20 | Brendon Leonard (9) | Waikato | 20 | Mickael Forest (14) | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||
| 21 | Nick Evans (10) | Otago | 21 | Nicolas Laharrague (11) | Perpignan | ||
| 22 | Ma'a Nonu (11) | Wellington. | 22 | Ludovic Valbon (12) | Brive | ||
| COACH: Graham Henry | COACH: Bernard Laporte | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES As a result of player unavailability and injury there were an amazing eleven new test players in the French side; Coux, Thiery, Laharrague, Forest, Mignardi, Durand, Le Cornec, Pierre, Chouly, Olibeau and Montanella. Castaignède and Magne had missed all the test season to date due to injury whilst Califarno last played for France v Ireland in 2003. Leonard was playing his first test for New Zealand. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6702939.stm |
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