| AUSTRALIA 18 | V | FRANCE 13 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 06.12.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade de France, Paris | DATE: 22 November 2008 | SPECTATORS: 79,231 | |||||
| REFEREE: Craig Joubert (South Africa) | HALFTIME: 10-7 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Moore, Hynes | TRIES: penalty | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Giteau | CONVERSIONS: Skrela | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Giteau (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Skrela | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: Médard | ||||||
| 15 | Drew Mitchell | Western Force | 15 | Maxime Médard | Toulouse | ||
| 14 | Peter Hynes | Queensland Reds | 14 | Julien Malzieu (22) | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 13 | Adam Ashley-Cooper (21) | Brumbies | 13 | Yannick Jauzion | Toulouse | ||
| 12 | Stirling Mortlock | Brumbies | 12 | Benoit Baby (21) | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 11 | Digby Ioane | Queensland Reds | 11 | Cedric Heymans | Toulouse | ||
| 10 | Matthew Giteau | Western Force | 10 | David Skrela | Toulouse | ||
| 9 | Luke Burgess (20) | NSW Waratahs | 9 | Sebastien Tillous-Borde (20) | Castres Olympique | ||
| 8 | Wycliff Palu (18) | NSW Waratahs | 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 7 | George Smith | Brumbies | 7 | Fulgence Ouedraogo | Montpellier | ||
| 6 | Dean Mumm | NSW Waratahs | 6 | Thierry Dusautoir (19) | Toulouse | ||
| 5 | Nathan Sharpe | Western Force | 5 | Lionel Nallet (Capt) (18) | Castres Olympique | ||
| 4 | Hugh McMeniman | Queensland Reds | 4 | Sebastien Chabal | Sale Sharks/Eng | ||
| 3 | Alistair Baxter | NSW Waratahs | 3 | Nicolas Mas (17) | Perpignan | ||
| 2 | Stephen Moore | Queensland Reds | 2 | Dimitri Szarzewski (16) | Stade Français | ||
| 1 | Benjamin Alexander (17) | ACT Brumbies | 1 | Lionel Faure | Sale Sharks/Eng | ||
| 16 | Tatafu Polota-Nau | NSW Waratahs | 16 | Benjamin Kayser (2) | Leicester/Eng | ||
| 17 | Sekope Kefu (1) | NSW Waratahs | 17 | Benoit Lecouls (3) | Toulouse | ||
| 18 | Mark Chisholm (8) | Brumbies | 18 | Romain Millo-Chluski (5) | Toulouse | ||
| 19 | David Pocock | WA Western Force | 19 | Louis Picamoles (6) | Montpellier | ||
| 20 | Samuel Cordingley (9) | Queensland Reds | 20 | Julien Tomas (9) | Montpellier | ||
| 21 | Quade Cooper (13) | Queensland Reds | 21 | Damien Traille (12) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 22 | Lote Tuqiri | NSW Waratahs | 22 | Alexis Palisson (14) | CA Brive | ||
| HEAD COACH: Robbie Deans | HEAD COACH: Marc Lièvrement | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Despite a dreadful day with the boot, Skrela reached 100 test points for France. Ryan Cross was originally selected for Australia but withdrew just before kickoff with an illness. Yellow Card: Skrela Sources http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/nov/24/autumn-internationals-francerugbyunionteam http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7735199.stm http://www.itsrugby.fr/modules/site/game_test.php?id=48254&menu=D |
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