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New Zealand v France — Nations Championship
Nations Championship · Round 1
Te Kaha Stadium, Christchurch
New Zealand
2nd in Nations Championship
· UTC
34
32
Full-time
1st half 19–132nd half 15–19
France
1st in Nations Championship
New Zealand scorers:
Tries Jordan 8′, Lakai 21′, Roigard 40′, Roigard 50′, Jordan 71′
Cons Love 21′, Love 40+1′, Love 51′
Pens Love 66′
France scorers:
Tries Penaud 2′, Hastoy 47′, Attissogbé 59′, Jalibert 78′
Cons Lucu 3′, Lucu 48′, Hastoy 78′
Pens Lucu 15′, Lucu 30′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 08:10
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 09:10
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sat 17:10
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sat 19:10
Venue
Te Kaha Stadium, Christchurch
Form and season so far
Season figures: Nations Championship table.
Nations Championship table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa, your team | +81 | 15 | |
| France, your team | +41 | 12 | |
| New Zealand, your team | +51 | 15 | |
| Scotland, your team | +11 | 11 | |
| Australia, your team | +29 | 8 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time34–32
- 78′ Conversion France: Antoine Hastoy Conversion 34–32
- 78′ Try France: Mathieu Jalibert Try 34–30
- 76′ Replacement New Zealand: Cortez Ratima On for Cam Roigard
- 76′ Replacement France: Nolan Le Garrec On for Maxime Lucu
- 71′ Try New Zealand: Will Jordan Try 34–25
- 69′ Replacement France: Nicolas Depoortere On for Fabien Brau-Boire
- 69′ Replacement New Zealand: Jamie Hannah On for Josh Lord
- 69′ Replacement New Zealand: Fehi Fineanganofo On for Caleb Clarke
- 66′ Penalty goal New Zealand: Ruben Love Penalty goal 29–25
- 63′ Replacement France: Barnabe Massa On for Maxime Lamothe
- 60′ Replacement New Zealand: Billy Proctor On for Quinn Tupaea
- 60′ Replacement New Zealand: Asafo Aumua On for Codie Taylor
- 59′ Try France: Théo Attissogbé Try 26–25
- 56′ Replacement France: Reda Wardi On for Jefferson Poirot
- 56′ Replacement France: Killian Tixeront On for Tom Staniforth
- 54′ Replacement New Zealand: Wallace Sititi On for Peter Lakai
- 54′ Replacement New Zealand: Tyrel Lomax On for Fletcher Newell
- 54′ Replacement New Zealand: Xavier Numia On for Ethan de Groot
- 51′ Conversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 26–20
- 50′ Try New Zealand: Cam Roigard Try 24–20
- 48′ Conversion France: Maxime Lucu Conversion 19–20
- 48′ Replacement France: Regis Montagne On for Demba Bamba
- 47′ Try France: Antoine Hastoy Try 19–18
- 41′ Replacement France: Antoine Hastoy On for Damian Penaud
- Half-time19–13
- 40+1′ Conversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 19–13
- 40′ Try New Zealand: Cam Roigard Try 17–13
- 34′ Replacement France: Mickael Guillard On for Pierre Bochaton
- 30′ Penalty goal France: Maxime Lucu Penalty goal 12–13
- 22′ Replacement France: Max Spring On for Antoine Hastoy
- 21′ Conversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 12–10
- 21′ Try New Zealand: Peter Lakai Try 10–10
- 15′ Penalty goal France: Maxime Lucu Penalty goal 5–10
- 8′ Try New Zealand: Will Jordan Try 5–7
- 5′ Replacement France: Antoine Hastoy On for Max Spring
- 3′ Conversion France: Maxime Lucu Conversion 0–7
- 2′ Try France: Damian Penaud Try 0–5
- 2′ Yellow card New Zealand: Ruben Love Yellow card
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
New Zealand
Coach: Dave Rennie- 1 Ethan de Groot Prop
- 2 Codie Taylor Hooker
- 3 Fletcher Newell Prop
- 4 Josh Lord Lock
- 5 Sam Darry Lock
- 6 Peter Lakai Flanker
- 7 Luke Brittain Jacobson Flanker
- 8 Ardie Savea (captain) No. 8
- 9 Cam Roigard Scrum-half
- 10 Ruben Love Fly-half
- 11 Caleb Clarke Wing
- 12 Jordie Barrett Centre
- 13 Quinn Tupaea Centre
- 14 Will Jordan Wing
- 15 Damian McKenzie Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Asafo Aumua on at 60′
- 17 Xavier Numia on at 54′
- 18 Tyrel Lomax on at 54′
- 19 Jamie Hannah on at 69′
- 20 Wallace Sititi on at 54′
- 21 Cortez Ratima on at 76′
- 22 Billy Proctor on at 60′
- 23 Fehi Fineanganofo on at 69′
France
Coach: Fabien Galthié- 1 Jefferson Poirot Prop
- 2 Maxime Lamothe Hooker
- 3 Demba Bamba Prop
- 4 Hugo Auradou Lock
- 5 Tom Staniforth Lock
- 6 Pierre Bochaton Flanker
- 7 Oscar Jegou Flanker
- 8 Marko Gazzotti No. 8
- 9 Maxime Lucu (captain) Scrum-half
- 10 Mathieu Jalibert Fly-half
- 11 Théo Attissogbé Wing
- 12 Yoram Moefana Centre
- 13 Fabien Brau-Boire Centre
- 14 Damian Penaud Wing
- 15 Max Spring Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Barnabe Massa on at 63′
- 17 Reda Wardi on at 56′
- 18 Regis Montagne on at 48′
- 19 Mickael Guillard on at 34′
- 20 Killian Tixeront on at 56′
- 21 Nolan Le Garrec on at 76′
- 22 Antoine Hastoy on at 41′
- 23 Nicolas Depoortere on at 69′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: New Zealand 51%, France 49%
Carries: New Zealand 131, France 130
Metres made: New Zealand 501, France 481
Line breaks: New Zealand 11, France 12
Tackles made: New Zealand 165, France 188
Tackles missed: New Zealand 25, France 27
Turnovers won: New Zealand 3, France 2
Lineouts won: New Zealand 9/11, France 8/10
Scrums won: New Zealand 5/5, France 5/6
Penalties conceded: New Zealand 8, France 9
Yellow cards: New Zealand 1, France 0
Red cards: New Zealand 0, France 0
Passes: New Zealand 220, France 186
Tries: New Zealand 5, France 4
Try assists: New Zealand 4, France 4
Conversions: New Zealand 3, France 3
Penalty goals: New Zealand 1, France 2
Drop goals: New Zealand 0, France 0
Turnovers: New Zealand 13, France 9
Offloads: New Zealand 6, France 11
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- New Zealand wins
- 3
- Draws
- 0
- France wins
- 1
Last 4 meetings in our data, all competitions.
