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France New Zealand: Key Facts & Figures
France New Zealand: Key Facts & Figures
new Zealand
New Zealand Ranked No.1 in the world, a position they have held for more time than all other nations combined. Have scored 2004 RWC points, 602 more than second-placed Australia. Have scored 271 RWC tries, 92 more than second-placed Australia. Have won 36 RWC matches, four more than second-placed Australia. Have scored more tries than their opposition in 36 of their 42 RWC matches, eight more than next-best Australia. The All Blacks have won all 36 of those matches and have lost the remaining six matches where they scored as many or fewer tries than their opposition. Playing in a record-equalling third RWC final. England and Australia have played three finals and France are also appearing in their third at RWC 2011. The only team to finish first in their pool at every RWC. One of four teams (along with England, France and Australia) to have progressed to the quarter-finals at every RWC. The All Blacks and France share the honour of having progressed to the most semi-finals (5). The All Blacks and France are the only teams to have lost multiple RWC semi-finals. Have lost two knockout matches after leading at half-time, both against France. Australia are the only other team to have done it more than once (both losses were against England). New Zealand have scored at least one try in their past 95 Tests and in 101 of the 102 Tests coached by Graham Henry. Graham Henry coaches a team in a Rugby World Cup match for the 16th time, extending his record. Henry coached Wales in their four matches at RWC 1999 and the All Blacks in their five matches at RWC 2007 and their seven at RWC 2011. Graham Henry is the only person to coach a top-tier nation in 100 Tests in the professional era. His 85 per cent winning record coaching New Zealand is the best for any coach of a major nation in the professional era. His predecessor John Mitchells record of 82.1 per cent is the only other above 80 per cent. Henry also coached Wales in 34 Tests and the British and Irish Lions in three. New Zealand have lost to only South Africa, Australia and France during Henrys reign and have a winning record against all three. New Zealand have won their past 16 Test matches at home, a winning streak that goes back more than two years, to when South Africa beat them 32-29 in Hamilton on 12 September 2009. Their only better streak is the world record 30 consecutive home Test victories from 2003 to 2008. Under Graham Henry, New Zealand have lost only three home Test matches, against South Africa (twice) and France.
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France
new Zealand
The line-ups France have kept the starting line-up that defeated England in the quarter-finals and Wales in the semi-finals. France are the second team in RWC history to go into three consecutive matches with the same starting XV. Argentina had unchanged line-ups for their RWC 2007 quarter-final and semi-final after that same XV started their last pool match, a 30-15 victory over Ireland. They lost the third match of the streak. It is Frances seventh unchanged starting line-up in RWC history, more than any other team. Five of their previous six unchanged line-ups were also for knockout matches and the first four resulted in defeats - three of them by at least 17 points. Their semi-final win against Wales last week was their first RWC knockout victory with an unchanged line-up. The 702 caps among Frances starting XV make it their third most-capped Test line-up. Their most capped line-up (737) was the side that lost 17-12 to Argentina in the pool phase of RWC 2007, and their second most-capped team (706) was the side that beat England 31-6 in the 2006 Six Nations. With an average age of 29 years and 312 days, this is Frances second oldest RWC line-up. Only the team that faced Argentina in the pool phase of RWC 2007 was older at 30 years and 288 days. Vincent Clerc and Englands Chris Ashton lead the RWC try-scoring table with six. If Clerc fails to cross the try-line in the final and Australias Adam Ashley-Cooper does not cross twice in the bronze final then the six tries for the leading try-scorers of the tournament will equal the record lows of RWC 1987 and RWC 1991. Clercs 11 tries are equal third behind the New Zealand duo Jonah Lomu (15) and Doug Howlett (13) on the RWC all-time list.
The referee Craig Joubert referees his seventh match of RWC 2011. He was already the first official to take charge of six matches at one RWC.
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France
new Zealand
Team Sheets
15
FRANCE IRB RANKING: 3 Test #: 677
Maxime Mdard
Stade Toulousain
replacements
12
Maxime Mermoz Alexis Palisson
RC Toulonnais
14
Vincent Clerc
Stade Toulousain
13
Aurlien Rougerie
ASM Clermont Auvergne
11
USA Perpignan
10
Morgan Parra
ASM Clermont Auvergne
9
Dimitri Yachvili
Biarritz Olympique
16 Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Franais) 17 Fabien Barcella (Biarritz Olympique) 18 Julien Pierre (ASM Clermont Auvergne) 19 Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier Herault RC) 20 Jean Marc Doussain (Stade Toulousain) 21 Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier Herault RC) 22 Damien Traille (Biarritz Olympique)
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Imanol Harinordoquy
Key Stats
# Caps Starting Lineup: 702 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 29 Oldest Player: Lionel Nallet (35) Youngest Player: Jean Marc Doussain (20) Avg Weight Forwards: 106 kg
6
Thierry Dusautoir (C)
Stade Toulousain
Biarritz Olympique
7 4
Pascal Pape Julien Bonnaire
ASM Clermont Auvergne
5
Lionel Nallet
Racing Metro 92
Stade Franais
Officials
1
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) - 30 Tests
Tests at Venue: 4 Tests France: 6 Tests New Zealand: 8 Tests Test Debut: 31/08/2003 - Namibia v Uganda
3
Nicolas Mas
USA Perpignan
2
William Servat
Stade Toulousain
Jean-Baptiste Poux
Stade Toulousain
1
Tony Woodcock
North Harbour
2
Keven Mealamu
Auckland
3
Owen Franks
Canterbury
Assistant Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) TV Match Official: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
4 6
Jerome Kaino
Auckland
5
Sam Whitelock
Canterbury
Brad Thorn
Canterbury
7
Richie McCaw (C)
Canterbury
8
Kieran Read
Canterbury
replacements
16 Andrew Hore (Taranaki) 17 Ben Franks (Tasman) 18 Ali Williams (Auckland) 19 Adam Thomson (Otago) 20 Andy Ellis (Canterbury) 21 Stephen Donald (Waikato) 22 Sonny Bill Williams (Canterbury)
9
Piri Weepu
Wellington
10
Aaron Cruden
Manawatu
11
Richard Kahui
Waikato
12
Maa Nonu
Wellington
13
Conrad Smith
Wellington
14
Cory Jane
Wellington
Key Stats
# Caps Starting Lineup: 709 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 28 Oldest Player: Brad Thorn (36) Youngest Player: Aaron Cruden (22) Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg
15
Israel Dagg
Hawkes Bay NEW ZEALAND IRB RANKING: 1 Test #: 484
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France
new Zealand
Head to Head
Recent Results
date
24/09/2011 28/11/2009 20/06/2009 13/06/2009 06/10/2007
Team a
New Zealand France New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand
result
37 12 14 22 18 17 39 10 27 20
Team B
France New Zealand France France France
Venue
Auckland Marseille Wellington Dunedin Cardiff
Summary
France
12 665 66 39 75 25
50 Matches (1 Draw)
new Zealand
37 1234 144 88 132 14
Player Records
For France against new Zealand
Serge Blanco - 12 Christophe Lamaison - 71 2 Players - 3 Christophe Lamaison - 9 Christophe Lamaison - 12 2 Players - 4 Appearances Points Tries Conversions Penalties Drop Goals
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France
Head Coach: Marc Lievremont
Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
Recent Matches
Date
15/10/2011 08/10/2011
Opponent
Wales England Tonga New Zealand Canada W W L L W
Result
9 19 14 17 46 8 12 19 37 19
Venue
Auckland Auckland Wellington Auckland Napier
105 95 9 10
Tries
38 - Serge Blanco 32 - Philippe Saint-Andre 31 - Vincent Clerc
Points
380 - Christophe Lamaison 367 - Thierry Lacroix 357 - Dimitri Yachvili
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new Zealand
Head Coach: Graham Henry
Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match: 12/06/2004 v England (W 36-3) 85.29% 4.10
Recent Matches
Date
16/10/2011 09/10/2011
Opponent
Australia Argentina Canada France Japan W W W W W
Result
20 33 79 37 83 6 10 15 17 7
Venue
Auckland Auckland Wellington Auckland Hamilton
252 55 33 6
Tries
49 - Doug Howlett 46 - Josevata Rokocoko 46 - Christian Cullen
Points
1250 - Daniel Carter 967 - Andrew Mehrtens 645 - Grant Fox
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