FRA
	No.	Name
15Cedric Heymans, FB
14Vincent Clerc, W T
13Aurelien Rougerie, C
12Fabrice Estebanez, C
11Maxime Medard, W
10Francois Trinh-Duc, FH T
9Dimitri Yachvili, SH  4  3
1Fabien Barcella, P
2William Servat, H
3Nicolas Mas, P
4Julien Pierre, L T
5Lionel Nallet, L T
6Thierry Dusautoir, FL
7Imanol Harinordoquy, FL
8Raphael Lakafia, N8
Replacements
16Dimitri Szarzewski, H
17Jean-Baptiste Poux, P
18Pascal Pape, L T
19Julien Bonnaire, FL
20Morgan Parra, SH T
21David Skrela, FH
22David Marty, C

JPN
	No.	Name
15Shaun Webb, FB
14Kosuke Endo, W
13Koji Taira, C
12Ryan Nicholas, C
11Hirotoki Onozawa, W
10James Arlidge, FH T 2   3
9Fumiaki Tanaka, SH
1Hisateru Hirashima, P
2Shota Horie, H
3Kensuke Hatakeyama, P
4Luke Thompson, L
5Toshizumi Kitagawa, L
6Takashi Kikutani, FL
7Michael Leitch, FL
8Koliniashi Holani, N8
16Yusuke Aoki, -
17Nozomu Fujita, P
18Hitoshi Ono, -
19Itaru Taniguchi, N8
20Atsushi Hiwasa, SH
21Murray Williams, FB
22Alisi Tupuailei, C

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: North Harbour Stadium

7:00 AM, September 10, 2011

Attendance: 28,569

All Commentary Key Events

Match Commentary

83'		47-21 End of half
83'		47-21 End of half
81'		And that's the ball game - Parra runs in the ball in the dying embers of the game to put some gloss on the scoreboard.
81'+1		47-21 Try - Morgan Parra , France
81'+2		47-21 End of second half
79'		42-21 Conversion - Dimitri Yachvili , France
78'		40-21 Try - Pascal Pape , France
77'		What a try from France - Heymans makes the break with Pape crossing the line after a great counter-attack
75'		Substitute on - Julien Bonnaire , France
75'		Player substituted - Imanol Harinordoquy , France
73'		Substitute on - Pascal Pape , France
73'		Player substituted - Julien Pierre , France
72'		35-21 Conversion - Dimitri Yachvili , France
71'		Yachvili keeps the scoreboard ticking over with an impressive conversion
71'		33-21 Try - Lionel Nallet , France
70'		Nallet crosses the line in the corner exploiting an overlap...heartbreaking for Japan but still ten minutes left in the clash
68'		28-21 Penalty goal - Dimitri Yachvili , France
67'		Yachvili knocks over the three with ease
67'		Player substituted - Fumiaki Tanaka , Japan
67'		Substitute on - Atsushi Hiwasa , Japan
67'		Substitute on - Murray Williams , Japan
67'		Player substituted - Shaun Webb , Japan
62'		Player substituted - David Skrela , France
62'		Substitute on - Morgan Parra , France
59'		25-21 Penalty goal - James Arlidge , Japan
58'		Arlidge keeps his cool and knocks the ball over
55'		Player substituted - Koji Taira , Japan
55'		Substitute on - Alisi Tupuailei , Japan
52'		Substitute on - David Skrela , France
52'		Player substituted - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
52'		Substitute on - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
52'		Player substituted - Fabien Barcella , France
52'		Player substituted - William Servat , France
52'		Substitute on - Dimitri Szarzewski , France
51'		25-18 Conversion - James Arlidge , Japan
50'		25-16 Try - James Arlidge , Japan
49'		And it's that man Arlidge again - he has been superb - takes advantage of poor French tackling and he dives over.
48'		Substitute on - David Marty , France
48'		Player substituted - Fabrice Estebanez , France
44'		Substitute on - Nozomu Fujita , Japan
44'		Player substituted - Kensuke Hatakeyama , Japan
41'		25-11 End of first half
40'		25-11 Start of second half
39'		25-11 Penalty goal - James Arlidge , Japan
38'		Arlidge knocks it over with ease..
36'		Substitute on - Itaru Taniguchi , Japan
36'		Player substituted - Koliniashi Holani , Japan
35'		25-8 Try - Vincent Clerc , France
34'		What a score...Yachvili at his best puts Rougerie away who offloads with SBW-esque hands to put away Clerc..great play
31'		20-8 Try - James Arlidge , Japan
30'		Arlidge tries the grubber but it rebounds back into his hands and he crashes over
29'		20-3 Penalty goal - Dimitri Yachvili , France
28'		Yachvili keeps the scoreboard ticking over for France
21'		17-3 Penalty goal - Dimitri Yachvili , France
20'		Quality strike from the left boot of Yachvili from a way back
18'		14-3 Penalty goal - James Arlidge , Japan
17'		Arlidge makes amends for his earlier miss with a confident strike
13'		14-0 Conversion - Dimitri Yachvili , France
12'		Yachvili knocks over the extras - 14-0 to France
12'		12-0 Try - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
11'		Francois Trinh-Duc profits from an interception and with Clerc outside he ignores the speedster and runs in the try himself
6'		7-0 Conversion - Dimitri Yachvili , France
5'		Yachvili adds the extras with ease
5'		5-0 Try - Julien Pierre , France
4'		Julien Pierre over the try line - great break from Lakafia after a fantastic piece of plundering around the breakdown from Lievremont's charges
1'		0-0 Start of first half

Standings

Pool A
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	FRA	4	+178	18
2	NZL	4	+206	15
3	ITALY	4	-67	10
4	URUG	4	-99	5
5	NAMIB	4	-218	0
Pool B
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	4	+144	19
2	SA	4	+117	15
3	SCOT	4	+75	10
4	TONGA	4	-81	5
5	ROM	4	-255	0
Pool C
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	WALES	4	+84	19
2	FIJI	4	+5	11
3	AUS	4	-1	11
4	POR	4	-39	6
5	GEO	4	-49	3
Pool D
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	ENG	4	+111	18
2	ARG	4	+58	14
3	JPN	4	+2	9
4	SAMOA	4	+17	7
5	CHI	4	-188	0

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