FRA
No.Name
15Damien Traille, FB
T
14Vincent Clerc, W
T
3
13David Marty, C
12Maxime Mermoz, C
11Aurelien Rougerie, W
10Francois Trinh-Duc, FH
9Morgan Parra, SH
4
5
1Jean-Baptiste Poux, P
2William Servat, H
3Luc Ducalcon, P
4Pascal Pape, L
5Romain Millo-Chluski, L
6Fulgence Ouedraogo, FL
7Julien Bonnaire, FL
8Louis Picamoles, N8
Replacements
16Guilhem Guirado, H
17Fabien Barcella, P
18Julien Pierre, L
19Imanol Harinordoquy, FL
20Dimitri Yachvili, FH
21Fabrice Estebanez, -
22Maxime Medard, W

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: McLean Park
9:30 AM, September 18, 2011
Attendance: 14,200
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

84'19-46 End of half
84'19-46 End of half
82'Wonderful, wonderful score from France, who attack from inside their own half, moving the ball through a succession of hands before Traille eventually puts Clerc in for his hat-trick try. Parra converts with the last kick of the game.
81'+219-46 Conversion - Morgan Parra , France
81'+219-44 Try - Vincent Clerc , France
81'+319-46 End of second half
80'19-39 Conversion - Morgan Parra , France
79'Parra converts well from wide on the right and that means he's going to end with a record of eight successful kicks from nine attempts. Pretty good stats in light of how poor the goal-kicking has been in New Zealand so far.
79'19-37 Try - Vincent Clerc , France
78'Picamoles pops the ball up for Yachvili, who fires it wide to Clerc and he takes care of the rest. A second try for the Toulouse wing.
76'Player substituted - Fulgence Ouedraogo , France
76'Substitute on - Imanol Harinordoquy , France
73'Player substituted - Aurelien Rougerie , France
73'Substitute on - Maxime Medard , France
71'Player substituted - Ander Monro , Canada
71'Substitute on - Nathan Hirayama , Canada
70'Player substituted - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
70'Substitute on - Dimitri Yachvili , France
65'19-32 Conversion - Morgan Parra , France
64'Easy two points for Parra.
64'19-30 Try - Damien Traille , France
64'Substitute on - Conor Trainor , Canada
64'Player substituted - DTH van der Merwe , Canada
64'Substitute on - Julien Pierre , France
64'Player substituted - Romain Millo-Chluski , France
63'Well, there's the French breakthrough and you have to say that it has been coming. The French spread the ball wide swiftly to Traille, who cleverly changes the angle of his run, wrongfooting the covering Canadian defenders by cutting infield and racing away to score. Parra adds the extras. Game over?
63'Player substituted - Chauncey O'Toole , Canada
63'Substitute on - Nanyak Dala , Canada
63'Player substituted - Ed Fairhurst , Canada
63'Substitute on - Sean White , Canada
63'Player substituted - Jason Marshall , Canada
63'Substitute on - Scott Franklin , Canada
61'Substitute on - Tyler Hotson , Canada
61'Player substituted - Jamie Cudmore , Canada
61'Substitute on - Ryan Hamilton , Canada
61'Player substituted - Pat Riordan , Canada
60'19-25 Penalty goal - James Pritchard , Canada
59'The Canucks are just refusing to go away, much to France's annoyance, and Pritchard drags the underdogs back to within a converted try by lobbing the ball between the posts after more sustained Canadian pressure.
57'16-25 Drop goal - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
56'France back on the offensive and up to the Canadian 22..... Trinh-Duc then drops into the pocket once more and this time he goes for the drop goal - and he lands it. France lead by nine once more.
54'Player substituted - William Servat , France
54'Substitute on - Guilhem Guirado , France
49'16-22 Drop goal - Ander Monro , Canada
48'Canada hit right back with Monro slotting over another terrific drop goal. Canada still believe.
48'13-22 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
47'Jason Marshall, who has struggled in the scrum, gives away another penalty for a set-piece offence and Parra punishes his indiscretion.
47'Player substituted - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
47'Substitute on - Fabien Barcella , France
44'13-19 Drop goal - Ander Monro , Canada
43'Monro drops back into the pocket and slots over a fine drop goal to keep Canada's spirits up after a missed penalty from Pritchard.
41'Canada are caught offside once more and Para dissects the uprights with the last kick of the half to put nine points between the sides. A costly few minutes for the Canucks.
41'+110-19 End of first half
41'+110-19 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
40'10-19 Start of second half
38'10-16 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
37'Pritchard is guilty of going off his feet and that's another penalty for France. More difficult angle this time, from the right-hand side, but the outcome is the same, Parra splitting the sticks with another assured strike.
36'10-13 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
35'Canada infringe at the breakdown and Parra converts from a central position 35 metres out to edge Les Bleus back into the lead.
28'Substitute on - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
28'Player substituted - Fabien Barcella , France
19'Substitute on - Fabien Barcella , France
19'Player substituted - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
17'10-10 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
16'France take it through a number of phases before Canada eventually infringe at the breakdown and Morgan Parra slots the resulting penalty just to the right of the posts to level matters. Much better from Les Bleus.
8'10-7 Conversion - James Pritchard , Canada
7'Pritchard makes no mistake with the easy conversion attempt.
7'8-7 Try - Ryan Smith , Canada
6'What a start in Napier! Canada post an immediate reply - and in exactly the same fashion. Monro sends a booming Garryowen into the French 22. The cashing Mackenzie and van der Merwe make real nuisances of themselves, putting France fullback Damien Traille under all sorts of pressure and he fails to gather, allowing Smith to throw himself on the loose ball. Try Canada!
6'3-7 Conversion - Morgan Parra , France
5'Scrum-half Morgan Parra converts from right in front of the posts.
5'3-5 Try - Vincent Clerc , France
4'Disaster for Canada! France rumble forward, with Picamoles driving them into the Canucks' 22. Trinh-Duc then hoists a pretty poor up-and-under into the night sky. However, Pritchard fails to gather, fumbling the ball backwards and Clerc is on hand to pick up the pieces and score his fifth try in his last five starts for his country.
2'3-0 Penalty goal - James Pritchard , Canada
1'France stray offside at the breakdown and James Pritchard lands the resulting 35-metre penalty from the right-hand side to give the Canucks an early lead. Fine strike in what are difficult conditions in Napier.
1'0-0 Start of first half

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