![LV= Cup [Anglo-Welsh]](images/LV Cup 2011 SB.jpg)
*
ENGLAND 31 - 12 ARGENTINA 
Twickenham - Saturday 09 November 2013
KO: 14:30 HT: 24-6 Att: tbc
HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
England 3-0 Argentina 6mins Minute's silence for Remembrance Day...anthems...KO...stilted Wi-Fi...Farrell penalty...reboot computer!
England 3-3 Argentina 9mins Pumas penalty & they equalise. Wi-Fi still not working!
England 8-3 Argentina 13mins England make light work of penalty > corner kick > good L/O > huge drive & Joe Launchbury scores
England 10-3 Argentina 14mins Faz converts...but the Wi-Fi's still buggered in press box...back up to media room then...
England 10-6 Argentina 17mins Marcelo Bosch pops over another penalty for the Pumas
England 10-6 Argentina 19mins Chris Ashton almost redeems himself with a try but smartly held up on his back...
England 15-6 Argentina 20mins But from England scrum excellent set piece work put Billy Twelvetrees over for another try
England 17-6 Argentina 21mins Faz converts & back up in the media room, the wifi is perfect!
England 17-6 Argentina 25mins Time off for a Pumas injury check; Pumas scrum & quickly clear England away from their 22
England 17-6 Argentina 28min Touch of aerial football ensues & are back in own half; Mike Brown gets great ball from Dixon
England 17-6 Argentina 29mins Brown breaks but finally runs out of space cornered into touch by Pumas defence
England 17-6 Argentina 30mins Juan Imhoff limping around pitch & really should be taken off; England penalty & Faz pops into corner
England 17-6 Argentina 31mins Imhoff replaced with debutant Santiago Cordero & England L/O results in scrum
England 17-6 Argentina 33mins England 5m L/O on east & ball deftly taken by Courtney Lawes...good recycling to posts & back...
England 2-6 Argentina 34mins Dixon > Farrell > & finally Ashy breaks his hoodoo & flies over for try in corner
England 24-6 Argentina 35mins Faz converts & England can breathe sigh of relief after last week...
England 24-6 Argentina 37mins Both sides could do with the HT break now; Pumas looking dangerous deep into England 22...
England 24-6 Pumas 38min Meanwhile reports in that David Beckham & his boys are in West Stand in England shirts supporting a proper sport!
England 24-6 Argentina 40mins With wendyball fans in media room banging on about Beckham, missed last 2 minutes...tis HT But am assured nothing happened!
England 24-6 Argentina HT T: Launchbury, Twelvetrees, Ashton C: Farrell (3) P: Farrell | P: Sanchez, Bosch
England 24-6 Argentina 42mins Pretty physical start to 2nd half; defensive scrum for Pumas ends with L/O outside England 22
England 24-9 Argentina 46mins England concede penalty (Lawes in from side) & Sanchez tees up & finds mark
England 24-9 Argentina 48mins Lawes takes next L/O & England head towards Pumas' 22 but play ball off feet gifting penalty
England 24-9 Argentina 50mins Time off for Pumas injury; scum coming & Corbisiero replaced Marler at HT so we shall see...
England 24-9 Argentina 52mins Not so bad a scrum...Danny Care replaces Lee Dickson at scrum half...5m L/O for homeside
England 24-12 Argentina 55mins Comes to not a lot & eventually give away a penalty for Sanchez to convert
England 24-12 Argentina 57mins Not all going to plan for England despite score; Morgan & Parling on for Vunipola & Lawes
England 24-12 Argentina 60mins Toby Flood for 12Trees; Carizza & Landajo on for Cubelli & Galarza
England 24-12 Argentina 63mins Dan Cole & Ben Youngs on for Wilson & Hartley; Gonzalo Tiesi on for Sanchez
England 24-12 Argentina 65mins England's bench all but emptied but has had no impact; action all in Pumas territory but...
England 24-12 Argentina 68mins Tiesi's already off & Benjamin Macome on; Pumas 5m from England T/L
England 24-12 Argentina 71mins Oh dear...don't know about you chaps but we're awfully bored with this 2nd half...
England 24-12 Argentina 72mins Bosch tees up for pan in front of posts from 10m...but he fluffs it
England 24-12 Argentina 75mins Alex Goode replaces Mike Brown...as the press room attempts to stay awake long enough to FT
England 24-12 Argentina 77mins England defensive scrum just by H/W; reset twice & penalty England...
England 29-12 Argentina 78mins Oh hello! Straight thru the tackles & Ben Morgan shoots under the posts for a try
England 31-12 Argentina 79mins Faz converts & the crowd wakes up too as England on Pumas' 22
England 31-12 Argentina 80mins England fast all over the T/L & Pumas kick it out for FT
15 Mike Brown 14 Chris Ashton 13 Joel Tomkins 12 Billy Twelvetrees 11 Ben Foden 10 Owen Farrell 9 Lee Dickson 1 Joe Marler 2 Dylan Hartley 3 David Wilson 4 Joe Launchbury 5 Courtney Lawes 6 Tom Wood 7 CHRIS ROBSHAW (C) 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Tom Youngs 17 Alex Corbisiero 18 Dan Cole 19 Geoff Parling 20 Ben Morgan 21 Danny Care 22 Toby Flood 23 Alex Goode
SCORERS T: Launchbury, Twelvetrees, Ashton, Morgan C: Farrell (4) P: Farrell
15 Lucas González Amorosino 14 Horacio Agulla 13 Marcelo Bosch 12 Santiago Fernández 11 Juan Imhoff 10 Nicolás Sánchez 9 Tomás Cubelli 1 Marcos Ayerza 2 Eusebio Guiñazú 3 Maximiliano Bustos* 4 Mariano Galarza* 5 Patricio Albacete 6 Pablo Matera 7 Julio Farías Cabello 8 JUAN MANUEL LEGUIZAMÓN (C) BENCH: 16 Santiago Iglesias Valdez 17 Nahuel Lobo 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi 19 Manuel Carizza 20 Benjamín Macome 21 Martín Landajo 22 Gonzalo Tiesi 23 Santiago Cordero*
SCORERS P: Sanchez (3), Bosch
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR) Asst Referees: Chris Pollock (NZRU), Craig Joubert (SARU) TMO: Iain Ramage (SRU)
SCOTLAND 42 - 17 JAPAN 
Murrayfield - Saturday 09 November 2013
KO: 14:30 HT: 11-3 Att: 32,680
HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
6’ PEN (Laidlaw)! Direct, physical play from the Scots earns their way into the Japan 22. The hosts are awarded a penalty from a re-set scrum, which Edinburgh Rugby captain Greig Laidlaw duly strikes between the posts to open the scoring (3-0).
14’ BIG hit from lock Tim Swinson to halt an extended period of Japanese pressure deep in the Scotland 22.
The visitors knock on but then win a scrum against the head, before being turned over in the danger area, and allowing Scotland to finally clear (3-0).
17’ MISS PEN (Laidlaw)! The scrum-half’s penalty attempt comes off the post (3-0).
21’ PEN (Laidlaw)! After a bit of an arm wrestle, the Scots earn territory and then a kickable penalty, which the little general struck soundly through the posts, making 199 points for his country (6-0).
24’ The Japanese pay a heavy price for kicking for touch instead of the posts as their kick for the 5m line goes out in the dead ball area. a big let off for the hosts who win a penalty from the resulting scrum (6-0).
29’ The men in red look to exploit an overlap as Scotland prop Ryan Grant goes down injured. Good scramble defence shuts down the rushing attack as it reaches the 22 (6-0).
28’ SUB (Alasdair Dickinson on for Grant).
32’ TRY (Seymour)! A classy finish from the winger who crosses out wide for his first try in three Tests for his country, after some hard yards from Alasdair Dickinson and David Denton in the middle (11-0).
32’ MISS CON (Laidlaw) – The scrum-half misses the opportunity to extend the lead from the touchline (11-0).
34’ Japan unrelenting in their efforts to cross the whitewash, race into Scotland’s 22 once again. Winger Kenki Fukuoka is brought down on the 5m line before the referee pulled play back for an earlier infringement.
35’ PEN (Ayumu Goromaru)! The full-back bisects the posts with a clean penalty kick from inside the 22 (11-3).
38’ NO TRY! The TMO chalks off Sean Lamont’s try after a fine break from centre Nick De Luca. Swinson pinged for obstruction (11-3).
Scotland 11-3 Japan HT T: Seymour P: Laidlaw (2) | P: Goromaru
42’ TRY (Fukuoka)! Impressive stuff from the winger who burst up field from the 22 after a quick tap free-kick. He was tackled on the half-way line but was back up on his feet and around to re-join the back line and sprint around and under the posts (11-8).
43’ CON (Goromaru)! The full-back added the extras from the straight on pen (11-10).
46’ TRY (Laidlaw)! Great reaction from Scotland who re-take possession from the kick-off and batter up field. After several pick and goes from the big men, it was Laidlaw who sniped through at the side of the ruck to pass the 200-point mark in the blue of Scotland (16-10).
47’ CON (Laidlaw)! Laidlaw adds the extras (18-10).
51’ TRY (Fukuoka)! The winger crosses for his second try of the match after stand-off Kosei Ono broke through (18-15).
52’ CON (Goromaru)! A marksman-like conversion from the full-back keeps his nation a point adrift (18-17).
54’ TRY (Seymour)! A second try from the winger who was in acres of space to receive a big miss pass floated over the top from Warriors teammate Ruaridh Jackson, with only the paint between him and the five points (23-17).
55’ MISS CON (Laidlaw).
57’ SUB (Lock Richie Gray on for Kellock).
60’ Fine, clean break from captain Kelly Brown from the 22 is halted on the 5m line with the chance at quick ball disrupted illegally. Japan number 8 Koliniashi Holani sent to the sin bin.
63’ TRY (Dickinson)! After an overlap had gone wanting, Japan scrambled and cleared. The Scots ran the ball back with a vengeance.
Centres Matt Scott and Nick De Luca combine to make big yards upfield before a quick series between Laidlaw, Brown, Ford and Jackson finds Dickinson who ran in under the posts for his second score in 28 caps (28-17).
64’ CON (Laidlaw)! The scrum-half made no mistake with the straight on conversion (30-17)
65’ SUB (stand-off Duncan Weir on for Jackson).
68’ TRY (Weir)! Four minutes after coming off the bench Weir was there to score after Sean Maitland made it to the 5m line and offered the inside ball (35-17).
69’ MISS CON (Laidlaw) (35-17)
70’ SUB (Back-row John Barclay on for Strokosch; hooker Pat MacArthur on for Ford).
73’ SUB (Prop Geoff Cross on for Murray; Henry Pyrgos on for Laidlaw).
75’ SUB (Duncan Taylor on for Maitland).
77’ TRY (Lamont)! Lamont wins the foot race to a ball box kicked over top thanks to the good vision of replacement scrum-half Pyrgos (40-17).
78’ CON (Weir)! The replacement stand-off converts (42-17).
15 Sean Maitland 14 Tommy Seymour 13 Nick De Luca 12 Matt Scott 11 Sean Lamont 10 Ruaridh Jackson 9 Greig Laidlaw 1 Ryan Grant 2 Ross Ford 3 Euan Murray 4 Tim Swinson 5 Alastair Kellock 6 Alasdair Strokosch 7 KELLY BROWN (C) 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Pat MacArthur 17 Alasdair Dickinson 18 Geoff Cross 19 Richie Gray 20 John Barclay 21 Henry Pyrgos 22 Duncan Weir 23 Duncan Taylor
SCORERS T: Seymour (2), Laidlaw, Dickinson, Weir, Lamont C: Laidlaw (3), Weir P: Laidlaw (2)
15 Ayumu Goromaru 14 TOSHIAKI HIROSE (C) 13 Male Sa'u 12 Craig Wing 11 Kenki Fukuoka 10 Kousei Ono 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 1 Masataka Mikami 2 Shota Horie 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama 4 Luke Thompson 5 Shinya Makabe 6 Hendrik Tui 7 Michael Broadhurst 8 Koliniashi Holani BENCH: 16 Yusuke Aoki 17 Yusuke Nagae 18 Hiroshi Yamashita 19 Hitoshi Ono 20 Takashi Kikutani 21 Atsushi Hiwasa 22 Yuu Tamura 23 Yoshikazu Fujita
SCORERS T: Fukuoka (2) C: Goromaru (2) P: Goromaru 
Holani, Goromaru
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU) Asst Referees: Leighton Hodges (WRU), Greg Garner (RFU) TMO: Marshall Kilgore (IRFU)
ITALY 20 - 50 AUSTRALIA
Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin - Saturday 09 November 2013
KO: 15:00 HT: 10-19 Att: tbc
THE Qantas Wallabies bounced back from a disappointing loss to England with a commanding 50-20, seven tries to three, victory against Italy in Turin.
Matt Toomua kicked off in a sunny eighteen degrees at Stadio Olimpico, but it was fly half Alberto Di Bernardo’s kick that gave Italy the lead after just 4 minutes when Australia were penalised for slowing the ball down at the ruck.
Wallabies fly half Quade Cooper had a chance to level the scores when Tommaso Benvenuti was penalised for going off his feet at a ruck shortly after, but his attempt went wide.
Italy went further ahead on 12 minutes after they launched an ambitious attack just outside their own 22. Benvenuti got into the clear down the right-hand touchline before throwing an inside pass to centre Luca Morisi. Morisi offloaded to the Townsville-born Italian fullback, Luke Mclean who scored the game's opening try in his 50th Test.
Di Bernardo landed the conversion and the Wallabies were staring down the barrel at 10-0 down. But, as it has so often this year, it was a moment of Israel Folau brilliance that brought Australia back into the match.
On 15 minutes the Wallabies had a good spell of possession and managed to up the tempo. Quick hands saw the ball come wide to Folau who cut through the Azzurri defence to be pulled down just metres from Italy’s line.
The Wallabies recycled quickly and showed good composure as they worked the ball across field through multiple phases until a perfectly timed pass from Cooper put captain, Ben Mowen into a gap. The Brumbies No.8 was pulled down short but was able to reach out and plant the ball down for his first Test try. Cooper converted and Australia were back to 10-7.
Six minutes later Folau once again added spark to the Wallabies game. A long pass from Toomua found Folau out wide where he broke through the defence before delivering a superb offload to winger Nick Cummins. Cummins sprinted 50 metres down the left hand touchline and was tackled just short but managed to get a low pass away which was scooped up by young Brumbies centre, Tevita Kuridrani to go over for his second Test try. Cooper converted from out wide and suddenly the Wallabies had a 14 -10 lead after 21 minutes.
Italy were finding it hard to hold back the gold tide as Australia added more points to the board on 31 minutes. A strong burst from Michael Hooper gave the Wallabies some momentum as the ball was brought into the Italian 22. Will Genia went to the short side finding Cummins with a sharp pass .The “Honey Badger” skirted around McLean to score wide out, handing the Wallabies a 19-10 lead as the clock neared half time.
Rob Simmons was then penalised for obstructing Parisse who was chasing a high kick, but Di Bernardo missed the penalty attempt. Di Bernardo then missed another attempt shortly afterwards when Mowen was penalised for coming in at the side of a ruck, leaving the score at 19-10 to the Wallabies at half time.
Italy had a good spell of possession early in the second half, but strong defence from the Wallabies held them at bay before Hooper won a relieving penalty at the breakdown.
The Wallabies then went further ahead on 51 minutes with Cooper drawing three defenders to put Cummins in for his second try of the match. Cooper converted successfully to put Australia in command at 26-10.
Cooper was again the creator on 58 minutes. As Kuridrani ran a good decoy run, the Wallabies vice-captain found winger Adam Ashley-Cooper who took the perfect line to score under the posts. Cooper landed his fourth conversion to make it 33-10.
Italy were the next to score with reserve prop Lorenzo Cittadini forcing his way over from close range to make it 33-15 on 62 minutes. Reserve fly half Tommaso (Tommy) Allan missed the conversion leaving the Wallabies with an 18 point lead.
Christian Leali’ifano, who was sent on for Cooper, then landed a long range penalty on 65 minutes to take the Wallabies lead to 36-15.
Brumbies winger Joe Tomane replaced Ashley-Cooper and, picking up where he left off in Rosario, immediately sprinted away for a long range score straight from the restart thanks to a superb flick pass from hooker Stephen Moore. Leali’ifano was accurate from the right touchline and Australia were up 43-15.
Tomane then set up a try for Folau minutes later, plucking a cross field kick from Toomua out of the air and popping it in field to the Wallabies fullback who went over for his eight Test try, and the Wallabies seventh of the match. Leali’ifano again converted from the touchline and Australia were cruising at 50-15 up.
Italy bombarded the line in the final minutes and though the Wallabies held firm through some desperate defence, Allan managed to step through for his first Test try. Allan’s missed conversion set the final score at 50-20.
15 Luke McLean 14 Tommaso Benvenuti 13 Luca Morisi 12 Alberto Sgarbi 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Alberto Di Bernardo 9 Edoardo Gori 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) 7 Robert Barbieri 6 Alessandro Zanni 5 Marco Bortolami 4 Antonio Pavanello 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 2 Davide Giazzon 1 Michele Rizzo BENCH: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini 17 Matias Aguero 18 Lorenzo Cittadini 19 Quintin Geldenhuys 20 Joshua Furno 21 Tobias Botes 23 Tommaso Iannone
SCORERS T: McLean, Cittadini, Allan C: di Bernardo P: di Bernardo
15 Israel Folau 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper 13 Tevita Kuridrani 12 Matt Toomua 11 Nick Cummins 10 Quade Cooper 9 Will Genia 1 James Slipper 2 Stephen Moore 3 Ben Alexander 4 Sitaleki Timani 5 James Horwill 6 Rob Simmons 7 Michael Hooper 8 BEN MOWEN (C) BENCH: 16 Saia Fainga’a 17 Benn Robinson 18 Sekope Kepu 19 Dave Dennis 20 Liam Gill 21 Nic White 22 Christian Leali’ifano 23 Joe Tomane
SCORERS T: Mowen, Kuridrani, Cummins (2), Ashley-Cooper, Tomane, Folau C: Cooper (4), Leali'ifano (2) P: Leali'ifano
Referee: Glen Jackson (NZRU) Asst Referees: Romain Poite (FFR), John Lacey (IRFU) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
WALES 15 - 24 SOUTH AFRICA
Millennium Stadium - Saturday 09 November 2013
KO: 17:30 HT: 12-17 Att: tbc
15 Leigh Halfpenny 14 George North 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Scott Williams 11 Liam Williams 10 Rhys Priestland 9 Mike Phillips 1 Gethin Jenkins 2 Richard Hibbard 3 Adam Jones 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 SAM WARBURTON (C) 8 Toby Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Paul James 18 Scott Andrews 19 Luke Charteris 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Lloyd Williams 22 James Hook 23 Ashley Beck
SCORERS P: Halfpenny (5) Jenkins
15 Pat Lambie 14 JP Pietersen 13 Jaque Fourie 12 JEAN DE VILLIERS (C) 11 Bryan Habana 10 Morné Steyn 9 Fourie du Preez 1 Tendai Mtawarira 2 Bismarck du Plessis 3 Frans Malberhe* 4 Eben Etzebeth 5 Flip van der Merwe 6 Francois Louw 7 Willem Alberts 8 Duane Vermeulen BENCH: 16 Adriaan Strauss 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp 18 Coenie Oosthuizen 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit 20 Siya Kolisi 21 Ruan Pienaar 22 JJ Engelbrecht 23 Willie le Roux
SCORERS T: de Villiers, du Plessis, du Preez C: Steyn (2), Lambie P: Steyn Louw, Oosthuizen
Referee: Alain Rolland (IRFU) Asst Referees: George Clancy (IRFU), Marius Mitrea (FIR) TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
IRELAND 40 - 9 SAMOA 
Aviva Stadium - Saturday 09 November 2013
KO: 17:45 HT: 14-6 Att: tbc
SIVA TAU TRIBUTE TO DECEASED PETER FATIALOFA
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
15 Rob Kearney 14 Tommy Bowe 13 Brian O'Driscoll 12 Gordon D'Arcy 11 Fergus McFadden 10 Paddy Jackson 9 Conor Murray 8 Jamie Heaslip (VC) 7 Chris Henry 6 Peter O'Mahony 5 Devin Toner 4 Mike McCarthy 3 Mike Ross 2 Rory Best 1 Jack McGrath* BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Cian Healy 18 Declan Fitzpatrick 19 PAUL O'CONNELL (C) 20 Sean O'Brien 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ian Madigan 23 Dave Kearney*
SCORERS T: McFadden, O'Mahony, O'Brien, Kearney (2) C: Jackson (3) P: Jackson (3)
15 Fa’atoina Autagavaia 14 Alapati Leiua 13 George Pisi 12 Johnny Leota 11 Brando Va’aulu 10 Tusi Pisi 9 KAHN FOTUALI’I (C) 1 Sakaria Taulafo 2 Ole Avei 3 Logovi’i Mulipola 4 Fa’atiga Lemalu 5 Filo Paulo 6 Ofisa Treviranus 7 Jack Lam 8 Taiasina Tuifu’a BENCH: 16 Ti’i Paulo 17 Viliamu Afatia 18 James Johnston 19 Joe Tekori 20 Alafoti Faosiliva 21 Jeremy Su’a 22 Isaia Tuifua 23 Fautua Otto
SCORERS P: Tusi Pisi (2), Fotulafo
Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU) Asst Referees: Wayne Barnes (RFU), Luke Pearce (RFU) TMO: Carlo Damasco (FIR)
FRANCE 19 - 26 NEW ZEALAND
Stade de France - Saturday 09 November 2013
KO: 21:00 HT: 9-9 Att: tbc
HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
France 0-0 NZ 2mins Haka etc all done; All Blacks in white...quite odd...& Ma'a Nonu coasts thru French defence...
France 0-0 NZ 3mins He may have scored but ref Jaco Peyper defers to TMO...no try & it's back to play
France 0-0 NZ 3mins ABs may be No.1 but if they have an Achilles Heel it is Les Bleus...& they're digging in!
France 0-0 NZ 5mins Play in the midfield & ABs pushing France hard...but concede penalty
France 0-0 NZ 6mins Morgan Parra tees up from H/W but pulls it way wide
France 3-0 NZ 8mins But quickly another oppourtnuity arises for Les Bleus & this time Parra is on target
France 3-0 NZ 11mins France, however, quickly hand over penalty of their own...Dan Carter tees up
France 3-3 NZ 12mins Carter's kicking boot doesn't appear to have any issues as he equalises for All Blacks
France 3-3 NZ 13mins ABs scrum goes visitors' way just over H/W > reset scrum
France 3-3 NZ 15mins Good scrum & ABs play out wide quickly over French 22 but turnover ball!
France 3-3 NZ 16mins ABs wrestle it back & are on the attack again...make 30m but Parra saves the day
France 3-3 NZ 17mins Defensive scrum goes France's way & penalty to France...
France 3-3 NZ 18mins But advantage doesn't stay with homeside & Carter tees up from out wide from penalty
France 3-6 NZ 19mins No difficulties for Carter & ABs sneak ahead...
France 3-6 NZ 23mins But it doesn't take long for ABs to gift yet another penalty already...Parra lines up again...
France 6-6 NZ 24mins No messing from the French scrum half & it's all square in St Denis...
France 6-9 NZ 26mins Oh yawn yawn yawn...what a surprise...pen no. 7...or is it 8?! Carter converts it
France 6-9 NZ 28mins As only Les Bleus can they are stifling ABs style & play, now deep in opposition's 22 on fire
France 6-9 NZ 29mins Ball recycled thru who knows how many phases & 3-4 minutes before McCaw infringes...
France 9-9 NZ 31mins Parra opts for the kick in 22 just to side of uprights & equalises
France 9-9 NZ 34mins Les Bleus on pelting form today...attack ferociously from own half & soon into ABs' 22
France 9-9 NZ 35mins Make it within 5mins; can't break defence; spilled but backwards > recycled out wide...
France 9-9 NZ 36mins Another chink in ABs defence as they hand over another penalty in their own 22...Parra teeing
France 9-9 NZ 36mins But Parra misses a second time - they could be 6 points ahead...but alas
France 9-9 NZ 38mins ABs defensive L/O doesn't go to plan & France have the ball at the breakdown just over H/W
France 9-9 NZ 40mins Ball pelted downfield but Israel Dagg collects & clears. France have ball from L/O...
France 9-9 NZ 40mins Peyper blows for HT & it's all square in Paris.
France 9-9 NZ HT P: Parra (3) | P: Carter (3)
France 9-9 NZ 41mins Les Bleus begin 2nd half with such abandon! ABs just save a try but rubbish kicking & gift penalty
France 12-9 NZ 42mins France had adv too; Parra tees up & takes the lead...
France 12-9 NZ 43mins But then Les Bleus cock it up & immediately hand over a kickable penalty to Carter!
France 12-12 NZ 44mins Of course Carter bags it & there's nothing between them points-wise...but Les Bleus strong
France 12-12 NZ 45mins When will France learn! You can't relax against the ABs! Wide open field of play &...
France 12-17 NZ 45mins French complacency = ABs tries. First one's from Charles Piutau from Ben Smoth kick
France 12-19 NZ 46mins Carter converts it.
France 12-19 NZ 48mins Dear oh dear Les Bleus. More space > more kicks > more missed tackle > Piutau over in cnr
France 12-19 NZ 49mins Luckily for France TMO confirms Piutau knocks it on & it's a French ball
France 12-19 NZ 50mins French ball lost forward somewhere in L/O & ABs have 5m scrum
France 12-19 NZ 51mins France saved by touch judge Nigel Owens giving homeside a penalty from breakdown
France 12-19 NZ 53mins Dimitri Szarzewski on for Benjamin Kayser, & Aaron Cruden for Dan Carter...
France 12-19 NZ 54mins Charlie Faumuina replaces Owen Franks in front row after Brice Dulin saves a try
France 12-19 NZ 56mins ABs pick & drive in French 22 with adv; penalty to visitors but Cruden misses it
France 12-19 NZ 58mins French L/O outside ABs 22...Sebastien Vahaamahina & Rabah Slimani on for Mas & Maestri
France 12-19 NZ 59mins But Les Bleus end up attacking back in own half; k/o & scrum ABs on French 10m
France 12-19 NZ 60mins Vincent Debaty on for Yannick Forestier & Dane Coles for Keven Mealamu
France 12-19 NZ 61mins If they're both on at once next week, could get confusing with Dan Cole & Dane Coles!
France 12-19 NZ 62mins Pretty physical encounter but ABs end up with advantageous L/O in French territory...
France 12-24 NZ 64mins Great work from Piutau with excellent offload to Kieran Read who slides over in corner
France 12-26 NZ 65mins Conversion from Cruden stretches score & it looks like it's getting out of France's reach
France 17-26 NZ 68mins But never say never about the French - excellent hands & Remy Tales hands Dulin the try!
France 19-26 NZ 69mins Perfect conversion from Parra & Les Bleus are just a converted score away from equalising
France 19-26 NZ 70mins 10 likely nail-biting minutes to go...Les Bleus v All Blacks is always epic!
France 19-26 NZ 73mins And breathe...for a moment...as fresh legs come on & Les Bleus have penalty outside ABs' 22
France 19-26 NZ 74mins France have steadily edged way into ABs' 22 as Parra kicks to corner for L/O
France 19-26 NZ 75mins Les Bleus pick & drive until pile over T/L; unclear to ref so heads to touch but fisticuffs
France 19-26 NZ 75mins Touch judge is Owens but decision up to TMO; possibly held up...French fans in good voice
France 19-26 NZ 75mins TMO returns ball held up but now looking at ABs play after whistle..French ball in any case
France 19-26 NZ 76mins No foul play seen & French 5m scrum; has to be reset after much whistling...
France 19-26 NZ 77mins ABs nearside prop collapses scrum as huge chunks of pitch churn up...
France 19-26 NZ 78mins Scrum reset & is powerful; France have advantage & ref goes back for penalty for 5m scrum
France 19-26 NZ 79mins But an illegal French hand appears in the scrum & it's penalty to the All Blacks
France 19-26 NZ 80mins What a ridiculous thing to do Les Bleus! But it's all over & the ABs have the win
15 Brice Dulin 14 Yoann Huget 13 Florian Fritz 12 Wesley Fofana 11 Maxime Médard 10 Remi Tales 9 Morgan Parra 1 Yannick Forestier 2 Benjamin Kayser 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Pascal Papé 5 Yoann Maestri 6 THIERRY DUSAUTOIR (C) 7 Wenceslas Lauret 8 Damien Chouly BENCH: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski 17 Vincent Debaty 18 Rabah Slimani 19 Sebastien Vahaamahina 20 Antonie Claassen 21 Jean Marc Doussain 22 Camille Lopez 23 Gael Fickou
SCORERS T: Dulin C: Parra P: Parra (4)
15 Israel Dagg 14 Cory Jane 13 Ben Smith 12 Ma'a Nonu 11 Charles Piutau 10 Dan Carter 9 Aaron Smith 1 Tony Woodcock 2 Keven Mealamu 3 Owen Franks 4 Brodie Retallick 5 Sam Whitelock 6 Liam Messam 7 RICHIE MCCAW (C) 8 Kieran Read BENCH: 16 Dane Coles 17 Wyatt Crockett 18 Charlie Faumuina 19 Steven Luatua 20 Sam Cane 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow 22 Aaron Cruden 23 Ryan Crotty
SCORERS T: Piutau, Read C: Carter, Cruden P: Carter (4)
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU) Asst Referees: Nigel Owens (WRU), Stuart Berry (SARU) TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)
NB KO times above are local; for KO times across the globe, check out our schedule:
* Tier 2 match fixtures and results can be found here:
