06 October 2007 - 21:00, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
From the touchline
(Rugby News Service) Tuesday 9 October 2007
By Mick ReidPatrick Vieira sees uncanny parallels between France's rugby and football fortunes while suffering New Zealanders are grasping for words of comfort.
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- From the touchline
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- Tialata: Get over it and move on
- Carter: I'm ready to step my game up
- Milloud ready to front up
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- Laporte full of surprises
- Woodcock wary of French forwards
- A draw just won't do
- All Blacks: History won't repeat
- France team for NZL v FRA
- From the touchline
- The danger men - France
- The danger men - New Zealand
| New Zealand | Match Statistics | France |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tries | 2 |
| 1 | Conversions | 2 |
| 2 / 2 | Penalty goals (attempts) | 2 / 4 |
| 0 | Drop goals | 0 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 36 / 47 | Tackles | 178 / 197 |
| 2 | Clean line break | 1 |
| 10(10/0/0) | Errors (handling/kicking/restart) | 5(3/2/0) |
| 7 | Penalties conceded | 2 |
| 8' 10'' | Actual time in opponents 22 | 2' 7'' |
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