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The All Blacks performing a haka prior to a Test match against France in 2006.

France and New Zealand's national teams have been playing each other in rugby union Test matches since 1906. New Zealand's team, known as the All Blacks, won the first Test between the countries 38–8 on 1 January 1906. This was also France's first ever Test. They played again in 1924, and then in 1954. The 1954 match was won 3–0 by France and was their first victory over the All Blacks.

France first toured New Zealand in 1961 — before any of the Home Nations — and the All Blacks won all three Tests. The All Blacks' first ever full tour of France was in 1977,[i] when they won both Tests. France first defeated the All Blacks in New Zealand on Bastille Day 1979. The teams also met at the inaugural Rugby World Cup final in 1987, which was won by the All Blacks 29–9. A first series win in New Zealand was achieved by France in 1994 when they won both Tests. In 1999 the teams again met in the World Cup, but this time in the semi-finals. The match was hosted at Twickenham Stadium, where France overcame a 24–10 deficit to win 43–31. Since 2000 the two teams have contested the Dave Gallaher Trophy which the All Blacks won in 2000 and have never lost. They last met during the 2007 World Cup quarter-finals at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff which France won 20–18.

Overall the All Blacks have won 34 Tests, France 11, with one drawn. The largest winning margin in a match between the countries was a 61–10 victory to the All Blacks at Westpac Stadium in 2007. The most career points scored by members of either team is 92 by Andrew Mehrtens; he also holds the record for points in one match with 29.

History

Early meetings

The Original All Blacks that toured the northern hemisphere and played against France in their first ever Test match.

The first ever All Blacks tour to the Northern Hemisphere took place in 1905–06. The team — known as The Original All Blacks — played various clubs and countries throughout the British Isles before playing France on 1 January 1906. The Test was France's first ever, and was held at Parc des Princes, Paris.[1] The All Blacks scored ten tries, including six in the second half, to France's two, and won 38–8. Despite the scoreline, France's two tries were more any team had scored against the All Blacks on tour at that time.[2] Following the Test in their book The Complete Rugby Footballer, Original All Blacks Dave Gallaher and Billy Stead wrote of French rugby; "We are strongly of the opinion that the game will spread in their country and that in the course of time they will put a team in the field which will command the utmost respect of any other."[1]

The next Test between the two teams was on the All Blacks' Invincibles' tour of 1924–25.[ii] They met at Stade Des Ponts Jumeaux in Toulouse on 18 January 1925.[3] Although French rugby had advanced since 1906,[iii] the All Blacks still won 30–6, with France scoring two tries. All Blacks' captain Cliff Porter said of France "Your forwards gave us a lot of bother. Your three-quarters were not so good."[4] Due to the International Rugby Football Board (IRB) expelling France from the Five Nations Championship during the 1930s for professionalism in its domestic club competition, the All Blacks did not face France during their tour of the British Isles in 1935. Although France was readmitted into international competition in 1939, due to the Second World War they did not play the All Blacks again until 1954. France also played New Zealand teams when they faced the New Zealand Maori in 1926 and the New Zealand Expeditionary Force's Kiwis twice in 1946; France lost all three matches.[5]

Post war

The 1954 match at Stade Colombes, Paris was dominated by the All Blacks with the majority of possession and territory.[5] Despite this, France scored in the 35th minute after the ball was lost by All Blacks' Template:Half-back Keith Davis 40 metres (130 ft) from the France's line. The ball was picked up by French Template:Number 8 Robert Baulon who passed to Paul Labadie. Labadie then passed to French captain Jean Prat who scored a try with several All Blacks attempting to tackle him. The score gave France a 3–0 lead that the All Blacks never caught.[6] Despite attacking the French line for much of the game, and having several drop goal and penalty attempts, the All Blacks could not score and the French defence held. The final score of 3–0 earned France their first win over the All Blacks.

France first toured New Zealand in 1961 — before any of the home nations.[7] The first Test at Eden Park was won 13–6 by the All Blacks after they scored two converted tries and a penalty. France's Template:First five-eighth Pierre Albaladejo kicked all of France's points with two drop goals.[8] As a result he became known in New Zealand as "Monsieur Drop".[9] The second Test of the tour was played at Athletic Park in Wellington.[10] The wind was very strong and there was no scoring in the first half. In the second, and playing into the wind, France scored a try to lead 3–0. The All Blacks then responded with a try to Kel Tremain which was converted by Don Clarke. The conversion was considered one of the best of Clarke's career, as he needed to aim the kick almost parallel to the goal-line and hope that the wind would take it over the posts. The Blacks won 5–3.[11] Despite the All Blacks winning the final Test in Christchurch 32–3 to win the series, it did have a positive influence in France where it was broadcast on to television via satellite. This helped promote the sport outside its traditional French heartland of the southwest.[12]

The next two matches between the teams were both in Paris. The All Blacks won the first 12–3 in 1964 after tries from Ralph Caulton and Ken Gray. In the next match, in 1967, the All Blacks were coached by Fred Allen and captained by Brian Lochore; they won 21–15.[13] Following their first ever Five Nations Grand Slam in 1968, France toured New Zealand and Australia that year. France lost all four Tests on tour, three of those against the All Blacks. France faced an All Blacks side that did not lose between 1965 and 1970,[13] and their losses on tour preluded successive Test losses until their draw with Wales in the 1969 Five Nations where France finished last.[14]

Full tours

France achieved only their second Test victory over the All Blacks in 1973 at Parc des Princes, Paris.[15] The All Blacks had defeated England, Scotland and Wales, and drawn with Ireland on their 1973 tour and France was their last Test. France won 13–6.[16] In 1977 the All Blacks made their first ever full tour of France. France won the first Test in Toulouse and the All Blacks the second in Paris.[16] France then reciprocated and toured New Zealand in 1979. This time neutral referees were appointed for the first time. The All Blacks won the first Test 23–9 at Lancaster Park. However in the second Test France upset the All Blacks by winning 24–19 on Bastille Day at Eden Park. The victory was France's first over the All Blacks in New Zealand.[17]

The teams' first meeting of the 1980s was in 1981 when the All Blacks toured France. They played Tests in Toulouse and Paris; the All Blacks winning them both, 13–9 and 18–6 respectively. France then visited New Zealand in 1984 for two Tests. The first was lost 10–9 at Lancaster Park despite repeated drop goal attempts from the French. The second at Eden park was also lost by France. France next played a one off Test in New Zealand in 1986. The match was at Lancaster Park, and due to the rebel Cavaliers tour to South Africa, most of the top All Blacks were banned for two matches. Hence the All Blacks team that played France were known at the "Baby Blacks" as all bar two of them were either making their Test début or were very inexperienced.[18] The Baby Blacks upset France 18–9 in front of 24,000 spectators; the only try coming from Template:Number 8 Mike Brewer.[19] Later that year the All Blacks toured France, and played a Test in Toulouse that they won 19–7. Their next match at Nantes became known as "the battle of Nantes".[20] France played aggressively and tried to intimidate the All Blacks. All Black Buck Shelford had his scrotum Template:Rucked in the twentieth minute that required stitches while he was still on the field. He was later knocked out, losing several teeth in the process, and did not finish the match.[21][22] The aggressive display by France paid off and they won 16–3.

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David Kirk holding the Webb Ellis Trophy after the All Blacks won the final of the 1987 Rugby World Cup in which they defeated France.

The following year France and the All Blacks met in the final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup. The tournament was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia and the final was held at Eden Park. The All Blacks were captained by David Kirk and went on to win their only World Cup 29–9.[23] According to the All Blacks' coach at the time, Brian Lochore, the previous year's loss in Nantes was the catalyst for their World Cup victory.[24] Shelford said of the match "We wanted to play them in the final because we wanted revenge".[25] The match also helped improve the diplomatic and political rift between France and New Zealand caused by the 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French Secret Service agents.[26]

France toured New Zealand in 1989 and played a two Test series. They lost both Tests; the first 25–17 at Lancaster Park, and the second 34–20 at Eden Park. In both Tests the All Blacks lead at the half time break, with France responding by scoring most of their points during the first 15 minutes of the second half before the All Blacks responded to win the match in the last quarter.[27] The All Blacks reciprocated by touring France in 1990. Again there were two Tests and again they were won by the All Blacks; 24–3 at Nantes, and 30–12 at the Parc de Princes. Both matches were dominated by All Blacks first-five eighth Grant Fox, who scored 16 points in the first Test,[28] and 22 points in the second.[29]

The next tour was when France came to New Zealand in 1994. They won the first Test 22–8 at Lancaster Park. The French win was considered and upset,[30] and coincided with Frenchman Philippe Sella's hundredth match for his country. Sella said of the game "But this historic victory for my 100th cap, with a score I never imagined—that's one of my really great, great memories".[31] The second and final Test on tour was at Eden Park on 3 July 1994. The All Blacks were winning 20–16 with three minutes remaining after Matthew Cooper had kicked a penalty.[24] The French counter-attacked however, and from their own in-goal area ran the ball the length of the field to win. The ball was handled by nine French players before the try was scored by Jean-Luc Sadourny.[32] French captain Philippe Saint-Andre called it "a counter-attack from the end of the world",[24] and it was then labelled the try from the end of the world.[33] The try gave France a 23–20 win and a 2–0 series win over the All Blacks. In 2003 the try was voted the fourth best ever scored in either rugby union or rugby league by The Daily Telegraph readers.[33]

Professional era

A record was set when France defeated the All Blacks at Toulouse on 11 November 1995; they had achieved their greatest winning streak against the All Blacks of three consecutive Tests. The following week on 18 November the All Blacks stopped the streak with a 37–12 victory. The two teams did not meet again until 1999 when France played the All Blacks in a one off Test at Athletic Park. The All Blacks won 54–7; at the time France's largest ever loss.[34] Tana Umaga scored three tries in the match and Andrew Mehrtens kicked 19 points in the match.[34]

The All Blacks playing France in 2002.

Due to their Athletic Park victory the All Blacks were heavy favourites to win when they met France in the semi-finals of the 1999 Rugby World Cup.[35] The game was played at the neutral venue of Twickenham Stadium on 31 October 1999. The All Blacks were leading 24–10 seven minutes into the second half after they had scored two tries (both to Jonah Lomu). France then scored two penalties and two drop goals to Template:First five-eighth Christophe Lamaison to reduce the All Blacks' lead to 24–22 with 25 minutes remaining.[35] Scrum-half Fabien Galthié then chip kicked the ball which was collected by Christophe Dominici who then scored.[36] Another Lamaison kick set up a try for Template:Rugbycentre Richard Dourthe. Lamaison converted and France were leading 36–24. With five minutes remaining France scored another try, and although the All Blacks scored a late try France won 43–31. Lamaison had scored 28 points, and a full house — a try, conversion, penalty and drop goal all in one match.[35]

The Dave Gallaher Trophy was introduced in 2000 to be contested between the two teams. It was named in memory of All Blacks captain Dave Gallaher who captained the All Blacks against France in 1906 and who died at Passchendaele.[37] The Cup was first contested on Armistice Day (11 November) 2000. The All Blacks won 39–26 and scored two tries whilst Andrew Mehrtens scored nine penalties.[38] The two met again the next week, and this time France won 42–33 but as the trophy was only contested in the first Test it was retained by the All Blacks.

The countries met in each year in one off Tests in 2001, 2002 and 2003. The 2001 Test was won 37–12 by the All Blacks, the 2002 Test was a 20 all draw and in 2003 the All Blacks won 31–23 at Jade Stadium. They met again in 2003 at the Rugby World Cup in Sydney. The match was a third-fourth play-off game and was won 40–13 by the All Blacks. In 2004 they met in a one off Test in Paris. The 2004 Test was the first between the two teams with Graham Henry as All Blacks coach. France were 2004 Six Nations Champions, and were defeated by five tries to nil.[39] The final score was a 45–6 win to the All Blacks; a record at the time.[40] They met in France in 2006—this time for a two Test series. The first Test was played in Lyon on Armistice Day. The All Blacks defeated France 46–3 which was a record defeat for them at home.[41] This was despite the All Blacks' team not being their strongest available.[42] Following the defeat Frances' Manager Jo Maso said that the All Blacks played the match, "for all the New Zealanders who died during the two World Wars in Europe".[43] The following week the two teams met in Paris; this time to commemorate the centennial of the first ever All Blacks versus France Test.[43] Despite fielding what coach Graham Henry described as his best team,[44] the All Blacks achieved a less notable 23–11 victory.[41]

The next year France visited New Zealand for a two Test series. Due to the final rounds of the 2007–08 Top 14 season conflicting with the tour, France sent a Test team without 30 of their top players.[45] Due to their weakened squad, the team was labeled "France C" by the New Zealand media.[46] Featuring six new caps, France were defeated 42–11 in the first Test at Eden Park.[45] The second Test was played the following week in Wellington, and the All Blacks achieved their largest ever victory over France with a 61–10 win.[47] The defeat was France's heaviest in their history.[47]

France hosted the 2007 World Cup, and the two teams met in the tournament quarter-finals. Despite France hosting the tournament the match was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The match was won by France 20–18, and involved several controversial decisions by referee Wayne Barnes,[48] who subsequently received death threats from some New Zealand fans.[49] France scored one try after the sin binning of All Blacks Template:Second five-eighth Luke McAlister,[50] and another from a forward pass unseen by the referee.[51] The All Blacks were strongly criticised for not attempted a drop goal in the games' final minutes.[52][53] Their performance was analysed by Palmerston North based company Verusco who had analysed 1,500 games since 2000. They discovered that the All Blacks made 57 tackles to Frances' 269, and they had 66 percent possession and 60 percent territory. The playing time, that is time the ball is in play, was the longest of any game Verusco had ever recorded.[54]

Record

Matches

As of January 2008, the All Blacks and France have played a total of 46 Tests. The All Blacks have won 34, France 11, and one drawn. Only three matches have been played at neutral venues; the 1999 World Cup semi-final at Twickenham, London, and the 2003 World Cup third/fourth play-off match at Stadium Australia in Sydney and the 2007 World Cup quarter-final at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Summary of Test matches played between France and the All Blacks:[55]

Details Played Won by All Blacks Won by France Drawn All Blacks points France points
In France 22 15 6 1 501 264
In New Zealand 21 18 3 0 532 259
Neutral venue 3 1 2 0 89 76
Overall 46 34 11 1 1122 599
N° Date Venue City All Blacks
points 		France
points
1 1906-01-01 Parc des Princes Paris 38 8
2 1925-01-18 Stade Des Ponts Jumeaux Toulouse 30 6
3 1954-02-27 Stade Colombes Paris 0 3
4 1961-07-22 Eden Park Auckland 13 6
5 1961-08-05 Athletic Park Wellington 5 3
6 1961-08-19 Lancaster Park Christchurch 32 3
7 1964-02-08 Stade Colombes Paris 12 3
8 1967-11-25 Stade Colombes Paris 21 15
9 1968-07-13 Lancaster Park Christchurch 12 9
10 1968-07-27 Athletic Park Wellington 9 3
11 1968-08-10 Eden Park Auckland 19 12
12 1973-02-10 Parc des Princes Paris 6 13
13 1977-11-11 Stadium Municipal Toulouse 13 18
14 1977-11-19 Parc des Princes Paris 15 3
15 1979-07-07 Lancaster Park Christchurch 23 9
16 1979-07-14 Eden Park Auckland 19 24
17 1981-11-14 Stadium Municipal Toulouse 13 9
18 1981-11-21 Parc des Princes Paris 18 6
19 1984-06-16 Lancaster Park Christchurch 10 9
20 1984-06-23 Eden Park Auckland 31 18
21 1986-06-28 Lancaster Park Christchurch 18 9
22 1986-11-08 Stadium Municipal Toulouse 19 7
23 1986-11-15 Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes 3 16
24 1987-06-20 Eden Park Auckland 29 9
25 1989-06-17 Lancaster Park Christchurch 25 17
26 1989-07-01 Eden Park Auckland 34 20
27 1990-11-03 Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes 24 3
28 1990-11-10 Parc des Princes Paris 30 12
29 1994-06-26 Lancaster Park Christchurch 8 22
30 1994-07-03 Eden Park Auckland 20 23
31 1995-11-11 Stadium Municipal Toulouse 15 22
32 1995-11-18 Parc des Princes Paris 37 12
33 1999-06-26 Athletic Park Wellington 54 7
34 1999-10-31 Twickenham London 31 43
35 2000-11-11 Stade de France Paris 39 26
36 2000-11-18 Stade Velodrome Marseille 33 42
37 2001-06-30 WestpacTrust Stadium Wellington 37 12
38 2002-11-16 Stade de France Paris 20 20
39 2003-06-28 Jade Stadium Christchurch 31 23
40 2003-11-20 Stadium Australia Sydney 40 13
41 2004-11-27 Stade de France Paris 45 6
42 2006-11-11 Stade de Gerland Lyon 47 3
43 2006-11-18 Stade de France Paris 23 11
44 2007-06-02 Eden Park Auckland 42 11
45 2007-06-09 Westpac Stadium Wellington 61 10
46 2007-10-06 Millennium Stadium Cardiff 18 20

Team records

The highest score in a Test between the countries is 61 achieved by the All Blacks in the match at Westpac Stadium, Wellington on 9 June 2007. That Test also holds the record for the greatest winning margin with 51 points. The most points scored by France against the All Blacks was 43 when they defeated the All Blacks in their 1999 Rugby World Cup semi-final at Twickenham. Their highest winning margin over the All Blacks is 14 achieved when they played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 26 June 1994.[56]

Individual records

Andrew Mehrtens has the record for most career points for the All Blacks against France with 92;[56] he also has the record for a single match with 29.[38] The French career record of 71, and single match record of 28, is held by Christophe Lamaison.[56][57] The record for career tries is held by All Black Joe Rokocoko with eight whilst the most scored by a Frenchman is held jointly by Serge Blanco and Philippe Saint-André with three.[56]

See also

Bibliography

  • Dine, Philip (2001). French Rugby Football - Cultural History. Berg. ISBN 1859733271.
  • Potter, Alex; Duthen, Georges (1961). The Rise of French Rugby. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. REED.
  • Palenski, Ron (2003). Century in Black - 100 Years of All Black Test Rugby. Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Limited. ISBN 1-86958-937-8.

Notes

^i : A full tour, rather than tour, is when the All Blacks tour France alone, rather than as an extension of a tour to the Home Nations. The 1977 All Blacks tour to France consisted of nine matches, including two Tests.[58]
^ii : The 1924–25 Invincibles won all 32 matches, including four Tests, that they played throughout the British Isles and France.
^iii : France was admitted into the Five Nations in 1910, and achieved a win over Scotland in 1911 and Ireland in 1920,[59][60] and in 1922 drew a match with England.[61]

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