Prima sconfitta in un girone eliminatorio per gli All-Blacks nella partita inaugurale della Rugby World Cup.
Francia superiore, Nuova Zelanda lenta, con poche soluzioni, mai veramente propositiva.
Tabellino: 2′ meta Telea (0-5), 5′ cp. Ramos (3-5), 20′ cp. Ramos (6-5), 26′ cp. Mo’unga (6-8), 29′ cp. Ramos (9-8), 43′ meta Telea (9-13), 54′ meta Penaud tr. Ramos (16-13), 64′ cp. Ramos (19-13), 74′ cp. Ramos (22-13), 78′ meta Jaminet (27-13)
Calciatori: 1/3 Richie Mo’unga (All Blacks), 6/7 Thomas Ramos (Francia)
Cartellini: 59′ giallo a Will Jordan (All Blacks)
Man of the match: Gregory Alldritt (Francia)
Francia
15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Gabin Villiere, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Thibaud Flament, 4 Cameron Woki, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Reda Wardi
Panchina: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Paul Boudehent, 21 Maxime Lucu 22 Arthur Vincent, 23 Melvyn Jaminet
All Blacks
15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown, 11 Mark Telea, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Dalton Papali’i, 6 Tupou Vaa’i, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot
Panchina: 16 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Brodie Retallick, 20 Luke Jacobson 21 Finlay Christie, 22 David Havili, 23 Leicester Fainga’nuku
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Arbitro: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistenti: Karl Dickson (England), Christophe Ridley (England)
TMO: Tom Foley (England)