FRA
	No.	Name
15Cedric Heymans, FB
14Vincent Clerc, W T
13Aurelien Rougerie, C
12Fabrice Estebanez, C
11Maxime Medard, W
10Francois Trinh-Duc, FH T
9Dimitri Yachvili, SH  4  3
1Fabien Barcella, P
2William Servat, H
3Nicolas Mas, P
4Julien Pierre, L T
5Lionel Nallet, L T
6Thierry Dusautoir, FL
7Imanol Harinordoquy, FL
8Raphael Lakafia, N8
Replacements
16Dimitri Szarzewski, H
17Jean-Baptiste Poux, P
18Pascal Pape, L T
19Julien Bonnaire, FL
20Morgan Parra, SH T
21David Skrela, FH
22David Marty, C

JPN
	No.	Name
15Shaun Webb, FB
14Kosuke Endo, W
13Koji Taira, C
12Ryan Nicholas, C
11Hirotoki Onozawa, W
10James Arlidge, FH T 2   3
9Fumiaki Tanaka, SH
1Hisateru Hirashima, P
2Shota Horie, H
3Kensuke Hatakeyama, P
4Luke Thompson, L
5Toshizumi Kitagawa, L
6Takashi Kikutani, FL
7Michael Leitch, FL
8Koliniashi Holani, N8
16Yusuke Aoki, -
17Nozomu Fujita, P
18Hitoshi Ono, -
19Itaru Taniguchi, N8
20Atsushi Hiwasa, SH
21Murray Williams, FB
22Alisi Tupuailei, C

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: North Harbour Stadium

7:00 AM, September 10, 2011

Attendance: 28,569

4605d

France battle past brave Japan

France survived a major scare to record a flattering <a href="http://www.espnscrum.com/2011-rugby-world-cup/rugby/match/93461.html">47-21</a> victory over Japan in their Rugby World Cup Pool A cl

Match Commentary

83'		47-21 End of half
83'		47-21 End of half
81'		And that's the ball game - Parra runs in the ball in the dying embers of the game to put some gloss on the scoreboard.

Match Stats

FRA

JPN

45%

55%

45%

55%

FRA

JPN

92	Runs	104
514	Metres Run	430
6	Clean Breaks	4
103	Tackles	80
8	Missed Tackles	12
8	Turnover Knock On	9

Standings

Pool A
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	FRA	4	+178	18
2	NZL	4	+206	15
3	ITALY	4	-67	10
4	URUG	4	-99	5
5	NAMIB	4	-218	0
Pool B
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	4	+144	19
2	SA	4	+117	15
3	SCOT	4	+75	10
4	TONGA	4	-81	5
5	ROM	4	-255	0
Pool C
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	WALES	4	+84	19
2	FIJI	4	+5	11
3	AUS	4	-1	11
4	POR	4	-39	6
5	GEO	4	-49	3
Pool D
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	ENG	4	+111	18
2	ARG	4	+58	14
3	JPN	4	+2	9
4	SAMOA	4	+17	7
5	CHI	4	-188	0

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