All Blacks beat France in thrilling Nations Championship opener
Summary
New Zealand’s rugby team, the All Blacks, won a close game against France in the first match of the new Nations Championship in Christchurch. Will Jordan scored two tries to help the All Blacks beat France 34-32 in a game with nine tries in total.Key Facts
- The All Blacks scored 34 points and France scored 32 points.
- Will Jordan scored two tries for New Zealand.
- Jordan is now two tries behind the record of 49 tries by Doug Howlett for New Zealand.
- Other New Zealand try scorers were Peter Lakai and Cam Roigard, who scored two tries.
- France scored tries by Damian Penaud, Antoine Hastoy, Theo Attissogbe, and Matthieu Jalibert.
- France’s second-half try was disallowed because of a knock-on (a type of rule violation).
- New Zealand will play Italy next weekend and France will visit Australia.
- France was missing key players Antoine Dupont and Louis Bielle-Biarrey in this match.
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