# 2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 8 October with a quarter-final between Ireland and Wales and concluded on 23 October with the final at Eden Park in Auckland.
New Zealand were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat France 37–17 in their penultimate Pool A game. New Zealand and France re-encountered in the final, that was won by the local team 8–7. This was a rematch of the 1987 final, also in Eden Park and also won by New Zealand. This way, New Zealand got their second title, while France their third final.
For the first time in World Cup history, three teams that finished second in their respective pools qualified for the semi-finals, while South Africa became the second defending champions not to reach the semi-finals after Australia in 1995.
Furthermore, the bottom half of the bracket was entirely composed of the 2012 Rugby Championship teams and the other half was composed of the last four Six Nations champions since the last World Cup.

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 October – Wellington | 8 October – Wellington | | | |
| Ireland | 10 | | | |
| Ireland | 10 | 15 October – Auckland | 15 October – Auckland | | |
| Wales | 22 | 15 October – Auckland | 15 October – Auckland | |
| Wales | 22 | Wales | 8 | |
| 8 October – Auckland | 8 October – Auckland | | Wales | 8 | |
| 8 October – Auckland | 8 October – Auckland | France | 9 | |
| England | 12 | France | 9 | |
| England | 12 | | | | 23 October – Auckland | 23 October – Auckland |
| France | 19 | | | | 23 October – Auckland | 23 October – Auckland |
| France | 19 | | | | France | 7 |
| 9 October – Wellington | 9 October – Wellington | | | | | France | 7 |
| 9 October – Wellington | 9 October – Wellington | | | | New Zealand | 8 |
| South Africa | 9 | | | | New Zealand | 8 |
| South Africa | 9 | 16 October – Auckland | 16 October – Auckland | | | |
| Australia | 11 | 16 October – Auckland | 16 October – Auckland | | | |
| Australia | 11 | Australia | 6 | | | |
| 9 October – Auckland | 9 October – Auckland | | Australia | 6 | | | |
| 9 October – Auckland | 9 October – Auckland | New Zealand | 20 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 33 | New Zealand | 20 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 33 | | | | 21 October – Auckland | 21 October – Auckland |
| Argentina | 10 | | | | 21 October – Auckland | 21 October – Auckland |
| Argentina | 10 | | | | Wales | 18 |
| | | | | | Australia | 21 |

## Quarter-finals
### Ireland vs Wales

* 8 October 2011 18:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
| Ireland | 10–22 | Wales |
| Try: Earls 45' c Con: O'Gara (1/1) Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 24' | Report | Try: Williams 3' c Phillips 51' m J. Davies 64' c Con: Priestland (2/3) Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 29' |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 35,787 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
| FB | 15 | Rob Kearney |
| RW | 14 | Tommy Bowe |
| OC | 13 | Brian O'Driscoll (c) |
| IC | 12 | Gordon D'Arcy |
| LW | 11 | Keith Earls | 72' |
| FH | 10 | Ronan O'Gara | 56' |
| SH | 9 | Conor Murray | 56' |
| N8 | 8 | Jamie Heaslip | 75' |
| OF | 7 | Seán O'Brien |
| BF | 6 | Stephen Ferris | 75' |
| RL | 5 | Paul O'Connell |
| LL | 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan |
| TP | 3 | Mike Ross |
| HK | 2 | Rory Best |
| LP | 1 | Cian Healy |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Seán Cronin |
| PR | 17 | Tom Court |
| LK | 18 | Donnacha Ryan | 75' |
| N8 | 19 | Denis Leamy | 75' |
| SH | 20 | Eoin Reddan | 56' |
| FH | 21 | Johnny Sexton | 56' |
| WG | 22 | Andrew Trimble | 72' |
| Coach: ||
| Declan Kidney ||
| FB | 15 | Leigh Halfpenny |
| RW | 14 | George North |
| OC | 13 | Jonathan Davies |
| IC | 12 | Jamie Roberts |
| LW | 11 | Shane Williams |
| FH | 10 | Rhys Priestland | 78' |
| SH | 9 | Mike Phillips |
| N8 | 8 | Taulupe Faletau |
| OF | 7 | Sam Warburton (c) |
| BF | 6 | Dan Lydiate |
| RL | 5 | Alun Wyn Jones |
| LL | 4 | Luke Charteris | 41' |
| TP | 3 | Adam Jones |
| HK | 2 | Huw Bennett |
| LP | 1 | Gethin Jenkins |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Lloyd Burns |
| PR | 17 | Paul James |
| LK | 18 | Bradley Davies | 41' |
| FL | 19 | Ryan Jones |
| SH | 20 | Lloyd Williams |
| FH | 21 | James Hook | 78' |
| CE | 22 | Scott Williams |
| Coach: ||
| Warren Gatland ||
* Man of the Match:
* Mike Phillips (Wales)
* Touch judges:
* Wayne Barnes (England)
* Romain Poite (France)
* Television match official:
* Giulio de Santis (Italy)

### England vs France

* 8 October 2011 20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)
| England | 12–19 | France |
| Try: Foden 55' c Cueto 77' m Con: Wilkinson (1/1) | Report | Try: Clerc 22' m Médard 31' m Pen: Yachvili (2/3) 11', 16' Drop: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 73' |
* Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 49,105 Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
| FB | 15 | Ben Foden |
| RW | 14 | Chris Ashton |
| OC | 13 | Manu Tuilagi |
| IC | 12 | Toby Flood |
| LW | 11 | Mark Cueto |
| FH | 10 | Jonny Wilkinson | 65' |
| SH | 9 | Ben Youngs | 65' |
| N8 | 8 | Nick Easter |
| OF | 7 | Lewis Moody (c) | 63' |
| BF | 6 | Tom Croft | 47' |
| RL | 5 | Tom Palmer |
| LL | 4 | Louis Deacon | 50' |
| TP | 3 | Dan Cole | | 63' |
| HK | 2 | Steve Thompson | 56' |
| LP | 1 | Matt Stevens | 50' | 63' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dylan Hartley | 56' |
| PR | 17 | Alex Corbisiero | 50' |
| LK | 18 | Courtney Lawes | 47' |
| LK | 19 | Simon Shaw | 50' |
| FL | 20 | James Haskell | 63' |
| SH | 21 | Richard Wigglesworth | 65' |
| WG | 22 | Matt Banahan | 65' |
| Coach: ||
| Martin Johnson ||
| FB | 15 | Maxime Médard |
| RW | 14 | Vincent Clerc |
| OC | 13 | Aurélien Rougerie | 69' |
| IC | 12 | Maxime Mermoz | 79' |
| LW | 11 | Alexis Palisson |
| FH | 10 | Morgan Parra |
| SH | 9 | Dimitri Yachvili | 54' |
| N8 | 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy | 73' |
| OF | 7 | Julien Bonnaire |
| BF | 6 | Thierry Dusautoir (c) |
| RL | 5 | Lionel Nallet |
| LL | 4 | Pascal Papé | 65' |
| TP | 3 | Nicolas Mas |
| HK | 2 | William Servat | 56' |
| LP | 1 | Jean-Baptiste Poux | 56' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dimitri Szarzewski | 56' |
| PR | 17 | Fabien Barcella | 56' |
| LK | 18 | Julien Pierre | 65' |
| N8 | 19 | Louis Picamoles | 73' |
| FH | 20 | François Trinh-Duc | 54' |
| CE | 21 | David Marty | 69' |
| FB | 22 | Cédric Heymans | 79' |
| Coach: ||
| Marc Lièvremont ||
* Man of the Match:
* Imanol Harinordoquy (France)
* Touch judges:
* Alain Rolland (Ireland)
* George Clancy (Ireland)
* Television match official:
* Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

### South Africa vs Australia

* 9 October 2011 18:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
| South Africa | 9–11 | Australia |
| Pen: Steyn (2/4) 39', 56' Drop: Steyn (1/1) 60' | Report | Try: Horwill 11' m Pen: O'Connor (2/2) 17', 72' |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 34,914 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
| FB | 15 | Patrick Lambie |
| RW | 14 | JP Pietersen |
| OC | 13 | Jaque Fourie |
| IC | 12 | Jean de Villiers |
| LW | 11 | Bryan Habana | 50' |
| FH | 10 | Morné Steyn |
| SH | 9 | Fourie du Preez |
| N8 | 8 | Pierre Spies | | | 64' |
| BF | 7 | Schalk Burger | 14' to 20' | 14' to 20' |
| OF | 6 | Heinrich Brüssow | 20' |
| RL | 5 | Victor Matfield |
| LL | 4 | Danie Rossouw |
| TP | 3 | Jannie du Plessis |
| HK | 2 | John Smit (c) | 50' |
| LP | 1 | Gurthrö Steenkamp |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Bismarck du Plessis | 50' |
| PR | 17 | CJ van der Linde |
| FL | 18 | Willem Alberts | 14' | 20' | 64' |
| FL | 19 | Francois Louw | 20' |
| SH | 20 | Francois Hougaard | 50' |
| FH | 21 | Butch James |
| CT | 22 | Gio Aplon |
| Coach: ||
| Peter de Villiers ||
| FB | 15 | Kurtley Beale | 75' |
| RW | 14 | James O'Connor |
| OC | 13 | Adam Ashley-Cooper |
| IC | 12 | Pat McCabe | 53' |
| LW | 11 | Digby Ioane |
| FH | 10 | Quade Cooper |
| SH | 9 | Will Genia |
| N8 | 8 | Radike Samo | 73' |
| OF | 7 | David Pocock |
| BF | 6 | Rocky Elsom |
| RL | 5 | James Horwill (c) |
| LL | 4 | Dan Vickerman | 54' |
| TP | 3 | Ben Alexander |
| HK | 2 | Stephen Moore | 64' |
| LP | 1 | Sekope Kepu | 69' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Tatafu Polota-Nau | 64' |
| PR | 17 | James Slipper | 69' |
| LK | 18 | Nathan Sharpe | 54' |
| N8 | 19 | Ben McCalman | 73' |
| SH | 20 | Luke Burgess |
| FH | 21 | Berrick Barnes | 53' |
| CE | 22 | Anthony Fainga'a | 75' |
| Coach: ||
| Robbie Deans ||
* Man of the Match:
* David Pocock (Australia)
* Touch judges:
* Dave Pearson (England)
* Romain Poite (France)
* Television match official:
* Giulio de Santis (Italy)

### New Zealand vs Argentina

* 9 October 2011 20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)
| New Zealand | 33–10 | Argentina |
| Try: Read 69' m Thorn 79' c Con: Cruden (1/1) Pen: Weepu (7/7) 13', 26', 36', 40', 50', 59', 73' | Report | Try: Farías Cabello 32' c Con: Contepomi (1/1) Pen: Bosch (1/1) 46' |
* Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 57,192 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
| FB | 15 | Mils Muliaina | 40' |
| RW | 14 | Cory Jane |
| OC | 13 | Conrad Smith |
| IC | 12 | Ma'a Nonu |
| LW | 11 | Sonny Bill Williams |
| FH | 10 | Colin Slade | 33' |
| SH | 9 | Piri Weepu | 73' |
| N8 | 8 | Kieran Read |
| OF | 7 | Richie McCaw (c) | 73' |
| BF | 6 | Jerome Kaino |
| RL | 5 | Sam Whitelock | 63' |
| LL | 4 | Brad Thorn |
| TP | 3 | Owen Franks | 75' |
| HK | 2 | Keven Mealamu | 66' |
| LP | 1 | Tony Woodcock |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Andrew Hore | 66' |
| PR | 17 | John Afoa | 75' |
| LK | 18 | Ali Williams | 63' |
| N8 | 19 | Victor Vito | 73' |
| SH | 20 | Jimmy Cowan | 73' |
| FH | 21 | Aaron Cruden | 33' |
| FB | 22 | Isaia Toeava | 40' |
| Coach: ||
| Graham Henry ||
| FB | 15 | Martín Rodríguez | | 69' |
| RW | 14 | Gonzalo Camacho |
| OC | 13 | Marcelo Bosch |
| IC | 12 | Felipe Contepomi (c) |
| LW | 11 | Horacio Agulla | | 50' |
| FH | 10 | Santiago Fernández |
| SH | 9 | Nicolás Vergallo | 58' | 49' to 53' | 49' to 53' |
| N8 | 8 | Leonardo Senatore |
| OF | 7 | Juan Manuel Leguizamón | | | | 80' |
| BF | 6 | Julio Farías Cabello |
| RL | 5 | Patricio Albacete |
| LL | 4 | Manuel Carizza | | 63' |
| TP | 3 | Juan Figallo | | 59' |
| HK | 2 | Mario Ledesma | | 70' |
| LP | 1 | Rodrigo Roncero | | 40' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Agustín Creevy | | 70' |
| PR | 17 | Martín Scelzo | | 59' |
| PR | 18 | Marcos Ayerza | | 40' |
| FL | 19 | Alejandro Campos | | 63' |
| SH | 20 | Alfredo Lalanne | | 49' | 53' | 80' |
| FB | 21 | Lucas González Amorosino | | 69' |
| WG | 22 | Juan Imhoff | | 50' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Phelan ||
* Man of the Match:
* Piri Weepu (New Zealand)
* Touch judges:
* Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
* George Clancy (Ireland)
* Television match official:
* Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Notes
* This was New Zealand fullback Mils Muliaina's 100th test, the second New Zealand player to have reached this milestone.

## Semi-finals
### Wales vs France

* 15 October 2011 21:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
| Wales | 8–9 | France |
| Try: Phillips 58' m Pen: Hook (1/3) 8' | Report | Pen: Parra (3/3) 22', 35', 51' |
* Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 58,630 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
| FB | 15 | Leigh Halfpenny |
| RW | 14 | George North |
| OC | 13 | Jonathan Davies |
| IC | 12 | Jamie Roberts |
| LW | 11 | Shane Williams |
| FH | 10 | James Hook | | 46' |
| SH | 9 | Mike Phillips |
| N8 | 8 | Taulupe Faletau |
| OF | 7 | Sam Warburton (c) | 19' |
| BF | 6 | Dan Lydiate | | 56' |
| RL | 5 | Alun Wyn Jones | | 62' |
| LL | 4 | Luke Charteris |
| TP | 3 | Adam Jones | | 10' |
| HK | 2 | Huw Bennett |
| LP | 1 | Gethin Jenkins |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Lloyd Burns |
| PR | 17 | Paul James | | 10' |
| LK | 18 | Bradley Davies | | 62' |
| FK | 19 | Ryan Jones | | 56' |
| SH | 20 | Lloyd Williams |
| FH | 21 | Stephen Jones | | 46' |
| CE | 22 | Scott Williams |
| Coach: ||
| Warren Gatland ||
| FB | 15 | Maxime Médard |
| RW | 14 | Vincent Clerc |
| OC | 13 | Aurélien Rougerie |
| IC | 12 | Maxime Mermoz |
| LW | 11 | Alexis Palisson |
| FH | 10 | Morgan Parra |
| SH | 9 | Dimitri Yachvili |
| N8 | 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy |
| OF | 7 | Julien Bonnaire | 75' |
| BF | 6 | Thierry Dusautoir (c) |
| RL | 5 | Lionel Nallet |
| LL | 4 | Pascal Papé | 62' |
| TP | 3 | Nicolas Mas |
| HK | 2 | William Servat | 45' |
| LP | 1 | Jean-Baptiste Poux | 45' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dimitri Szarzewski | 45' |
| PR | 17 | Fabien Barcella | 45' |
| LK | 18 | Julien Pierre | 62' |
| FL | 19 | Fulgence Ouedraogo | 75' |
| FH | 20 | François Trinh-Duc |
| FH | 21 | Jean-Marc Doussain |
| FB | 22 | Cédric Heymans |
| Coach: ||
| Marc Lièvremont ||
* Man of the Match:
* Julien Bonnaire (France)
* Touch judges:
* Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
* Wayne Barnes (England)
* Television match official:
* Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Notes
* The Welsh captain was sent off after committing a tip-tackle, releasing the opponent past the horizontal off the ground in the 18th minute.

### Australia vs New Zealand

* 16 October 2011 21:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
| Australia | 6–20 | New Zealand |
| Pen: O'Connor (1/1) 16' Drop: Cooper (1/1) 32' | Report | Try: Nonu 6' m Pen: Weepu (4/7) 13', 38', 43', 73' Drop: Cruden (1/1) 22' |
* Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 60,087 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
| FB | 15 | Adam Ashley-Cooper |
| RW | 14 | James O'Connor |
| OC | 13 | Anthony Fainga'a | 63' |
| IC | 12 | Pat McCabe | 35' to 40' | 35' to 40' | 48' |
| LW | 11 | Lote Tuqiri |
| FH | 10 | Quade Cooper |
| SH | 9 | George Gregan (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Radike Samo | 60' |
| OF | 7 | David Pocock |
| BF | 6 | Rocky Elsom |
| RL | 5 | Nathan Sharpe |
| LL | 4 | Dan Vickerman | 23' to 27' | 23' to 27' | 60' |
| TP | 3 | Ben Alexander |
| HK | 2 | Stephen Moore | 66' |
| LP | 1 | Matt Dunning | 21' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Tatafu Polota-Nau | 66' |
| PR | 17 | Ben Darwin | 21' |
| LK | 18 | Rob Simmons | 23' | 27' | 60' |
| N8 | 19 | Ben McCalman | 60' |
| SH | 20 | Luke Burgess |
| FH | 21 | Berrick Barnes | 35' | 40' | 48' |
| CE | 22 | Chris Latham | 63' |
| Coach: ||
| Robbie Deans ||
| FB | 15 | Israel Dagg |
| RW | 14 | Doug Howlett |
| OC | 13 | Conrad Smith |
| IC | 12 | Ma'a Nonu | | 73' |
| LW | 11 | Richard Kahui |
| FH | 10 | Aaron Cruden |
| SH | 9 | Piri Weepu | | 57' | 69' | 74' |
| N8 | 8 | Kieran Read |
| OF | 7 | Richie McCaw (c) |
| BF | 6 | Jerome Kaino | | 80' |
| RL | 5 | Sam Whitelock | | 57' |
| LL | 4 | Brad Thorn |
| TP | 3 | Carl Hayman | | 80' |
| HK | 2 | Keven Mealamu | | 64' |
| LP | 1 | Tony Woodcock |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Andrew Hore | | 64' |
| PR | 17 | Ben Franks | | 80' |
| LK | 18 | Ali Williams | | 57' |
| N8 | 19 | Victor Vito | | 80' |
| SH | 20 | Andy Ellis | | 57' | 69' to 74' | 69' to 74' |
| FH | 21 | Stephen Donald |
| CE | 22 | Sonny Bill Williams | 76' | 73' |
| Coach: ||
| Graham Henry ||
* Man of the Match:
* Cory Jane (New Zealand)
* Touch judges:
* Nigel Owens (Wales)
* Romain Poite (France)
* Television match official:
* Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

## Bronze final
### Wales vs Australia

* 21 October 2011 20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)
| Wales | 18–21 | Australia |
| Try: Sh. Williams 50' m Halfpenny 80+' c Con: S. Jones (1/2) Pen: Hook (1/2) 20' S. Jones (1/1) 71' | Tracker | Try: Barnes 12' c McCalman 76' m Con: O'Connor (1/2) Pen: O'Connor (2/4) 54', 58' Drop: Barnes (1/1) 68' |
* Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 53,014 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
| FB | 15 | Leigh Halfpenny |
| RW | 14 | George North | 33' to 38' | 33' to 38' |
| OC | 13 | Jonathan Davies | 71' |
| IC | 12 | Jamie Roberts |
| LW | 11 | Shane Williams |
| FH | 10 | James Hook | | | 51' |
| SH | 9 | Mike Phillips | 64' |
| N8 | 8 | Ryan Jones |
| OF | 7 | Taulupe Faletau |
| BF | 6 | Dan Lydiate | 64' |
| RL | 5 | Bradley Davies |
| LL | 4 | Luke Charteris | 53' |
| TP | 3 | Paul James | 64' |
| HK | 2 | Huw Bennett | 71' |
| LP | 1 | Gethin Jenkins (c) |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Lloyd Burns | 71' |
| PR | 17 | Ryan Bevington | 64' |
| LK | 18 | Alun Wyn Jones | 53' |
| N8 | 19 | Andy Powell | 64' |
| SH | 20 | Lloyd Williams | 64' |
| FH | 21 | Stephen Jones | 33' | 38' | 51' |
| CE | 22 | Scott Williams | 71' |
| Coach: ||
| Warren Gatland ||
| FB | 15 | Kurtley Beale | 10' |
| RW | 14 | James O'Connor |
| OC | 13 | Adam Ashley-Cooper |
| IC | 12 | Berrick Barnes |
| LW | 11 | Digby Ioane |
| FH | 10 | Quade Cooper | 22' |
| SH | 9 | George Gregan (c) | 68' |
| N8 | 8 | Ben McCalman |
| OF | 7 | David Pocock |
| BF | 6 | Scott Higginbotham | 31' to 34' | 31' to 34' |
| RL | 5 | Nathan Sharpe | 46' |
| LL | 4 | James Horwill | | | 71' |
| TP | 3 | Ben Darwin | 53' to 56' | 53' to 56' |
| HK | 2 | Brendan Cannon | 52' |
| LP | 1 | Bill Young |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Saia Fainga'a | 52' |
| PR | 17 | Matt Dunning | 60' |
| LK | 18 | David Giffin | 46' |
| N8 | 19 | Radike Samo | 31' | 34' | 71' |
| SH | 20 | Luke Burgess | 68' |
| CE | 21 | Anthony Fainga'a | 22' |
| CE | 22 | Rob Horne | 10' |
| Coach: ||
| Robbie Deans ||
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* Man of the Match:
* Berrick Barnes (Australia)
* Touch judges:
* Romain Poite (France)
* George Clancy (Ireland)
* Television match official:
* Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Notes
* This was Australian lock Nathan Sharpe's 100th test, the fifth Australian to reach the milestone.

## Final
### France vs New Zealand

* 23 October 2011 21:00 NZDT (UTC+13)
| France | 7–8 | New Zealand |
| Try: Dusautoir 47' c Con: Trinh-Duc (1/1) | Report | Try: Woodcock 15' m Pen: Donald (1/1) 46' |
* Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 61,079 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
| FB | 15 | Maxime Médard |
| RW | 14 | Vincent Clerc | 46' |
| OC | 13 | Aurélien Rougerie |
| IC | 12 | Maxime Mermoz |
| LW | 11 | Alexis Palisson |
| FH | 10 | Morgan Parra | 12' to 18' | 12' to 18' | 23' |
| SH | 9 | Dimitri Yachvili | 76' |
| N8 | 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy |
| OF | 7 | Julien Bonnaire |
| BF | 6 | Thierry Dusautoir (c) |
| RL | 5 | Lionel Nallet |
| LL | 4 | Pascal Papé | 70' |
| TP | 3 | Nicolas Mas |
| HK | 2 | William Servat | 65' |
| LP | 1 | Jean-Baptiste Poux | 65' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dimitri Szarzewski | 65' |
| PR | 17 | Fabien Barcella | 65' |
| LK | 18 | Julien Pierre | 70' |
| FL | 19 | Fulgence Ouedraogo |
| FH | 20 | Jean-Marc Doussain | 76' |
| FH | 21 | François Trinh-Duc | 12' | 18' | 23' |
| FB | 22 | Damien Traille | 46' |
| Coach: ||
| Marc Lièvremont ||
| FB | 15 | Israel Dagg |
| RW | 14 | Cory Jane |
| OC | 13 | Conrad Smith |
| IC | 12 | Ma'a Nonu | 76' |
| LW | 11 | Richard Kahui |
| FH | 10 | Aaron Cruden | 34' |
| SH | 9 | Piri Weepu | 50' |
| N8 | 8 | Kieran Read |
| OF | 7 | Richie McCaw (c) |
| BF | 6 | Jerome Kaino |
| RL | 5 | Sam Whitelock | 49' |
| LL | 4 | Brad Thorn |
| TP | 3 | Owen Franks |
| HK | 2 | Keven Mealamu | 49' |
| LP | 1 | Tony Woodcock |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Andrew Hore | 49' |
| PR | 17 | Ben Franks |
| LK | 18 | Ali Williams | 49' |
| FL | 19 | Adam Thomson |
| SH | 20 | Andy Ellis | 50' |
| FH | 21 | Stephen Donald | 34' |
| CE | 22 | Sonny Bill Williams | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Graham Henry ||
* Man of the Match:
* Thierry Dusautoir (France)
* Touch judges:
* Alain Rolland (Ireland)
* Nigel Owens (Wales)
* Television match official:
* Giulio de Santis (Italy)