All Blacks - 36 France - 18
FULLTIME - The All Blacks ultimately wrap up the win after a stilted second half effort. France were valiant in defeat, their youthful new contingent doing themselves proud. Stay tuned for video highlights.
TRY ALL BLACKS - Simple numbers game to wrap this game up, Lienert-Brown throws a lovely wrap-around pass to free Naholo for a well deserved try. Barrett slots the conversion, and there's the fulltime whistle. (NZ 36-18)
79 mins - Perenara places a perfect kick deep into the French 22m. They'll hoist a boxkick into touch, one last chance from the line-out.
78 mins - Free kick from the line-out for NZ, they opt to scrumdown as the match stumbles to its conclusion.
77 mins - That decision backfires as the All Blacks put in a monster shove and win themselves a penalty. That may be the game right there.
75 mins - Advantage being played, penalty blown up. Right in front of the posts, they call for a scrum.
74 mins - France earn a penalty on the All Blacks 22m. Time running out for them to make their move. To the line-out they go, 5m out...
72 mins - France line-out inside the NZ 22m, a try here would definitely make things interesting. But alas, ball knocked on. NZ scrum.
70 mins - Ioane deals with the high ball in typically efficient manner and beats his man down the touch. Ball lost in the tackle however, more stilted play by the All Blacks. Both sides struggling to find their rhythm, it's certainly not much of a spectacle at the moment.
68 mins - Smith clears but France return with profit. Belleau bombs away and it's untidily handled. Ioane goes to the sideline and finds support, Todd takes the ball near halfway but his pass lets him down. Mini dust-up after the ball's into touch, Gardner deals out the law to both captains.
67 mins - France maul from the line-out, knock on at the base of the ruck lets NZ off the hook. They'll scrum it on their own 22m as the subs roll.
66 mins - Defensive penalty for the All Blacks on France's 10m line but the assistant wants a word. Penalty is reversed, Tu'ungafasi diving recklessly into the ruck.
64 mins - Scattered back and forth ball in the wet ends in French hands, just shy of halfway. Barrett collects a loose ball from a bomb and dabs a kick down the touchline back inside France's half.
62 mins - Knock-on France and the All Blacks will pack down a scrum. It's been a while since they've had any quality possession, great opportunity to build here 15m inside French territory.
61 mins - Big defence from the visitors through nine phases, and Naholo wins an enormous turnover penalty for the All Blacks. Barrett relieves the pressure.
60 mins - Huge pressure now as France feed the scrum 5m out.
59 mins - No advantge won and we're back for the penalty. SBW will take his place back on the field after a costly 10 minutes in the bin.
57 mins - Penalty advantage as France launch again, just metres out from the line...
56 mins - Les Bleus go wide quickly and they've found some room to move. Thomas freed up along the sideline and guns for the corner, McKenzie is able to impact the dive just enough to force a foot into touch. All the momentum with the hosts right now as the All Blacks throw the defensive line-out, and they've lost it!
54 mins - Scrum France, and it's another penalty. Crockett concedes. Belleau taps and then looks to kick, Whitelock rushes up to tackle, and rightly so, but the ref gives the 10 another chance. Bizarre.
52 mins - 13 unanswered points for the French in the second half as the rain sets in at Le Stade.
51 mins - Penalty France at the scrum, right in front of the sticks. Kicking tee comes out, another trois for the French. (NZ 31-18)
50 mins - Barrett's restart from the 22m drifts out on the full, France now right back in attacking position.
49 mins - Penalty France immediately from the restart and the crowd are right into this now, their tails are well and truly up.
TRY FRANCE - To add insult to inury, the referee and his assistants rule that the ball would've landed in the chasing French player's hands had SBW not tapped the ball dead. Highly dubious decision, but here we are. (NZ 31-15)
46 mins - Break by Belleau! Can't find any support. Advantge being played as the cross-field kick is placed into the in-goal. SBW leaps and reverts to rugby league mode, tapping the ball purposely dead. Easy call for Gardner, who reaches into this pocket and produces a yellow card.
45 mins - France look to maul before freeing the pill. Bastareaud hammered by SBW as they edge their way to the NZ 10m.
43 mins - NZ line-out, Barrett inside ball off the top to Naholo. France are quick to the breakdown and win a penalty, back to halfway for the line-out.
41 mins - Advantage for offside blown up. Right in front of the posts, they can't turn down the easy three points. Odd decision, really. (NZ 31-8)
40 mins - France start well, loose ball hacked ahead and they manage to regather. Working their way past the NZ 22m line now.
Second half underway...
HALFTIME - Two late tries have really swung this contest in the All Blacks' favour against a French side which, while not lacking any enthusiasm, has looked slightly off the pace throughout. Join us back here shortly for the second 40.
TRY ALL BLACKS - Mistake France from the restart and the All Blacks counter swiftly. Fantastic cut-out ball from McKenzie to free Ioane who returns it to the fullback, Read on hand to finish things off. Barrett sends it over and that will be it for the first half. (NZ 31-5)
TRY ALL BLACKS - Quick ball after the measured build up, SBW drops a deft grubber over the line for Ryan Crotty to dive on uncontested and claim the All Blacks' 2000th Test try. Big blow as halftime looms with a man in the bin. Barrett makes no mistake. (NZ 24-5)
37 mins - ABs build patiently off the base of the ruck....
35 mins - The scrum collapses yet again and finally a yellow card is produced, prop Slimani is off to the naughty chair and Hames is letting him know all about it.
32 mins - NZ scrumfeed just inside the French half. Quick hands from Laulala finds Crotty in space. Wide they go and Naholo has a line to the corner but the referee rules a knock-on at the previous ruck. Scrum France, right on their own line.
30 mins - Loose ball, Hames gathers and finds Read but the skipper's hit hard and spills it. He's yet to get up after that one. Light shower of rain swings through le Stade.
29 mins - Ioane in open spaces, gives young Anthony Belleau one of those patented fends and sits him right down. Kick over the top rolls into the in-goal, 22m restart for France.
TRY FRANCE - Bastareaud pops a lovely ball in the tackle to free his outside backs, ball is shifted and Teddy Thomas dives over in the corner. Conversion is adrift. (NZ 17-5)
25 mins - France with some rare possession in NZ territory. Penalty won, to a 22m line-out they go.
TRY ALL BLACKS - Another advantage was being played but they didn't need it in the end. Ioane goes inches short before Barrett finds Naholo with a pinpoint floater out wide to stroll over in the corner. All far too easy. Barrett slots it from the sideline. (NZ 17-0)
22 mins - Another collapse and another NZ penalty. Read wastes no time asking for a re-pack.
20 mins - Penalty NZ after a powerful ABs scrum, France saved themselves a pushover try with a clear front row collapse.
19 mins - Barrett chips from the scrum and puts the winger under a ton of pressure, Ioane thunders in and the All Blacks blow over right on the France try line. Read looked like he may have got a hand on it, he's claiming a try. Referee review says otherwise, but we will have an NZ 5m scrum.
18 mins - French restart out on the full, quel dommage! NZ scrum in the center of the paddock, plenty of attacking options on offer.
16 mins - Fifita rummages forward, All Blacks just 5 metres short now. France pinged for a foot in the ruck. A gift three points coming up for Barrett....and over it goes. (NZ 10-0)
14 mins - Coles seems to have injured his knee and Codie Taylor will take his place.
13 mins - Dane Coles puts through a grubber, bizarrely enough. France gather with ease and make a mini-break of their own, past halfway they go. Naholo pounces at the breakdown and wins the penalty.
12 mins - NZ swing back the attack as Ioane breaks down the left flank. Smith can't find support. Ball turned at the ruck and France clear as far as the 22m.
TRY ALL BLACKS - Barrett has options at the line, beautifully delayed no-look pass puts a storming Dane Coles into a yawning hole and the hooker dots down between the posts. (NZ 7-0)
8 mins - Smith from the base of the scrum, scragged down a metre out....
7 mins - SBW breaks and finds McKenzie, the fullback has men outside but he can't free his hands for the pass after some superb scrambling defence. SBW drives again, he's over the line but it's held up. 5m scrum NZ.
6 mins - Smith box-kick expertly claimed by Ioane. Laulala with room to move, Barrett finds Coles running hard. 22m out now...
5 mins - Ball's lost from the line-out and NZ win a penalty for offisde. Barrett relieves the pressure, back to halfway they go.
3 mins - Free kick France after the ABs engage early. France want to pack another scrum as we hear the first round of 'allez les Bleus'. Big shunt and NZ concede, France go onto the attack with a line-out 10m from the try line.
2 mins - France look to maul but the ABs have held it up. Scrum NZ at the half.
1 min - Barrett goes deep, ball spills but the ref rules it was a boot at the ruck. Penalty takes the hosts up to halfway for a line-out.
Kick off...
8:58am - TJ Perenara leads Kapa o Pango and the crowd respond with their own full-hearted chorus of boos. I think they wanted Ka Mate.
8:57am - The Stade de France breaks into full song for La Marseillaise. The greatest anthem of all time? It has my vote.
8:51am - The teams are taking the park, best get those bacon and eggs done ASAP and head to the couch.
8:44am - Non-Test matches aside, there are few things more dangerous in rugby than an All Blacks side coming off a loss. This youthful French side could be in for a baptism of fire.
8:35am - The word on the ground from Ross Karl is that the rain has cleared but it's a bitterly chilly evening in Paris.
Hello and welcome to live updates of France hosting the All Blacks at Stade de France in Paris, France.
This morning the All Blacks begin their northern tour in earnest with the first of three Test matches following their win over the Barbarians in London last weekend.
The French took them close in the last year's fixture, can their inexperienced and injury-stricken side pull off the unthinkable here today?
We bring you live streaming written commentary, video highlights (be sure to refresh your browser) and all the action. Video will be available as soon as the final whistle goes.
Commentary will start from around 8:30am (NZT). In the meantime check out the video above.
All Blacks
1.Kane Hames 2.Dane Coles 3.Nepo Laulala 4.Luke Romano 5.Sam Whitelock 6.Vaea Fifita 7.Sam Cane 8.Kieran Read 9.Aaron Smith 10.Beauden Barrett 11.Rieko Ioane 12.Sonny Bill Williams 13.Ryan Crotty 14.Waisake Naholo 15.Damian McKenzie
Reserves: 16.Codie Taylor 17.Wyatt Crockett 18.Ofa Tu'ungafasi 19.Scott Barrett 20.Matt Todd 21.TJ Perenara 22.Lima Sopoaga 23.Anton Lienert-Brown
France
1.Jefferson Poirot, 2. Guilhem Guirado (c), 3. Rabah Slimani, 4. Sebastien Vahaamahina, 5. Paul Gabrillagues, 6. Judicael Cancoriet, 7. Kevin Gourdon, 8. Louis Picamole, 9. Antoine Dupont, 10. Anthony Belleau, 11. Yoann Huget, 12. Mathieu Bastareaud, 13. Geoffrey Doumayrou, 14. Teddy Thomas, 15. Nans Ducuing
Reserves: 16 Clement Maynadier, 17 Raphael Chaume, 18 Daniel Kotze, 19 Paul Jedrasiak, 20 Anthony Jelonch, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Damian Penaud
Match facts and stats
Referee: Angus Gardner (AUS)
Sideline officials: Matthew Carley (ENG) and Tom Foley (ENG)
Review officials: Rowan Kitt (ENG)
Past meetings
Head to head: Played 57: France 12, All Blacks 44, Drawn 1
In France: Played 24: France 6, All Blacks 18
Last time played: All Blacks 24 def France 19 November 26, 2016
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