I am a neutral England fan, but I keep coming back to this game. As a life-long lover of the game, I honestly think this is the best game of International rugby I have ever seen. The All Blacks were home and dry, en route for the final. - Is this the best come back ever? And as has already been said, only one country could do it - France! French flair at its best ever! Amazing game. Thank you for uploading it.
Im a Kiwi and watching that game I could tell that we were not going to win by the end of the first half, in 99 I thought they had made progress from their awful performances in 1998 where we lost five test matches in a row and didnt play like a team, I still dont understand why the All Blacks are always heavy favorites to win world cups, considering how finals rugby is 50/50 dont believe me, ask Wales.
I think after this match Jonah Lomu was the only AB to go around shaking the hands of the French players while his team mates were sobbing. Great French comeback and a real gentleman Jonah Lomus was.
jl23nz To NZ with love from France. We have a lot of respect for the AB's it's the best team in the world without any doubt. I just hope that one day we will win a world cup too! :)
arno222444 Yeah i love Abs too but i hate when they win at 16 and not at 15. remember world cup 2010. Jouber go to hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am French and I relish this match, of course. But it has to be emphasided that much respect is due to the AB as well. It takes two to reproduce this kind of rugby. I mean, the only way to beat the Kiwis is to play an open game like the French did (in the days when, I must say with great nostalgy, they were able to …). The Blacks when in the lead could have tried to close their game in order to secure a win. But it is not in their culture, it is not who they are. They play out and wide an open game. Alwyays. No matter what. This is why we have to love them. This is why they are the greatest nation of rugby in this world.
I can't recall which English player used to say: during a game, every once in a while, a player sees an opportunity to pass the defence; the problem with the French is that they sometimes all see it at the same time. Then you're screwed
+ASobsessive One of the best! I was there and Champagne flowed in the streets! What a night it was, a fantastic upset of what was supposed to be an All Black 40 point win (said before the match). When the French play like that n one can stop them and it is beautiful to watch.
I am a New Zealander living in your part of the world at present. :) I think France will win the World Cup in 2015. I will be cheering for you. You deserve to win.
Crap, what a game, I was only 6 but I can remember it perfectly, even if I cried a lot the next week... AB were, are, and will be our best rivals. We are one of the rare team, if not the unique, who can stop them when they are the best. This game is for me the best, of course because I'm French but also because of the intensity, the drama, the passion deployed in this game. For a semifinal, I think you cannot get a such beautiful match. Of course some other games are awesome (RSA vs Japan 2015), but this one is definitely the greatest game ever played in WC. What a pity we never won a WC. 3 times finalist, 3 times beaten. The most unfair but also the most strange is maybe 2011. As long as we didn't deserve to go through the final, we were clearly robbed by Joubert (and McCaw, also, he's a great player but sometimes a great cheater also). It's incredible we didn't succeed in winning a cup (not even the first one ever) while we can deploy such a beautiful way to play rugby. The legendary French flair, the way we can win matches or not losing them when we defend. One day, we will get a star on our jersey, I'm pretty sure about this. But it's pretty hard for Europeans to win WC, only England could achieve it. Actually, thanks to Lievremont and Saint-Andre, we have a crap team. We are happy if we finish 4th in the 6N. Seriously ? We cannot get undefeated at home in a single year and not even in the tournament like it was at least before. We have to rebuild a team, to rebuild a playstyle, to acquire once again the French flair, to start playing as we were used to and as other teams were used to fear us. It will take a long time. I'm not even sure we'll be ready for 2019. But we'll try. And one day, you'll se another games like this one, trust me
Enjoyed watching that again. Favourite world cup game, and I'm English! Almost as impessive (or at least memorable) from that time as the great Lomu were the nippy French showmen, Dominici and Bernet Salles. The only thing that's diminished slightly with time is how much the All Blacks were favoured to win. Lomu shrugging off about 5 players to score one of his trys hilighting that perception...
This has to be one of the most amazing world sporting events of all time. The French looks so scared of lomu in the first half and somehow, with their amazing fly half, they were able to come back in the second half. Increible!
@@ufaransa.2543 I think that I read somewhere that one of the French fullbacks was so scared of jonah lomu that he pretended to fall over rather than try to tackle him. Still, the French were amazingly brave and had an amazing result against all the odds.
That "tackle" of Garbajosa on Lomu... lol. It was brilliant ! It totally instilled a false sense of confort in the AB ! Cunning plan worked perfectly there !
I remember this game well. After Lomu scored early in the 2nd half and we went 24-10 up I thought we have got this now. Then France got a drop goal, then another, then a penalty then another. At 24-22 up I was worried. And then 3 great tries to France. Probably the most amazing 30 minutes of rugby ever. All Blacks well beaten by the better team.
1:06:30: Just before the Dourthe try, surely one of the most spinetingling moments in sports commentary history. (Lineout comes in) "Look at that, 45 ruck balls won by France. That is phenomenal!... (They drive into the 22)"And they're trundling forward again!..." ...."AMAZING stuff from the French!!!" The sheer sense of wonder in his voice :)
I hate the ABs, but I gotta say that first try of Lomu's was feckin great. Best winger ever, built like a Tiger Tank with the acceleration of a Porsche!
Indeed... best game of rugby we've seen in the modern age...even at the start of the second half you would have put your money on a big win for NZ... the French at their cussed, maverick best... Allez France!
I am glad to read that so many people also think that this was the best world cup rugby match ever ! I have always thought so, but I am ....French ! Very happy to read that even non-French people also think so. The french forwards and Galthie were amazing and so powerful. Lamaison's kicks were perfect, each and everyone of them. You can see him call the kick over the NZ defense just before Dourthe's try. So many tackles by the french defense ! 26 unanswered points scored by France vs the All Blacks within 20 minutes or so: it was incredible !!! I will always remember this game. I was jumping like crazy at the end, and both my father and I were crying of ...joy. I could not sleep the whole night after the match.
If I was a French supporter I would be tearing my hair out at Les Bleus. They can play the most sublime rugby and are so dangerous in open play that you cannot relax for a moment, but the whole idea that they play with their hearts means that you never know which team will turn up. The last 6N tournament proved it. They had maybe twenty minutes of amazing play against England and then utter dross for the next four games. No wonder they get booed by their own supporters.
Umaga had a shocker! If we get one match like that at this years WC we'll be lucky, what a game. It's really got me in the mood, Come on Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel the same - the only games that grab me as much as Welsh victories are those games when France are on fire - 1987, 1994, 1999, even the 2011 final. Having said that, Ireland-England in the 2011 Six Nations was pretty special in its intensity.
Fier d'être français ! Merci les bleus du Rugby ! Je m'en rappelle encore, j'avais quatorze ans et quelques à l'époque. Toute la France était derrière son écran, c'était génial ce match... Un sens du spectacle, du panache, de la combativité, du beau jeu, de l'héroïsme, c'est ça le panache à la française.
Un exploit comme celui-ci, ce n'est pas tous les jours. A cette epoque le fosse Nord/Sud etait grand et battre la NZ (en plus de cette maniere) c'etait incroyable.
Avec l’âge j’ai vu jouer de très grands ouvreurs (Merthens, Carter, Wilkinson, Barry John …), mais je n’ai jamais vu un numéro 10 faire un match aussi parfait que Lamaison ce jourlà.
WOW, I cannot believe how many matches there are on YT!! What a treat, could spend all week just watching old games!! Thanks for uploading!! Keep it up, please!
At 24-10 early in the second half the outcome looked crushingly inevitable. What followed was the most sensational 25 minutes in rugby union football history. Glorious stuff.
I taped this of Portuguese TV (RTP2) and when ever anyone asked for the greatest game ever played by France, this was it. I played the tape to death, and then vhs went the way of the dinosaurs, so thank you very much for this upload.
fckin mesmerising. they simply slowly destroyed their confidence with a total commitment. Screw conceading over 10 penalties in the first half as long as we're marking them psychology
France deserved their victory. There was talk back here in NZ after the game on why the ABs didn't respond to the French teams over aggressive play. Whether they were instructed not to by coach Hart or captain Tain Randell- I'm not sure but the way France played in the 2nd half they still would have won.
Garbajosa always looked like he'd be happier playing wendyball. One of those backs who can be a bit handy going forwards but often goes missing in defence...
but you didn't and then in 2015 the All Blacks destroyed France 62-13, then went onto win their third world cup while France still haven't won anything.
We have won many other things, don't worry too much about us. It's not like the only thing we can win something at happens every 4 years, if you see what I mean...
France is not a rugby-obsessed country. In fact, rugby is only the 7th most popular sport in France. In all other more popular sports, France has been world champion and/or won olympic gold medals (except for Basket Ball). So you see, we have plenty to rejoice about, which as I said does not only happen every 4 years at best.
God, what a pleasure to watch that match! Each time NZ was taken the lead, France answered! and vice versa. There will be others fantastic encounters in rwc, but this one had everything in term of intensity, drama and skills
Lamaison et Galthie ont fait le match parfait ce jour la. Chacun de leur choix strategique etait bon. Pas un coup de pied de loupe ou egare. Pas une passe loupee. Vraiment dommage qu'ils aient perdu en finale apres ca.
ce jour là, on peut pas tout voir mais c'est Cédric Soulette le pilier N°1 des bleus qui nous donne 50% de la victoire, il passe la première demi heure à dégonfler les 3 - 4 joueurs les plus influents du pack des Blacks, il les a détruits, encore à cette époque les matchs se gagnaient comme ça et d’après ses partenaires c'était impressionnant, genre de contrat qu'avait mis en place les joueurs les jours précédents, c pas trés reluisant mais ça se passait souvent comme ça surtout face au blacks
I think the American public would love it (as an American myself). A lot of people I know are curious about it, they just don't know much about it. All it needs is a lot of exposure on "the four letter network", if you know what I mean. Of course, that's easier said than done.
The first part was for the All Blacks... But the second one was completely French... And the French wake up was really hard for the Blacks... Lamaison was fantastic during this match...
Nothing to do with being haters , the ABs have only won the RWC on their own soil, 1987 to 2011 is a very long time. Every other side who have won it twice have won one of them on foreign soil, England of course won their only title in Oz. In actual fact The Springboks have the best RWC record , having won it twice despite playing in two less competitions than all the rest. I would say the ABs are by far the best team in the world right now, but things change quickly and unexpectedly in rugby.
1999 in RWC, NZ loose.... oups 2003 RWC we loose hard 40-13 BUT in 2007 RWC, NZ loose.... June 2009 in NZ for a test match, NZ loose.... and NZ got a short and small win in final in 2011 !!! VIVE LA FRANCE.
As a French I can say that I enjoy Welsh rugby, I was sad during WC 2003 when they loose against England because otheir lack of self confidence, as well as their game against France in WC 2011. Wales really deserved to win the 6 Nations this year !
Enjoyed watching that again. Love French rugby and hate NZ, so that was a sweet occasion, even more so in that I got laughed at by anyone and everyone when I predicted a French win! Only an on-song French side could put 33 unanswered points on the All Blacks. Special mention for Benazzi and Magne
You said whatever in the right way. :) I think that New Zealand and France play well togther. France always plays their best when up against the All Blacks. I think French people like the All Blacks team also. We are the top team now, but things can change very quickly, and no one stays at the top forever - look at Brazil in the soccer!
yes and that's a reason of my passion for rugby. The history between France and NZ have made a passion like for our Crunch when it's France versus England in our Six Nations tournament. I like match with a lot of "issues" (I don't know if issues is the good word sorry). We have the best sport in the world with the Rugby no ?
devastating - made me to a fan of the French,....and put a trauma into my head when the All Blacks have to play them,..got more Trauma in Cardiff,...the fans in the back, at 1:02 are just great,..
Lamaison les a bien souffrir aussi. Je ne crois pas avoir jamais vu un n°10 produire une telle performance sur un match. Même Wilkinson, même Merthens, même Barry Jones ...
What a enjoyable match! I have been going back watching matches I never got to see here in the USA, only been able to consistantly watch rugby since 2008, though I became a rugby fan around 1985. Its strange I like watching these test matches more than I did the 2012 Rugby championship. Amazing! The referee actually called 2 scrum feeds not straight, when was the last time this has been called in todays matches? The scrums were less messy, with only the word engage being used. Why was it changed
one of the great rugby matches of all time - from a time when france used to play rugby in the 'french' way. is pitiful to see what france have become 13 years on!
I am a neutral England fan, but I keep coming back to this game. As a life-long lover of the game, I honestly think this is the best game of International rugby I have ever seen. The All Blacks were home and dry, en route for the final. - Is this the best come back ever? And as has already been said, only one country could do it - France! French flair at its best ever! Amazing game. Thank you for uploading it.
Im a Kiwi and watching that game I could tell that we were not going to win by the end of the first half, in 99 I thought they had made progress from their awful performances in 1998 where we lost five test matches in a row and didnt play like a team, I still dont understand why the All Blacks are always heavy favorites to win world cups, considering how finals rugby is 50/50 dont believe me, ask Wales.
@@adamrevolverocelot4415 : French Flair ?
The mother of the best rugby world cup matchs,
this 1999 semifinal has reached a level of intensity, game and suspense never seen before and after.
Le plus grand match de rugby de tous les temps. Une équipe de France absolument incroyable. J'en ai toujours des frissons...
Pareil pour moi. Lamaison et les avants avaient fait le match parfait.
The French upset All Blacks
France in the 1990's had some great players and this Kiwi appreciates their outstanding abilities in the loose
Sans aucun doute!
I think after this match Jonah Lomu was the only AB to go around shaking the hands of the French players while his team mates were sobbing. Great French comeback and a real gentleman Jonah Lomus was.
It's weird that both No. 11s are no longer with us. RIP Lomu and Dominici
To France with love from NZ...good on you guys .....My second favourite team behind the AB's.....awesome game....broke my heart tho :(
jl23nz
To NZ with love from France. We have a lot of respect for the AB's it's the best team in the world without any doubt.
I just hope that one day we will win a world cup too! :)
arno222444 Yeah i love Abs too but i hate when they win at 16 and not at 15. remember world cup 2010. Jouber go to hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Manu Alteirac 2011...and new Zealand got screwed by Barnes in 07 so 1-1 I guess
what's with the hyphens in your comments???
I am French and I relish this match, of course. But it has
to be emphasided that much respect is due to the AB as well. It takes two to
reproduce this kind of rugby. I mean, the only way to beat the Kiwis is to play
an open game like the French did (in the days when, I must say with great
nostalgy, they were able to …). The Blacks when in the lead could have tried to
close their game in order to secure a win. But it is not in their culture, it
is not who they are. They play out and wide an open game. Alwyays. No matter
what. This is why we have to love them. This is why they are the greatest
nation of rugby in this world.
I'm French, I was watching that live in France on TV and nearly had a heart attack out of sheer emotion! What a good rugby game!
yeah but now you have to face pfizer poison so be careful
I can't recall which English player used to say: during a game, every once in a while, a player sees an opportunity to pass the defence; the problem with the French is that they sometimes all see it at the same time. Then you're screwed
greatest rugby match ive ever seen!
+ASobsessive One of the best! I was there and Champagne flowed in the streets! What a night it was, a fantastic upset of what was supposed to be an All Black 40 point win (said before the match). When the French play like that n one can stop them and it is beautiful to watch.
Starkiller G-tar,ive seen many better games.
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Probably the best game I've ever seen - as a Welshman I can honestly say that on their day the French play the best rugby in the world.
truly one of the greatest matches ever
I am a New Zealander living in your part of the world at present. :) I think France will win the World Cup in 2015. I will be cheering for you. You deserve to win.
I love watching the French play.You never know what your going to get.
My mama used to say that 'life was like a team o' Frenchman', you never know what you're gonna get.
What a game !!! Unbelievable.... the BEST rugby game ever for sure.
Crap, what a game, I was only 6 but I can remember it perfectly, even if I cried a lot the next week...
AB were, are, and will be our best rivals. We are one of the rare team, if not the unique, who can stop them when they are the best.
This game is for me the best, of course because I'm French but also because of the intensity, the drama, the passion deployed in this game. For a semifinal, I think you cannot get a such beautiful match. Of course some other games are awesome (RSA vs Japan 2015), but this one is definitely the greatest game ever played in WC.
What a pity we never won a WC. 3 times finalist, 3 times beaten. The most unfair but also the most strange is maybe 2011. As long as we didn't deserve to go through the final, we were clearly robbed by Joubert (and McCaw, also, he's a great player but sometimes a great cheater also). It's incredible we didn't succeed in winning a cup (not even the first one ever) while we can deploy such a beautiful way to play rugby. The legendary French flair, the way we can win matches or not losing them when we defend. One day, we will get a star on our jersey, I'm pretty sure about this. But it's pretty hard for Europeans to win WC, only England could achieve it.
Actually, thanks to Lievremont and Saint-Andre, we have a crap team. We are happy if we finish 4th in the 6N. Seriously ? We cannot get undefeated at home in a single year and not even in the tournament like it was at least before. We have to rebuild a team, to rebuild a playstyle, to acquire once again the French flair, to start playing as we were used to and as other teams were used to fear us. It will take a long time. I'm not even sure we'll be ready for 2019. But we'll try. And one day, you'll se another games like this one, trust me
Much is talked about the best rugby game ever but surely this one is it?
This is what French are missing now. A good 10 like Lamaison and the speed in the play! This game is freaking awesome.
Morgan Paraa is a very good number 10, but he needs Yachville inside him
SPOILERS :
00:05:14 New-Zealand 00 - 03 France : Christophe Lamaison (penalty)
00:12:35 New-Zealand 03 - 03 France : Andrew Mehrtens (penalty)
00:21:22 New-Zealand 06 - 03 France : Andrew Mehrtens (penalty)
00:22:25 New-Zealand 06 - 08 France : Christophe Lamaison (try)
00:23:41 New-Zealand 06 - 10 France : Christophe Lamaison (conversion)
00:25:27 New-Zealand 09 - 10 France : Andrew Mehrtens (penalty)
00:26:15 New-Zealand 14 - 10 France : Jonah Lomu (try)
00:42:40 New-Zealand 17 - 10 France : Andrew Mehrtens (penalty)
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HALF TIME
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00:51:35 New-Zealand 22 - 10 France : Jonah Lomu (try)
00:52:45 New-Zealand 24 - 10 France : Andrew Mehrtens (conversion)
00:53:50 New-Zealand 24 - 13 France : Christophe Lamaison (drop)
00:55:20 New-Zealand 24 - 16 France : Christophe Lamaison (drop)
00:58:15 New-Zealand 24 - 19 France : Christophe Lamaison (penalty)
01:01:50 New-Zealand 24 - 22 France : Christophe Lamaison (penalty)
01:02:30 New-Zealand 24 - 27 France : Christophe Dominici (try)
01:04:10 New-Zealand 24 - 29 France : Christophe Lamaison (conversion)
01:06:30 New-Zealand 24 - 34 France : Richard Dourthe (try)
01:08:10 New-Zealand 24 - 36 France : Christophe Lamaison (conversion)
01:20:50 New-Zealand 24 - 41 France : Philippe Bernat-Salles (try)
01:22:45 New-Zealand 24 - 43 France : Christophe Lamaison (conversion)
01:26:50 New-Zealand 29 - 43 France : Jeff Wilson (try)
01:27:15 New-Zealand 31 - 43 France : Andrew Mehrtens (conversion)
+PlayToDie Thanks
As a young french rugby fan, it is a pleasure to watch this match. This is a true rugby match and true french unpredictable style! :D
Totally blitzed in 2nd half. Best game I ever saw.
Enjoyed watching that again. Favourite world cup game, and I'm English! Almost as impessive (or at least memorable) from that time as the great Lomu were the nippy French showmen, Dominici and Bernet Salles. The only thing that's diminished slightly with time is how much the All Blacks were favoured to win. Lomu shrugging off about 5 players to score one of his trys hilighting that perception...
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This has to be one of the most amazing world sporting events of all time. The French looks so scared of lomu in the first half and somehow, with their amazing fly half, they were able to come back in the second half. Increible!
Truly one of THE greats in sports' history. I agree.
French were not scared by Lomu but remember how difficult it was for any team to stop him . he was a great player .... R.I.P for him and Dominici !
@@ufaransa.2543 I think that I read somewhere that one of the French fullbacks was so scared of jonah lomu that he pretended to fall over rather than try to tackle him. Still, the French were amazingly brave and had an amazing result against all the odds.
very good second half for france!!!!!!!!!!!!! and thank you joubert for 2011 ;)
Mythical match. The French team owes me some furniture. At the time, i've ruined my sofa when I'm was jumping on it, like a psycho…
That "tackle" of Garbajosa on Lomu... lol. It was brilliant ! It totally instilled a false sense of confort in the AB ! Cunning plan worked perfectly there !
I remember this game well. After Lomu scored early in the 2nd half and we went 24-10 up I thought we have got this now. Then France got a drop goal, then another, then a penalty then another. At 24-22 up I was worried. And then 3 great tries to France. Probably the most amazing 30 minutes of rugby ever. All Blacks well beaten by the better team.
the commentators were great, very impartial and funny at times. Great game, thanks for uploading mate
1:06:30: Just before the Dourthe try, surely one of the most spinetingling moments in sports commentary history.
(Lineout comes in) "Look at that, 45 ruck balls won by France. That is phenomenal!...
(They drive into the 22)"And they're trundling forward again!..."
...."AMAZING stuff from the French!!!"
The sheer sense of wonder in his voice :)
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I hate the ABs, but I gotta say that first try of Lomu's was feckin great. Best winger ever, built like a Tiger Tank with the acceleration of a Porsche!
No excuse for that hair tho!
+Rentaghost okish You are a jerk
+Rentaghost okish BTW, Tank (iger (P) actually was built by Porsche :)
Porsche is an arab brand from now
Galthie / Lamaison, best French 9/10 ever. They won that game.
Indeed... best game of rugby we've seen in the modern age...even at the start of the second half you would have put your money on a big win for NZ... the French at their cussed, maverick best... Allez France!
It was 13 years ago, still I have goosebumps when Dourthe scores.
23 years ago!
I am glad to read that so many people also think that this was the best world cup rugby match ever ! I have always thought so, but I am ....French ! Very happy to read that even non-French people also think so. The french forwards and Galthie were amazing and so powerful. Lamaison's kicks were perfect, each and everyone of them. You can see him call the kick over the NZ defense just before Dourthe's try. So many tackles by the french defense ! 26 unanswered points scored by France vs the All Blacks within 20 minutes or so: it was incredible !!! I will always remember this game. I was jumping like crazy at the end, and both my father and I were crying of ...joy. I could not sleep the whole night after the match.
Absolutely fantastic rugby from France! A shame that they did not win the final.
If I was a French supporter I would be tearing my hair out at Les Bleus. They can play the most sublime rugby and are so dangerous in open play that you cannot relax for a moment, but the whole idea that they play with their hearts means that you never know which team will turn up. The last 6N tournament proved it. They had maybe twenty minutes of amazing play against England and then utter dross for the next four games. No wonder they get booed by their own supporters.
Everyone plays their best against England for some reason, lol. Especially Scotland!
Umaga had a shocker!
If we get one match like that at this years WC we'll be lucky, what a game. It's really got me in the mood, Come on Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel the same - the only games that grab me as much as Welsh victories are those games when France are on fire - 1987, 1994, 1999, even the 2011 final. Having said that, Ireland-England in the 2011 Six Nations was pretty special in its intensity.
Un souvenir inoubliable ! le plus beau moment de rugby que j'ai pu voir. Les années passent mais l'émotion reste intacte.
Fier d'être français ! Merci les bleus du Rugby !
Je m'en rappelle encore, j'avais quatorze ans et quelques à l'époque.
Toute la France était derrière son écran, c'était génial ce match...
Un sens du spectacle, du panache, de la combativité, du beau jeu, de l'héroïsme, c'est ça le panache à la française.
Un exploit comme celui-ci, ce n'est pas tous les jours. A cette epoque le fosse Nord/Sud etait grand et battre la NZ (en plus de cette maniere) c'etait incroyable.
certainement le plus grand match de rugby de l histoire
de l'histoire passée et à venir, sans doute !
What a brilliant game. The French produced a magnificent performance and New Zealand played their part by producing a great come back.
Such a changed game now. So many committed to the ruck then now forwards are so spread for the most part.
And it was a better game back then.
Lamaison and Dominici, men of the game !
bo2web as Et Magne aussi!!!!
Ouais tu as raison ! Toute l'équipe en fait ! 51:30 RIP Jonah Lomu "The Big Man"...
Avec l’âge j’ai vu jouer de très grands ouvreurs (Merthens,
Carter, Wilkinson, Barry John …), mais je n’ai jamais vu un numéro 10 faire un
match aussi parfait que Lamaison ce jourlà.
Christophe Lamaison en état de grâce !
WOW, I cannot believe how many matches there are on YT!! What a treat, could spend all week just watching old games!! Thanks for uploading!! Keep it up, please!
Match légendaire je pourrais le regarder des millions de fois je ne m'en passerais jamais
At 24-10 early in the second half the outcome looked crushingly inevitable. What followed was the most sensational 25 minutes in rugby union football history. Glorious stuff.
En Nouvelle-Zélande, il y a une marque de mouchoir qui s'appelle DOMINICI...
On a aussi une marque de suppositoire qui s'appelle Joubert.
Perfect match for Lamaison!
Looking back at it France were the better team throughout the whole game, even when they were down they were playing all the rugby
I taped this of Portuguese TV (RTP2) and when ever anyone asked for the greatest game ever played by France, this was it. I played the tape to death, and then vhs went the way of the dinosaurs, so thank you very much for this upload.
fckin mesmerising. they simply slowly destroyed their confidence with a total commitment. Screw conceading over 10 penalties in the first half as long as we're marking them psychology
with this great France, New Zealand seemed a "terrestrial" team. Great match! J. Lomu in all our earths forever
France deserved their victory. There was talk back here in NZ after the game on why the ABs didn't respond to the French teams over aggressive play. Whether they were instructed not to by coach Hart or captain Tain Randell- I'm not sure but the way France played in the 2nd half they still would have won.
le plus grand exploit sportif français !!!
J'en ai encore la chair de poule. Merci à ces joueurs qui nous donnent autant d'émotion!!!!!
This is not a rugby game for France, it is THE game, the best that France has ever played.
I'm so impatient of seeing my team playing as well agin !!!
the game has changed. a crap NZ team with an average french team. Now All Blacks are above extraordinary!!
Rex Mailo the abs were not crap but simply not allowed to play to their potential by a strong French defence
6eme fois que je regarde ce somptueux match !
Lamaison, Dominici, Galthie...merveilleux joueurs et merveilleuse équipe !!!
That "tackle" of Garbajosa on Lomu.... lol.
Garbajosa always looked like he'd be happier playing wendyball. One of those backs who can be a bit handy going forwards but often goes missing in defence...
Poor France. They won the two greatest games in the history of the World Cup (v Australia 1987, New Zealand 1999), but they've never won it.
+cbak12sg And 2011 we should won the final
but you didn't and then in 2015 the All Blacks destroyed France 62-13, then went onto win their third world cup while France still haven't won anything.
We have won many other things, don't worry too much about us. It's not like the only thing we can win something at happens every 4 years, if you see what I mean...
strugglingabit what have you won?
France is not a rugby-obsessed country. In fact, rugby is only the 7th most popular sport in France. In all other more popular sports, France has been world champion and/or won olympic gold medals (except for Basket Ball). So you see, we have plenty to rejoice about, which as I said does not only happen every 4 years at best.
Great quality post. Thank you.
Its growing a lot actually. I believe it is the fastest growing sport in the US right now
God, what a pleasure to watch that match! Each time NZ was taken the lead, France answered! and vice versa. There will be others fantastic encounters in rwc, but this one had everything in term of intensity, drama and skills
Lamaison-Galthié, sans doute la meilleure paire française de demis de l'ère pro,.
Lamaison et Galthie ont fait le match parfait ce jour la. Chacun de leur choix strategique etait bon. Pas un coup de pied de loupe ou egare. Pas une passe loupee. Vraiment dommage qu'ils aient perdu en finale apres ca.
ce jour là, on peut pas tout voir mais c'est Cédric Soulette le pilier N°1 des bleus qui nous donne 50% de la victoire, il passe la première demi heure à dégonfler les 3 - 4 joueurs les plus influents du pack des Blacks, il les a détruits, encore à cette époque les matchs se gagnaient comme ça et d’après ses partenaires c'était impressionnant, genre de contrat qu'avait mis en place les joueurs les jours précédents, c pas trés reluisant mais ça se passait souvent comme ça surtout face au blacks
and AB players are very happy to play in our country and championship !
i love the french coach almost tears a 1:07:50 after dourthe's try. he cannot believe what he saw ! :)
his name was Pierre Villepreux and had tears in his eyes , as you , i think it's was a great feeling for him to dream .
I think the American public would love it (as an American myself). A lot of people I know are curious about it, they just don't know much about it. All it needs is a lot of exposure on "the four letter network", if you know what I mean. Of course, that's easier said than done.
The first part was for the All Blacks...
But the second one was completely French...
And the French wake up was really hard for the Blacks...
Lamaison was fantastic during this match...
it was Galthie; Galthie who turned it, sparked it, made it happen with the backs from the forwards play. Connection, understanding, intuition.
Nothing to do with being haters , the ABs have only won the RWC on their own soil, 1987 to 2011 is a very long time. Every other side who have won it twice have won one of them on foreign soil, England of course won their only title in Oz. In actual fact The Springboks have the best RWC record , having won it twice despite playing in two less competitions than all the rest. I would say the ABs are by far the best team in the world right now, but things change quickly and unexpectedly in rugby.
1999 in RWC, NZ loose.... oups 2003 RWC we loose hard 40-13 BUT in 2007 RWC, NZ loose.... June 2009 in NZ for a test match, NZ loose.... and NZ got a short and small win in final in 2011 !!!
VIVE LA FRANCE.
As a French I can say that I enjoy Welsh rugby, I was sad during WC 2003 when they loose against England because otheir lack of self confidence, as well as their game against France in WC 2011. Wales really deserved to win the 6 Nations this year !
Thanks so much for putting up all these games :)
Fuck this game haunts the fuck out of Me. For 25 years .
great! thanks hike6ones
Enjoyed watching that again. Love French rugby and hate NZ, so that was a sweet occasion, even more so in that I got laughed at by anyone and everyone when I predicted a French win! Only an on-song French side could put 33 unanswered points on the All Blacks. Special mention for Benazzi and Magne
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Once of best rugby match ever
What a game first time watching this game/
This match belonged to Lamaison.
des artistes , des funambules...... dommage qu'aujourd ' hui on n'ai que des .....terrassiers.
Wow France really picked up the pace after being 10-24 down. France was NZs bogey team during this era, mid 90s - early 2000s.
You said whatever in the right way. :) I think that New Zealand and France play well togther. France always plays their best when up against the All Blacks. I think French people like the All Blacks team also. We are the top team now, but things can change very quickly, and no one stays at the top forever - look at Brazil in the soccer!
WC 1987 Semi-final France-Australia 30-24 remember last week 33-6
yes and that's a reason of my passion for rugby. The history between France and NZ have made a passion like for our Crunch when it's France versus England in our Six Nations tournament. I like match with a lot of "issues" (I don't know if issues is the good word sorry). We have the best sport in the world with the Rugby no ?
This game proves that anything can happen at RWC 2015; teams like France have had a bad 2013, but can raise their game in RWC 2015.
It's the greatest WC match of all time.
devastating - made me to a fan of the French,....and put a trauma into my head when the All Blacks have to play them,..got more Trauma in Cardiff,...the fans in the back, at 1:02 are just great,..
Esperamos que El Rugby Francés retorne
Jonah Lomu is THE man ! Great Player !
Titou, quelle classe...
yes it's right, the difference between north and south is important... England was the exception in 2003 !
Thanks amigo for this video ! it's a great tribute to rugby !!
L'affaire Dominici, il a tué la Nouvelle Zélande ce jour là...
Lamaison les a bien souffrir aussi. Je ne crois pas avoir jamais vu un n°10 produire une telle performance sur un match. Même Wilkinson, même Merthens, même Barry Jones ...
Superbe match même si mon chouchou Dusautoir n'était pas encore arrivé...^^
vive la France!
El mejor partido de rugby que vi en mi vida.
thanks for the upload
What a enjoyable match! I have been going back watching matches I never got to see here in the USA, only been able to consistantly watch rugby since 2008, though I became a rugby fan around 1985. Its strange I like watching these test matches more than I did the 2012 Rugby championship. Amazing! The referee actually called 2 scrum feeds not straight, when was the last time this has been called in todays matches? The scrums were less messy, with only the word engage being used. Why was it changed
one of the great rugby matches of all time - from a time when france used to play rugby in the 'french' way. is pitiful to see what france have become 13 years on!
I had completely forgotten about this! The Sin Bin was introduced to rugby union in 2001 according to Wikipedia... credible source or not...