All Blacks vs France Development Squad Test 2

Should be interesting.

Beauden starts with a rookie mistake, kicking it out on the full after carrying back.

Domination from France early on, unfortunate knock ends the challenge.

All Blacks get a penalty in front, 3-0. Livelier start than last week.

Two lineouts lost in a row for France.

All Blacks putting some pace on the game and pinning France in their own territory.

Roigard now ambles in unopposed for 25m after some lineout trickery from the All Blacks. Fake break openside from the back of the maul while the ball went blindside. 10-0

France now looking impressive. Beauden gets a yellow for a deliberate knockdown. Technically correct but harsh nonetheless as it was more reflex than deliberate. 10-3

Much better rugby all round than last week. All Blacks with 14 men goes for touch and not the 3. All sucks up time and keeps the opposition under pressure so why not.

And they maul it over. Savea scores. Flat throw to the front, immediate forward momentum, well played. Jordie converts, 17-3

Lio-Willie wins the breakdown penalty.

France now gets a yellow for a dangerous lift tackle on Jordie.

France has no answer for the All Black maul. Taylor scores. 22-3

France kicks a penalty dead. That's a 50m territory loss + possession they can ill afford.

Brilliant All Black try started by Savea with a clean break and then terrific offloading until Vaa'i scores. 29-3

29-3 halftime. All Blacks completely dominating. The French have been able to get the AB defense scrambling the few times they've run it though.

LOL, the AB studio panel are like a bunch of giddy children.

French lineout troubles continue.

France one pass short of scoring, great attack. Definitely some holes in the AB defense.

France red zone + advantage and Barre cuts onto the pass to score. He has been impressive. Should stifle the giggles in the studio a bit. 29-10

Jordan in after a few phases on the line. 36-10

France now over but held up.

ABs looking nicely organised an up for it.

Surprise surprise, they're playing their best side.

Rieko into the corner. All Blacks looking hard to stop close to the line. 43-10

Howzit Plummie. All Blacks impressive yes.

France again held up over the line. They have some enormous forwards.

And now they burrow over finally. 43-17

And 43-17 is the final score. 14-14 in the second half. Good effort from the French as the ABs started losing some focus in the last 15 minutes in particular.