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November 30, 2009, Monday
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NEW Zealand overwhelmed France 39-12 to stay unbeaten on its European tour on Saturday, while Jonathan Sexton kicked Ireland to a 15-10 win over South Africa and Australia rebounded from last week's shock loss to Scotland to crush Wales 33-12.
The All Blacks scored five tries through Sitiveni Sivivatu, Mils Muliaina, Jerome Kaino, Cory Jane and Conrad Smith and kept the French scoreless in the second half.
It was the fourth straight match that the All Blacks had not conceded a try after previous wins over Wales, Italy and England. In fact, New Zealand hasn't conceded a try in Europe since its World Cup quarterfinal loss to France two years ago.
Flyhalf Daniel Carter added 14 points with two penalties and four conversions.
Sexton landed five of his seven kicks to justify his selection ahead of record scorer Ronan O'Gara and give Ireland a third straight win over the world champions Springboks, completing an unbeaten year for the Six Nations champion.
Stung by its 8-9 defeat to the Scots, Australia scored three tries in the opening 25 minutes to set up its biggest win in Cardiff since 1991.
There was less excitement at Murrayfield, where Martin Rodriguez struck a late drop goal to give Argentina a 9-6 victory over Scotland, while Italy beat Samoa 24-6 for its first victory in 14 matches.
Although the Irish struggled to get the try their pressure merited, Sexton succeeded with enough of his penalties for a win that was clinched when captain Brian O'Driscoll halted a late South Africa attack with a crunching tackle.
South Africa did score the only try of the match through Schalk Burger but was lucky to keep 15 men on the field for the whole game as its discipline crumbled under pressure.
South Africa heads home with only a win over Italy in four tests.
Ireland dominated world champion South Africa in the second half to overturn a 6-10 halftime deficit.
Lock Andries Bekker was lucky to stay on the field when he dropped his knee and forearm on a grounded opponent, and Sexton struck the resulting penalty to put Ireland 12-10 in front.
"We see it as a blessing that we have a world-class flyhalf and an up-and-coming flyhalf," Ireland coach Declan Kidney said. "We'll need both of them."
Digby Ioane, James Horwill and David Pocock touched down as Australia eased into an early 20-6 lead.
"Last week we played too conservative," Australia flyhalf Matt Giteau said. "We thought we may as well go out there and throw the ball around. We had nothing to lose."
Wales flyhalf Stephen Jones kept his team in the game with two more penalties, but Giteau kept scoring at the other end and replacement Tatafu Polota-Nau rounded off a sweeping attack for Australia's fourth try late on.
The All Blacks scored five tries through Sitiveni Sivivatu, Mils Muliaina, Jerome Kaino, Cory Jane and Conrad Smith and kept the French scoreless in the second half.
It was the fourth straight match that the All Blacks had not conceded a try after previous wins over Wales, Italy and England. In fact, New Zealand hasn't conceded a try in Europe since its World Cup quarterfinal loss to France two years ago.
Flyhalf Daniel Carter added 14 points with two penalties and four conversions.
Sexton landed five of his seven kicks to justify his selection ahead of record scorer Ronan O'Gara and give Ireland a third straight win over the world champions Springboks, completing an unbeaten year for the Six Nations champion.
Stung by its 8-9 defeat to the Scots, Australia scored three tries in the opening 25 minutes to set up its biggest win in Cardiff since 1991.
There was less excitement at Murrayfield, where Martin Rodriguez struck a late drop goal to give Argentina a 9-6 victory over Scotland, while Italy beat Samoa 24-6 for its first victory in 14 matches.
Although the Irish struggled to get the try their pressure merited, Sexton succeeded with enough of his penalties for a win that was clinched when captain Brian O'Driscoll halted a late South Africa attack with a crunching tackle.
South Africa did score the only try of the match through Schalk Burger but was lucky to keep 15 men on the field for the whole game as its discipline crumbled under pressure.
South Africa heads home with only a win over Italy in four tests.
Ireland dominated world champion South Africa in the second half to overturn a 6-10 halftime deficit.
Lock Andries Bekker was lucky to stay on the field when he dropped his knee and forearm on a grounded opponent, and Sexton struck the resulting penalty to put Ireland 12-10 in front.
"We see it as a blessing that we have a world-class flyhalf and an up-and-coming flyhalf," Ireland coach Declan Kidney said. "We'll need both of them."
Digby Ioane, James Horwill and David Pocock touched down as Australia eased into an early 20-6 lead.
"Last week we played too conservative," Australia flyhalf Matt Giteau said. "We thought we may as well go out there and throw the ball around. We had nothing to lose."
Wales flyhalf Stephen Jones kept his team in the game with two more penalties, but Giteau kept scoring at the other end and replacement Tatafu Polota-Nau rounded off a sweeping attack for Australia's fourth try late on.
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