France vs New Zealand 1973 Rugby NEW ZEALAND TOUR

NEW ZEALAND TOUR
Parc des Princes, 10 February 1973
France (10) 13 - 6 (3) New Zealand
Attendance 49000
Referee DP d'Arcy (Ireland)
France
15 Jack Cantoni
14 Roland Bertranne
13 Claude Dourthe
12 Jean-Pierre Lux
11 Andre Campaes
10 Jean-Pierre Romeu
9 Max Barrau
1 Jean-Louis Azarete
2 Rene Benesis
3 Jean Iracabal
4 Elie Cester
5 Alain Esteve
6 Olivier Saisset
7 Pierre Biemouret
8 Walter Spanghero (c)
Replacements
16 Michel Droitecourt
17 Armand Clerc
18 Andre Darrieussecq
19 Jean-Claude Skrela
20 Michel Pebeyre
21 Jean-Louis Berot
New Zealand
15 Joe Karam
14 Bryan Williams
13 Bruce Robertson
12 Ian Hurst
11 Grant Batty
10 Bob Burgess
9 Sid Going
1 Graham Whiting
2 Tane Norton
3 Kent Lambert
4 Pole Whiting
5 Hamish Macdonald
6 Ian Kirkpatrick (c)
7 Grizz Wyllie
8 Alan Sutherland

[@frankdarcy5030]

My father was the referee for this game, it is great to see it from so many years ago,

[@marco-dn7kd]

I remember Pat d'Arcy very well. I think his 1st international game was England - France 1967 won by the French in Twickenham. He was bringing France good luck...

[@Thomas-uu9ex]

Très bien arbitré ! 👍

[@bugscafe6436]

Merci de diffuser ce genre de bijou

[@marcrabbit1853]

Un grand merci à APSM Rugby, pour le partage. Enfant, j'assistais à ce match à la télévision, en direct. Nous étions, ce samedi-là, environ 70 gamins, et gamines, agés de 9 à11 ans, bloqués dans un chalet par une tempête de neige dans le Chablais savoyard, n'ayant rien à faire dehors. Alors! Alors! Quelqu'un alluma le poste TV noir et blanc.Et c'était ce match qui apparut, ' avec de la neige sur l'écran' du fait d'une mauvaise réception, et la neige s'accumulait aussi dehors, à gros flocons. 1ère découverte du rugby pour moi! Allez la France, Allez la France allez! Quelle ambiance explosait cet après-midi là dans ce réfectoire ou nous nous entassions, yeux fixés sur la TV, bouches gueulantes. Allez la France, allez la France, allez! Allez la France, allez la France allez! Encore, un grand merci à APSM Rugby,

[@apsmrugbychannel1291]

Merci beaucoup de partager votre histoire. Je suis heureux que ce soit une bonne mémoire. Salutations

[@francknucciarelli7595]

A cette époque on était heureux avec peu de chose.

[@nicholaskautai9813]

Magnifique i dont remember watching this game it probably wasn't televised in NZ at the time thank you great rugby back then.

[@sergev5063]

Je me souviens de ce match et de Max Barrau et de la passe de Walter

[@hervegasquez6519]

Dommage que l'excellent Max Barrau ne fut pas sélectionné plus souvent en équipe de France. J'ai 70 ans et fais à l'époque 3 saisons à Beaumont de Lomagne en junior et j'étais admirateur de Maxou. Je remercie APSM pour cette vidéo car en 1973 je n'avais pas vu ce match à la télévision . Gros respect à l'équipe de France d'hier et d'aujourd'hui qui depuis 1973 a jouée 3 fois la finale de la coupe du monde sans la gagner et j'espère que la chance va tourner en faveur de la France qui le mérite amplement.

[@TheNotrac]

I went to this match. I remember Barrau's try. The game took place a couple of weeks after the Barbarians match.

[@marco-dn7kd]

The Barbarians game considered as a 5th test due to the Barbarians very strong team was on January 27. The Barbarians won the game 23-11 (the first time New Zealand lost to the Barbarians). The game in Paris was February 10th. Unfortunately many players have left us, the latest being the great Sid Going Les Bleus : J. Iracabal R. Benesis J. Azarete + 2020 E. Cester + 2017 A. Esteve + 2023 O. Saisset P. Biemouret + 2022 W. Spanghero M. Barrau J. Romeu A. Campaes J. Lux + 2020 C. Dourthe R. Bertranne J. Cantoni + 2013 replaced by M.Droitecourt The Blacks: Karam - B. Williams, Robertson, Hurts, Batty - (o) Burgess - (m) Going - Kirkpatrick (cap), Sutherland, Wyllie - P. Whitting, McDonald, Lambert - Norton, G. Whiting

[@jean-mariepierre2629]

J' y étais, 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@brettwilkinson9529]

Great stuff.

[@brettwilkinson9529]

This was the end of a long arduous tour by the 1972- 73 All Blacks led by Ian Kirkpatrick. They had already defeated Wales ,Scotland, England and Drawn against Ireland ,playing a total of 32 games on tour. This was a great side that got so close to winning the Grand Slam. They were an extremely bunch of tired All Blacks by the time they arrived in France.

[@apsmrugbychannel1291]

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[@marco-dn7kd]

​​@@brettwilkinson9529 I remember that one of the reasons to justify the Paris defeat was the Barbarians game where the French ref Georges Domercq had let the game on and on when the British or Commonwealth referees were (and still are) much more used to stick to the rule (as we can see here with the excellent Pat d'Arcy. Hence the AB fatigue...

[@cpiloux94]

je me demande s'il n'y a pas un en avant de passe de Barrau sur l'essai de Dourthe?

[@mascolhonatquandtevist4023]

Oui, il y a un en avant d'1 ou 2 mètres. J'ai décortiqué l'action et il n'y a aucun doute sur l'en avant. Aujourd'hui, cet essai n'aurait pas été validé.

[@doctorbamboo4490]

oui mais pas si en avant que l'essaie de Edwards deux semaines avant .

[@danmarly5173]

première fois au Parc.. et avec une victoire ! juste placé où dourthe à planté ! ;)

[@thierrygarnier5060]

1ère au parc contre les Blacks.. oui...mais les français avaient inauguré le parc face à l'Écosse.

[@bernardsalvat6786]

Époque du rugby honnête et classe contrairement au rugby des mercenaires d aujourd'hui...

[@patrickclaux2684]

c'est une blague

[@KatharineShaw-z8u]

France deserved their 13-6 win against the ABs. It is true this was the last match of the ABs gruelling 4 month long and 32 match tour of the UK, Fr, and Nth America in 1972-73 but I think had the ABs played Fr earlier in the tour it would have been a similar result.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Yeah, don't make excuses for the ABs. They had other long tours to the UK/Ireland in prior decades and kicked ass. They went undefeated in the 1967 tour, and in the 1963/64 tour, lost only one match, 3-0 to Newport in Wales.

[@KatharineShaw-z8u]

As I mentioned had the ABs played France early in the tour it probably would have been a similar resuit.@@ldfreitas9437

[@annefilippobertozzi7601]

First try for France was clearly a forward pass…

[@gavintownsend4372]

First sighting of the Adidas leather ball with black ends used in an international game?

[@MrJeepsters]

Il existait déjà en 1971.

[@paulbismuth10]

Merci pour ceux trop jeunes pour avoir vu ce match. Je ne connais que Ian Kirkpatrick.

[@MrJeepsters]

Syd Going, l'opposé de Gareth Edwards.

[@marco-dn7kd]

​@@MrJeepsters qui vient de nous quitter Côté bleu Azarete, Cester, Estève, Biemouret, Lux et Cantoni nous ont déjà quitté...

[@gavintownsend4372]

Very french international rugby vibe due the very faint soccer markings still visible.

[@marco-dn7kd]

The Parc des Princes stadium originally built in 1897 had been fully refurbished, for the 2nd tome after 1932, in 1972 to host both football and rugby games. FRANCE AB was the second international rugby game after FRANCE SCOTLAND on the 13th of January

[@Yacine-e9p]

1973 ; on tombera en date 1973 comme date de naissance du groupe humain genovefain.

[@jasonedwards6870]

No Haka, thank goodness. Hate seeing NZ doing that. Totally unsportsmanlike.

[@WaferBrik]

Why? If you think opposing players would feel intimidated by it you're dreaming. But, OK, let's see if we can get the Haka, Tonga's Sipi Tau, Samoa's Siva Tau and Fiji's Cibi all outlawed because you feel they're unsportsmanlike.

[@Yacine-e9p]

France vs Argentine en finale de la coupe du monde 2023 au Qatar. France battu par l'argentine (la France elle même).

[@noelball5289]

Of the 5 tests on this 72/73 tour, the All-Blacks played thier worst Rugby in this one. They were F awful. Can't believe they won 3 of the 4 tests in the UK before losing to France, who, before this match hadn't played for 8mths!

[@marco-dn7kd]

The French had won the yearly game vs Romania in November 1972 with 12 of the same players. They had just won vs Scotland in Paris January 13 with 11 of the same players.

[@ldfreitas9437]

This match was the very last of the 1972-73 7th All Blacks tour to North America, Great Britain and Ireland, and finally France. It was two weeks after the Barbarians kicked the All Blacks in the ass! The almighty New Zealand lost also to Northwest Counties in England, LLanelli in Wales, and then this match as well. Four losses: New Zealanders must have been very disappointed. They were lucky not to have lost to Wales. Scotland played them evenly. England was in the game against them too.

[@WaferBrik]

They were lucky not to lose to Wales? Well let's just chalk that up as another defeat for them lol