New Zealand v France player ratings

Man-for-man marking from the World Cup final at Eden Park

Tuesday 25 October 2011 13:09 EDT

NEW ZEALAND Tony Woodcock: Cantered over for a simple try from a well-worked line-out move in the 15th minute. From there it seemed the All Blacks would stroll it but the French had other ideas. Had a ding-dong battle with Nicolas Mas at the scrum and came out the loser. But put in a huge effort when New Zealand were under immense pressure in the last ten minutes. 6 (GETTY IMAGES)

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