“Wallabies came of age” and All Blacks found their best skippers through the finals

"Wallabies came of age" said tonight the Kiwi coach of Australia, Robbie Deans, just after the Springboks defeat. That's it, indeed: after the third quarter final, Australia amazingly young Squad is consistently back into the very short-list of the teams supposed to win this RWC. Once more, Wallabies demonstrated tonight that

RWC LIVE: New Zealand V. France – Match Summary Full Time

Possession 51% New Zealand V. 49% France Territory 50% New Zealand V. 50% France Own scrums 11 New Zealand V. 8 France Own Lineouts 9 New Zealand V. 13 France Tackles made 98 New Zealand V. 97 France Tackles missed 15 New Zealand V. 19 France Clean line breaks 5 New Zealand V. 2 France Off-loads 14 New Zealand V. 10 France Penalties conceded 11