All Blacks blitz France

New Zealand has completed a record 47-3 victory over a sorrowful French outfit in the Armistice Day Test at a slippery Stade de Gerland in Lyon. In similar circumstances to the All Blacks' 45-6 drubbing of their arch-rival in November 2004, the visitors quickly gained control as they raced away to a bruising 23-3 half-time lead. Despite the wet conditions making ball-handling hard for both sides, three uncontested tries in the opening term had New Zealand firmly in control as the French de [Sport from ninemsn]