France 0–34 New Zealand — World Cup Table, 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup
3 Dec 1989 · Stade d'Albert Domec, Carcassonne, France · Attendance: 4,208
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
World Cup Table, 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup: France 0–34 New Zealand, at Stade d'Albert Domec, Carcassonne, France on 3 Dec 1989.
Scorers
| France | No scorers recorded. |
| New Zealand | Tries: Watson; Bell; Kemp; Kuiti; Williams; — point total (34) does not fully reconcile with the 5 tries + 3 goals recorded in sources found; treated as a source gap Goals: Sherlock (3) |
Teams
| France | New Zealand | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Philippe Pougeau | Fullback | Tony Kemp | 1 |
| 2 | Philippe Chiron | Wing | Dave Watson | 2 |
| 3 | Philippe Fourquet | Centre | Dean Bell | 3 |
| 4 | David Fraisse | Centre | Darrell Williams | 4 |
| 5 | Cyril Pons | Wing | Gary Mercer | 5 |
| 6 | Gilles Dumas (c) | Stand off/Five eighth | Dean Clark | 6 |
| 7 | Patrick Entat | Scrum half/Half back | Gary Freeman | 7 |
| 8 | Jean-Luc Rabot | Prop forward | Brent Todd | 8 |
| 9 | Mathieu Khedimi | Hooker | Duane Mann | 9 |
| 10 | Yves Storer | Prop forward | George Mann | 10 |
| 11 | Daniel Divet | Second row | Mike Kuiti | 11 |
| 12 | Didier Cabestany | Second row | Sam Stewart | 12 |
| 13 | Thierry Bernabe | Loose forward/Lock forward | Hugh McGahan (c) | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Denis Bienes | Kelly Shelford | 14 | |
| 15 | Regis Courty | Kurt Sherlock | 15 | |
| Jacques Jorda | Coach | Tony Gordon | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Robin Whitfield (Widnes, England) |
| Touch judges | Not identified in sources found |
| Player of the match | Not identified in sources found |
Match report
New Zealand thumped France 34-0 at Stade d'Albert Domec, Carcassonne, on 3 Dec 1989, the second of two Tests between the sides that year (New Zealand also won the first 16-14). France, coached by Jacques Jorda, failed to score. The five listed New Zealand tries and three goals do not fully reconcile arithmetically to 34 points in the sources found — a genuine data gap on the source rather than an invented extra score, shown honestly.
Previous World Cup meetings
- 1954 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 22–13 New Zealand
- 1957 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 14–10 New Zealand
- 1960 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 0–9 New Zealand
- 1968 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 10–15 France
- 1970 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 15–16 New Zealand
- 1972 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 20–9 New Zealand
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 27–0 France
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 12–12 New Zealand
- 1977 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 28–20 France
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 0–22 New Zealand
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 32–10 France
- 2000 Rugby League World Cup (Quarter-final): New Zealand 54–6 France
- 2013 Rugby League World Cup (Group B): New Zealand 48–0 France