Summary
Quarter-final result: New Zealand 62-13 France
Retallick, Milner-Skudder, Savea 3, Kaino, Read, Kerr-Barlow 2 tries
Picamoles try, Spedding, Parra pens, Parra con for France
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New Zealand v France (20:00 BST)published at 19:18 British Summer Time 17 October 2015
Team newspublished at 19:18
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Image source, Getty ImagesFrance have dropped centre Mathieu Bastareaud for Alexandre Dumoulin, as Morgan Parra comes in at scrum-half.
Bernard Le Roux takes the place of Damien Chouly at open-side flanker.
Scrum-half Sebastien Tillous-Borde, who has started 10 of their last 13 Tests, out of their matchday squad entirely.
France: Scott Spedding; Noa Nakaitaci, Alexandre Dumoulin, Wesley Fofana, Brice Dulin; Frederic Michalak, Morgan Parra; Eddy Ben Arous, Guilhem Guirado, Rabah Slimani, Pascal Pape, Yoann Maestri, Thierry Dusautoir (capt), Bernard Le Roux, Louis Picamoles.
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Vincent Debaty, Nicolas Mas, Damien Chouly, Yannick Nyanga, Rory Kockott, Remi Tales, Mathieu Bastareaud
Team newspublished at 19:16
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Image source, Getty ImagesCentre Ma'a Nonu retains his place ahead of Sonny Bill Williams for the All Blacks.
Nonu, 33, continues his long-standing midfield partnership with Conrad Smith, 34, while Nehe Milner-Skudder and Julian Savea are picked on the wings.
Flanker Richie McCaw captains the side after being rested against Tonga.
New Zealand: Ben Smith; Nehe Milner-Skudder, Conrad Smith, Ma'a Nonu, Julian Savea; Dan Carter, Aaron Smith; Wyatt Crockett, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (capt), Kieran Read.
Replacements: Keven Mealamu, Joe Moody, Charlie Faumuina, Victor Vito, Sam Cane, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Beauden Barrett, Sonny Bill Williams
South Africa lie in waitpublished at 19:13
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Image source, Getty ImagesAfter remorselessly grinding Wales down in the first quarter-final earlier today, South Africa lie in wait for one of these two teams in the semi-finals.
Let's see the men playing for that dubious privilege.
Undercooked or coming to the boil?published at 19:09
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Image source, OptaImage caption, Tries scored in the Pool stages
Four wins from four and more tries than any other team in the tournament.
But the headlines from the Pool stages hide some concerning detail for the All Blacks.
Against Argentina, they trailed at half-time before clawing their way back to a 26-16 win.
Against Georgia, they were hustled and harried by their physical opponents in an underwhelming 43-10 win.
Undercooked? Or keeping their powder dry?
Wakey wakey New Zealandpublished at 19:05
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It is just after 07:00 Sunday morning New Zealand time.
"The smell of death"published at 19:03
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Image source, Getty Images"There's a sort of desolate decay and the smell of death," said All Black hooker Anton Oliver, external about the atmosphere in the dressing room after New Zealand's quarter-final defeat to France at the Millennium Stadium in 2007.
"That's what it feels like to us. It feels like no-man's land and it's not a nice place to be."
Captain Richie McCaw and Dan Carter are the only members of the current squad in that morgue.
Against the same opponents, in the same stadium, at the same stage of the tournament, they will not want their international careers to end in the same way.
Ghosts of World Cups pastpublished at 19:00
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Eight years ago, it was referee Wayne Barnes waving on play after Damien Traille's 'level-at-best' pass to Freddie Michalak.
Image source, Getty ImagesEight years before that it was the sight of the 5ft 7in Christophe Dominici deciding a match that seemed set to be trampled over by the far larger Jonah Lomu.
Image source, Getty ImagesIs the All Blacks' World Cup nightmare set to recur again?