NZ made 121 tackles, missing 13, while France made 129 and missed 16.
Conrad Smith was a key man in the All Blacks' backline, making 12 tackles, and he also hit eight breakdowns to help secure All Black ball.
The All Blacks conceded only seven penalties, with four at the breakdown, two at the scrum and one for collapsing a maul. France conceded 10 penalties, with seven at the breakdown, two at the scrum and one for offside play.
The All Blacks had just 13 turnovers. Of those only four were handling errors. They conceded three tackle turnovers.
France turned the ball over 18 times, including seven handling errors and seven breakdown turnovers.
Lineouts totalled 33. NZ won 14 of their 16 throws, France won 15 of 17.
Top jumper for the All Blacks was Kieran Read who won all seven of his throws. Sam Whitelock won his two throws and stole a throw off France.
There were 13 scrums, with seven feeds to NZ and six to France.
THE GOOD
Discipline on defence was again a hallmark of the NZ game. They did not concede a penalty between the 71st and 75th minute, defending 15 phases.
NZ pulled off a set-piece lineout move to perfection, with Keven Mealamu's pinpoint throw finding the mark in Jerome Kaino in the back pod, passing to Tony Woodcock for the try.
NZ won the battle of the breakdown, winning three ruck, two tackle and two maul turnovers off France.
Stephen Donald's 32m goal in the 44th minute was to be NZ's only scoring chance in the second 40 minutes.
THE BAD
Piri Weepu went from hero to zero, missing all three attempts at goal in the first half and also making the kick pass intercepted by France that eventually led to their try. He followed that up by kicking the restart out on the full.
The All Blacks lost their first lineout throw with a somewhat optimistic long throw to Brad Thorn at the tail of a five-man lineout. They also lost a repeat of this throw in the second half.
Losing a third first five-eighths to injury, when Aaron Cruden left the field.
FOR THE RECORD
This was the sixth Rugby World Cup meeting between the two sides, a record for RWC match-ups. Both sides were playing in a record-equalling third RWC final, joining England and Australia. France are the only side of those four not to win a title.
NZ are the only side to have finished first in their pool at every RWC, while France were the first team to reach the RWC final after two defeats in pool play.
France now hold the record for the most losses in RWC finals (three).
New Zealand now match Australia and South Africa with two RWC titles.
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