Relive France’s 15th women’s cruel defeat to New Zealand in the 2022 Rugby World Cup semi-finals

A harsh result for the fifteenth ladies in France. After a big fight at Eden Park in Auckland, Saturday 5 November, the Blues lost by one point to the New Zealanders (24-25). For the eighth time in nine posts, the French failed at the gates of the World Cup final for the first time. Thomas Darrac’s players will face Canada in the mini-final on Saturday.

However, it all started well for the French, and that helped the New Zealanders’ offensive deception in the first period. Up front thanks to Romane Ménager’s first attempt (10-0, 23), the Bleues didn’t break when the Black Ferns tied, and they found a way to plant a second ring through Gabrielle Vernier before the siren (17-10, 40).

But when they came back from the locker room, the hosts regained their momentum by scoring two attempts by Robbie Toei (17-15, 43) and Theresa Fitzpatrick (17-22, 53) to finally take the lead in the segment. He returned to one point after the double of Roman Menajer (24-25, 64), the Blues, burdened with a yellow card sent to Safi Ndiaye in the last ten minutes, was no longer able to regain the lead and missed the victory in the last second. Penalty.