The Blues beat New Zealand in the opening match (27-13)

victory ! France’s XV won its opening match world Cup Against New Zealand (27-13). The Blues entered the battle successfully, despite the difficult first period.

The Blues would have preferred to avoid a nightmare start to the match, as the attempt was conceded after 92 seconds and exited due to injury after only 12 minutes of play. Julian MarchandHit in one thigh. But even beyond recognition, the 15th of France has He joins the locker room at the top at the break (9-8), especially thanks to the accuracy of its full-back Tomas Ramos (17 points in total).

In the second half, the Blues looked more confident and free. In two minutes, a converted effort from Damien Benaud (16-13, 55) and Yellow card for New Zealand (Will Jordan, 57th) turned things around and allowed the Blues to inflict the All Blacks’ first ever setback in the World Cup group stage.

Success was made definitive by a second try from debutant Melvin Jaminet before the siren (79′).
Former Clermontois Damien Benaud had to do it twice, but just minutes after being narrowly suspended for a desperate challenge from opposition Richie Monga, the winger equalized At just 26 years old, Philippe Sela is among the best goalscorers in history. French XV (30).

A “see-saw” match.

“We had a bit of an up and down game, which we had difficulty getting into because of the pressure of the home opener and everything that followed and then the All Blacks putting a lot of pressure on us.”Antoine Dupont, half of the French XV, analyzes in front of the TF1 microphone. “But we knew how to be serious and strict throughout the match and we finished it well.”

“It’s an opening match, everything wasn’t perfect.” Thomas Ramus, successor to the XV of France, recognized it. “I think there are things to review. In desire, in attitude, I think we were there. We had an average performance in the first half and yet we were ahead at the break, so it’s somewhat positive even though some aspects of our game were good.” “. “We reviewed it. In the second half, we came back with different intentions from the start of the match. We are very happy, and it is very good to win this first match. But the competition is very long, so we will not be able to qualify.” excited.”

By winning this test of strength, Fabien Galthiet’s men Send a message to Planet Oval. In particular, for the Irish, ranked first in the world, as well as for the South Africans, who were crowned four years ago, and they may meet in the quarter-finals.

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