The cliche does not really work anymore. You know – ‘Which France are going to turn up?’ – that desperately well-worn aside. Nowadays France are almost always bad.
And they were here for the majority of the game too.
Ok they won, and took a Rugby World Cup bonus-point for scoring five tries, and the first two – from Yoann Huget and Alivereti Raka were particularly pretty – but their play was so messy, so lacking in planning and execution and in quality that it bordered on depressing.
Yoann Huget celebrates after scoring France’s first try in their 33-9 victory over USA
Gael Fickou dummied his way to the try line on 66 minutes to make it 16-9 to France
Baptiste Serin scored his side’s fourth try of the game as France pulled away in the second half
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