Rugby World Cup

French points fest in first half

by
The Rugby Paper Team
10 June 2018

France…………46 South Africa…29
FRANCE booked their place in the semi-finals with a barnstorming 46-29 victory over South Africa to top Pool C.
Les Bleuets had not beaten the Baby Boks in more than a decade but they came flying out of the blocks and were scoring a point a minute in the first half, with try-doubles from Jordan Joseph, Pierre Louis Barissi, Romain Ntamack and one from Louis Carbonel.
The South Africans did manage one score just before the break as Schalk Erasmus muscled over, and it was to be their game in the second half as they mounted a fier...

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