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After the Wallabies lowered the boom on the tricolore in the spring, everybody was saying that it meant nothing as France would soon pick themselves up off the floor. Everybody was right.
France showed up at the Stade de France on Saturday and beat a spirited Scotland in such a way that Graham Henry will be thinking deeply about September 24. That’s the day that France, the AB’s nemesis in rugby World Cups past, play Les Bleus at Eden Park in a pool game in this year’s tournament.
France’s defence, still porous, will have cheered Henry, but the power of the French scrum, and the attacking talents of the backs, will be at the top of his scouts’ report. As will the way the French combined as a team.
Dusautoir, Harinordoquy, Rougerie, Trinh-Duc, who had a great game, Medard, Yachvili, Poitrenaud and Traille all showed their quality. Domingo, Servat and Mas could be the strongest front three in rugby, and Dusautoir, Bonnaire and Harinordoquy, who ran 40 metres for a try, are a hell of a back row.
Factor in the halves, Parra and Yachvili, who can both penalty kick you to death, and it’s a good bet that Henry’s calendar has September 24 marked red for danger.
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