The French world champions, who led 21 to 5, completely collapsed to finally lose 45 to 31 against the young English, winners of the Tournament. A completely crazy encounter marked by 11 tries! The Bleuets, reinforced by Reus, Gazzotti and Tuilagi, had the Crunch in hand, Friday evening in Pau against England.
The young English guard revolted. To completely reverse the course of the match by scoring six tries (!) to win 45-31. A success which allowed them to win the Tournament without having lost any match, the Bleuet finishing in 3rd place.