Six Nations: held in check by Italy, the XV of France sinks a little further. Reduced to 14 at the break, the Blues could not do better than a draw this Sunday against Italy (13-13).

The match started very well for the Blues with a try in the 7th minute from Jalibert, followed by a penalty from Ramos to bring the score to 10-0 after a quarter of an hour. But the rest was only going to be a long waking nightmare for Fabien Galthié's men.