During their tour in Japan, the good news bloomed for the Blues.
Not especially at the level of the game, where the XV of France, without its headliners Dupont, Ntamack, Fickou, Alldritt, Marchand or Woki, got bogged down in an unusual torpor facing these Brave Blossoms "brave flowers", as Japanese players are nicknamed.
Radius digits, on the other hand, the counters flashed green.
After their second victorious test in Tokyo on Saturday (20-15), Fabien Galthié's men flew to France with suitcases full of novelties.
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