Gaëlle Hermet (captain of the XV of France): “It's hard, it's frustrating, we would have liked to go to the end.
It was a big game: when you see the high level performance that came out tonight, whether it was the Black Ferns or us, it was a face of women's rugby that was pleasant to see.
We put them back in the game in the second half.
We took tanks in the face, and we were a little less successful in countering their offensives.
We suffered contacts, we missed a few tackles and that put them in the lead.
It wasn't a lack of aggressiveness or heart, because we had heart, it's something that's huge with us.
We went through a weak period, a moment that we had in the match and which allowed them to revive.
We are disappointed but as of tomorrow,
