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The disillusionment still burns the memories of the supporters.
For four years, Fabien Galthié displayed the world title as the culmination of his first mandate.
The excellent results of the Blues under his rule - 80% victories, compared to barely 30% before him, a Grand Slam awaited since 2010, a prestigious success against the All Blacks, a triumph of historic magnitude at Twickenham... - have validated the ambition.
Thus encouraged, the French began to believe it.
More than that even for some, convinced that no other outcome than Antoine Dupont lifting the Webb Ellis Cup on October 29 at the Stade de France was possible.
The craze spread across the country, television audiences continued to climb... until the fiasco.
Unexpected, brutal, incomprehensible.
The Blues, promised to make history, had failed.
Eliminated in the quarter-finals of the World Cup by Kolisi's South Africa who, two weeks later, would retain their title.
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