It was by digging that the Blues offered themselves a breath of fresh air.
By burying themselves they may be reborn.
A hand and a ball are sometimes enough to change destiny.
There was not, that is for sure, the global dimension of Maradona's gesture qualifying Argentina against England during the 1986 World Cup, but the hand of Posolo Tuilagi, a 19-year-old mountain, weighing 149 kg on the balance, has changed the near future of the Tricolores and perhaps, by extension, that of a sport so complicated to referee, even with all the slow motion in the world.
The freeze frame lasted a long time.
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On his seat, in the stands, Fabien Galthié, the coach of the XV of France, tenses up, he stands up, waiting with clenched jaws for interminable seconds, then he breathes, finally.
On the field, Australian referee Nic Berry has just delivered his verdict after a video refereeing session lasting almost five minutes.
No try and end of the match.
Bronca at Murrayfield.
Arms raised for the Blues, painful winners (16-20) this Saturday afternoon on the lush grass of the Edinburgh stadium.
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