It could be worse.
If the Scotsman Sam Skinner had not seen his try refused by the Australian referee Nic Berry and if Paolo Garbisi had placed his ball firmly on his tee so as not to have to rush to send it to the right post in the stoppage time on Sunday, the XV of France would have three defeats in as many matches in this Six Nations Tournament.
Without there being any need to cry injustice.
But how did these dominant and seductive Blues for four years, capable of signing a victory of historic magnitude at Twickenham, of subjugating the All Blacks twice at the Stade de France or even of signing an authoritarian Grand Slam in 2022, could have regressed to this point?
No more common thread in the game, the defense and discipline in pieces, the desire evaporated, and we move on, in the space of six months, to move on from the biggest victory in its history against Italy ( 60 to 7) to a first sharing of points against these same opponents.
The whole thing…
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