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If ever there was a game – and by extension a situation – that was a case of all’s well that ends well, it was France’s crucial win in the Rugby World Cup opener against New Zealand at the Stade de France on Friday night.
Going into what was essentially a Group A decider on the first day of the tournament put the hosts under enormous pressure to win for a couple of reasons. The obvious motivation was to ensure they kept their hopes of winning a first ever Rugby World Cup title by emerging from their pool as the winners. Who they meet there and what their chances are in a draw which could have been conducted by Dana White – such are the UFC fighting qualities required to esca
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