AdvertisementIt is possible to win rugby matches a man down but there's a good reason why this rarely happens at international level and at a World Cup in particular.
"I think I completely lost my head. It's difficult," said Vahaamahina, holding back tears, to his team-mates in the dressing room in a video posted on French broadcaster TF1's website."Frankly, it's indefensible."One silver lining for France was the sparkling rugby they produced at the start of the match that led to a fine trio of tries.
Toulouse half-backs Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack are both in their early 20s, while the quick duo of Virimi Vakatawa and Damian Penaud should both have several more years of Test rugby ahead of them as well.Having a goalkicker with a match success rate of less than 80 per cent is asking for trouble. While you could argue that Ntamack was unlucky to see a first-half conversion and penalty hit the post, the two eminently kickable chances should not really have been anywhere near the woodwork.
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