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France avoid Tonga 'deja vu' to book place in World Cup quarter-finals

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In a dramatic finale‚ flanker Zane Kapeli collected a cross-kick for a last-gasp try‚ Latiume Fosita's conversion then bringing the Tongans within two points with under a minute left.

“The guys dug in there‚ there was a period in the second half when the game was in the balance and the guys hung in and hung in. You can't question their effort.”

France had laboured to a 33-9 win over the United States on Wednesday but were switched on from the first whistle on Sunday‚ and the flair and enterprise of Virimi Vakatawa and Alivereti Raka quickly caught the eye. Winger Raka burst away from a botched Tongan lineout before off-loading to centre Vakatawa for France's first try in the fifth minute as France went 10-0 up.“We talk a lot and we are talking on the same level so it's easy for us.

The match turned on its head shortly after the break‚ with a thrilling try to France flanker Charles Ollivon ruled out by the TMO due to a forward pass. With the ghosts of 2011 stirring‚ France redoubled their intensity at the breakdown and the pressure told as Tonga's discipline waned.

 

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