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

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France survived a frantic Tonga fightback to grind into the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup on Sunday with a nerve-jangling 23-21 win that only just banished the ghosts of their shock loss to the Pacific islanders at the 2011 tournament.

The thriller at balmy Kumamoto Stadium saw France join Pool C rivals England in the knockout stages‚ sending Tonga crashing out of the tournament with three successive defeats while also knocking out Argentina and the United States.

But France winger Damian Penaud‚ caught out of position for Tonga's last try‚ soared high to tap back the re-start and allow France to hold on to the siren.

 

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