US EditionFrance Seeks Payback Against Springboks and All Blacks Face Lions-Packed Scotland
France seeks redemption after a 29-28 World Cup quarterfinal loss to South Africa, with both teams featuring key players in a high-stakes match at Stade de France.
- On Saturday in Paris, France national rugby team hosts South Africa national rugby team in a rematch of their 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final at Stade de France.
- With memories of 2023 still raw, the France national rugby team has beaten South Africa only once in 16 years and not in Paris in 16 years, as Antoine Dupont and Cobus Reinach recall the deep scars from the quarter-final.
- On the personnel front, Antoine Dupont, France captain, aids teammates during ACL recovery, Siya Kolisi, South Africa captain , leads a squad with new caps, while Cobus Reinach starts again alongside France's back three of Thomas Ramos, Damian Penaud, and Louis Bielle-Biarrey.
- Given recent results, the South Africa national rugby team arrive bolstered after thrashing Japan national rugby team 61-7 and reinforced their pack, fueling expectations they can impose their style again.
- With longer-term implications, Fabien Galthièr calls this the biggest test of his tenure, as players recall 'It was such a great game' and Fainga'anuku adds new energy.
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South African players, double world champions, challenge Les Bleus at the Stade de France this Saturday, November 8, two years after having dominated the same Habs in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup.
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France seeks payback against Springboks and All Blacks face Lions-packed Scotland
France hosts South Africa in Paris on Saturday in the biggest rugby match of the end-of-year tours. The Six Nations champion plays the Rugby Championship holder for the first time since the Springboks broke French hearts by knocking out the 2023 Rugby World Cup host 29-28 in the quarterfinals.
Isabelle Ithurburu confided herself for a long time via Le Parisien. This one mentioned the upcoming match of the French team against South Africa. She looks forward to meeting with her passion for her debut: rugby journalist. Excerpt "Last year, I took a big slap during France-New Zealand. And yet, I had the opportunity to ...
France seeks payback against Springboks and All Blacks face Lions-packed Scotland - The Morning Sun
Two years has not been long enough for France's scars to heal from losing in the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals. A titanic tussle with South Africa became an instant classic in a heaving Stade de France. The Springboks edged it 29-28 and went on to win the trophy that the French thought was finally going to be theirs. They'd cherished home advantage, won their previous 18 home games, and talismanic captain Antoine Dupont was cleared to play …
France vs South Africa: Dupont's Generation & Trauma Recovery - Archysport
“`html The Ghost of ’23: How One Point Haunts French Rugby’s Golden Generation The Ghost of ’23: How One Point Haunts French rugby’s Golden Generation The roar of the Stade de France is a sound etched into the memory of French rugby fans. But for the golden generation of Les bleus, that sound is now forever tinged with the echo of what might have been. On October 15, 2023, a nation held its breath, dreaming of a first-ever Rugby World Cup title…
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