The French rugby team achieved its third consecutive victory against the fearsome New Zealand All Blacksal win 30-29 in it France Stadiumnorth of Paris.
Romain Buros, Paul Boudehent and Louis Bielle-Biarrey they got the tries France.
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The streak of three consecutive victories equals the best series in the history of the Blues against New Zealand (between 1994 and 1995). The current streak started in 2021, in a test-match at the end of the year, continued in the group stage of the 2023 World Cup and on Saturday added a new chapter.
The victory over New Zealanders erases the doubts it left the French XV during the 2023 World Cup and during the past Six Nations Tournamentopening a glimmer of hope for the next World Cup event in 2027.
The victory was worked, because the All Blacks They started the game by overpowering the locals, and after 27 minutes they dominated the score 14-3, but the Blues They reacted with solvency and went 24-17.
New Zealand They came within one point again (27-26) with ten minutes left, and did so again with six minutes left (30-29), but France kept a cool head and was able to secure the victory.
With information from AFP.
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