Four years later, for the South African World Cup, they face theScotland (22-19), on Tonga (38-10) and the Ivory Coast (54-18).
The 2003 World Cup starts very well for the fifteen of France who flies over the group stage against theScotland (61-18), the Fiji (61-18), the United States (41-14) and the Japan (51-29).
In 2011, in New Zealand, the Blues found themselves in the pool of All Blacks (defeat 17-37), and even lose against the Tonga (14-19). They narrowly qualified thanks to bonus hits against the Japan (47-21), and the Canada (46-19).
For the 2015 World Cup, the Blues string together unconvincing victories against theItaly (32-10), the Romania (38-11), the Canada (41-18) before falling heavily against theIreland (9-24), and to know one of the worst routs in their history against the Blacks in the quarterfinals (13-62).
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