The French thus establish a new consecutive success record of an XV of France in the modern era
Le Monde with AFP
The XV of France chained a ninth victory in a row by beating Japan (42-23) in the first match of the summer tour of the Blues, Saturday July 2.
Pushing in the first period, Fabien Galkié’s men made the difference in the second period. Beaten for the last time in July 2021 by Australia (33-30), the Blues imposed themselves thanks to five tries by Damian Penaud (3 e , 58
This is the fourth victory of the French against the Japanese team in five games, their first since the piteous draw of 2017 (23-23), which had cost Guy Novès. With this broad success, the third most important gap between the two teams, they can hope to complete a tour on a positive note.
“It was a very playful team, who practiced a beautiful rugby. We managed to answer present: as we went on, we took over our opponent,” summarized Galthie after the meeting, confident nevertheless That these bruises could still “improve in all sectors”.
New record
After Argentina (29-20), Georgia (41-15), New Zealand (40-25), Italy (37-10), Ireland (30-24), L ‘Scotland (36-17), Wales (13-9) and England (25-13), the French also extend their series of victories.
They thus establish a new consecutive success record of an XV of France in the modern era, outperforming the generation led by Serge Blanco, Philippe Sella, Denis Charvet, Didier Camberabero, or Pierre Berbizier, who had chained ten Match without defeat (including 1 draw) between November 1986 and June 1987. The Blues of 2022 also approached a series of ten victories in a row, including eight against Germany, established in 1931 and 1937.
They remain at a distance from New Zealand Cadors (18 victories between August 2015 and October 2016), English (18 victories between October 2015 and March 2017), South Africans (17 victories between August 1997 and November 1998) or Welsh (14 victories between March 2018 and March 2019).