The dream will have turned short in the city of angels for the blue and blue of the seven. In very full -bodied hens, the two teams had difficulties and only the men were able to win a victory. From now on, there are still the classification matches to appear as well as possible.
We announced to you on Friday that The challenge would be size for women and men In this last stage of the seven rugby season. Honor to the ladies: for their part, the Bleues, who had a nice card to play with a view to a qualification in the semi-finals, have greatly disappointed. At first, they lost 5-21 against the United States, however less well placed in the general classification. Then, they were dominated 22-26 by the Fiji despite the doubles of Cléo Hagel and Alycia Christiaens. The players of Romain Huet concluded their group stage by bowing heavily 17-33 against one of the favorite nations in the final title: Australia.
Last of their hen, the French will therefore be satisfied with classification matches to save the honor and will play Japan this Sunday at 8:50 p.m. (French time) to complete this grand final in the 7the place.
Regrets for the Blues
Regarding the male team, the disappointment is also in order. We knew the men of Benoît Baby capable of making one or even several exploits and they were surprised by South Africa from the start. Yet ahead of the break, they ended up losing 19-10 before knowing a new failure 17-12 against the great Argentinian favorites. On the other hand, the Tricolores raised their heads by having the British 24-10 with in particular four registered trials. This victory allows them to rank in third place in the hen and thus play the match for fifth place against Australia, another hen third after an incredible equality of points with Spain and New Zealand.
