France avoid Tonga ‘déjà vu’ to book place in quarterfinals
Les Bleus hold on in face of late onslaught
06 October 2019 - 16:46
Kumamoto — France survived a frantic Tonga fightback to grind into the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup on Sunday with a nerve-jangling 23-21 win that only just banished the ghosts of their shock loss to the Pacific islanders at the 2011 tournament.
The thriller at balmy Kumamoto Stadium saw France join Pool C rivals England in the knockout stages, sending Tonga crashing out of the tournament with three successive defeats while also knocking out Argentina and the US...
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