France do what England could not – they get the job done against New Zealand

On a cool, clear night in Paris, it was France who kept the calmest of heads when all others around the northern hemisphere have been losing theirs. The French trailed by 11 points and then later by seven but managed to claw themselves to a one-point victory against a New Zealand side which arrived in the French capital on the back of successive victories in both Twickenham and Dublin respectively.]]>