58' | France 17-13 South Africa

Manie Libbok's first touch leads to Ramos' penalty

It followed a brutal passage of play, Taofifenua/ Cramont with a huge hit on Snyman

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53' | France 14-13 South Africa

Esterhuizen on as a hybrid flanker/ centre, handy for the Boks

Les Bleus need to make use of this extra man/ momentum and soon

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HT' | France 14-13 South Africa

Total logic behind De Jager's red card, can;t do that

Galthie looks like a real genius now with his two locks on the bench

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30' | France 14-6 South Africa

Les Bleus held off the Bokke onsalught, caused by the home side's ill-discipline

SFM's wasted six points could be costly

Penaud is now his country's leading try scorer on 40, Ramos with two assist

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Proper French welcome to the South Africa players

Rassie Erasmus got a proper whistling and boo too

There’s a bit of spice to this one

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LOADS of Springboks fans here

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Two years is a long time in Test rugby

The theme for this week’s Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch

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"They are perhaps the best that has ever existed in the world. It's the most difficult challenge this current generation has ever faced, we've never played such a good team"

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"When those milestones come, if you make them bigger than the match, then you tend to come second"

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Exactly. The Boks have had an XXL desk each this week!