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San Francisco – The men's French rugby sevens team took Sunday the 8th place of the World Cup after another raging loss against Scotland 29-24 in overtime in San Francisco.
The Blues, eliminated the day before narrowly (12-7) by New Zealand in the quarterfinals, present a record of 2 successes for 3 losses but get a higher ranking than the world circuit, looped to a disappointing 13th place.
Captain Manoel Dall'Igna's team failed to take advantage of the temporary exclusion of three New Zealanders the day before. The reverse scenario occurred Sunday, but with the same negative outcome for them.
France has indeed resisted the Scots despite three yellow cards received: simultaneously early in the match for Jean-Pascal Barraque and Pierre Boudehent, authors of a double tackle deemed dangerous, and a last avoidable for Paul Bonnefond, guilty of to be gone before the ball on a return of Terry Bouhraoua.
Even more frustrating: In overtime, Coach Jérôme Daret's men brought the match point close to the line on a Tavite Veredamu crossing. But the former legionnaire's pbad came straight into Scottish hands, and Jamie Farndale went all the way back to score the gold test (29-24, 15th).
In a pleasant crossover, Kevin Bly shone a double to allow the Blues to take the lead in the score (14-17) and the replacement Gabin Villière showed the extent of his talent by giving them the advantage three minutes from the end (19-24, 11th).
But if France has promising young people, Scotland has Farndale and its devastating upsurges. A first attempt synonymous with equalization (24-24) and an ultimate cavalcade in overtime sealed French hopes.
The French, beaten earlier by Argentina (26-15), leave California with regrets but also some promises: winners of Australia (22-17) in the round of 16, they can turn with a little more confidence towards the Olympic quest of 2020.
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