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Tue 02 Feb 2010France will have targeted this match from the start
THE FRENCH are rarely dull or predictable, and invariably make a fascinating case study, not least when they are next in line six days later. Reviewing Sunday’s win over Scotland, they won far more handily than a nine-point margin suggests.
One struggles to believe that either of the top two in the betting, the favourites and the reigning champions, were consciously keeping their powder dry on the opening weekend, but perhaps, with a six-day turnaround, les bleus were as mindful of les verts as vice versa.
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