World Cup awaits New Zealand haka and French response
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00:00 Let's cross to the start of France in Paris.
00:03 It's France against the All Blacks of New Zealand tonight.
00:06 Jean-Emile Germain is there for us.
00:08 Well, the tension is building, Jean-Emile.
00:11 Set the scene of what's going on.
00:13 - Well, Gavin, you mentioned William Webb Ellis.
00:19 He is the man who mythologically picked up a football
00:24 and then dotted it over the goal line.
00:26 That was about 200 years ago.
00:27 As it so happens, Ellis himself is buried here in France,
00:32 Montaigne, just close to Nice.
00:34 So a nice little bit of preparation,
00:37 a little story there for the French as they gear up
00:39 for this now their second World Cup
00:41 that they're gonna be hosting, the first since 2007.
00:44 And it was, of course, here at this stadium
00:46 where France opened that tournament.
00:48 Now they'll be doing so for the second time
00:50 against the All Blacks.
00:51 Back in 2007, they lost that opening game against Argentina.
00:55 This is a much different French outfit,
00:58 very strong, very consistent throughout all the park.
01:02 Their front row, immaculate.
01:03 Their back row, they just dot down tries for fun.
01:06 And of course, they are led by that magician of a player,
01:10 their captain, Antoine Dupont, at scrum half.
01:12 As for the fans, well, now they see this team
01:15 and they think to themselves, hang on,
01:16 maybe this could be the year where France
01:19 finally gets their hand on that elusive trophy.
01:22 They have been forever the bridesmaids,
01:24 never the bride in three finals so far, 1987 and 1999.
01:29 And in 2011, when they faced the All Blacks,
01:33 that game finished 8-7, so close,
01:36 led by Thierry Doucetois, that French side.
01:40 But now they may just come of age.
01:42 They, of course, won the 2022 Grand Slam, six nations.
01:47 So there is just so much available for the French on offer.
01:51 But of course, they come up against New Zealand.
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