
France handed a nation the result it craved as they opened their Rugby World Cup campaign on home soil by beating New Zealand 27-13 in Paris.
It was the All Blacks' first pool-phase defeat in World Cup history and they could have few complaints.

France handed a nation the result it craved as they opened their Rugby World Cup campaign on home soil by beating New Zealand 27-13 in Paris.
It was the All Blacks' first pool-phase defeat in World Cup history and they could have few complaints.