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IT’S too easy to say that France have fallen off and are no longer the team they were, after a home defeat by Ireland when they were down to 14 men for almost half the game. Nor can an away win over Scotland after such a big loss to the Irish in Marseille just be dismissed – even taking into account the controversy over the Scots being denied a last-gasp try.
We know from experience that historically the French have been pretty up and down on the international stage and, for a French national team to come into a run of consistency like this one did f...