By NICK CAIN
Breakthrough: Gael Fickou goes over for France’s third try
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Super sub: Baptiste Serin celebrates scoring France’s fourth try
THIS was France as per the time-honoured script, a mixture of moody indolence for most of the match with hints that they were capable of something more special.
France started brightly, showed cohesion as well as flair in scoring two early tries through wingers Yoann Huget and Alivereti Raka, and then went into a slap-dash, indisciplined sleep-walk for the next 40 minutes which put them in danger of being overhaule...
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