BRENDAN GALLAGHER recalls the big upsets as France prepare for next week’s All Blacks clash

Mastermind: Jean-Pierre Rives

We sometimes get a bit sniffy about our friends just over the Channel and I’m not talking Brexit here. It pleases us to stereotype the French rugby team as inconsistent, underperforming, mercurial and profligate with their talent but here’s a little statistic to chew on as the November internationals get underway. Over the decades France, with 12 victories, have beaten the All Blacks more times than all of the Home Unions combined, namely England (6)...