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French rugby boss Bernard Laporte has glimpsed a golden future for his country. Not one, as you can imagine, that concerns many of his internationals being routinely hammered in New Zealand.
They concluded their tour yesterday with a predictable third defeat in a row. This time by 49-14. No, what has inspired Laporte to talk of French optimism lay in the triumph of their Under-20 generation who won the world title at that level by beating England in the final. He forecast that a good number of that squad...