FRENCH fans have had plenty of reasons to pray during this tournament. First Antoine Dupont got injured and had to be rushed back for the quarter-finals after fracturing his cheek against Namibia and then they were squeezed out of their own tournament by South Africa in the last eight. Maybe more should have gone to Sacre Coeur, the cathedral in Montmartre, which has a sports chapel. At services there are collections for sports-related charities for disadvantaged children. A service was held just before France’s opening game against New Zealand, which they won and one of the s...
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