France wins without trembling in front of Italy

Fierce look, pillar Annaelle Deshaye runs to flatten the second try of the French team against Italy, Sunday April 14, at the Jean-Bouin stadium, in Paris. FRANCK FIFE / AFP

Real estate agents call it a “love at first sight.” Sunday April 14, the French women’s rugby team felt at ease in a new home: the Jean-Bouin stadium, in the southwest of Paris. Les Bleues won an improved victory against Italy (38-15) on the third day of the Six Nations Tournament. In the rankings, they remain in contact with England, with a view to competing for the final victory. “Being able to really play at home, because we always train in the Marcoussis region [Essonne]It’s awesome “anticipated the third row Romane Ménager before the meeting.

The last time that the Tricolores took over a stadium in the capital was during the 2014 World Cup, a time when women’s competitions were more confidential. At the Jean-Bouin stadium, the XV of France narrowly lost in the semi-final of the tournament against Canada. Current co-selector Gaëlle Mignot was then the team captain. Ten years later, it was in front of well-stocked stands that his troops delivered a successful performance, two weeks after a painful victory in Scotland.

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From the second minute, after alternating between a kick over the defense, the sequence of forwards and the wide play, the center of the Stade Bordeaux Nassira Kondé flattens in goal. Lina Queyroi then succeeds in the transformation between the pink poles of the Stade français enclosure (7-0, 4th). Put on the back foot by the Italians, the French defense held up the shock. Then, following a ball scratched by Nassira Kondé, Annaëlle Deshaye showed her power to force the passage between two Italian players and score her team’s second try (14-3, 24th).

Six tricolor tests

Faced with a transalpine team reduced to 14 against 15, following the yellow card sent to Sara Tounesi for a collapsed maul, spaces opened up in front of the French. The third row Charlotte Escudero concludes a model game launch, after a fixation point (21-3, 33rd), then Mélissande Llorens, forgotten in the corner and served at the foot by her teammate at Blagnac, Lina Queyroi, adds another layer to the picture blue. At the break, the bonus point is already acquired (26-3).

The pillar Assia Khalfaoui amplifies the score starting at the level of a regrouping (33-3, 45th), before a strong sixth try from Madoussou Fall (38-10, 64th). But the best achievement of the afternoon was to be attributed to the Italian winger Alyssa D’Inca, after a sixty-meter race, all to score a double, after a first test previously registered in the second half. Two weeks ago, his team had a notable performance by winning in Ireland. And it is precisely an Irishwoman, Joy Neville, who, at the age of 40, bowed out as an international referee by blowing the final whistle on the victory of the Blues.

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“It’s the benchmark match for us in this tournament”, enjoyed the opening half Lina Queyroi at the microphone of France 2 at the end of the match, her eyes turned towards the trip to Wales, Sunday April 21. Before meeting up with her teammates to celebrate the victory with the public.

The ranking of the Women’s Tournament after three days

Angleterre 15 pointsFrance 14 pointsIrlande 6 pointsItalie 5 pointsEcosse 4 pointsGalles 1 point

The Blue’s next matches: Wales-France, Sunday April 21, in Cardiff, and France-England, Saturday April 27, in Bordeaux

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