That was irritating. France was beatable today. Scoreline was in no way reflective of the match. I hate late tries especially 2 inside the last few minutes. Always gives the impression of a comfortable win. But at 25-19 it was by no means comfortable.
Conceding 3 late 1st half penalties were always going to be difficult to overturn. Had the match been a bit closer going into the 2nd half - or a Canadian lead - which would not have been undeserved, the final outcome may have been different. Ill-discipline was a real problem today. Too many penalties - 8 in the 1st half. Parra was on fire and not likely to miss many while Pritchard picked a poor time to have an off-game with the boot.
France has a lot of class and talent in their fold, but today, at least for a while, they were beatable. Lots of handling errors and serious problems with the high-ball. We just gave away too many silly penalties in soft positions where their kicker was not going to miss.
Too bad. Could have been an upset for the ages.
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