Women’s Rugby World Cup: the French dominate the South Africans in the opening match

Published on: 08/10/2022 – 11:56 Les Bleues dominated the South Africans 40 to 5 on Saturday at Eden Park in Auckland for their first match, hitting hard one week before facing England, big favorite of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, in the shock of Pool C. A good start for the Blues. The women’s XV of France started its World Cup well, dominating South Africa on Saturday October 8 (40-5) at Eden Park in Auckland during the opening match, without forcing too much but reassuring , one week before a crucial match against England. Les Bleues, paid in pool C, scored six tries, including a double from their scrum half Laure Sansus, named “player of the match”, giving herself a bonus point which will be invaluable in the race for the classification for the quarter-finals. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘁… 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲 for our blue in the most prestigious rugby competitions 👏🇫🇷 A high -flying performance against South Africa 🤩Parfaite Entry in the running for the XV of France 💙🤍❤️ #teamorange #nefaisons .twitter.com/9IasWLeOdQ— Team Orange Rugby (@TeamOrangeRugby) October 8, 2022 Gaëlle Mignot, assistant coach of the French in charge of scrum and contact attitudes, warned on Friday: “We want to enter the competition in the best possible way”. In substance, mission accomplished for Céline Ferer’s teammates, but in terms of form they will have to raise their level of play against the English “Red Roses”, the big favorites of the competition: they have more than impressed by passing no less than 14 tries to the Fijians (84-19). Les Bleues were able to rely on their tireless tacklers Madoussou Fall and Marjorie Mayans. They would benefit from adjusting and fixing a few details, especially in conquest, in the rucks, and letting go more in order to take advantage of the smallest space.”Not yet satisfactory””It’s a good performance because we won, but I think that the content is not yet satisfactory”, thus reacted after the match Laure Sansus. In a sold-out Eden Park and under a beautiful sun, the French women quickly scored three tries before marking time. The first, a try trickster from the second minute of the meeting, is signed Laure Sansus. The second is the work of the center Gabrielle Vernier (11th), omnipresent, following a small kick from the opener Caroline Drouin, impeccable. Finally, the third came on an interception by Emilie Boulard (17th). For the first captaincy of her career, Céline Ferer retained “the big start” of the French women but deplored “small hand mistakes”, sometimes does to be “a little inside”. “The pressure” no doubt, she said. Thus, while the Habs enjoyed a numerical superiority after a yellow card addressed to the third line of the “Women Boks”, Sizophila Solontsi, in the 29th, they n did not succeed in concretizing, chaining the errors and the approximations. This weak time on the French side continued after the return from the locker room, the Blue conceding a try signed by the South African winger Nomawethu Mabenge (50th). in the Boks’ camp, the Bleues, through Laure Sansus again, had to wait until the 67th minute to score their fourth try, synonymous with an offensive bonus, before Caroline Drouin, then the sevenist Joanna Grisez, for her first selection, did not worsen the score.With AFP