Australia was totally outplayed. Simple as that. There were mercurial players out there who either had the jitters or were under instructions to play dull and boring rugby. Not clever and not good enough. The Wallabies should know that giving bloody noses to All Blacks just make them annoyed. France? My advice to you is forfeit the final, spend a few days in New Caledonia relaxing and complaining about the coach, then go home. You've exceeded most people's expectations already and you can only go backwards from here. Noumea is lovely and most of the locals will probably like you. Our weekly music session in the pub this afternoon featured a large TV (with the sound off!) screening today's OTHER football match. Australia crushed New Zealand 42-6. Sadly, it was rugby league, so nobody cares. Bruce
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