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rugby union daily Saturday morning Marseille the World Cup is up and running and France are up

and running after sweeping past the all blacks in an electric stad to France. Later on the daily

we'll look ahead to England's crunch open against Argentina with Ashie but we have to start

in Paris our team at the stad Andrew Mertens with Sonja Sara and first Paul Grayson as Leblue

gave the World Cup lift off. I can't find anybody thinking back who said they favored the all blacks

tonight we all said tight game but the emotion and the supportive nature of the crowd in France

would be enough to see their team lifted to victory and when it mattered they were technically

better than the all blacks they played a better game plan in the second half dominated territories

and you felt certain that at some point they would come up with something that would make the

difference as it was it was Matthews Jalibet's streak and break back to the blind side it put

Peno in in the corner but what they did do was make very very few mistakes and any they did make

they made close to the New Zealand line because they were at the right end of the pitch for most

for the second half. New Zealand in the middle of the pitch in a giant huddle it wouldn't mind being

a fly on the wall in there. Gregory Aldrieet is just doing an interview down on the pitch he's

been named as the official player of the match for this opening game of the Rugby World Cup. Sara

Gregory Aldriee I mean yes he's he's an enormous man at number 8 but he's a proper baller isn't he

he was fantastic tonight for France. The reason he's got man of the match is for sheer power and

effort that he's put in there the meters he's made in these conditions we cannot stress enough

I know we've talked about a lot these are filthy horrible conditions to play rugby in the effort

that he has put in this evening is something really quite special that's why he's got it and

sometimes the work of the back row isn't always noticed so it's nice to see him recognize

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