{"id":288061,"date":"2023-09-08T23:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288061"},"modified":"2023-09-08T23:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:37:28","slug":"sir-clive-woodward-france-can-play-better-than-new-zealand-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/sir-clive-woodward-france-can-play-better-than-new-zealand-win\/","title":{"rendered":"SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: France can play better than New Zealand win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: France&#8217;s win over New Zealand suggested that conditions are going to have a big impact &#8211; and the hosts can play far BETTER than what they showed<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>France beat New Zealand 27-13 to kick off the Rugby World Cup on Friday night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The two favourites\u00a0went head-to-head and played good ruby but nerves showed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Rugby World Cup 2023: Click here for Mail Sport&#8217;s latest coverage from France<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What Friday night&#8217;s World Cup opener showed me is that conditions are going to have a big impact on the early stages of this tournament.<\/p>\n<p>I was very surprised by how much France kicked, especially given what we&#8217;ve seen from them in the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>When they moved the ball in the second half they looked far more dangerous &#8211; and winning was the most important thing.<\/p>\n<p>The heat was a big factor. Temperatures were still very high even with kick-off past 9pm in Paris. You could see the shirts of both teams soaked in sweat and players tired quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The first half started in spectacular fashion with Rieko Ioane&#8217;s clean line break and Beauden Barrett&#8217;s pinpoint cross-kick to Mark Telea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/22\/75231365-0-image-a-88_1694209602838.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conditions played a big factor in France&#8217;s win over New Zealand, even with the late kick-off<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/22\/75232175-0-image-a-91_1694209781641.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>France kicked a lot in the first half, but had more success moving the ball quickly in the second<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/22\/75232171-0-image-a-90_1694209759912.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>They can play better than they showed on Friday, a concern for the rest of the competition<\/p>\n<p>That was the All Blacks at their clinical best. After that, there were lots of errors from both sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The opening game had been built up so much by so many people that I think nerves played a part.<\/p>\n<p>France weren&#8217;t helped by losing key forward Julien Marchand. But I don&#8217;t think Shuan Edwards would have been happy with their defence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>France kicked far more than I was expecting. It felt like Fabien Galthie&#8217;s side had caught the same disease which afflicted England last month!<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand played more of the rugby. Everyone talked about Antoine Dupont, but his opposite number Aaron Smith was outstanding.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/22\/75229977-0-image-a-92_1694209792228.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark Telea scored twice and was involved in some brilliant rugby but France did not let up<\/p>\n<p>The scrum-half was involved again for Telea&#8217;s second try. It was brilliant rugby, New Zealand having the confidence to play from their own half and chipping ahead to race clear.<\/p>\n<p>France hit straight back through Damian Penaud and it was brilliant work from Matthieu Jalibert &#8211; the way he got on the outside of Richie Mo&#8217;unga was superb.<\/p>\n<p>Will Jordan&#8217;s card really hurt New Zealand. It was silly from Jordan. I don&#8217;t know why players compete in the air like that as it is so risky.<\/p>\n<p>For the All Blacks, it proved costly. France won comfortably and what should concern their rivals is they can play far better than they showed in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12497933\/SIR-CLIVE-WOODWARD-France-win-New-Zealand-conditions-impact-hosts-play-better.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: France&#8217;s win over New Zealand suggested that conditions are going to have a big impact &#8211; and the hosts can play far <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/sir-clive-woodward-france-can-play-better-than-new-zealand-win\/\" title=\"SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: France can play better than New Zealand win\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: France can play better than New Zealand win - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/sir-clive-woodward-france-can-play-better-than-new-zealand-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: France can play better than New Zealand win - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: France&#8217;s win over New Zealand suggested that conditions are going to have a big impact &#8211; 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