France hit a woeful Japan for eight tries in an emphatic 52-12 autumn sequence win on their Stade de France return on Saturday following final 12 months’s World Cup on residence soil, gearing up in type for subsequent weekend’s conflict with New Zealand.
Man of the match Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Paul Boudehent bagged two tries every whereas Emilien Gailleton, Alexandre Roumat, Peato Mauvaka and Jean-Baptiste Gros additionally touched down and Thomas Ramos transformed six of them to seal France’s greatest win towards Japan in an official check.
Japan, who reached halftime 31-0 adrift, mustered two tries by means of Harumichi Tatewaka and Tevita Tatafu after the break with Naoto Saito transformed one as they suffered their fifth consecutive loss since Eddie Jones took over once more on the finish of final 12 months.
Fabien Galthie’s France aspect had been additionally welcoming again mercurial scrumhalf Antoine Dupont, who missed the Six Nations to arrange for the Paris Olympics with the Rugby Sevens group, with whom he received gold.
Again on the Stade de France for the primary time since dropping 29-28 to South Africa within the World Cup quarter-finals, they gave the gang what they got here for on a cold evening within the French capital with Dupont manoeuvring finely.
In a one-sided first half, they confirmed Jones, who vows to make Japan a top-four aspect, that the best way into the elite can be a protracted course of below the Australian’s steering.
France will now have to take it up a notch because the All Blacks conflict looms.
“They beat Japan, England and Eire, fairly convincingly,” Galthie instructed a press convention.
“They’re ending their season very strongly. They’re again to their perfect, on a really huge momentum, they usually’re again to Paris after being within the World Cup remaining right here in Paris.”
New Zealand misplaced 12-11 to South Africa in final 12 months’s remaining.
On Saturday, the 19-year-old Theo Attissogbe, who was voted final 12 months’s most enhancing participant within the French Prime 14, changed Damian Penaud after the winger fell sick.
France went forward with a Bielle-Biarrey strive after he beat fullback Malo Tuitama to the ball to gather his personal grazing kick.
Gailleton added one other after gathering a intelligent cross-kick from Ramos, who transformed to place France 12-0 up after 10 minutes.
One other low kick by Bielle-Biarrey triggered the Japan defence some torment and Roumat touched down whereas Les Bleus had been barely bothered by their opponents.
France’s fourth strive got here from the left flank once more as Bielle-Biarrey dived over on the finish of a pleasant mixture with Yoram Moefana after Dupont’s cross-kick unsettled Japan.
The fifth was scored on the correct flank, for a change, by Mauvaka after being arrange by Dupont, who was given method an excessive amount of freedom to organise France’s sport.
The sixth strive got here two minutes into the second half as Gros, additionally arrange by Dupont, powered by means of the Japanese defence.
Japan briefly confirmed what they’re able to after they lowered the arrears by means of Tatekawa after some good collective play.
A brutal run by Dupont paved the best way for the seventh French strive, scored by lock Boudehent, who changed the injured Thibaud Flament within the first half.
After Galthie made 5 adjustments, with Ramos switching from flyhalf to fullback when Matthieu Jalibert changed Leo Barre, Japan made essentially the most of France’s disorganisation to get one other strive by means of Tatafu on the finish of a counter assault.
Boudehent, nevertheless, then bundled over to take the hosts’ tries tally to eight and full the rout.
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