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Player ratings: 'Jittery'

The French were missing a number of key players and some of the players on the field struggled with the pace of the game at times.

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Jeremy Papier rates the French players!

15 Brice Dulin:

Started off looking jittery and nervous. Yellow card at the 54th minute and gave away a penalty try which might have changed the game.

3/10

14 Yoann Huget:

Had a good game. His kick led to a try for his team.

5/10

13 Henry Chavancy:

Had a good showing with some strong runs and solid defence. Scored a try in the 34th minute.

6/10

12 Gael Fickou:

Strong performance from the inside centre, both on attack and defence.

6/10

11 Virimi Vakatawa:

Good under the high ball and consistently looked for work. One of the best players for France on the day. 

8/10

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10 Jules Plisson:

Shaky at the start, missed his first penalty and overall failed to take control of the match.

2/10

9 Maxim Machenaud:

Good first half performance but struggled in the second half 

5/10

8 Louis Picamoles:

An Absent performance from the big No.8. 

3/10

7 Loann Goujon:

Strong defensive performance, but otherwise absent.

4/10

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6 Yacouba Camara:

Excellent performance all round. Personally my French man of the match. He made life tough for the Springboks at line-out time and carried and tackled relentlessly.

9/10

5 Yoann Maestri:

The two French locks were relentless in their ways. He carried the ball strong and he led the defensive charges. 

8/10

4 Julien Le Devedec:

Strong performance all round and secured line-out ball.

8/10

3  Uini Atonio:

Won a penalty or two at the scrum, but otherwise did not feature.

4/10

2. Clement Maynadier:

Good line-out throws and carried once or twice but no real impact.

4/10

1 Jefferson Poirot:

Made a few tackles, but both teams seemed to struggle at the scrums and he was penalised a few times.

4/10

Replacements:

16 Camille Chat (On for Maynadier, 52nd min):

He was not much better than the man he replaced.

5/10

17 Eddy Ben Arous (On for Poirot, 60th min):

He did what he could in a losing cause.

5/10

18 Mohammed Boughami (On for Atonio, 55th min):

Made little impact when called upon.

5/10

19 Bernard Le Roux (On for Picamoles, 64th min):

Not enough time to be rated.

20 Kevin Gourdon (On for Goujon, 52nd min):

Tried his best, but not enough.

5/10

21 Baptiste Serin (On for Machenaud, 47th min):

Replaced Machenaud and immediately made a difference. Scored a try in the 55th min and sped up the game for the French.

7/10

22 Jean-Marc Doussain (On for Plisson, 71st min):

Not enough time to be rated.

23 Vincent Rattez (On for Dulin, 71st min):

Not enough time to be rated.

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