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Les Bleues lost the meeting at the top of the 2024 edition of the competition, this Saturday April 27 in Bordeaux. Once again, the Tricolores, who had won everything until then, were deprived of the title by the Red Roses.
A stuttering stutter of history. This Saturday, April 27, once again, the rugby players of the French team were deprived of winning the 6 Nations Tournament by the English. Four years since the Tricolores finished second behind the Red Roses, now six-time title holders.
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Les Bleues lost this Saturday in Bordeaux (in front of 27,000 supporters) the decisive Crunch between the two nations who had won everything up until then. A 42-21 loss. The Tricolores also had to deal with a numerical inferiority, following Assia Khalfaoui’s red card in the 50th minute.
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This is how at the end of the meeting, the tension on the blue side was at its height. In the final minutes, the French prepare to take a throw-in, 5 meters from the English goal. The hooker Élisa Riffonneau prepares to throw, the second row Ambre Mwayembe then approaches her to agree on the strategy to adopt on the alignment.
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It was then that the English third row Maddie Feaunati approached the duo, just to try to hear what the French were saying. An attitude that Ambre Mwayembe did not appreciate at all, who gave the English player a little slap.
It would have been the moment to trigger! FRAANG FRAvENG Sixnations pic.twitter.com/sm3984090i
— Anthony Tallieu (@ATofficiel) https://twitter.com/ATofficiel/status/1784277627336831134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
A gesture of annoyance which will not have any major consequences.
