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The Blues played this Saturday, April 27 in Bordeaux, in front of 27,000 spectators, the final and decisive match of the competition. Already leading, they were reduced to 14 in the 50th minute.
The mission was already complicated at 15 against 15. But at 14… This Saturday, April 27, the French XV rugby players faced the English, as part of the fifth and final match of the 2024 6 Nations Tournament.
A poster at the top, a final, between the two nations who had won everything until then. The victorious nation would win the title, which has eluded the Blues since 2018, along with the Grand Slam.
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The mission could not have been more difficult for the French, facing the five-time Red Roses, title holders and vice-world champions. It was made even more complicated from the 50th minute.
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Blue pillar Assia Khalfaoui was sent off with a red card. The cause: a violent charge by Lot-et-Garonnaise on the Englishwoman Morwenna Talling. The sentence fell for the 23-year-old player, who was playing in front of more than 27,000 spectators in Bordeaux, the city of her club, at the end of the bunker. Endangerment, and no mitigating circumstances, said the referee.
In tears, Assia Khalfaoui joined the bench when the verdict was announced.
SixNationsRugby | ??⚡??????? The verdict is in for Assia Khalfaoui: she receives a red card for her dangerous clearance with head contact with Morwenna Talling.
The Blues will finish 14 against 15. FRAANG
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