A couple of times in that first half we played, dropped the ball and gave them the opportunities. The All Blacks, however, had turned the ball over only for Ben Smith to pass the ball straight to Grosso. Despite the All Blacks errors, they looked dangerous with ball in hand and Beauden Barrett’s try was the result of some superb interplay with his two brothers. The All Blacks fly-half evened the score with his second penalty in the 48th minute but when Gabrillagues was shown the yellow card three minutes later, the home side cut loose. “It was difficult, the All Blacks accelerated after the yellow card and for us it was difficult in defence,” the France captain, Mathieu Bastareaud, said.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2018 09:41 UTC