It plays the last seconds of that second test-match of the XV of France in New Zealand. A week earlier, the Blues had a bad fall against the Blacks in Christchurch, on the score of 23 to 9. Something, however, is turning this July 14, 1979. The gods of the ovalie speak French. This day of national celebration, France, which leads the face of the greatest team in the history of rugby, by the score of 24-19, is poised not to take the Bastille but the Eden Park in Auckland in front of 60 000 premises, dumbfounded.
The ultimate ball of the match is yet in the hands of…
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