Sad News: Actuellement, le directeur de France Rugby Fabien Galthié a été impliqué dans un accident aérien aujourd’hui…
Sad News: Just Now, France Rugby Manager Fabien Galthié was involved in a plane crash today….
Jono Gibbes has admitted that Sunday night’s wounding 31-55 loss to France was a fair reflection on what happened in New Zealand’s World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final.
The Baby Blacks came into the fixture at the Cape Town Stadium having beaten the French 27-26 just 10 days earlier in a pool match in Stellenbosch. They fought back in that game from trailing 0-11 at the interval to grab victory with an 80th-minute Rico Simpson penalty kick.
However, they found themselves in a far worse position the second time around, losing 14-34 at the break, and despite scoring three tries in the second half, they picked up a 20-minute red card in the 50th minute for winger Stanley Solomon and ‘lost’ the half 17-21.
Six-time champions New Zealand had been looking to qualify for their first World Rugby Championship final since 2017. But instead of contesting next Friday’s showpiece with England, they will instead feature in the third play-off against an Ireland side that lost its semi-final 20-31.
“Every little sniff they [France] got they ruthlessly executed on it,” said Gibbes to RugbyPass following his team’s seven tries to five defeat. “There is no complaints or gripes or anything, the scoreboard is a fair reflection of what happened out there.