Sad News: France Rugby Manager Fabien Galthié involved in a car 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.
