>> France defeated England at the opening of the VI Nations Tournament on Sunday at the Stade de France (24-17).
Despite a big British start, the French quickly took the lead, thanks to a breakthrough by Teddy Thomas, finally concluded a few seconds later by Vincent Rattez (7-0, 6th). Ten minutes later, Romain Ntamack passed a penalty to give the Blues a ten-point lead, before Charles Ollivon took advantage of a superb lag by Rattae and a big apathy from the English defense (persuaded of an- before) to bring the lead to 17-0 (20th).
>> This is the first French success against the English since 2018. It is only their third in ten years in the Tournament against men by Eddie Jones. With this success, the Blues join the Irish and the Welsh at the top of the ranking, with a victory each. It is the first time since 2016 that the Blues start the Tournament with a victory. The English, they had not lost an opening match since 2014. At the time, it was already against France (26-24).
>> Next match for the Blues against Italy, next Sunday (at 4 p.m.). The English will move to Scotland (Saturday at 5:45 p.m.), while the Irish will host the Welsh (Saturday at 3:15 p.m.).