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Los Angeles: the summary of France – Ireland
Thanks to two early tries, the Blues defeated Ireland on March 2, 2024, for their second group match at the Los Angeles tournament.
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The French will face the Australians, world No.1, on Saturday night, with the assurance of being present in the quarter-finals the next day.
The Blues enforced their rank. Third best rugby sevens team since the start of the season, France secured its place in the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles tournament by winning 21-5 against Ireland on Saturday March 2. A victory which took shape quickly thanks to a first try from Anne-Cécile Ciofiani, only 38 seconds after kick-off following a devastating framing-overflow on the right side (7-0).
14-0 after less than two minutes
Well launched, the Blues continued to press the accelerator and scored a second try straight away through Camille Grassineau, taking advantage of the boulevards left at the start of the match by the Irish defense (14-0, 2nd). After these two fantastic minutes, David Courteix’s players slowed down and suffered greatly from the Irish offensives, only cracking once on a percussion from Eve Higgins (14-5, 10th). It was ultimately Jade Ulutule who came to seal the French victory with an 80-meter try at the very end of the match (21-5, 14th).
The Blues now await Australia, world number 1, whom they beat for the first time this season last week in Vancouver in the semi-finals (21-19), after two losses in Cape Town in the final (26-29). ) and in Dubai in the semi-finals (14-21) earlier in the season. This time, the two teams will only compete for first place in Group B and are already guaranteed to reach the quarters. Before perhaps meeting again later in the tournament.
