33-8: Three out of three for France, with Grand Slam options in the Six Nations Tournament

France It annulled the Italian bravery (33-8), especially in the second half, in which the ‘azzurri’ emptied themselves in all aspects to seek the comeback, with a serious defense and a very effective game at hand.

France confirms its role as favorite to win the Six Nations Tournament after adding against Italy their third victory in three games and continue aspiring to the grand slam. The ‘bleus’ will visit Scotland on March 7 and will close the tournament at home against Englandon March 14.

The French came to this event with two victories, which confirmed their great form, and from the beginning they made it clear that they were going for it, displaying an intense pace of play that gave them control.

Barely three minutes had passed when Louis Bielle-Biarrey managed to take over the oval, after a great kick from Dupont, to raise the first mark of the game, to which two more points were added with the conversion of Thomas Ramos.

The Garibaldi trophy was also at stake, in honor of the Italian revolutionary born in Nice, another incentive for a match in which the Gauls dominated from the beginning, against an Italy that was not capable of countering the potential of the locals.

After a 50-22 by Ramos, the rooster team added another mark to their locker, thanks to the good work of the forwards, which culminated Meafou to increase his team’s lead (12-0), which did not make the “azzurri” give up.

On the contrary, they looked hard for the local 22-yard line, and came dangerously close on two occasions, which were canceled by the French defense and by their own errors, when the Italian try was already called.

They did not manage to complete their raids, but they had already opened a path and forced France to demonstrate its physical power in defense. It was a good first step to which the Gauls responded immediately to confirm their dominance.

Thomas Ramos, who in this match played as a flyhalf, due to the injury of Jaliberttook advantage of the robbery after a touch of Gailletonand his subsequent fast career, to place the oval on the visitor’s goal line and increase his team’s lead (19-0).

But “La Azzurra” continued to insist, once he had seen that the French were making mistakes, and he took advantage of one of them to add the first points to his locker, with a try from Ange Capuozzofirst, and with an effective throw to clubs of Garbisiafter a local punishment blow.

Thus, with the score 19-8, the break was reached in the Stade Pierre Mauroy de Lille. A break that did not seem to sit well with the rooster team, since they began to accumulate errors that gave some dominance to the rooster team. Gonzalo Quesadaalthough this did not translate into points.

Because perhaps France was not at its best, but it knew how to defend, with a very orderly and consistent line, the rival’s attempts to reach the French 22-yard line, which gave it the impetus to resume its mordant offensive.

Also the yellow card he saw Louis Lynaghby deflecting a pass from “les bleus”, offered more space for their attack, and Ramos took advantage of them without hesitation, with a millimeter kick to the wing, which was collected by the debutant Gael Drean to add his first test with the French team.

A mark that was also the first of the second half, in which those of Fabien Galthié They suffered more than necessary against a grown and hungry rival who, however, did not see their efforts rewarded, due, in large part, to the good defensive approach of the XV of the rooster.

The French center Emilien Gailleton He would add a last try, taking advantage of the speed in the circulation of the ball, with an open game that Italy could not cancel, to establish, with Ramos’s conversions, the final 33-8.