France starts strongly at the Rugby World Cup in their own country and inflicts All Black’s first group defeat ever

France started the Rugby World Cup on home soil with a historic victory. Les Bleus defeated New Zealand with a crushing 27-13 on Friday evening in a scorching Stade de France. The All Blacks lost a group match at a global final for the first time (!), after 31 consecutive victories in group matches at the previous nine World Cups.

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