Lièvremont blames ‘catastrophic start’

FRANCE coach Marc Lièvremont blamed his team’s horrific opening 20 minutes for their 42-17 loss to South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday.

Lièvremont blames ‘catastrophic start’
Mon, 14 Jun, 2010 - 01:00

Lièvremont was almost at a loss for words to describe his team’s display.

France were 17-0 down after just 12 minutes and their coach admitted the game was lost from there.

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