France push Blacks

France will take several positives from their 23-13 defeat by New Zealand on Saturday.

Star centre Wesley Fofana announced himself in the Southern Hemisphere with a superb early try. Scrum-half Maxime Machenaud converted and added a penalty, but France’s only second half points came from a Camille Lopez penalty.

The All Blacks were far from their best but showed a clinical edge with turnover tries through Aaron Smith and Sam Cane. 13 points from Aaron Cruden rounded off their scoring.