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France's Antoine Dupont leaves the pitch affter their World Cup quarterfinal loss

AS Ireland suffered on Sunday, hosts France woke up on Monday to the sobering realisation that their race was run, and that they were no longer guests at their own World Cup party.

The sports daily L'Equipe carried a poster picture of their talisman, Antoine Dupont, with the headline, ‘A Pleurer’ (To Cry) as the nation came to terms with the 29-28 loss to world champions South Africa on Sunday at the Stade de France.