​France won another victory at the Rugby World Cup, the “roosters” beat Namibia with a score of 96:0. The success went straight into the history of the national team in the Hexagon: this is the biggest difference in the score with which the French won in the entire history of participation in the final tournament of the world.

The match took place on Thursday evening at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille as part of the World Cup 2023 Group A match.

The Bleus scored 14 tries during the game, with Damian Penault (6, 21, 54), Jonathan Danti (9, 26), Carles Ollivon (18, 68), Thibaut Flaman (33), Antoine Dupont (38), Louis Bielle-Biarri (40+1, 64), Baptiste Cuyo (47) and Melvin Jamine (76), who also received a penalty in the 80th minute. Thomas Ramos, in turn, managed 12 realizations (9, 18, 21, 26, 33, 38, 40+1, 47, 54, 64, 68, 76)

The captain of the home team, Antoine Dupont, was forced to leave the field in the second half after receiving a strong blow to the face, there are suspicions of a crack or fracture of the jaw, as French coach Fabien Galtier said at the end. match

France’s most decisive victory to date was registered at the 2007 World Cup, also against Namibia (87-10).

However, for Namibians, this is not the worst failure at the official party. In 2003, Namibia were hammered by Australia 142-0, 22 tries to the Wallabies.

The French national team is one step away from the quarter-finals and will play its last match in the group on October 6 in Lyon against Italy, reports Agerpres.

The following teams played in the match in Marseille:

France: Ramos – Peno, Fique, Danti, Biel-Biarray – Jaliber (Jamine, 54), Dupont (captain; Cuyo, 46) – Ollivon, Jelonch (Budehent, 54; Vouchy, 57; Moefana, 65), Kroos – Flaman , Voki (Taofifenua, 41) – Atonio (Aldegheri, 41), Mauvaka (Burgarit, 54), Bayeux (Vardy, 41)

Namibia: Van der Berg (Rossou, 41) – Mouton (Isaacs, 56), Deisel (captain), Burger, Grayling – Lubser, Theron (Blau, 59) – Retief, Haoseb (Hardwick, 41), Katjieko – Ludik, Thieriko (Van) Lille, 41) – Coetzee (Shifuka, 74), Van der Westhuizen (Nortier, 65), Sethi (Benade, 51)

Red card: Daisel (Namibia, 46).

Referee: Matthew Carley (England).

The result of the match France – Namibia