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Watch: All Blacks Sevens destroyed by France's 'new' 6'5 Antoine

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The All Blacks Sevens have been crushed 47-15 by Olympic champions France which ended their semi-final hopes in Cape Town in the second leg of the SVNS series.

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New Zealand’s men squeezed past USA in their pool opener by 19-17, but facing a new look France team they were pasted with Castres centre Antoine Zeghdar the chief destroyer.

The 25-year-old looked dangerous early pulling off a long line break down the All Blacks right edge. His next touch was a piece of play Dupont would be proud of, pulling off a no-look offload behind his back Quade-style.

The pass put Stephen Parez Edo Martin in for the opening try. Zeghdar had his second try assist moments later with a deft touch promoting the ball under pressure.

A tackle from Zeghdar forced an errant pass from New Zealand, which France scooped up and scored through Liam Delamare put France up 19-0 before an assist from Delamore added more misery at 28-0 before half-time.

Zeghdar proved unstoppable stepping inside Ng Shiu and offloading in the next tackle to set up another for France.

France play Fiji in the semi-finals, while upstarts Spain face South Africa in the other in the men’s draw.

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Icefarrow 116 days ago

Downright embarrassing. As soon as NZ stopped hosting tournaments, NZR genuinely stopped caring about the code anymore. Team's been on the decline ever since.

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J Marc 116 days ago

In France it's about the same problem : you can't find a rugby article without Antoine or Dupont in the title...

May be the group is more important in this win....?

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JPM 116 days ago

Agreed but both being Antoine it was tempting !! But more a Vakatawa than a Dupont. Would like to see Galthié testing him as a 12.

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