Friday night’s clash in Paris is likely to be a dress rehearsal for the overall final of the inaugural tournament in a fortnight, as two of the very best teams on the planet lock horns for the first time in 12 months.
It would likely be many people’s pick for next year’s World Cup final too, had the two giants not been placed in the same half of a rather lopsided draw for the competition in Australia in less than 12 months.
France and South Africa sit top of the respective Northern and Southern Hemisphere pools heading into the penultimate weekend of…
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