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4 mins: Italy get their first lineout all wrong, handing France the ball back. A tentative exchange of kicks follows, before Tomasso Allan underhits one straight to Ramos. An Italy forward is caught offside, and Ramos will try and kick this from on the halfway line.
That will settle any pre-match nerves. France start like a freight train and with Italy penned back, Jalibert juggles the ball to Thomas Ramos, who offloads to Damian Penaud in the corner. Ramos converts, curling his kick inside the far post.
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