Sport 01-11-1999 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand 31-43 France who: French Rugby Team what: Victorious over All Blacks in World Cup semi-final where: TWICKENHAM when: Yesterday snippet: "This was the greatest game in the history of the World Cup" says The Guardian. The BBC call it "the greatest upset in Rugby World Cup history". The Sun called it "a stunning World Cup semi-final upset" and The Independent`s Chris Hewett says the French "took World Cup rugby into a whole new stratosphere". All the critics agree in the post-mortem of the French victory over the New Zealand All Blacks in yesterday`s semi-final. The French team was given a standing ovation by the crowd of 70,000 at Twickenham in celebration of their triumphant second-half rally in which they scored 33 points in 30 minutes. Man of the match, fly half Christophe Lamaison walked away with 28 points, scoring and converting four tries and two drop-goals. [... more]

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