Rugby World Cup: “It’s not a great generation of All Blacks”, breathes Denis Charvet

“The important thing was to win, but you mustn't get carried away,” breathes Denis Charvet on RMC about the victory of the XV of France against the All Blacks (27-13). We saw the French tense at the start of the match, then they broke free. Communion with the public was great, it was quite magical. But it's not a great generation of All Blacks. They disappointed me collectively. We have rarely seen All Blacks so lost, especially in the second half. We thought during the summer that they had come back to a certain level, before they were slaughtered by South Africa. They showed poor rugby against France. Unfortunately for them, I think they also have a generation problem. There is a generational gap. The performance is not up to what is expected of France. We are doing because we have better players, a better generation. But it’s not incredible in the sense that if we had been up to our talent and our collective, there would have been no photo, the All Blacks could have taken 40.”