France will bounce back but All Blacks shaping up as Springboks toughest World Cup threat

France’s supporters will be hoping that their team’s collapse in Edinburgh at the weekend was an aberration, or as Aristotle originally said, “one swallow doesn’t make a summer.” But it did seem summery at Murrayfield as the Scots walked on sunshine, putting seven beautifully constructed tries past Les Bleus to leave many a critic wondering if France are as good as they have been cracked up to be. They were exposed on defence by the speed and agility of the Scottish attackers, and when the cameras panned to the French defence coach, the seasoned Shaun...