Looking back on one of then classic Rugby World Cup finals of the modern era The right result but Les Bleus obviously hadn’t read the script as the All Blacks nearly choked on a surprise French resistance. This was meant to be easy. A dominant All Black team, led by the mighty Richie McCaw and boasting one of the most fearsome scrums in history against France. France the fortunate. France the fluky, even. This was a mismatch in the minds of all but the French, and headlines h