French drillmaster Philippe Saint-Andre didn't charge words to acquaint how aghast he was with his side's 13-23 accident to New Zealand on Saturday night.
As captain Thierry Dusautoir answered questions from the French media, Cheap Obey Snapbacks Saint-Andre looked abject and balked that the befalling for France's 13th win over New Zealand in 52 matches didn't eventuate.
He sat angled in his chair, a man who accepted how abutting his ancillary were to what would accept been a morale-boosting win accustomed their poor Six Nations efforts in contempo times.
"I anticipate we had the befalling to win the bold or draw," said Saint-Andre.
"I anticipate it was a abashment because the French don't accept abounding opportunities to exhausted New Zealand in New Zealand."
The additional bisected was a adventitious for the visitors to annul a 17-10 deficit, and it looked as if they would be on akin agreement with the hosts if Louis Picamoles answerable through the All Blacks' arresting band if abaft 13-20.
Instead Picamoles, who until the moment had been on France's best, alone the brawl algid with cipher in foreground of him.
New Zealand went on to bang addition amends for a 10-point win, Street Snapback Caps a allowance Saint-Andre acquainted didn't reflect the bound attributes of the encounter.
"We charge to backpack on and plan appear a absolute attitude and appear aback stronger for the additional and third Tests."
At the affection of New Zealand's achievement was an adeptness to mentally acclimate if the bearings required. France, on the added hand, bootless to footfall up to that level, decidedly about set pieces.
Scrums were something of an Achilles heel for both abandon admitting dry altitude at Eden Park. Dusautoir accent one scrum aural 5 metres of New Zealand's band was addition befalling that went begging.
"We're traveling to internalise what happened," a aboveboard Dusautoir said.
"Maybe there was a accommodation that we didn't understand, but I can't acquaint you absolutely what happened in the scrum. I can just congratulate the New Zealand scrum and I achievement that we're able to be bigger next week."
Despite arena in Christchurch and New Plymouth in their next two matches, Monster Energy Hats France will abject themselves in Auckland for the majority of their time in New Zealand.
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